Forandringer i 2.4

[Gnurk]

"Pre-release"-forandringer riktignok, men mye bra her; (Kilde www.mmo-champion.com - finner videre linker der)

 

2.4 Patch notes pre release

by Boubouille on February 01, 2008, 07:54:56 PM

Blue posters are currently posting a lot of 2.4 details, I'll assume they're prereleasing the patch notes.

 

This post will be updated regularly.

 

Latest updates

- Druids - Lacerate buff

- Items and general changes (Retribution paladin upgrade, PvP items from reputation vendors)

- Warriors - Endless rage buff

- Interface improvements - Looting

- Priests - Fear ward usable in shadow form

- Warriors - Critical strike fixes

- Shamans - Healing grace

- Fishing daily quests

- Mages - Conjured manna biscuits changes

- Ritual of Summoning changes

- Raiding improvements #2

 

Raiding improvements

Quote from: Thyvene (Source)

Dungeons and Raids

* All 25- player raid bosses that drop set tokens will now drop an additional token!

* Gems obtained through Heroic difficulty instances are no longer Unique-equipped.

* Loot dropped by Doomlord Kazzak and Doomwalker has been changed to Bind on Equip. In addition, the cash dropped by these bosses has been significantly increased.

* Scale of the Sands reputation will now be awarded in Hyjal at a much higher rate.

 

Quote from: Eyonix (Source)

We have a few changes planned for patch 2.4 that we'd like to share a little bit with you. First, all 25-player raid bosses will drop more gold and those who dropped set tokens will drop one additional token. Additionally, the the loot dropped by Doomlord Kazzak and Doomwalker has been changed to bind-on-equip. These two outdoor raid bosses will also drop much more gold than before as well.

 

Lastly, Scale of the Sands reputation will now be awarded in Hyjal at a much higher.

 

 

Item and general changes

Quote from: Thyvene (Source)

General

* Characters will now retain talented spell ranks so when they retalent they do not have to relearn the spells from trainers.

* Spell Haste: Spell haste now reduces the global cooldown on spells, down to a minimum of 1 second. This change does not apply to melee and ranged abilities.

 

Items

* Players will now be able to purchase level 70 Superior quality PvP items from reputation vendors.

* Items intended for Retribution Paladins have had their stats adjusted. Retribution Paladins should see an increase in dps as a result.

* Players can now only carry 80 Conjured Manna Biscuits at a time.

 

Spell haste reducing global cooldown

Quote from: Drysc (Source)

In 2.4, Spell Haste will reduce the global cool down on spells, down to a minimum of 1 second. It won't apply to melee and ranged abilities though however.

 

Void crystal transmutations

Quote from: Drysc (Source)

You're pretty close, but it's actually going to be a part of Enchanting. Once every 24 hours, through Enchanting (not Alchemy) you'll be able to split a Void Crystal into two Large Prismatic Shards. This is through a new recipe that's being added in 2.4.

 

This helps reduce the exorbitant prices currently being seen for Large Prismatics, and helps raise the value of the Void Crystals. While this is the only change planned in 2.4 to help the Void Crystal prices, we're still looking at the possibility of additional 'help' for Void Crystal value in the future.

 

Diminishing returns removed from Honor in 2.4

Quote from: Drysc (Source)

As the PTR approaches we wanted to give everyone a preview of one of the larger changes for PvP that's currently planned for the 2.4 patch.

 

Currently, diminishing returns are applied to all honorable kills. What diminishing returns mean for honor is that each subsequent kill of the same target will reward you with less and less honor; 10% less per kill to be exact. One of the major downsides to diminishing returns is that the calculations, for potentially hundreds of thousands of players, is too intense to do real time, so they are calculated during off-peak hours. This in turn requires that the honor you gain be temporarily displayed as "estimated" until the calculations are run. It's a system that we've certainly improved (moving the calculation from weekly to daily) but still always disliked. It creates a very uninteresting and sometimes aggravating or confusing detachment from your achievements and the actual reward.

 

The reason for diminishing returns has always been to avoid the potential exploitation of the honor system. As the game has evolved, especially the honor and battleground systems, exploitation of the honor system now without diminishing returns would no longer be considered a lucrative alternative to simply participating in a battleground normally. We've also greatly improved our ability to monitor and track exploitation of this nature.

 

We've reached a point where we're now confident that applying diminishing returns to honor is no longer necessary, and we're currently planning to remove it with the 2.4 patch.

 

With this change we’re including a few restrictions as well though: Players that have the resurrection sickness debuff will not be worth any honor, and if a player dies 50 times or more during a battleground they won’t be worth any honor for the remainder of that battle.

 

What the removal of diminishing returns means for you is that as soon as you defeat an opponent that rewards you honor, you will receive that honor, and you will be able to spend it right then. There will no longer be an estimate, and you will no longer need to wait until the next day until you can actually spend it. Your achievements through honor-based PvP will be instantaneous.

 

Druids - Lacerate

Quote from: Bornakk (Source)

The Feral bears will be seeing an improvement with Lacerate dealing additional damage based on your attack power.

 

Mages - Conjured manna biscuits changes

Quote from: Eyonix (Source)

I do know that in patch 2.4 players can only carry 80 of your delicious conjured manna biscuits at one time. As a result, you should experience less banquet-creating frustration. Sorry, the spell icon will remain the same and not look any more new or unique.

 

Priests - Fear ward in shadowform

Quote from: Bornakk (Source)

Maybe being able to use Fear Ward while in Shadow Form would help? Yeah, I like this idea, we'll roll with it in the next patch.

 

Shamans - Healing grace

Quote from: Eyonix (Source)

One thing that will help is that in patch 2.4, healing grace will reduce the chance that all of your spells will be dispelled by 10/20/30%.

 

Warlocks - Ritual of summoning changes

Quote from: Eyonix (Source)

Patch 2.4 will remove the restriction for Ritual of Summoning that prevents you from summoning players into instances. Provided the player meets the instance requirements, you'll be able to summon them in from anywhere in the world.

 

Warriors - Endless rage buff

Quote from: Bornakk (Source)

That's the plan, and just to clarify the tooltip/functionality of this talent is not changing.

 

Warriors - Offhand weapons critical strikes

Quote from: Bornakk (Source)

While I agree there is no exact number to shoot for in crit, in 2.4 we plan to make the off-hand weapon critical hits from Whirlwind trigger Flurry and Rampage which should improve damage a bit.

 

Fishing daily quests

Quote from: Eyonix (Source)

Anyway, along the lines of fishing we're adding a new daily quest for fishing. Once 2.4 goes live (or once the PTRs are up) you'll want to visit "the mysterious old man" near Silmyr Lake outside of Shattrath. He's sure to offer treasures beyond your wildest dreams... or ramble on about how they had to color their own margarine during the war. Either/Or.

 

Interface improvements - Looting

Quote from: Drysc (Source)

Since I've decided there's absolutely no relevant thread I could ever find to throw out this info... We're making some improvements to the way the looting UI and related functions work in 2.4. These are just a couple of the changes planned.

 

First when you loot a Bind on Pickup item that only you can pick up (such as Heroic Badges) you'll no longer see the confirmation dialog. One less pop-up to deal with, obviously you want your badges, AMIRITE?

 

Also when you loot a Bind of Pickup item the confirmation window is going to list the name of the item in the window. You'll be able to identify that you're getting the right items much easier now.

 

There are a few more but I won't ruin all the surprises.

Endret 1. februar 2008 av Gnurk

[Xmir]

oppdateres kontinuerlig på mmo-champion btw

[The Stig]

Står ingenting om alle de nye "aspect"-ene hunteren skulle få da. Det betyr enten at listen er feil, eller så var det aldri snakk om noen nye. Hater egentlig å spekulere i patch-notes, som regel viser det meste seg å være feil

[Xmir]

blå quotes btw

[Lightningwolf]

Hahahaha så latterlig, her har man en gylden sjanse til og faktisk la folk tjene litt på Alchemy, men de velger og gjøre disenchanting enda mer lukrativt isteden....

[toranv]

Hahahaha så latterlig, her har man en gylden sjanse til og faktisk la folk tjene litt på Alchemy, men de velger og gjøre disenchanting enda mer lukrativt isteden....

 

Er du klar over hvor mye flasks som går med i end-game raiding?

[Swafty]

Jeg spiller ikke WoW lenger men har de helt glemt paladins eller?!

[Lightningwolf]

Hahahaha så latterlig, her har man en gylden sjanse til og faktisk la folk tjene litt på Alchemy, men de velger og gjøre disenchanting enda mer lukrativt isteden....

 

Er du klar over hvor mye flasks som går med i end-game raiding?

Jepp og det er så mange som kan lage de, med andre ord så er de veldig lite lønnsomme.

[IkkjeOleJørgen]

Disse endringene er langt ifra final, og det er bare random blue-post sitater de har gravd fram.

 

Jeg sitter bare å venter på en god grunn til å gå tilbake enhancement ^^

[zbegra]

Disse endringene er langt ifra final, og det er bare random blue-post sitater de har gravd fram.

 

Jeg sitter bare å venter på en god grunn til å gå tilbake enhancement ^^

 

Jepp, Dette er bare en brøkdel av alle oppdateringene som kommer med 2.4

 

For de som tror det bare er spekulasjon så ligger det link til Offisielle Blizzard-uttalelser her http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=4018.0

 

Det jeg ser mest frem til er at Diminish Returns på Honor blir fjernet og at Honor blir INSTANT. Slipper endelig å vente til 01:30 for å finne ut at man mangler 100 honor

Endret 2. februar 2008 av zbegra

[Moonshield]

Typisk at warlock ikke fikk noe nytt og stilig.

[Xmir]

Nå kan vi idet minste endelig summone folk når vi er inni instancer også

[The Stig]

Plutselig var 24stk som skulle summones når alt var klart frem til bossen?

[Frohman]

Typisk at warlock ikke fikk noe nytt og stilig.

Like we need it?

[Poseboen]

Får ikke warlock buffa summon?

[nazrm]

Får ikke warlock buffa summon?

 

Jo. Summone fra innsiden av instancer. Jeg er helt fra meg av glede!

 

.. Give info om Sunwell.

[Moonshield]

Typisk at warlock ikke fikk noe nytt og stilig.

Like we need it?

 

Ja, vi trenger faktisk. Og nerf rogues.

[Frohman]

Ja, vi trenger faktisk. Og nerf rogues.

Trenger hva?

[Moonshield]

Noen boosts. Fear f.eks, hvor faens irriterende er det ikke når du fearer noen, dotter fullt opp, og skal til å sende en saftig shadow bolt mot moben som er fearet, så løper den ut av range og ødelegger alt? Ja man kan searing pain spamme, men da er sjansen for å breake fear ganske stor, og den gjør ikke noe særlig skade, heller en kraftig bolt enn litt pain.

[Skogslik]

Håper på noe nytt om 5 mans instancen i Sunwell snart.