Patch 3.3.3 PTR patch notes updated
The Patch 3.3.3 PTR patch notes have just been updated to reflect today's latest PTR build. All of the changes can be found behind the cut below, and we're also in the process of integrating them into our primary Patch 3.3.3 patch notes post. (Update: All changes are now reflected in our primary patch notes posting.) Some highlights:
Death Knights: Icy Talons: The personal haste benefit provided by this talent is no longer exclusive with other sources of melee haste. This will allow death knights to always swing 4/6/12/16/20% faster when Frost Fever is applied. Windfury Totem and the party/raid component of Improved Icy Talons still do not stack.
Hunters: Ferocious Inspiration: This ability is now an aura and provides 1/2/3% damage to all party or raid members within 100 yards and boosts the damage of Steady Shot by 3/6/9%.
Engineering: The Pet Bombling and Lil' Smoky non-combat pets are no longer Bind-on-Pickup.
For the full listing of updates, just click through the link below.
Dungeons and Raids
World Event Bosses
Holiday bosses (such as Ahune for the Fire Festival) will now be accessible through the Dungeon Finder. (Note: This section is purely clarification, this change is not new to this PTR build.)
Death Knights
Chains of Ice: The ability now innately applies Frost Fever to a target.
Talents
Frost
Icy Talons: The personal haste benefit provided by this talent is no longer exclusive with other sources of melee haste. This will allow death knights to always swing 4/6/12/16/20% faster when Frost Fever is applied. Windfury Totem and the party/raid component of Improved Icy Talons still do not stack.
Improved Icy Talons: This effect is now passive instead of being a proc. The self haste buff remains unchanged.
Unholy
Unholy Blight: In addition to its previous effects, this talent now also prevents diseases from being dispelled from victims afflicted by Unholy Blight.
Druids
Nature's Grasp: Now has 3 charges, up from 1.
Talents
Balance
Starfall: The damage done by this spell has been significantly increased.
Typhoon: Mana cost reduced to 25%, down from 32%.
Hunters
Talents
Beast Mastery
Ferocious Inspiration: This ability is now an aura and provides 1/2/3% damage to all party or raid members within 100 yards and boosts the damage of Steady Shot by 3/6/9%.
Mages
Talents
Fire
Combustion: The cooldown on this spell is now 2 minutes, down from 3 minutes.
Rogues
Talents
Subtlety
Slaughter from the Shadows: Now adds 1/2/3/4/5% damage to all attacks and reduces the energy cost of Backstab and Ambush by 4/8/12/16/20, up from 3/6/9/12/15.
Waylay: The debuff from this talent can now be caused by Backstab in addition to Ambush and can be triggered by all hits from these abilities rather than just critical strikes, but the snare component is now 50%, down from 70%.
Warlocks
Life Tap: This spell no longer scales with spirit, and instead scales with spell power.
Warriors
Talents
Protection
Vitality: Now boosts Stamina by 3/6/9%, up from 2/4/6%. Strength and expertise benefits have not changed.
Items
Glyphs
Death Knights
Glyph of Disease: When this glyph causes Frost Fever to be refreshed, it will now also trigger a refresh of Icy Talons.
Professions
Engineering
The Pet Bombling and Lil' Smoky non-combat pets are no longer Bind-on-Pickup.