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Paladins:
I was personally disapointed for the lack of everything related to Retribution "fix" that was supposed to hit the table on 2.2. Maybe I was wrong. Some Paladin support tools (Arena related?) got nerfed as well, but I see them being perfectly reasonable. Blessing of Freedom cooldown increased to 25 seconds and BoSac cd is now 1 minute. Blessing of Protection got finally fixed that it cant be used to others while CCd. Very welcome change on "small" blessings as their duration is increased to 10 minutes and Greater Blessing 30 minutes. Hammer of Wrath cast time of 0.5 seconds, is rather nice addition for pvp. Finally I see myself using it instead of just doing another autoattack.

General:
Some of the old enchants like sublety and dodge etc are now moved to outland factions. Also there seems to be new crafted items available from Violet Eye, one can only hope for some new engineering goodies.

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Mulva

Looks like Solarian has been changed again:

"The spells cast by High Astromancer Solarian have been extensively reworked. Wrath of the Astromancer is a now completely different in function. Mark of the Astromancer has been renamed to Light of the Astromancer and no longer reduces Arcane resistance. A player's Arcane Resistance now also provides normal damage mitigation to Solarian's spells. "

It will be interesting to see what the new mechanic is, sounds like they want to make AR a little more important than "two people sitting in the back /dancing".

 

Copernicus

All PvP crowd control looks to be capped at ten seconds.

• Blind duration reduced to 8 seconds, cooldown reduced to 1 minute, Blinding Powder is no longer required to use.
• Elusiveness now reduces the cooldown of Blind by 8/15 seconds.

• Cat Form (Night Elf) melee attack range was too short compared to Tauren Cat Form and other attack ranges. It has been increased.

• Aspect of the Viper: This ability has received a slight redesign. The amount of mana regained will increase as the Hunter’s percentage of mana remaining decreases. At about 60% mana, it is equivalent to the previous version of Aspect of the Viper. Below that margin, it is better (up to twice as much mana as the old version); while above that margin, it will be less effective. The mana regained never drops below 10% of intellect every 5 sec. or goes above 50% of intellect every 5 sec.

• Merciless Gladiator’s Barrier: This spell damage shield has been added to the arena vendor.
• Merciless Gladiator’s Redoubt: This healing shield has been added to the arena vendor.

• Pets will no longer chase players that Vanish.

 

x1tiger1x

Can't believe they raised BoSac CD to 1 minute. That hurts paladins in Arenas a lot.

 

Dozer

Am I missing the content in this content patch?

 

Lumi

WoW Forums -> Sound Changes in 2.2

PTR is probably up to test this. I'm willing to bet that's not even close to all the notes.

 

◊ Kalman

AQ Enchants are now available from rep vendors. Nice change.

The built-in Mac fraps capability is kinda cool too.

 

syeren

Good changes all around from my perspective, some Paladins have been complaining about how this was supposed to be the Holy Grail patch, although I imagine everyone here will be probably onto the fact there has been no mention of Zul' Aman or VOIP, so probably not complete patch notes

 

Vhex

Enjoy the new epic level group quest, "Find a holy priest for 5v5 arena!" This high level challenge introduced in 2.2 nerfs the holy hell out of Paladin utility in arena's. Now you and 3 of your friends can beg and bribe even moderately geared holy priests just so you stand a chance!

Or was that not what you meant?

Alot of nice changes but holy hell did they go overboard with the class raping.

 

Asmod3an

Wasn't this patch supposed to add Guild banks?

 

Spades

Sword Specialization: This talent’s free extra attacks can no longer trigger additional extra attacks.

Argh. :|

Loving the blind change though.

"Existence has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long."
-Rorschach, Watchmen

 

Roset

Indeed. At the risk of sounding overworked, it really is annoying to have our one truely good role consistently being nerfed.

 

syeren

Well considering Paladins were the only class actually 100% needed in any top end 5v5 team that could actually go anywhere, I'd say reducing the height of their throne isn't so bad, because whether you realize this or not, you're still going to need one 100% of the time, and a Priest will never be a viable substitute for the role of the Paladin (Hell, you're an ex-priest and should probably realize this while you complain anyways.)

 

Spades

Paladins will still be required. The functionality of the abilities hasn't been changed, just the effectiveness.

"Existence has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long."
-Rorschach, Watchmen

 

syeren

Yet the more I think about this, I'm pretty sure Vhex was trying to point out that at the same level of play, I imagine Holy Priests will now be required 100% of the time too, which is still a bad thing (that any class should be required that is.)

So apologies if I came off as trying to be offensive :P

 

Spades

Actually I'm pretty sure I was agreeing with you.

The problem is that paladin abilities are so strong. Are you going to run a 5v5 without BoF, BoP and the wonderful HPS a paladin provides? A healer in plate with a 12 second self immunity? I'm not going to. Nerfing their effectiveness is annoying but won't change the game.

"Existence has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long."
-Rorschach, Watchmen

 

Spaceman

Will be glad to see this fixed, although I wasn't aware it only applied to alliance - thought it was a universal problem for druids?

 

Sapp

So, uh, WHAT did they change on the Scaled boots and belt? Upwards change? Downwards change? What was so markedly wrong with them?

Also Blind is now functionally identical to Repentance, except better. My grill is being stepped up on.

 

Malan

• Formula: Enchant Cloak - Subtlety: This enchanting recipe is now available from the Thrallmar Quartermaster and Honor Hold Quartermaster. The reagents required have been adjusted to match the level 70 content.

Very nice for servers that lost their enchanters over time

Shitting up every single thread on EJ since '06

 

lazerpewpew

hmm, Who else can be druid other than taurens and night elves?

 

subscience

Anyone have stats?

 

Vitae

The exact nature of that nerf to paladins won't make me get rid of my paladin on a 5v5...it'd make me get rid of my resto druid for a priest, since you'll really want two dispellers. Annoying as holy hell in 2v2 though.

 

Spaceman

Seems to indicate that tauren cat is fine.

 

lazerpewpew

It has been increased.

If both taurens and night elves druid cat forms were changed, they would have worded it as "They have been increased".

 

• frmorrison

There is some developer feedback:

Voice chat is undergoing some additional polish, and is not enabled in this build of 2.2.x.


That means that new content may be added in a later build.