Day: February 21, 2010

Cooldowns

• Ebonweave, Moonshroud and Spellweave no longer have a transmutation cooldown.
• Smelt Titansteel no longer has a transmutation cooldown.
• Glacial Bag now has a 7 days cooldown.

Blacksmithing

• Battlelord's Plate Boots – Titansteel Bar x 5, Runed Orb x 6.
• Belt of the Titans – Titansteel Bar x 5, Runed Orb x 6.
• Indestructible Plate Girdle – Titansteel Bar x 5, Runed Orb x 6
• Plate Girdle of Righteousness – Titansteel Bar x 5, Runed Orb x 6
• Spiked Deathdealers – Titansteel Bar x 5, Runed Orb x 6
• Treads of Destiny – Titansteel Bar x 5, Runed Orb x 6

Enchanting

• Enchant Weapon – Executioner addition has been updated with "Only one instance of this effect can be active at a time."

Leatherworking

• Belt of Arctic Life – Heavy Borean Leather x 4, Arctic Fur x 3, Runed Orb x 6
• Belt of Dragons – Arctic Fur x 3, Icy Dragonscale x 20, Runed Orb x 6
• Blue Belt of Chaos – Arctic Fur x 3, Nerubian Chitin x 20, Runed Orb x 6
• Boots of Living Scale – Arctic Fur x 3, Jormungar Scale x 20, Runed Orb x 6
• Boots of Wintry Endurance – Arctic Fur x 3, Icy Dragonscale x 20, Runed Orb x 6
• Death-warmed Belt – Arctic Fur x 3, Eternal Shadow x 4, Runed Orb x 6
• Footpads of Silence – Arctic Fur x 3, Eternal Shadow x 2, Runed Orb x 6
• Lightning Grounded Boots – Arctic Fur x 3, Icy Dragonscale x 20, Runed Orb x 6

Tailoring

• Cord of the White Dawn – Moonshroud x 8, Runed Orb x 6
• Sash of Ancient Power – Spellweave x 4, Ebonweave x 4, Runed Orb x 6
• Savior's Slippers – Moonshroud x 8, Runed Orb x 6
• Spellslinger's Slippers – Spellweave x 4, Ebonweave x 4, Runed Orb x 6

Random dungeon 15 minute vote kick limit gone in 3.3.3
It's not mentioned in the notes, but the Vote Kick option no longer has a 15-minute cooldown. Enjoy. (Source)

Vote kick reason in 3.3.3
This might not answer your question — which may or may not have been rhetorical anyway — but we did find that a lot people were clicking "Yes" on the Vote Kick alert, then later asking, "why did we kick that guy?" The idea is to make the person who wants to kick someone from the group give everyone else a reason. If the reason is silly or defamatory, a surprising number of people could very well reject it.

While many people are quick to take into account all of the worst possible scenarios with any presented changes to the game, we find that those cases are typically the minor fringe cases once the changes are put in action. The patch notes are out and the speculation is brimming, but let's see how things turn out before clenching our crystal balls, shall we? (Source)

Seasonal bosses only accessible through the Dungeon Finder in 3.3.3
Yes, the Dungeon Finder must be used. The interface will have a separate selection for special World Event bosses in dungeons. If players zone into the dungeon without using the Dungeon Finder, the bosses will not be there. (Source)

On-Proc Talents changed to Auras in 3.3.3
We made those changes for a few reasons.

Basically, they are balanced around more-or-less 100% uptime now. We think talents of the variety when X crits, now you can do Y are cool, but these auras really weren't in that category anymore. They were just cute ways of getting a passive buff up. Nobody tended to think Leader of the Pack was boring because it was just on all the time.

Removing the constant application and removal of these buffs (through both the passive aura and the range increase) might improve performance a tiny bit, will clean out your combat logs (which actually improves performance too), and reduce the UI and in some cases spell effect spam, which might make combat a little more easier to understand.

There are some auras where location on the battlefield is supposed to matter, such as totems, the imp, shouts, and paladin auras. Those didn't change. ([url=http://blue.mmo-champio…