Archive for the 'Patch 3.3' Category

Patch 3.3 First Impressions

Omg, this patch is so awesome!
Well, after playing through the three new 5-man dungeons a couple times, I can say with confidence that this patch is going to be a very good one.  The new Dungeon Finder Tool is awesome.  The Disenchant option awesome is very nice.  The new 5-mans are sweet and epic.  The new quest [...]

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Patch 3.3: Is the new Dungeon Finder unfair to Enchanters?

Happy Patch day, everyone!  Patch 3.3 is here and I’m excited.  I’m not sure when the servers will be back up, but I’ll probably be jumping into the ICC raid as soon as they do, if its not all bugged out.  Otherwise, I’ll try my hand at the new 5-mans.  I’ll also probably make sure [...]

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Flash of Light, Lay on Hands, Sacred Shield Changes - Patch 3.3

A new PTR build - a slew of new paladin changes!  This time there’s a change that will affect Holy Paladins quite a bit.

Flash of Light:  This spell no longer causes a heal-over-time effect unless the player has the Infusion of Light talent.
Infustion of Light:  This talent now causes the paladin’s Flash of Light spells to [...]

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Patch 3.3 Icecrown Avoidance Nerf

Blizzard made a post today detailing a new change to the Icecrown Citadel raid.  All mobs will be affected by a “Chill of the Throne” buff that will allow all mobs to ignore 20% of their melee target’s dodge chance.  The purpose of the change is to make tank damage less bursty and easier to [...]

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Lay on Hands, Sacred Shield Changes - Patch 3.3

Update:  Sacred Shield, Lay on Hands, and Infusion of Light Changes below have all been removed.  You can see the new changes in my new Patch 3.3 changes post.
A few paladin changes are showing up in the Patch 3.3 PTR Patch notes.  These changes will affect Ret and Prot Paladins the most but will also affect [...]

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Divine Sacrifice, Divine Gaurdian Changes in Patch 3.3

Divine Sacrifice has been fixed in Patch 3.3 according to the most recently released patch notes.  The talent was not only fixed, but significantly changed.  In addition, the related talent, Divine Guardian has been changed as well.  This is a pretty significant nerf to the 51/20/0 build for PvE that I’ve been anticipating for awhile.Â
However, despite what appears [...]

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