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Icecrown 5-man Instances
Today, I will answer the question that everyone on test realms will ask at least once. WHERE THE HELL ARE THE 5-MAN DUNGEONS?


Please note that all characters cannot enter it for the moment because of phasing problems, this bug will be fixed in the next build. You can only test the Pit of Saron for the moment (the 2nd wing of the 5-man dungeons) because of a bug with the Forge of Souls (1st wing).

Trash mobs and bosses do not drop any item for the moment, you'll have to wait a few more days for that apparently. I'll just leave you with a few extra screenshots of the Pit of Saron. (On test realms this time)







Spell Coefficient Penalty
Quote from: Ghostcrawler (Source)
Tealeaf, here is the formula for coefficient penalty for all spells that has been in effect for all of LK:

If caster level is less than max caster level, then the penalty = 1.0.
If caster level is at or greater than max caster level, then the penalty = (22 + max level - caster level) / 20.
The penalty is capped at 0. Max caster level per spell is also pretty inconsistent, but it's around 4 levels higher than the level at which you get the spell.

Basically, once the caster is 3 levels higher than the max cast level of the spell, the standard coefficient of the spell is multiplied by that penalty (losing 5% of the coefficient per level), with the coefficient reaching zero when the player is 22 levels higher than the max cast level.

For Rejuv, this makes the following table of coefficients for a level 80 player:

Rank 15: 0.376
Rank 14: 0.376
Rank 13: 0.376*0.75=0.282
Rank 12: 0.376*0.5=0.188
Rank 11: 0.376*0.35=0.1316
Rank 10: 0.376*0.25=0.094
Rank 9: 0.376*0=0
Rank 8 and lower: 0

As I said, the penalty is kind of an anachronism since the ranks all cost the same amount of mana now, but I can understand why you all might have expected rank 15 to jump in coefficient.




Regarding Abyssal Shatter
Quote from: Bornakk (Source)
A new enchanting recipe was recently hotfixed to become available. This recipe is available through enchanting trainers. The reason why you may not currently be seeing this recipe is that it requires the server to be restarted to become active. We expect this to be live on all US realms no later than next Tuesday, October 6, as that is when the next scheduled maintenance is set to occur.




Blue posts
Quote from Blizzard staff
Pit of Saron Feedback
Thanks for the feedback so far. We'll get he phasing related issues sorted out for the next push. As some of noted there are sounds, VO, music, and even some creature models that are not final.

Also note from a story perspective that this is the 2nd of the 3 dungeons. We had to disable the Forge of Souls for this initial PTR push due to a last minute crash bug discovered in the zone, and it begins the quest and story for the three Icecrown dungeons. (Source)

Spell Ranks removal in Cataclysm
Essentially there will be no ranks. Instead your spell will just grow every time you gain a level. The biggest difference you will notice is not having to train say rank 16 of Rejuv. Your spellbook would just say "Rejuvenation."

[...] Base points can still increase. In fact they will increase every level instead of in big chunks.

Assume for the moment you get Rejuv at level 1 instead of level 4. Then imagine there are 85 ranks of Rejuv and you get a new rank automatically whenever you ding without visiting your trainer. It isn't a huge change conceptually, except that your level 79 Rejuvs would be buffed relative to what they are now. Mostly if just gets players to focus less on rank and more on player level (and then ultimately talents, glyphs and gear). (Source)

Spell avoidance for all pets
The change should apply to all pets. I think that includes every class but warrior, paladin and rogue. (Source)

Death Knight
Glyph of Icy Touch Nerf in 3.3
As several players pointed out, the old glyph was driving too many other decisions with regard to spec and abilities used. We want DKs to be a melee class with some ranged abilities, not a ranged class. (Source)

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