WoW Mayhem

[Mikey]

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=93032551&;postId=930146591&sid=1#0

We have taken the time to put together a brief preview of the Profession changes for the upcoming content patch. This list does not contain all of the upcoming changes, but instead gives a brief look at what is to come.


Alchemy

• Elixirs now stack in two categories, Battle (Offensive) and Guardian (Defensive) Elixirs. You can only have one of each type of Elixir up at a time. As a result Elixirs now stack with class abilities such as "Arcane Intellect."
  
• Four new defensive elixirs have been added. Two are on trainers, one is in Halaa and one is in Cenarion Expedition.
  
• "Flask of Petrification" can no longer be turned off during its duration, but it now will clear all threat from all monsters for the duration of the effect. Though monsters may reaquire you after the effect ends.
  
• The cost to purchase Imbued Vials has been reduced.
  

Enchanting

• Enchant Bracer-Spellpower had its primal costs reduced slightly.
  
• Enchanting recipes that increase spell damage now also increase healing as well.
  
• The "Major Defense Bracer" enchantment has been moved from Ethereum Researchers to Ethereum Nullifiers.
  

Engineering

• A recipe for "Frost Grenades" and the "Icy Blasting Primers" needed to make them are now on engineering trainers.
  
• Engineering recipes can now be placed in engineering bags, as can engineer made fireworks.
  
• Many engineering recipes will now give skillups for longer than the previously did.
  
• "Seaforium" now opens locked chests as well as locked doors
  
• The Poultryizer and Nigh Invulnerability Belt now cause mishaps less often.
  
• The Goblin Rocket Launcher cooldown has been reduced significantly.
  
• 11 new epic goggles have been introduced at 350 engineering skill and are available from the trainer. They range from cloth to plate, and have a variety of stats to appeal to most talent specs.
  

Fishing

• The fishing timer has been reduced from 30 to 20 seconds and it now takes less time to fish.
  
• The fishing timer can no longer run through its duration without a fish biting.
  
• Fishing has been removed from Arathi Basin and Alterac Valley.
  
• You can now fish in Underbog.
  

Jewelcrafting

• The jewelcrafting UI now has gems split up by color so it is easier to find gems of a specific color to create.
  
• A number new gem cuts to existing gems have been added to the game. Included among them are a spell hit gem and more multi-stat gems that have attack power on them.
  
• Jewelcrafters can make two new melee oriented meta gems. One is found randomly as a world drop and the other sold by the <Faction> reputation vendor.
  
• Thorium requirements for most recipes has been reduced.
  
• Prospecting now always yields at least 1 gem. Overall, the amount of gems received from prospecting has been increased.
  
• New recipes have been added that use the Jaggal and Shadow Pearls.
  

Leatherworking

• Skinning higher level creatures will give more leather; you will no longer get a single leather scrap.
  
• "Knothide Armor" kits now require less leather to make and give skill increases for longer.
  
• Leatherworking made primalstrike set now has an attack power set bonus rather than a strength set bonus.

Message Edited by Mikey on 04-09-2007 11:24 AM

[oskibear]

Zomg epic engineer goggles!

[brandonuno]

MFERs GIVE ME MY GOLD BACK FOR BUYING 129837189231937 vials.

great changes on fishing btw, i wont fall asleep now.

[Kevorkian]

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brandonuno wrote:

MFERs GIVE ME MY GOLD BACK FOR BUYING 129837189231937 vials.

great changes on fishing btw, i wont fall asleep now.

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noooo now more players are gonna be taking my pools.

[jest1]

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Kevorkian wrote:

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brandonuno wrote:

MFERs GIVE ME MY GOLD BACK FOR BUYING 129837189231937 vials.

great changes on fishing btw, i wont fall asleep now.

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noooo now more players Daessa are is gonna be taking my pools.

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goldenscale vendorfish, here i come

[Mikey]

http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/94161512.htm

In an upcoming patch we will be changing the way elixirs function, allowing a player to only have two elixirs on them at any one time. The change will allow you to use one offensive elixir, and one defensive elixir. All elixirs will be set into one of these two categories. This also means that although elixirs of the same type cannot be used at the same time, they will now stack with class buffs.

We’re making this change for a number of reasons.

• By allowing players to use any number of elixirs it was necessary that we balance raid and dungeon encounters with the idea that all players in the group had the potential of having all available elixirs on them. In many cases this resulted in the spectrum of elixirs being necessary for dungeon and raid attempts as they were balanced to be more difficult. This put a large strain on guild alchemists and their need of materials for the elixirs they would then distribute throughout the guild. With fewer elixirs being allowed, fewer elixirs will be expected on raids, and less herb and material collection will be needed when attempting raid or dungeon encounters. In turn this change allows us to design and balance encounters around it, keeping the difficulty in line with a clearer limitation of what each group member has at their disposal.
  
  
• Since the number of elixirs is now limited, we can also now allow them to stack with class buffs, so intellect elixirs will actually matter since they will now stack with arcane intellect. As mentioned previously we’ll be introducing some new recipes that would have simply been left unused before as they wouldn’t have been allowed to stack with class buffs.
  
  
• We’ve seen many requests for new recipes, and to some extent it was necessary that we limit how and when we introduce new recipes as any new elixir added in-turn resulted in a potential power increase for every member of a raid or group. With the number of elixirs on any one player now limited we can add more recipes than we would have been able to in the past.
  
  
• Flasks will work in this new system by taking up both the offensive and defensive elixir slots. We of course recognize this as a reduction of total effect of flasks, but as mentioned we will be balancing to take into account the use of a single flask on each player in an encounter.
  
  
• Potions (rather than elixirs) will not be affected at all by this system.
  

This change will generally not impact solo players who currently already only use one or two elixirs at a time, but will certainly be a restriction for players who tend to use a lot of elixirs simultaneously. In the case of raid and small group parties the change is a clear benefit. The need for herbs and materials, and thus the strain on a guild or individual alchemist to collect these items is lowered substantially, in combination with the encounters being tuned with the limitation in mind. This change to elixirs and flasks also allows us to improve and expand the alchemy profession in new ways, and removes the need to design and balance encounters around the potential use of all possible elixirs. We’re currently planning to implement this change in a future patch and we’ll release further details as well as information on the new recipes as soon as we’re able.