Operation Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall have begun!
Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Build 11643 notes
by Matt Low 
Mar 8th 2010 at 6:10PM
Mounts and pets
But first, check out Lil' XT! Doesn't your Lil' KT want a lil' company? No idea where this lil' guy will come from as of yet, but it could be a future purchasable pet joining the likes of the Pandaren Monk and Lil' KT!
Both the Celestial Steed and X-53 Touring Rocket (screenshot) now have their own spells and have 310% flying speed.
Icecrown Citadel
There's been some issues with absorption effects like Power Word: Shield not benefiting from the raid buffs that Wrynn and Hellscream provide. That will be addressed shortly with patch 3.3.3.
- Strength of Wrynn and Hellscream's Warsong now also boost the effect of damage absorption spells.
These changes could be temporary and could be reversed at any time. They're not in the official notes.
Death Knights
- Glyph of Icebound Fortitude now always grants at least 40% damage reduction.
- Glyph of Scourge Imprisonment now reduces the cast time of your Shackle Undead by 1 sec. (Up from 0.5 sec)
- Glyph of Feint now reduces the energy cost of Feint by 20. (Up from 10)
- Glyph of Expose Armor now increases the duration of Expose Armor by 12 sec. (Up from 10 sec)
- Glyph of Deadly Throw now increases the slowing effect on Deadly Throw by 20%. (Up from 10%)
Other changes
Warlocks
- Dark Pact now has a 100 yards range (up from 30 yards) and ignores the line of sight.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Gigantor1960 Mar 8th 2010 6:20PM
Thank you Blizz for showing Disc Priest some love!
keith Mar 8th 2010 6:27PM
Yeah, I'm glad to see this was just an oversight. At 5% it isn't a huge deal (I don't feel cheated too much =P), but as the buff ramps up, it would have gotten significantly worse for disc priests.
I'm curious if this will have any effect on bear druid Savage Defense procs as well...
Narshe Mar 8th 2010 7:14PM
Looks like Dawn Moore can rest easy. Curious, i wonder if her recent article had any effect on the change of the buff.
Phaea Mar 9th 2010 1:46PM
@Narshe
Doubtful. It's been all over the Priest forums and Technical Bug forums since the buff came out. Blizzard was well aware of the concerns.
thebitterfig Mar 10th 2010 10:58AM
now, if only they'd extend the buff to pets...
paul Mar 8th 2010 6:21PM
Woah, when was that rocket mount introduced? This is the first Ive seen or heard of it...
And could it be... no it cant be... cant it? Nooo.... Cant possibly.... be....
A 2 person flying mount!!!!!!?!
*gets hopes up*
Alkaios Mar 8th 2010 6:21PM
mmm.........touring rocket
/drool
reswab Mar 8th 2010 6:23PM
Awwwww. I want one now! it'd be great to have a lil titan companion following me around. Egaads, i wonder how RPers deal with these things out.
"hey Boulderbutt, whats that lil lich following you for? um. . .is that Kel'thuzad? Laddy! Tell me the story of how you acquired such a miniature form of evil!"
Boulderbutt scratched his face and looked around. " I uhh. . .just. . got it. . from this dude out in . . .Gotta go!" *bubble hearth*
"Hey labidogirl6969, How did you aquire that panderan? I haven't seen one of those since the third war!"
Labidogirl6969 says "My boyfriend totally got it for me. Omg, isn't it so cuuute?"
____
Now i really do want to write something up.
wutsconflag Mar 8th 2010 6:27PM
No comment on pets not getting benefits from the ICC buffs, yet, hey?
Tori Mar 8th 2010 6:38PM
^ This.
Leaving pets without the buffs is a huge cripple to classes like Hunters and Warlocks who rely on them for a good portion of their damage.
I'd just like to know if this was intentional or if they're still looking into it.
Kanuris Mar 8th 2010 7:05PM
Lich King is do-able without any of these buffs.
Quit yer cryin'
Neuropox Mar 8th 2010 7:18PM
@Kanuris yes it is, but for those of us struggling, it is the little things that help us. Some people dont have 20 hours a week to devote to raiding and grinding out gear
SheldonLock Mar 9th 2010 11:06AM
I agree with Kanuris. All these Entitled Casuals want is shit like that given to them, when it's been done without ANY buffs like that.
Maybe if your ECs put forward some EFFORT, you'd be able to do it with no probably. You don't need buffs, your pets don't need buffs, but you DO need to stop being an Entitled Causal. Deal with it, and don't complain when you DO get a buff.
"Oh, the people get buffs, but that isn't enough. What about the pets? If you're going to buff the people that don't deserve it, then buff our pets, too." - All you Entitled Casuals.
You people don't deserve that buff. In my opinion, it should ONLY be available when you kill the Lich King. Then you don't have a choice and you can't fucking whine about it.
Yitzak Mar 10th 2010 7:31AM
SheldonLock - the point isn't that people "need" the buffs, it is that leaving pets out affects the classes differently - it leaves pet-using classes behind. More to the point though, you've got a huge, ugly chip on your shoulder about what you call "entitled casuals" when it appears that you're the one with an inflated sense of entitlement. You tell people to "stop fucking whining" even as you whine in an epic fashion. Perhaps a few moments to examine your own post and see if you can spot the hypocrisy?
jay Mar 8th 2010 6:44PM
The Rocket looks like it might be a Goblin Engineering Mount.
Encon Mar 8th 2010 6:48PM
As a goblin Engineer, I heartily approve. this is gonna be baaadasss
Teliko Mar 8th 2010 7:24PM
And what, pray tell, would Gnomish Engineers get?
Oriflame Mar 8th 2010 7:27PM
oh please, oh please, oh please. :)
best option for me? Huge expensive gold sink 2 person flying mount. I've been stashing gold for "the airship that's gonna be in cataclysm" just on speculation and hoping! (the quote is just what I say, no reason to believe it other than I hope it is true)
jay Mar 8th 2010 7:41PM
@Teliko a 5 person mount, maybe XD. Seriously though the mount looks quite Goblin-esque. I wouldn't be surprised if this coincided with the expansion.
Tyr Mar 8th 2010 7:45PM
I wouldn't be surprised if both of the mounts were related to the card-game or some insane achievement. 310% mounts are still relatively special and I doubt you'll ever be able to make them through professions.