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5.4 PTR: Timeless Isle Pets, Screenshots and World Bosses
One of the new zones coming in Patch 5.4 is the
Timeless Isle
, the location for an upcoming pet tournament and fighting the August Celestials as world bosses. In this initial preview, we'll look at the pet rewards, zone screenshots, and the Dungeon Journals for the Celestials.
Pet Tournament
These following pets are tied to the Pet Tournament in the PTR Pet Journal:
Chi-Chi, Hatchling of Chi-Ji
: Flying,
Zao, Calfling of Niuzao
: Beast,
Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen
: Beast,
Yu'la, Broodling of Yu'lon
: Dragonkin. Click on the images to view them in our 3D Modelviewer!
The most recent PTR build also included
audio possibly tied to the pet tournament or celestial world bosses
. Transcript of the dialogue below:
It is decided. The Vale
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5.4 PTR Patch Notes - Updated June 20th
Following yesterday's
datamined 5.4 PTR build
, we have the official PTR notes from Blizzard today. Of particular note:
To speed up legendary quest progress,
The Strength of One's Foes
can be completed in
Throne of Thunder
in 5.4.
Any Battle Pet that could be awarded from a
Throne of Thunder
boss on Raid Finder difficulty, such as
Living Sandling
, can now be won from a bonus roll, in addition to the standard bonus roll reward.
Arena matches that go longer than 15 minutes will now reach a quick end with one team getting hugely buffed with
The Crowd Chose You!!!
. This is awarded to the team that has the most players alive and has gotten the most players closest to death.
Many classes got significant ability and glyph changes:
Death Knight
:
Anti-Magic Zone
now reduces magic damage taken in the area-of-effect by 40% for 3 seconds, and the ability no longer scales with strength.
Mage
:
Mastery: Icicles
has been redesigned. Fingers of Frost now increases the damage of Ice Lance by an additional 2%, Brain Freeze increases the damage of the instant cast Frostfire Bolt by 2%, and damage done by the Mage's Wa
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5.4 PTR: Build 17093 - Spell Changes, Updated Set Bonuses, Audio Spoilers
A new 5.4 PTR build is on its way! As usual, take all the spell changes with a grain of salt until Blizzard's official patch notes are up.
The 5.4 PTR started last week, with new
Tier 16 and Season 14 weapon and armor models
, drastic changes to the
Vale of Eternal Blossoms
, new
battle pets
,
profession changes
, and details on the
Siege of Orgrimmar
.
Check out the latest additions!
Audio Spoilers
There are massive spoilers for Garrosh ahead, as well as a touching sound clip of Nazgrim talking to Gamon and Lorewalker Cho discovering the corruption in Vale of Eternal Bloss
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News Roundup: New 5.4 Battle Pets, Kil'jaeden's Cunning Changes
Today's news roundup takes a look at the first wave of 5.4 Battle Pets in the PTR pet journal, as well as some details behind the upcoming
nerf--it's no longer a passive ability and instead has a duration of 15 seconds with a 1.5 minute cooldown.
Patch 5.4 Battle Pets
Don't forget to click the images to view them in our 3D Modelviewer!
These following pets appear to be rewards tied to the pet tournament on the
Timeless Isle
:
Chi-Chi, Hatchling of Chi-Ji
: Flying,
Zao, Calfling of Niuzao
: Beast,
Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen
: Beast,
Yu'la, Broodling of Yu'lon
: Dragonkin.
Right now they all have the following abilities, which is subject to change in later PTR builds:
Claw
,
Evanescence
,
Leap
,
Rend
,
Spectral Strike
,
Prowl
.
Moon Moon
is a drop from the new Darkmoon Faire boss, Moon
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5.4 PTR: Profession Additions and Changes
This is an article from the early 5.4 PTR and some things have changed. Click
here
for an updated guide.
On the 5.4 PTR, several professions are getting new recipes and vanity items! Engineering has the most interesting things with the return of
Pierre
, but crafters can make new epics, chefs can make
Pandaren Treasure Noodle Cart Kit
, and all enchants can be put on heirlooms.
Engineering
Engineers are getting some new vanity items in 5.4!
On the PTR, any mob in Vale of Eternal Blossoms can drop
Schematic: Chief Engineer Jard's Journal
. This is smart loot, meaning that it will only drop for eligible Engineers.
This contains recipes for
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source
,
Sky Golem
,
Advanced Refrigeration Unit
,
Pierre
, and
Rascal-Bot
.
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source
can only be crafted once a day and requires 10
Ghost Iron Bar
.
Sky Golem
was originally called the Skyclaw back in 5.2, so it may be reusing an item ID and changing completely due to the different name and "teaches you how to ride the PH." It takes 30
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source
and
Living Steel
to craft.
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The Golden Lotus: 5.3 Reputation Guide and 5.4 Changes
The
Vale of Eternal Blossoms
is getting some
major changes in 5.4
, and understandably players have been curious as to what they can and can't do in the new patch.
We've broken down what's staying and going away, as well as provided our Patch 5.3 guide to the Golden Lotus if you want to experience the original rep grind before it's changed. A lot of players found
Golden Lotus
tedious to grind at launch, but it might be interesting to experience for lore reasons. In Patch 5.4, the Vale is corrupted into the Vale of Eternal Sorrows, and familiar figures from the Vale are
Siege of Orgrimmar bosses
.
Usual disclaimer: the 5.4 PTR has been up for less than a week, and things can change quite frequently! We'll keep this guide updated with further PTR developments.
What is going away
:
Eternally in the Vale
is being removed, as well as the related quests and rewards. Players progress farther through this ques
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5.4 PTR: Season 14 3D Weapon Models, Vale of Eternal Blossoms and Orgrimmar Zone Changes
After
datamining the 5.4 files
and reading
Blizzard's 5.4 PTR Patch Notes
yesterday, the 5.4 PTR is now playable!
One huge change we noticed when logging on the PTR was that Vale of Eternal Blossoms is radically different. It's been infested by the Sha, with most of the zone drastically changed. The capital cities are still functional, but the Golden Lotus hubs appear to be phased out. All of the water is drained and in its place are sha-touched wildlife (that award Golden Lotus rep when killed) and corpses of Golden Lotus NPCs. In addition, there is a new raid portal at the bottom of a lake, with a summoning stone nearby for "Vale Raid."
Since the time of this post, we've updated our
Golden Lotus Reputation Guide
which documents all of the changes happening in 5.4 and how to get Exalted quickly before the patch!
Players can still kill elites for
One Many Army
, but they are visually altered with
Sha-Corrupted
and now have sil
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Patch 5.4: Tier 16, Season 14, and NPC 3D Models, Siege of Orgrimmar Dungeon Journal
Continuing with our 5.4 PTR coverage, we have many 3D models for Tier 16 and Season 14 gear, as well as Siege of Orgrimmar NPCs like Corrupted Garrosh! Be sure to click on the images to view them with any race in our 3D Modelviewer.
In addition, we have some preliminary details on the Siege of Orgrimmar raid, including Encounter Journal details for encounters like
Paragons of the Klaxxi
and
Garrosh Hellscream
.
Tier 16 Armor Models
Many datamined item IDs last night were for new raid gear. So far there's
ilvl 560 Heroic TF
,
ilvl 554 Heroic
,
ilvl 547 Thunderforged
,
ilvl 541 Normal
,
ilvl 527 Flex
,
ilvl 521 Raid Finder
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5.4 PTR Patch Notes
Earlier tonight, we datamined a
huge 5.4 PTR build
with thousands of items and Tier 16 bonuses. Blizzard followed up tonight's PTR build with their official patch notes!
Virtual Realms
are coming. They're sets of realms that are fused together, and will behave exactly as if they were one cohesive realm. Players on the same Virtual Realm will be able to join guilds, access a single Auction House, join arena teams and raids, as well run dungeons or group up to complete quests.
Proving Grounds
allow players to complete solo challenges designed for Damage, Tank, or Healer roles.
Resto Druids have many changes, including a new glyph, Glyph of Efflorescence, which increases the healing done by Swiftmend by 20%, causes the Efflorescence healing effect to be triggered by Wild Mushroom instead of Swiftmend, and lasts as long as the Wild Mushroom is active.
A Pet Battle tournament is coming to a new 5.4 zone, the Timeless Isle! In addition, many pet passives have been changed.
Players who get the realm-best time for a specific challenge mode will get a special title--until another group gets th
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Patch 5.4 PTR - Build 17056 - Spell Changes, Tier 16 Set Bonuses, Icons, and More
The 5.4 PTR is on its way--tonight we datamined over 2000 new items and tons of spell changes, as well as Tier 16 set bonuses from the Siege of Orgrimmar raid! Also be sure to check out
Blizzard's official 5.4 PTR Patch Notes
.
Click here for the latest additions!
For more 5.4 PTR coverage, check out the
official 5.4 PTR patch notes
,
Tier 16 and Season 14 3D Models, and the Siege of Orgrimmar Dungeon Journal
!
Build Highlights
Perhaps the Sky Claw is returning?
Schematic: Chief Engineer Jard's Journal
New zones:
Celestial Tournament
,
Siege of Orgrimmar
,
Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements are now split between 10 and 25 player mode again:
Ahead of the Curve: Garrosh Hellscream (25 player)
,
Ahead of the Curve: Garrosh Hellscream (10 player)
Many datamined item IDs appear to be for new raid gear--however they have placeholder names and models for now, and perhaps the ilvls will change as well. So far there's [url=htt
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News Roundup: Titan Runestone Droprates, Flex Raiding Discussion
After the huge news on Thursday that
Flex Raiding
is coming in Patch 5.4, many players understandably had questions about this new feature. which allows players to form a dynamically-scaling raid between 10 and 25 non-pug players and receive loot that's better than LFR. Bashiok and Taepsilum addressed many of these concerns over the weekend:
Flex is intended for players that are interested in getting weekly groups together for fun and some challenge, but who also don't want super-strict raiding requirements.
Unlike Normal modes, you can invite friends from your Real ID and Battle.net tag to Flex raids.
Removing Tier Tokens from flex raids is something that's worth considering, as raiders might feel forced to run LFR, Normal, and Flex at the start of a new tier otherwise for bonuses.
Letting people zone in and clear Flex trash with 8 people is something the devs are considering. This would allow to get raids underway while waiting to fill spots.
While it may be "optimal" to clear flex raids with a certain number of players, or do 10-player normal instead of 12-player Flex, Flex Mode isn't
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A Raid for All Seasons: Flexible Raid Preview
Blizzard is introducing a new raid format in Patch 5.4! The new
Flexible Raid
system is designed to allow social groups a close-knit raiding experience outside of the usual 10 and 25 player formats.
This new raid format is intended to appeal to players who enjoyed the 10-player normal format in Wrath of the Lich King. It's something players can enjoy doing for fun on off-nights with their Real ID or Battle.net friends. There isn't an ilvl requirement for Flexible Raids, so new alts can tag along too!
This should also be a welcome alternate to LFR, where players can run through easy content solely with their friends and don't have to rely on PUGs to round out 25 players. Rewards are also slightly better in this format--higher ilvl gear, and the chance to complete achievements and win mounts.
A raid's difficulty will scale based on how many players are in the Flexible Raid. Between 10 and 25 people can be in this raid.
This raid format has a separate lockout than LFR, and Normal/Heroic. You can also complete achievements on this difficulty level.
Gear rewards will be between LFR and Normal quality. Players can also get some items not available in LFR.
There's no ilvl requirement for Flex
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