Archive for February, 2009

More Changes on the PTR

Yep, lots of new changes and different ways to look at stuff. Which, of course, means some of my notes from the last 2 days are out dated.
I’ll write up more this weekend (and likely we’ll have a new Patch by then too!). To echo Matticus’s point, these are the TEST realms, so be ready for a lot of changes… and frequently.
Stay tuned.
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Video of the New Power Infusion

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PTR 3.1 Notes – Holy

Yesterday we discussed the Discipline changes, today we will go over the Holy Changes that are currently up on the PTR. I did make some edits to my post from yesterday regarding Rapture (forgot to mention that Aegis doesn’t return mana anymore) and Focused Will (gives a total of 12% crit with all talents).
Skills

Prayer of Healing is now a targeted spell that heals the target’s party.Nice, since I always ask to have myself moved to the MT group for Loetheb. Handy dandy. Conclusion: Buff

Holy Nova mana cost reduced from …


PTR 3.1 Notes – Discipline

I am going to do this in phases, first I am going to take a look at the Discipline Tree first.
Skills

Divine Spirit is now a baseline spell.Well I have to admit, I am a little surprised. Blizzard said they never would do this, as they wanted a Spirit buff to be a reason to bring a Disc Priest to a raid – even though Disc isn’t very Spirit Heavy. That at least frees up the talent point. Conclusion: Buff

Abolish Disease: Now cleanses a disease every 3 sec, down from 5. …


3.1 on the PTR Thoughts Incoming

I will be posting my 3.1 PTR thoughts later today and likely expanding on them tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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3.1 Pre-PTR Preview

We’ve been given some interesting glimpses into 3.1. Let’s talk about those a little bit…

First and foremost, Divine Spirit is baseline. I have to admit, I gave up on this spell as becoming a baseline spell for all priests ages ago. Currently I am Discipline spec’d and the only reason why I have regular DS is because it cost only one point, even though Spirit is fairly useless to a Disc Priest. If they somehow find a way to make Improved DS worth putting 2 points into …


UI Updated

I am going to be traveling for work this week, so expect a good post at the end of the week. But for those who have been waiting for it… I updated my UI download to include updates after the last patch. You can find my UI here.
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Saving Kel’Thuzad’s Life!

As reported on World of Matticus, you apparently CAN save KT’s life. While the actual effectiveness would be very tough to test, its certainly important to be aware of.
HA!

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Add On Corner: DiscRecount

First, apologies for the lack in posting lately. I have had a busy work week and then couple in some personal stuff that queued up.
That being said, it is time for another Add On Corner! This time I want to highlight a fantastic Discipline Priest AddOn, DiscRecount. This mod is developed by Para11ax, who essentially modified Recount to be able to add Aegis mitigation and Power Word: Shield to effective healing. This mod replaces your existing Recount, and provides a fairly accurate way to see how much mitigation a Disc …