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Topic: 1/28 PTR Updates

Vault_News Title: 0110011010 Be Nice to Me I'm a Bot Posts: 43,785 Registered: Oct 18, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 42,467 User ID: 1,086,234	Subject: 1/28 PTR Updates
	Zarhym posted: PvP Attacking forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control 2 keeps. Defending forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control all 3 keeps. Daily quest creatures, herbs, minerals, etc. will only spawn when Tol Barad is in the quest phase between battles. There will be 5-minute and 1-minute warnings before the quest phase ends. The quest phase ends 15 minutes before the battle for Tol Barad begins and queuing is made available. At that time any players in the daily micro dungeons will be ported just outside. This does not apply to Tol Barad Peninsula or the daily quests there. The weekly PvP quest "Victory in Tol Barad" now awards 200 Honor Points and 3 Tol Barad Commendations. Mage Fireball mana cost has been reduced to 9% of base mana. Frostfire Bolt mana cost has been reduced to 9% of base mana. Priest Strength of Soul now occurs when the priest casts Inner Focus on oneself, rather than Power Word: Shield. In addition, Strength of Soul now also causes the priest to become immune to silence, interrupt, and dispel effects for 2/4 seconds after using Inner Focus. Professions Fishing Rare fishing poles now have a chance to be found in the Bag of Fishing Treasures earned via the Stormwind and Orgrimmar Fishing daily quests. Jewelcrafting Wrath of the Lich King purple, green, and orange gems have been increased in cost to match red, blue, and yellow epic gems (220 Justice Points). Burning Crusade epic gems have been increased in cost to match the most expensive Wrath of the Lich King gems. Item Sets Normal PvE helms (item level 359) no longer have a chance to drop from Nefarian or Cho'gall on Heroic difficulty. Instead, the Heroic PvE helm and shoulder pieces (item level 372) only require their associated Crown/Shoulders of the Forlorn tokens to purchase, and do not require players to obtain the normal helms or shoulders first. Posted from WoW Vault -----signature----- (none)
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Rill_of_WE Title: WoW Vault Site Manager Posts: 6,074 Registered: Aug 6, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,001 User ID: 703,880	Subject: 1/28 PTR Updates
	Bot posted: Defending forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control all 3 keeps. I'm trying to understand the point of this... -----signature----- ~Rill Food and fun! http://afkdinner.blogspot.com/ http://www.rillsmenu.com/
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Kriegprojekt Posts: 2,653 Registered: Apr 12, '10 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,591 User ID: 1,390,814	Subject: 1/28 PTR Updates
	Rill_of_WE posted: Bot posted: Defending forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control all 3 keeps. I'm trying to understand the point of this... I guess when they are all captured and right before they get capped to max. This will help them cap quicker. I guess... Doesnt make much sense but, whatever. -----signature----- http://www.immortal-guild.com/ Deepstrike Server Milkman - Guardian Bard
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Malachi256 Posts: 2,454 Registered: Nov 12, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,433 User ID: 737,559	Subject: 1/28 PTR Updates
	Rill_of_WE posted: Bot posted: Defending forces will receive a 200% capture speed bonus when they control all 3 keeps. I'm trying to understand the point of this... Yeah, if you interpret "control" to be when the capture bar is in the very small colored portion, then this makes no sense, because it's basically useless - if all 3 keeps are in that small colored portion, then there's nothing to capture. If we assume they intend the big gray area in the middle of the capture bar to still count as "yours" (assuming you were the most recent owner), then this makes a lot more sense - it forces defense to try to hold all 3 keeps if they want to maintain their advantage, rather than just zerging one keep at a time to prevent offense from securing a win. Combined with the other change (that gives offense a major capture advantage if they own the other 2 keeps), this is basically a significant nerf to defense - just zerging from one base, then to the next base, then to the next... won't be nearly as valid a tactic. -----signature----- Explorer / Soloer+Small groups / Some PvP MMOin' since UO beta, still waiting for UO 2.0 done right
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Rill_of_WE Title: WoW Vault Site Manager Posts: 6,074 Registered: Aug 6, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,001 User ID: 703,880	Subject: 1/28 PTR Updates
	If it was in the 'grey' area then that would make more sense. Sorta. -----signature----- ~Rill Food and fun! http://afkdinner.blogspot.com/ http://www.rillsmenu.com/
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Demorak Posts: 6,097 Registered: Jan 16, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,924 User ID: 1,344,935	Subject: 1/28 PTR Updates
	Glad I wasn't the only one about that line. WTB Frost Mage nerfs please. -----signature----- "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
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