WoW – Patch 3.1.0.

We`ve been waiting for this patch for ages. Raiding became boring, we need something new. Well along with Ulduar, Patch 3.1.0. will bring many changes to all the classes. The list is huge and it`s here, I`ll talk about what seems interesting to me, as usual.

Note that i`m not a PTR person, I never bother going on the PTR to actually check for myself so my opinions are based after what I read.

So…druid changes. I`ll split them into good ones and bad ones. Good ones:

• Swipe now hits everything, in the sides and back of the druid.
• Innervate no longer costs mana.
• Maim is a stun and it will no longer break when the target gets attacked.
• Primal Gore: Grants the periodic damage from your Lacerate and Gut Rip abilities the ability to critically hit.

Bad ones:

• Reduced stamina bonus from Heart of the Wild.
• Reduced crit bonus for Ferocious Bite.
• Bonus from Survival of the Fittest reduced.
• Basically everything that has the word “reduced” in it, I am not pleased.

Donno ones:

• Savage Roar is now considered an Enrage effect and now increases physical damage done by 30% instead of increasing attack power. I have to actually play to have an oppinion, all I know is that with Savage Roar on I have a freakishly huge attack power raid buffed (around 10.000).

New stuff:

• Ulduar
• Dual specs (costs 1000g to activate it, at lvl 40)
• A gear manager to switch gear, so bye-bye Wardrobe, Outfitter and such. Love it when Blizz implements their own stuff and more and more addons are obsolete.
• The achievement Brew of the Year has been removed from the meta achievement. Thankfully too many people whined. I was not pleased when I noticed this stupid achievement was in the way of getting my precious Purple Proto-Drake because the achievement system was implemented after Brewfest, how in the hell could I have known I have to get the membership? Also nasty for people who quit playing for 1-2 month and miss the beer.
• Speaking of world events, Noblegarden became a serious event, lasting one week. It`s also included in the meta What a Long, Strange Trip It`s Been.

Fishing:

• You can fish up a mount (Turtle) from the fish schools in Northrend. Very very very low drop rate. With my luck…I`ve been trying to fish up the rat from Underbelly for ages, same for the blasted crocodile pets from the daily quest in Shattrah.
• New fishing dailies in Dalaran.
• Cast time for fishing has been lowered.
• You can fish up some good stuff in Wintergrasp while being pwned by the opposite faction.