New patch notes today, big changes are the addition of 2 new zones, flying mounts and the level cap has been raised to 70. For the full notes, see below.
General
- The level cap has been raised to 70.
- Blade’s Edge Mountains are now open.
- Netherstorm is now open.
- Flying Mounts are now accessible from vendors.
- Heroic mode is now available for the Hellfire Citadel:Ramparts.
- Ranked Arena battles will now be available .
- Paladin and Shaman trainers can now be found in the Horde and Alliance cities in Azeroth.
- Tempest Keep- 2 wings are now open: Botanica and Mechanaar.
Items
- The costs of some Battleground rewards have been reduced.
Pets
- Pet speed has been normalized.
Bugs
- The quest “Go to the Front” now grants the correct amount of reputation with Honor Hold.”
- “Rocket Boots Xtreme” and “Sprint” no longer share the same cooldown.
- Close proximity to Yula the Fair will no longer cause interface issues.
- Hunter pets will now be able to learn Rank 6 “Charge” from “Beast Training”.
- The Warrior Arms talent, “Second Wind” will now correctly proc from the Rogue ability “Sap”.
- The Survival talent, “Readiness” will now correctly finish all cooldowns on Hunter abilities.
- The Warlock Pet Spells: “Tainted Blood” Rank 4 and Rank 5 will now properly overwrite the first three ranks of the spell.
- Casting “Ice Lance” will no longer consume the Mage’s talent, “Presence of Mind” buff.
- Players should now be able to use a meeting stone to summon members of their raid no matter what party they are in.
- The Mage ability, “Molten Armor” will no longer be reflected back to the caster with the Warrior ability, “Spell Reflection”.
- The Hunter Pet ability: “Warp” can now be learned.
- Players can now loot link (shift + left click) socketed gems from the socketing UI.
- The Shaman talent, “Mental Quickness” will now properly reduce the casting cost of “Bloodlust” and “Heroism”.
- The priest Holy talent, “Healing Prayers” will now properly affect “Prayer of Mending”.
- Rogues are now able to use “Deadly Poison VI” in the PvP Arena.
- The Shaman talent, “Shamanistic Rage” can no longer be used in “Ghost Wolf” form.
- The Shaman talent, “Elemental Mastery” can no longer be used in “Ghost Wolf” form.
- Various pet fixes have been implemented.
- “Molten Armor” will now deal damage to an attacker even if the mage is protected by a damage absorbtion shield.
- “Surge of Light” will no longer be consumed by “Smites” that are already casting.
- Druid “Insect Swarm” Rank 6 will now benefit from the clearcasting effect from “Omen of Clarity”.
- “Pyroclasm” is now functioning with all ranks of “Soul Fire” and “Hellfire” rank 4.
- Various fixes were made to the statistical display on the character sheet.
- Hunters will no longer die while using “Feign Death” but will stand up once the timer runs out.