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Wondering what to do before 7.2 hits? Farm plenty of Order Resources and Blood of SargerasBloods of Sargeras! There's also gold-making potential related to Class Mounts & crafted Legendary items.

1. Good SuramaritanGood Suramaritan -  don't forget to finish the Suramar story. It's one of the requirements to unlock account-wide Legion flying. If you haven't started questing in Suramar, you should start now to avoid delays when 7.2 launches.

2. Accummulate at least 20,000 Order Resources so you can continue your Order Hall upgrade straight away. Note that some mount tints and Power AscendedPower Ascended items require additional Order Resources to unlock so it's better to get more. The sixth tier upgrade for the Order Hall costs 20K with one hour research time and tier 7 costs 30,000 with 14 days of research time. You can turn in Blood of SargerasBlood of Sargeras for 200 Order Resources (Order Resources CacheOrder Resources Cache). The shoulder enchant Boon of the BloodhunterBoon of the Bloodhunter will help farm bloods faster as you will loot Bloodhunter's QuarryBloodhunter's Quarry from enemies. More information about Order Hall upgrade can be found here.

3. Paladins and Warlocks need materials to craft their mounts. Even though the crafting cost will be re-evaulated in a future build, make sure you have enough of them.

This also creates a good gold-making opportunity. Items above will have an increase in demand.

4. Do you plan to craft Legendary items? Even though crafting requirements may change at any time during the 7.2 testing, keep a closer look at the crafting materials to have them ready.

The items also have a gold-making potential when 7.2 arrives.

What's worth noting is that crafted Legendary items have become Bind on Equipped and can be sold in the Auction House, however it's still very early to say if they remain BoE. Nethershard EssenceNethershard Essence can be purchased for 2,000  Nethershards from Warmage Kath'leen.

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19 minutes ago, HolloWDevil said:

Wait what? BoE?

Yes.

Latest changes I've noticed

  • Crafted Legendaries are now BoE
    • This may just be experimental and doesn't necessarily have to go live.
  • Prismatic sockets were added
  • Class requirements were added
  • Trainers will teach the patterns, like Celumbra, the Night's DichotomyCelumbra, the Night's Dichotomy > Tailoring etc.

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I still can't see an on-equip effect on the plate one.

7 minutes ago, HolloWDevil said:

is that a good thing or a bad thing?


They're far from BiS but will be worth having for fresh 110s if only for the stat stick value.

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2 minutes ago, Ammako said:

I still can't see an on-equip effect on the plate one.

Should be added in a future build.

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I sure hope the priest/mage/warlock one changes. The mail and leather pieces have identical effects that are awesome, 25% movespeed and an out of combat flight form! Then you get the cloth one "Can see invisible units during the day and reduced aggro range at night" ... wow... I don't even think there are any invisible PVE enemies in legion, if there are it's only a few, and reduced aggro range, that's great I guess to not get dismounted as much...

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3. Paladins and Warlocks need materials to craft their mounts. Even though the crafting cost will be re-evaulated in a future build, make sure you have enough of them.

blizzard has allready confirmed they are changing this, so may wanna remove it for now, as people complaiend only us had to pay the auction house to get our items, and it would spike the prices, aswell as cause issues of "i dont have any on the AH" looking for the blizz post now

" Thanks for your feedback (and to those above you, and in the separate thread). We are re-examining the requirements for these quests, as we generally agree that rare tradeskill materials will result in a painful price hike. "

 

 

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20753268201?page=4#post-68

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The post can be found in the round-up I linked in the post. I'll update it when new requirements are added.

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17 minutes ago, Prophet001 said:

I hope they up the gain rate on resources.

It would take me a long time to get 50k.

You get this Ward of Infinite FuryWard of Infinite Fury when doing Legionfall quests.

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6 hours ago, Stan said:

Should be added in a future build.

Lol I just had to talk about it, they added it now. :p

Personal Ysera's Gift, potentially useful honestly.

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SHAMAN Developers’ note: We’re moving forward with our mana economy changes for hybrids, now for all hybrid DPS and tank specializations. To restate, our goal is to allow for more continuous casts of utility and healing spells while maintaining limits on how much hybrids can contribute to healing, defensive dispels, and offensive dispels. In short, this is a deeper mana pool with less regen. Elemental Maximum mana increased to 250,000 (was 50,000). Mana regeneration increased by 150%. Healing Surge now costs 10% of base mana (was 24%). Chain Heal now costs 15% of base mana (was 30%). Healing Stream Totem now costs 5% of base mana (was 9%). Earth Shield now costs 5% of base mana (was 10%). Purge now costs 14% of base mana (was 10%). Greater Purge now costs 21% of base mana (was 20%). Cleanse Spirit now costs 10% of base mana (was 6.5%). Enhancement Maximum mana increased to 250,000 (was 50,000). Mana regeneration increased by 150%. Healing Surge now costs 10% of base mana (was 24%). Chain Heal now costs 15% of base mana (was 30%). Healing Stream Totem now costs 5% of base mana (was 9%). Earth Shield now costs 5% of base mana (was 10%). Purge now costs 14% of base mana (was 10%). Greater Purge now costs 21% of base mana (was 20%). Cleanse Spirit now costs 10% of base mana (was 6.5%). Restoration Greater Purge now costs 3% of base mana (was 4%). WARLOCK Glyph of the Observer is being deprecated and will no longer be an available customization option for felhunters. Developers’ note: With the arrival of the new warlock pet customization system coming in Fractures in Time, we will deprecate the Glyph of the Observer customization. Our reason for this is to ensure that each demon retains a similar silhouette across all available customizations, so that each demon and the functionality or power they provide to the warlock is easily understood by other players as well as the warlock. Affliction Unstable Affliction damage increased by 10%. Seed of Corruption’s cast time has been reduced to 2 seconds (was 2.5 seconds). Demonology Shadowflame Acolyte and Fel Covenant have been removed. Demonic Knowledge has been re-added and is now located where Shadowflame Acolyte was. Shadow’s Bite has been re-added is now located where Fel Covenant was. Hand of Gul’dan damage increased by 25%. Implosion damage increased by 15%. Dreadstalker damage increased by 15%. Demonbolt damage increased by 20%. Bilescourge Bombers’ Soul Shard cost has been reduced to 0 (was 2). Umbral Blaze now has a 15/30% chance of occurring (was 8/15%). Umbral Blaze now retains remaining damage when reapplied. Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-set bonus has been adjusted – Demonbolt damage increased 20% (was 15%). Consuming a Demonic Core reduces the cooldown of Grimoire: Felguard by 1 second. Dirty Hands has been renamed to Malefic Impact. Destruction Crashing Chaos has been redesigned – Summon Infernal increases the damage of your next 8 casts of Chaos Bolts by 50% (10% in PvP combat) or your next 8 casts of Rain of Fire by 70% (15% in PvP combat). Dimensional Rift damage increased by 15%. PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER
      PALADIN Holy New PvP Talent: Divine Plea – After casting Daybreak, you regenerate mana over 12 seconds, but your healing and damage is decreased by 50%. Daybreak no longer restores mana from each Glimmer consumed. Developers’ note: We would like Divine Plea to be a high risk/high reward option for players as we are expecting Daybreak to regenerate less Mana through its Glimmer consumption in PvP. New PvP Talent: Denounce – Casts down the enemy with a bolt of Holy Light, causing Holy damage and preventing the target from causing critical effects for the next 6 seconds. Replaces Shield of the Righteous. Developers’ note: We would like Holy Paladins to have the option of a ranged offensive Holy Power spender in PvP as Shield of the Righteous is more integral to the specialization now but can be difficult to get value out of in PvP scenarios. All healing spells no longer increased by an additional 9% in PvP combat. Mana regeneration now reduced by 25% in PvP combat (was 35%). Divine Plea now regenerates 20% less mana and has a 15 second duration (was 12 seconds). Glimmer of Light’s damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat. Developers’ note: Rising Sunlight burst combos have felt more impactful than we would like for a healer specialization. We are adjusting Glimmer of Light’s damage down in PvP, but still feel confident Holy Paladin’s overall offensive options remain competitive in Fractures in Time after this adjustment. Holy Shock’s healing now increased by 15% in PvP combat (was 30%). Word of Glory’s healing is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 15% increased). Light’s Protection is now 50% effective in PvP combat. Light of the Martyr’s healing is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 25% reduction). WARLOCK Affliction Unstable Affliction now deals 25% increased damage in PvP combat. Rampant Afflictions now decreases the damage of Unstable Affliction by 25% in addition to its current effect. Rot and Decay can now trigger from Shadow Bolt and Drain Soul. Rot and Decay now also extends the duration of Siphon Life. QUESTS
      Undertake new repeatable content in Eon’s Fringe as you work to settle the timeways and solve the problems brought about by their instability while reaping rewards of a job well done. WHELP DAYCARE Temporarily removed the lockout restrictions for the quests for testing purposes. USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY
      Trading Post activities in a series (i.e. “Complete 5/15/30 Mythic+ Dungeons”) will now be collapsed in the Traveler’s Log. An icon and tooltip line have been added to indicate if an appearance is not supported for your race (such as for mechagnomes and dracthyr). EDIT MODE Added duration bars (breath, fatigue) with size settings. Added multi-seat vehicle UI with size settings. Added lines that show what edges your element is snapping to. Slightly increased corner snapping range.
    • By Starym
      We're looking at week 3 of Mythic+ Season 2. We've seen many, many adjustments to the dungeons since the new season launched, with Blizzard constantly tuning and improving them, but despite all the changes, one thing pretty much always remains the same - Subtletly is on top! After a very brief hiatus in the top percentiles, the yellow king has returned, so let's take a look.
      Note: The logs are based on POINTS, and not actual damage or healing, meaning they log the timed completion for the specs, with higher keys getting more points, obviously. The time in which the dungeon is completed is also a factor, but a much, much smaller one, as it grants very few points if you do it significantly faster than just any in-time completion. We're also using the Normalized Aggregate Scores numbers, for clarity, meaning the top spec is marked as 100 and then the rest are ranked in relation to that peak point.
      This past week was:
      Tyrannical, Incorporeal, Spiteful
      All Keys
      95th percentile DPS
      Well that was a short coup, as Subtletly has vanquished the usurper from its throne. Shadow didn't go far, however, and we also have Balance pushing up and removing Fire from 3rd. Right after the top level scuffle we see Fury and Destro join up to rise 4 spots into 5th and 6th, pushing Enhancement down one. Right after that we have the biggest mover of the week, as Frost Mage tears it up, gaining 7 spots in 8th. And as one Mage goes up, another must come down, since Arcane drops the exact same 7 spots down to 14th. Havoc and Elemental close out the top 10, with opposing trajectories, as both move 2 spots - the DH down and the Shaman up! The bottom 3 remains the same, with the three As of Affliction, Assassination and Arms down in the dumps.

      Mythic+ All Keys 95th Percentile Data by Warcraft Logs.
      All Percentiles
      Subtlety never left its throne here and Shadow is only now climbing into position, pushing Balance out of 2nd. Fury is gaining even more momentum here, jumping 5 spots into 4th. The big moves don't stop there, however, as Windwalker is regaining some of its former glory, up 6 spots in 5th, while Arcane is holding on much better here, only dropping 1. Enhancement stands strong in 7th, followed by the surging Frost Mage in 8th, which is "only" up 5 here. The final two top 10 spots once again go to two specs with very different trajectories, as Havoc is moving down here as well, while Retribution is up 3 into 9th! The triple A club is anything but that in the bottom 3 here as well.

      Mythic+ All Keys All Percentile Data by Warcraft Logs.

      For even more in-depth data for each individual key head on over to Warcraft Logs. And if you're interested in more info on the specs themselves you can always check out our class guides, as well as our Mythic+ guides and Mythic+ tier list.
    • By Stan
      Blizzard has implemented new action bar animations in Patch 10.1.5. 
      Action bar animations received updates in the forthcoming update.
      We have new animations for global cooldowns and whenever spells come off cooldown. The spell icon has been updated with a "progress bar" animation, letting you know when a spell cast is finished.
      MrGM created a short video showcasing them all.
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