New discipline talent... Focused Will

Discipline tree is getting a new talent. But it'll probably be different than the one in PTR right now. So... no comments about it.

We wanted you to know that we're going to be redesigning the new discipline talent, focused will, so please hold off on providing further feedback on the ability until the new version is announced and/or it's pushed to the public test realms. The goal of the talent will still focus on survivability.

The intention of this talent is provide an alternative to the holy talent, blessed resilience, so the priest who desires a talent of this nature has more than one option, adding more flexibility to the talent choices they make leading up to either.

BG daily quest rewards and PvP trinket

The bad news of the day. That's what a blue said about the 4k honor reward for the PTR BG daily quest...

It's off by a factor of 10. Battleground Daily quest bonus honor is supposed to be equivalent to 20 player kills at your level, ie 400 honor at level 70.

It's more or less a free battleground worth of honor, and that's what we've intended it to be. A bonus for hopping in that day's battleground.

There's a lot of concern that AV isn't providing as much honor as it is on live due to the changes on the PTR. Some changes have already gone in but we're still keeping track of and willing to make additional changes. We want the time/honor ratio of AV to be as close to what it is now as possible, and if it looks like that's not the case even after bumping the honor and decreasing the amount of resources then we'll make additional changes.

I was dreaming of doing only one BG/day... but it was too good to be true. At least we'll be able to get the PvP trinket with honor (30k honor and 40 AV marks), so I can use my badges to get the cloak or something else.


Screenshot from MMO-Champion.

Guild banks preview

Ah.. I was waiting for the guild bank preview to see if I would finally have only one mule to bank my items. Looks good, but a bit expensive (not a bit maybe.. it's REALLY expensive to free everything you can). My plan is to create a guild, only with my mule and have tons of bank space with the guild bank.

The PTR guild bank is divided in 6 tabs that can be configured to restrict access individually. Each tab will cost gold to be able to use and has 98 slots.
1st tab: 1 gold
2nd tab: 10 gold
3rd tab: 100 gold
4th tab: 1k gold
5th tab: 5k gold
6th tab: 10k gold (as if 5k wasn't expensive enough)

Well.. nobody will pay for more than 3-4tabs just for a mule (IMO.. but I know some people have A LOT of money..). But 3 tabs makes 111 gold to get 294 slots (38silver/slot, 2,8g/slot if you get the 4th tab). I feel sorry for non-hardcore raiding guild's GMs (it's 16,111 gold to free all 6 slots).

Compare with a normal bank. A normal bank starts with 24 slots and you can pay to free more tabs to put bags.
1st tab: 10 silver
2nd tab: 1 gold
3rd tab: 10 gold
4th tab: 25 gold
6th tab: 25 gold
7th tab: 25 gold

It's ~85 gold to free all tabs, then you have to buy the bags. Considering 16 slot bags, you can get 136 slots. Each bag cost ~6.5g, so ~46g. Total of 131g (97silver/slot). Getting 18 slot bags (or bigger) would give more bank slots but would make it more expensive.

You can get more info HERE about all features.

Well.. seems like my mule will /gquit with 2.3. I already paid for the normal bank slots, so I'll have 430 slots, enough to kill my second mule and stop stocking things on alts I play ^_^. I just hope Blizz will not restrict the number of tabs per guild member or do something bizzare to piss me off when 2.3 goes live. Now I need a name for my guild.. hmm..

Hallow's End and the Headless Horseman

Hallow’s end begins today and we can now farm the Headless Horseman. The headless horseman is a mob that can be summoned in Scarlet Monastery, drops epics and need a 5man group. You also need someone with a daily quest to summon it. Considering that you have someone in the group with the quest, you should be able to farm it over and over (remember the 5 instances/hour limit).

The loot table and strat for him can be found HERE. Some people will want the epics, but I think that what most people wants is the Sinister Squashling and the Swift Flying Broom/ Swift Magic Broom.

You can find a guide to the Hallow’s End quests HERE.

Mage Season3 Set

Table comparing season1, season2 and season3 gear for mages.

	Armor/ DPS	STA	INT	CRI	RES	DAM	HEA	MP5	SP. HIT	SP. PEN	Sockets	Bonus
Season 1 Mage set
Gladiator's Silk Handguards	129	38	14	21	21	32	32					Improves the range of your Fire Blast spell by 5 yards.
Gladiator's Silk Cowl	168	54	15	18	30	37	37				Me,Re
Gladiator's Silk Trousers	181	54	25	28	30	42	42
Gladiator's Silk Amice	155	42	13	13	21	32	32				Re,Ye
Gladiator's Silk Raiment	207	51	18	25	24	32	32				Re,Ye,Ye
Total	840	239	85	105	126	175	175
Season 2 Mage set
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Handguards	143	46	20	19	23	36	36					Improves the range of your Fire Blast spell by 5 yards.
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Cowl	185	52	26	20	33	42	42				Me,Re
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Trousers	200	52	36	29	30	49	49
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Amice	171	46	15	14	21	36	36				Re,Ye
Merciless Gladiator's Silk Raiment	228	57	21	30	26	35	35				Re,Ye,Ye
Total	927	253	118	112	133	198	198
Season 3 Mage set
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Handguards	293	50	18	22	23	40	40					50% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting Polymorph.
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Cowl	409	59	23	24	33	47	47				Me,Re
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Trousers	424	59	34	33	30	53	53
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Amice	323	50	13	17	23	40	40				Re,Ye
Vengeful Gladiator's Silk Raiment	454	61	15	33	26	39	39				Re,Ye,Ye
Total	1903	279	103	129	135	219	219
Season 1/3 Mage set Compare
Gloves	164	12	4	1	2	8	8
Hood	241	5	8	6	3	10	10
Leggings	243	5	9	5	0	11	11
Mantle	168	8	0	4	2	8	8
Robe	247	10	-3	8	2	7	7
Total	1063	40	18	24	9	44	44
Season 2/3 Mage set Compare
Gloves	150	4	-2	3	0	4	4
Hood	224	7	-3	4	0	5	5
Leggings	224	7	-2	4	0	4	4
Mantle	152	4	-2	3	2	4	4
Robe	226	4	-6	3	0	4	4
Total	976	26	-15	17	2	21	21

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Honor season3 gear for Priest/Mage/Warlock

Table comparing season2 and season3 honor gear for priest/mages/warlocks.

	Armor/ DPS	STA	INT	CRI	RES	DAM	HEA	MP5	SP. HIT	SP. PEN	Sockets	Bonus
Healing Honor Gear (Season2)
Veteran's Mooncloth Belt	128	45	30		31	22,4	68
Veteran's Mooncloth Cuffs	93	31	16		17	15,2	46				Ye
Veteran's Mooncloth Slippers	157	45	30		31	22,4	68
Veteran's Pendant of Salvation		30	13		18	14,5	44	5			Ye
Veteran's Band of Salvation		30	17		22	14,5	44	5
Healing Honor Gear (Season3)
Vindicator's Mooncloth Belt	138	49	33		31	26	77
Vindicator's Mooncloth Cuffs	103	37	20		17	19	55				Ye
Vindicator's Mooncloth Slippers	168	49	33		31	26	77
Vindicator's Pendant of Salvation		34	16		18	17	51	6			Ye
Vindicator's Band of Salvation		34	20		22	17	51	6
Healing Honor Gear Compare
Belt	10	4	3		0	3,56	9
Cuffs	10	6	4		0	3,82	9
Slippers	11	4	3		0	3,56	9
Pendant		4	3		0	2,48	7	1
Band		4	3		0	2,48	7	1
Total	31	22	16	0	0	16	41	2
Damage Honor Gear (Season2)
Veteran's Dreadweave Belt	128	45	30		31	36	36
Veteran's Dreadweave Cuffs	93	31	16		17	25	25				Ye
Veteran's Dreadweave Stalkers	157	45	30		31	36	36
Veteran's Pendant of Dominance		31	16		18	26	26				Ye
Veteran's Band of Dominance		27	12		22	29	29			10
Damage Honor Gear (Season3)
Vindicator's Dreadweave Belt	138	49	34		31	41	41
Vindicator's Dreadweave Cuffs	103	37	20		17	29	29				Ye
Vindicator's Dreadweave Stalkers	168	49	34		31	41	41
Vindicator's Pendant of Dominance		35	20		18	30	30				Ye
Vindicator's Band of Dominance		31	15		22	33	33			14
Damage Honor Gear Compare
Belt	10	4	4		0	5	5
Cuffs	10	6	4		0	4	4
Stalkers	11	4	4		0	5	5
Pendant		4	4		0	4	4
Band		4	3		0	4	4			4
Total	31	22	19		0	22	22			4
Damage/Crit Honor Gear (Season2)
Veteran's Silk Belt	128	39	27	27	26	32	32
Veteran's Silk Cuffs	93	25	18	14	13	22	22				Ye
Veteran's Silk Footguards	157	39	27	27	26	32	32
Veteran's Pendant of Conquest		27	12	18	18	21	21				Ye
Damage/Crit Honor Gear (Season3)
Vindicator's Silk Belt	138	43	30	30	26	35	35
Vindicator's Silk Cuffs	103	29	22	17	13	27	27				Ye
Vindicator's Silk Footguards	168	43	30	30	26	35	35
Vindicator's Pendant of Conquest		31	15	21	18	25	25				Ye
Damage/Crit Honor Gear Compare
Belt	10	4	3	3	0	3	3
Cuffs	10	4	4	3	0	5	5
Footguards	11	4	3	3	0	3	3
Pendant		4	3	3	0	4	4
Total	31	16	13	12	0	15	15

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