Mining Changes, 3.0.8 Druid Polearms, Icy Prism Details, Blue Posts

[WoRBot]

We have details on the 3.0.8 Mining changes, screenshots of Polearms for Druids, Icy Prism details, and a recap of the blue posts primarily related to 3.0.8.Read More

[lora]

mining changes ftw

[Thistledown]

Are you really complaining about Jewelry here in the news post ?
It is already a easy mode to get tons of cash as it is. Now you get a buff, yes that is a buff feature to the prof., and you are actually whining about it ?

[Kody]

It's hardly "whining" to point out the fact that it's barely worth it to use a Frozen Orb on the cooldown because you can't really dictate what gems you get.

[tsunami38]

to the prieststuff:

Well i dont really get the point blizzard is trying to reach with binding heal,i mean the pure and simple concept of the spell reduces it to a so little number of occasions. i mean,what can i do with the mighty and so cruely neglected binding heal (no i dont got it in my actionbars,why should i ^^),i can healmyself and my target about roughly the amount of a flashheal,mhhh kay. So what do i need that this makes sense? A situation I get dmg and the one i heal gets dmg,roundabout the same amount. That can mean 3 things...either i get aoe and my target gets aoe thats non evadeable (mode a. save this up for later). or my target gets dmg,and me gets aoe ,which most of the time means...its evadeable (otherwise see mode a.),in this case i should better fucking move out of the aoe,than just stupidly heal like a madman throughout the dmg and waste my mana ^^. or my target gets direct dmg and i get direct dmg...which fucking means sumone is not doing his job,and he prolly should control the mob on me instead of me wasting my mana with precius binding heal.

So back to mode a. where it seems like it MIGHT be senseful to spam that heal,but what would be the consequense of that? u would have an encounter dealing that dmg to all the raid.which would end up in better stacking shamas or coh for the encounter cause u would need a priest for every non healer if binding heal should work.

sorry but it will always remain a little senseless spell in my eyes.

[clemm]

i got a dragon's eye on the current PTR today from icy prism as well as 3 rare gems

[Siph]

If you're gonna complain about Icy Prism being too expensive maybe you could also link the mats for it so people can judge on their own. I'm sure it's hidden somewhere in a post from juli 1996 but search functions are a pain as always.

edit: found http://www.vodka-guild.net/icyprism.jpg

bit gay that it requires specific green gems so the other colors are gonna be piling up and be more worthless then ever :/

nonetheless I'd say it's really worth it.

[thephoenix3000]

I just wanted to add my own pictures from mining node to help people see how things will change. Since saronite is pretty by the book, i will only be posting rich saronite and titanium nodes.

Rich Saronite Deposit


Titanium Deposit

[Chrono]

Excellent mining change, this will make farming easier, I hope. Is it just me or has Crystallized earth a slightly diffrent icon compared to live? Maybe it is just my laptop's colors that are strange :&

[Vahana]

Does anyone know what the new 4-piece T7 druid bonus for cats is?

[Facktotum]

Originally Posted by Vahana

Does anyone know what the new 4-piece T7 druid bonus for cats is?

Barkskin +3 seconds and reduces cooldown on Tigers Fury by 3 seconds

[Kody]

Originally Posted by clemm

i got a dragon's eye on the current PTR today from icy prism as well as 3 rare gems

Awesome, thanks for posting! I've added mention of being able to get Dragon's Eye to the news.

Originally Posted by thephoenix3000

I just wanted to add my own pictures from mining node to help people see how things will change. Since saronite is pretty by the book, i will only be posting rich saronite and titanium nodes.

Thanks a lot for sharing! Glad someone else had better luck finding the Rich nodes.

Originally Posted by Chrono

Excellent mining change, this will make farming easier, I hope. Is it just me or has Crystallized earth a slightly diffrent icon compared to live? Maybe it is just my laptop's colors that are strange :&

It's a new icon, yeah. Crystallized/Eternal Earth have a yellowish glow to the icon now like you see in those screenshots. I'm guessing it's to distinguish it from Eternal Air a bit more.

[thephoenix3000]

Yeah, getting the zone to produce nodes was the hardest part since no one else was even there on alliance or horde. So i had to mine what was there to have more pop up. Spent maybe 2-3 hours out in sholazar and got around 400 saronite ore, 25 titanium ore, 15 eternal earth/shadow, and a fire, water and air eternal. So as far as I know from farming on live, you seem to get about the same eternal and gem ratio to ore.

[Nyk]

Are only feral druids getting polearms? I have a resto druid and want a polearm!

[Leviathonlx]

Originally Posted by Nyk

Are only feral druids getting polearms? I have a resto druid and want a polearm!

It's a general druid change.