5.0 Unofficial Patch Notes - Warrior Edition, Part Two

Continued from 5.0 Unofficial Patch Notes - Warrior Edition, Part One. You can view the updated MoP Talent Calculator here.

As expected, the Mists of Pandaria talent calculator has updated, this time with some big changed for warriors. Otori listed many of the changes over on EJ, and I'll list them below.

• Deadly Calm now has 1 min CD.
• New talent Bloodbath
• New talent Storm Bolt
• Gag Order changed to work with Storm Bolt
• Enraged Regen changed to heal for 15% health and another 15% over 10 sec.

• Enraged mechanic change to be triggered by special abilities critical strikes and critical blocks.
• Removed Overpower CD.
• Added 1.5 CDs to every stance.
• Changed Berserker stance. Increases damage by 20% whenever an attack hits 4+ targets.
• Battle Shout increases attack power by 20% (akin to current attack power buffs like Blessing of Might, Trueshot Aura, etc).
• Rallying Cry back in.
• New skill: War Banner
• Shield Wall and Spell Reflection require shields again.
• Fury got CS back.
• Protection got Vengeance (though with the old incarnation)
• Shield Block cost reduced to 60 rage. Blocks next attack and increases block chance by 25% for 6 sec.
• Last Stand rage cost removed, 3 min CD added.
• Devastate armor reduction effect corrected.
• Sword and Board effect increases rage generation from Shield Slam by 5 (old incarnation increased by 10%).
• New ability: Shield Barrier. 60 rage, decreases magical damage taken by 25% for 6 sec.

Check out the rest after the jump.

5.0 Unofficial Patch Notes - Warrior Edition, Part One

Because we all like different parts and I feel like eating turkey at some point today. Happy Thanksgiving to you Americans.

I could talk about the 4.3 patch notes but I'm not going to just yet because let's face it - The major overhaul to the game that will revolve around an April Fool's joke Mists of Pandaria is way more interesting at the moment. Maybe that's just me. I don't know if I'll be playing seriously in the next expansion as I'm not doing that much in this expansion, but I'll go ahead and talk like I am anyway.

After the jump, I'll get my hooves dirty.

Whirlwind and Emberstorm Battlegroups are Boulderfisted

They went down over an hour ago, and Blizzard says the ETA is 7:30 PM Eastern, so 6:30 server (Moon Guard) time, if I have my regions correct. 

Tuesday, I managed to get Rotface's Acidic Blood for my Shadow's Edge. I also won the Blood-Soaked Saronite Stompers, which is, I believe, our first drop for those. Interestingly enough, I got rather lucky with the win, because the other two people who rolled were also absent for a day or two when I was. In any case, they are a big upgrade to the Grinning Skull Boots from the chest in Heroic Halls of Reflection. When comparing the two, I recieve:

35 Stamina
27 Strength
186 Armor
20 Armor Pen (1.43%)
16 Crit (0.35%)
2 Sockets

And in those two sockets, I gemmed +20 strength each, and finished them off with Icewalker, putting me back at just over the 8% hit cap I need as a DPS warrior before talents and heroic presence. The Stompers are the best plate DPS boots in the game currently, and I wish every warrior good luck with getting them. They are almost too good for their ilevel. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they got nerfed. Really.

We finally downed Festergut this go around, and have only Professor Putricide left before trying the Crimson Halls. Hopefully the servers will be up for tonight for the raid, but if not, that's okay too.

The Crimson Halls, Quel'Delar and Shadow's Edge

Today is Tuesday, and we all know what that means. The servers are going to be down for 8 hours today, and the Crimson Halls will be opening in Icecrown Citadel. This wing consists of The Blood Princes (Keleseth, Valanar, and Taldaram) and Blood Queen Lana'thel. It is to my understanding that this week is the same difficulty as The Plagueworks, but I'm not sure on that. As of right now, my guild has only managed to down Rotface on 25 man, and we came close to getting Festergut. We haven't even touched Professor Putricide yet, but I imagine we will be able to see him this week, given we get more gear and such.

I also managed to obtain Quel'Delar, Might of the Faithful yesterday, and it replaced my Justicebringer as my mainhand. My Sharpened Obsidian Edged Blade finally gets put to rest in my bank with the rest of my old weapons. With the new sword, I saw my DPS jump up by about 1000 in heroics today, putting me at about 5.5k on average. I think this just goes to show exactly how important it is for warriors to have good weapons, more so than just good armor. The weapon is the single most important piece of equipment we can have, as it can make or break us in DPS and damage done. Don't get me wrong, better gear obviously means better performance, but I think the weapon comes first when it comes to upgrades for a warrior, especially one who is DPS.

That being said, since I already have my two-piece Tier 10, I plan on using the rest of my frost emblems for obtaining Shadow's Edge, or rather, the 25 Primordial Saronite required to make it. So far, I have about 3, and will have 4 after my druid completes one more daily random heroic. Yes, I am using my other level 80 characters to help me gather the saronite, as they are my alt characters and my warrior is my main (and the only one who raids). That being said, my warrior will still be my chief source of Frost Emblems, but I should be able to get Shadow's Edge fairly quickly anyway with the help of my alts. If you're seeking this axe on any particular character, I suggest thinking about using any other 80s you have to buy some saronite. It will speed it up!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some RP stories to write up.