Patch 3.0.2 (undocumented changes)

Patch 3.0.2 (undocumented changes)
“Echoes of Doom”
Northrend added to the world map
Release date	October 14th, 2008
Initial version	9056
Interface .toc	30000
Highlights & notes
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General

• The amount of experience required to level between 60 and 70 has been reduced.
  • Approximately 30% less XP required to level (60-61 used to require 500,000, now 290,000)
  • Quest XP increased by approximately 30% (Quests at level 64 still gives the standard 10400 XP, so this needs confirmation).
  • XP gained by kills did not change
• HP, Mana, and Energy no longer use the "tick" system and instead climb up in real time.
• The Azeroth World Map has been updated and now shows the Continent of Northrend.
• Most other slider video settings have higher maximums
• 8x anti-aliasing is now an option in the video settings
• Shadow setting in the Video settings page/tab.
• Headphone sound setup in the Sound settings page/tab.
• As of now the titles "Champion of the Naaru" and "Hand of A'dal" are no longer attainable. You can still complete the relevant quests but they will not award said titles.[1]
• The interface, video, and sound options panels are reworked to be better organized.
• Video and Sound options are accessible before you log in now.
• Down ranking a spell is no longer beneficial. In most cases, downranking costs more mana than the highest rank.
• Total disk space required for the World of Warcraft folder has been reduced. The DATA folder for a Burning Crusade install now uses 7.66GB instead of 9.14GB in 2.43.
• Numerous graphics for Northrend characters are present in the PATCH.MPQ file. This may be to patch content on expansion release, or to speed up installation.
• Jumping while under water no longer works. Instead, you start to swim upwards when holding space. Even if you are swimming straight ahead, holding space will force you to the surface; it basically has the same mechanics as a flying mount.
• Non-Forsaken characters can now hold their breath longer, changed from 60 seconds to 3 minutes. Consequently, regaining your breath from a fully depleted bar also takes three times longer from what it used to be.
• New tracking ability, Low Level Quests.

Combat

• Spellcasting now interrupts wand attacks.

Instances and Raids

• Buffs are now shared to the entire raid. This includes battlegrounds.
• Heroic dungeon difficulty reduced (needs confirmation)

UI Changes

General

• You can click on the spell in the Combat Log for more information about the spell.
• In addition to overheal, the combat log also shows overkill.
• Health and mana potions are now grayed out on action bars when at full health or mana respectively.
• Health values appear on targets; mobs, boss, NPC, or player (regardless of group or faction).

Auction House

• The auction house now has a Glyphs section with subcategories for each Class.
• The auction house now has a Container subcategory of 'Inscription Bag'.
• Players will no longer receive mail with an hour cooldown when they sell an item in the auction house. Instead, this information will be displayed on the player's Auctions tab in the auction house window until the timer runs down and the money is delivered.

Currency Tab

• The Currency Tab is currently filled by all Marks of Honor and all Badges as well as Honor/Arena point listings. Other reward tokens are not included (i.e.  [Halaa Battle Token], etc).

Reputation

• The reputation listings are now sorted into a more hierarchical view.

Minibar

• Hovering over the "Game Menu" option in the minibar now shows latency. The color of the screen also gives you a visual indication of the latency (green, yellow, red).

World Environment: Zones

• The Auberdine boat that used to go to Menethil Harbor now goes to Stormwind Harbor.
• The dock area emptied by the Auberdine boat is now the docking for the boat from Menethil Harbor to Northrend.
• Training Dummies can now be found in all major cities.
  • Ironforge now has training dummies by the Military Ward for practice.
  • Stormwind now has training dummies in the Old Town district, just outside of SI:7.
  • Darnassus now has training dummies just before the Warrior's Terrace as you enter town from Teldrassil.
  • Exodar now has training dummies.
  • Orgrimmar now has training dummies.
  • Thunder Bluff now has training dummies.
  • Undercity has training dummies located in the Warrior Quarter.
  • Silvermoon City now has training dummies located in front of the Hunter Hall and the PvP/BattleMasters hall, just below the Silvermoon Forge.
• Mounting is now permitted in Zeppelins and Boats.
• Mounting is now permitted in open air areas of Booty Bay.
• The path leading from Blackrock Mountain to Burning Steppes will no longer dismount you, nor will Dark Portal in Blasted Lands.
• The un-roofed, open air portions of Night Elf buildings will no longer dismount you.
• The seed pods throughout Azeroth are now blue in color.

NPCs

• Bear-type mobs have icons in which their mouth is less wide open. These mobs are generally found in Ashenvale and Hillsbrad Foothills.
• Ship crews (last seen in the PTR of Patch 2.3.0) have returned! Ships and zeppelins now enjoy a full selection of crews, some of which even sell reagents, food, or repair items.
• The Sylvanas Windrunner model has been updated from Undead Night Elf to Undead High Elf, including clothes, armor, and now carries a dark colored high elven battle bow.
• The Varimathras model has been redone. Armor, wings, color, and face, and horns have all been adjusted.
• Bolvar Fordragon and Katrana Prestor have been removed from Stormwind Keep, and King Varian Wrynn has been added in their place. Because of the removal of Bolvar and Katrana, the Onyxia's Lair attunment quest chain is no longer available.
• Anduin Wrynn now bears the title "Prince of Stormwind".
• Trolls of the Revantusk and Vilebranch tribes have all recieved new models.
• All Alliance and Horde city guards have been boosted to Level 75.

Racials

Blood Elf

• [Mana Tap] has been merged with [Arcane Torrent].

Draenei

• [Gift of the Naaru] now heals based on the caster's Attack Power or Spell Power, whichever is higher.

Human

• Perception has been changed to Racial Passive.
• New Racial ability: Every Man for Himself which removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character.

Night Elf

• Elusiveness racial passive has been added.
  • The explicit mention is new. The effect (enhanced stealth) has always been present.
• [Shadowmeld] has been changed significantly.
  • You may use it in combat. It reduces threat (to 0) when used. It can probably be resisted. Your original threat is restored to all in combat mobs when the effect ends.
  • Using shadowmeld cancels eating and drinking and makes you stand up. Shadowmeld remains in effect if you sit, but if you eat or drink, the effect is cancelled.
  • Cooldown raised to 2 minutes from 10 seconds.

Classes

Druids

• [Insect Swarm] has a new sound when cast.
• Leaving flight form now does not have a bird sound. (Other forms may also have a similar change (need to test))
• The druid has an expanding/shrinking animation when changing forms (dependant on the from and to forms)
•  [Charm of Swift Flight] no longer increases flying speed while in flight forms.

Priests

• All priest racial abilities have been removed from the game except Devouring Plague and Hymn of Hope (see below).
• [Devouring Plague], formerly a Forsaken priest racial, is now a baseline Shadow spell.
• [Hymn of Hope] (formerly Symbol of Hope, a Draenei priest racial) is now a baseline Holy spell.
• [Mind Flay] has a new animation.

Rogues

• Contrary to patch notes, [Blade Twisting] adds 5/10% damage to [Sinister Strike] and [Backstab], not 5%/15%.
• If possible, rogues will always attempt to pick locks now, even if the appropriate key is present.
• New Shadowstep animation.

Shamans

• Chain heal has a new look, has a green tinge.

Warlocks

• Contrary to patch notes, [Drain Soul] does NOT cause 400% damage to targets below 25% health.
• Contrary to patch notes, [Conflagrate] may be cast on targets afflicted with either [Immolate] or Shadowflame, and consumes that spell as before.
• New animations have been provided channelled beams, including [Drain Soul], [Drain Life], [Drain Mana], and [Health Funnel].
• Firestones and Spellstones have been completely reworked to function similarly to  [Superior Wizard Oil]. The Master Firestone temporary enchantment also includes the extra fire damage as it used to as an Off-Hand weapon/Relic, which is not mentioned in the ability tooltip.

Warriors

• The overhead "change stance" animations have changed and are more animated than before when changing stances.

Quests

• Slain Outrunner in Quest:Slain by the Wretched is now visible on the Minimap.

Professions

Engineering

• Many bombs and other items now stack to 20.

Herbalism

• Herbalists now receive a new spell, [Lifeblood], a self-heal over time.

Jewelcrafting

• Junk powder (e.g.,  [Fel Iron Powder]) is no longer obtained through [Prospecting].

Mining

• Miners now receive the passive ability Toughness which adds HP based off of the skill level. (Rank 4 gives 100 hp. It could be 25 hp per skilltraining. 25 for Expert, 25 for Master and so on. Your mining skill level seems to be the "ranks")

Skinning

• Skinners now receive the passive ability [Master of Anatomy] which increases critical strike based off of the skill level.

Tailoring

• Bolts of cloth now stack to 20.
• Bolts are faster to make now.
• Bolt of Netherweave now only requires 5 pieces of Netherweave instead of 6.

Items

•  [Leaded Vials],  [Crystal Vials] and  [Imbued Vials] have icons that are clearly different from  [Empty Vials]. The icons for  [Major Rejuvenation Potions] and  [Super Rejuvenation Potions] have changed as well.
•  [Nagrand Cherry]: The length of underwater breathing has been reduced from 30 to 5 minutes.
• Consumable scrolls (example:  [Scroll of Agility V] stack to 20 (up from 5).
•  [Frost Grenade] now inflicts 1125 to 1875 physical damage and slows enemies movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds (changed from snaring enemies).
• Clams are now stackable in stacks of 20.
•  [Charm of Swift Flight]: Now decreases mana needed for shapeshifting; does not affect flightspeed.

Graphics

• Maximum viewing distance has been increased by 64%
• Maximum particle effect density increased
• Idle animations improved.
• New emote: /ding
• New emote: /pet
• New emote: /facepalm
• New Loading screens, and Login Screen.