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Blizzard posted a series of updates to the official World of Warcraft patch 5.4 PTR notes today. Some of the most notable changes include the arena system changes and the extreme reputation and justice point/valor point costs of many Mists of Pandaria quartermaster items.

The arena system changes, which had been forecasted by PvP Designer Holinka’s tweet late last week, has seen significant revisions. Primarily, players no longer have to be part of an arena team to compete in arenas. The system will now accept pre-formed parties and allow them to queue for an arena equal to their size (2v2, 3v3, or 5v5).

Furthermore, arena ladders are finally shared among a player’s region, not his or her battlegroup.

For more on the 5.4 arena changes, Blizzard encourages players to read up on the details on their blog post. If all goes well, a post dedicated to these changes should be up here shortly. For more on the arena update, as well as specifics on the quartermaster prices and several class-related notes, see the update notes below.

General

Redesigned Arena System

• Players no longer need to create or join an Arena team to compete.
• Similar to the Rated Battleground system, players in a party of the appropriate size (cross-realm groups are supported) may queue for an Arena bracket of the same size (2v2, 3v3, or 5v5).
• Each player will have a personal rating that increases or decreases based on victories and defeats against other rated opponents. Opponents will be selected based on the average Match Making Rating of the party.
• Conquest cap, requirements on gear and enchantments will be based on the player’s personal rating.
• The Arena ladder will no longer be sorted according to Battlegroup. Just like Rated Battlegrounds and normal Battlegrounds, all Arenas will now be region-wide!
• At the end of an Arena season, the top players in a region will still earn titles and mounts.
• For more details about the change to Arenas, please see the blog titled: Patch 5.4 Arena Update.

Classes

• Area knockback effects now all share a diminishing return category. After a player has been moved by one of these spells, the player will be immune for 10 seconds. This new category applies to: Fellash, Gorefiend’s Grasp, Glyph of Explosive Trap, Thunderstorm, Typhoon, Ursol’s Vortex, and Whiplash.

Druid

Restoration

• Living Seed effects can now stack, up to 50% of the casting Druid’s maximum health, and will no longer be consumed if the target is already at full health.

Hunter

General

• Explosive Trap had its overall damage decreased by 30%. Proportionately, more damage has been removed from the initial damage than the periodic effect.

Monk

Talents

• Chi Brew will now also generate stacks of Brew/Teas based on the Monk’s specialization.
  • Brewmaster: 10 stacks of Elusive Brew

Paladin

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Talents

• Execution Sentence will now immediately damage the target for 5 times the amount of damage that had been dealt by Execution Sentence’s most recent periodic effect when dispelled.
  • Stay of Execution will now immediately heal the target for 5 times the amount of healing that had been dealt by Stay of Execution’s most recent periodic effect when dispelled.
• Sacred Shield changes have been reverted and is a talent once more. (Old) has been renamed to Holy Shield and is no longer a talent. Holy Shield is a Protection Paladin ability learned at level 85.
• Sanctified Wrath
  • Protection: Now causes Judgment to generate 2 Holy Power instead of 1 while Avenging Wrath is active. reduces the cooldown of Judgment by 100% (up from 50%).

Priest

General

• Hymn of Hope now prefers to target healers when it grants mana. Healers will always be picked before non-healers, regardless of how much mana they have.

Glyphs

• New Minor Glyph: Glyph of Feathers causes the Priest’s healing spells to momentarily grant angelic wings.

Warrior

Arms

• Slam now deals 35% of damage dealt against the primary target to all other enemies within 2 yards, and causes an additional 10% damage to targets affected by the warrior’s Colossus Smash.

Items

• Adjustments have been made to Mists of Pandaria faction quartermasters.The conversion rate for Justice Points to Honor Points have changed. The conversion rate is now 500 Justice per 250 Honor (up from 375 Justice per 250 Honor).
  • Epic quality (purple) Valor items sold by the Shado-Pan Assault now have their reputation requirements reduced to Friendly or below, and have their Valor Point cost reduced by 34%.
  • Epic quality (purple) Valor items sold by all other Mists of Pandaria faction quartermasters no longer have reputation requirements, and will now cost Justice Points instead of Valor.
  • Rare quality (blue) items have their Justice Point cost reduced by 75%.
  • No changes for items that require an Exalted reputation. Equipping any pair of PvP trinkets from Season 12 or later will now grant a 10% reduction in damage taken from other players.
• [PTR]: For testing purposes, Flaskataur, Esq. will be available near the Niuzao Temple selling normal Tier-16 armor and Tier-16 trinkets for gold.

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