I spend too much time every day reading through new blog posts on Google Reader. I often star interesting posts to share here, but then I get behind and forget — and when I do get around to sharing the links it’s been weeks and I’m posting really old news! But regardless, the following posts are worth reading (if you haven’t already).
One of the more surprising lines in the PTR 2.3.0 patch notes was this one:
Pets will try to get behind their targets when engaging in melee combat.
That’s good, right? If your pet is behind the target then it can’t be parried or something … err … right? But what does this really mean? How does it work? Will your pet just circle and circle, trying to get behind the enemy as the enemy swings to face it?
Since I keep hearing cool new stuff about Patch 2.3 on the Public Test Realm (PTR) — and I keep posting about it! — I thought a summary post that lists all the PTR 2.3 posts I’ve made might be helpful. So follow the links below and learn more!
What follows is a random listing of changes in Patch 2.3 on the PTR that I think are not in the patch notes (although I may have just missed them).
This post is a simple summary of the new pets I’ve seen/heard about in Patch 2.3 so far. I’ll try to keep it updated as new info comes in.
NOTE: As of the 10/24 PTR patch, this bear can no longer be tamed.
Just a few hours ago, Mugungo sent me a screenshot of a level 70 elite bear in Zul’Aman. (And I really hope he doesn’t mind if I post it because I haven’t been able to get back in touch with him yet!) Beast Lore in the screenshot says that the bear is tameable, but more exciting than that — it appears to be a new model! In fact, the Amani Bear hunter pet looks just like the screenshots I’ve seen of the new armored bear mount.
I still haven’t been able to copy a character to the PvE Public Test Realm, and my one forlorn copy to the PvP test realm is still pending, but nevertheless I made a cute little level 1 Blood Elf named Ione (a hunter of course!) and went out to see the changes. The first thing I noticed was some new functionality around the mini-map.
This is unexpected! Kalgan says that Blizzard intends to … well, I’ll just let him say it:
We’re planning to shrink the min range on ranged attacks to reduce or eliminate the “dead zone”. The only point to the dead zone was to ensure the min range on ranged weapons was enough such that ranged weapon attacks wouldn’t be used while also being melee’d (at least by mobs… players have a bit of slush built in).
In other news, I’m having to do actual work today (for money and everything!), but I should be able to get more time on the PTR tonight.
According to Hortus’ post on the PTR forums just a bit ago, we can expect the PTR for Patch 2.3 to be up sometime after 6 pm PDT this evening.
In addition, he posted the preliminary PTR 2.3 patch notes.
The big things are:
Random good news of the day: Patch 2.3 will include a flight point at the Rebel Camp in northern Stranglethorn Vale. So says Eyonix.
