Here’s what you can find in this week’s Dragonflight Pre-expansion Patch PTR update:

Classes

• New Talent System
  • Developers’ note: We have had to add a lot of extra spells and modifiers with the talent system, which means a lot of new names also needed to be added. While adding these new spell names we also made a pass on the names of almost every talent, and several of them are having their name changed. We tried to avoid changing terms people are very familiar with, we aren’t looking to rename core building blocks of classes or specs. Spells like Fireball, Mortal Strike and Rejuvenation are not suddenly going to be changing names. Several talents with modifiers to your spells may see some names change to get a better identity and cohesive feel with all of the other spells and talents available to your class or spec.
  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • Anticipation – Renamed to Coldthirst.
      • Shattering Strike – Renamed to Shattering Blade.
      • Obliterate – Damage increased 10%.
      • Improved Obliterate – Max ranks reduced to 1 (was 2).
      • Rime – Increases Howling Blast damage by an additional 75%.
      • Improved Rime – Max ranks reduced to 1 (was 2).
      • Horn of Winter – Swapped positions with Cold Heart (Available after Improved Rime).
      • Cold Heart – Swapped positions with Horn of Winter (Available after Improved Obliterate).
      • Enduring Strength – Now has a connection leading to Inexorable Assault.
      • Frostwhelp’s Aid – Now has a connection to Empower… Continue reading →