Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Druid Changes in Patch 2.0.3

Big changes have been pushed down on the druids again... check them out here:

- Due to various talent changes, all Druids will have all their talentpoints refunded.
- "Feline Swiftness" has been renamed "Feral Swiftness". The dodge %increase now also applies to Bear and Dire Bear Forms.
- "Improved Moonfire" has been reduced to 2 ranks, for a 5/10% bonus.
- "Insect Swarm" has had its damage on all ranks increased. The manacost of ranks 1 and 3 has been increased. The mana cost of ranks 4,5and 6 has been decreased.
- "Nurturing Instinct" now grants its benefit at all times, but thebonus has been reduced to 25/50% of Strength.
- "Improved Starfire" has been renamed to "Celestial Focus" and nowalso increases the chance to resist casting pushback when casting"Wrath" by 25/50/70%.
- "Blood Frenzy" benefits have merged with "Primal Fury".
- "Improved Leader of the Pack" has been reduced to 2 ranks for 2/4%total health healed.
- "Pounce" no longer requires the druid to be behind the target.- "Barkskin" is now usable while stunned.
- Druids now need substantially less agility per dodge.
- "Dire Bear Form" armor bonus increased to 450% and health bonuschanged to a 25% percent health increase instead of a flat increase.
- The Health bonus of "Bear Form" has changed to a 25% percent healthincrease instead of a flat increase.
- "Swipe" has had its threat bonus multiplier removed.
- "Maul" has had its threat bonus multiplier changed to a flat valuesimilar in threat per time to "Heroic Strike".
- "Regrowth" has had its mana cost reduced by approximately 18%.
- "Tree of Life" healing bonus now increases the healing receivedby your party members instead of the healing dealt by your party members.
- The "Tranquility" base amount healed per second has increased byapproximately 273%. The radius of effect has increased from 20 yardsto 30 yards. Mana cost has increased by 40%. The Cooldown hasincreased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes. The Duration has decreasedfrom 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- "Mangle" will not stack multiple copies from multiple forms ordruids anymore. This was never intended behavior. The percentagemodification on bleeds has increased from 25% to 30% and "Mangle"now increases the damage from "Shred" as well. In addition, "Mangle"will now benefit from the damage boost from "Tiger's Fury".
- "Enrage" will now show up in the combat log and in floating combat text.
- "Lifebloom" will now correctly consume clearcasting.
- "Predatory Instincts" has had its tooltip adjusted to indicate itonly works in feral forms, and that it increases damage by a percent,not damage bonus by a percent.
- If a spell is resisted, it will no longer break stealth.
- "Tree of Life's" bonus healing aura will now reactivate correctlywhen "Banish" wears off.
- Shapeshifted druids will now be able to speak to npcs whileshapeshifted.

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