PTR 2.3 Notes have been updated with a couple of interesting changes. No, they didn’t give hunters guided and piercing arrows, but they did give a nice buff to Cheat Death — chance to trigger increased to 33/66/100% and now also causes the rogue to take 90% less damage for 3 seconds when the effect triggers — that might make it worth venturing deeper into the Subtlety tree.

Speaking of subtlety, you can see some of that in action in Neilyo’s latest video.

Another biggie (and relief for all casters) is that silence effects are now on DR.

Read more for a list of the PvP related changes.

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 2.3.0 - PvP Specific (UPDATE)
(full PTR notes here)
(original news here)

General
- Expertise: We have added a new stat and associated rating called expertise and expertise rating. Expertise rating converts to expertise at the same rate that weapon skill rating formerly converted at. Each point of expertise reduces the chance for your attacks to be dodged or parried by 0.25%.
- Silence effects now have diminishing returns when used on PvP targets.

Racial Abilities
- Humans: Sword Skill now increases the critical strike chance with swords and two-handed swords by 1%.
- Orcs: Axe Skill now increases the critical strike chance with axes and two-handed axes by 1%.

PvP
Arenas
- The top ranked team of each battlegroup for each format will receive a new unique title for the end of Season 2 called “Merciless Gladiator”.

Druids
- If you are in a shapeshift form and try to use an ability that may only be used in caster form, you will leave the form and use that ability. This means that you can shift from one form to another in one action. If you don’t have mana to shift form, you will get an error message and remain in your current form. This can be disabled with /console autoUnshift 0

Hunters
- Aimed Shot (Marksmanship) now reduces healing done to that target by 50% for 10 seconds.

Mages
- Arcane Missiles: Players will no longer get strange error messages when casting this spell at evading targets. The spell will simply fail.
- Spellsteal: It is no longer possible via this spell to get two Forbearance debuffs at the same time.

Paladins
- Divine Favor: When this ability is cast immediately after a critical heal, it will no longer be removed incorrectly.
- Judgement of Wisdom: It is no longer possible for the mana energize effect to trigger off of reapplication of the Judgement of Wisdom.
- Paladin seals no longer have a low chance to be dispelled if you have 3 points in Sanctified Seals.
- Precision (Protection) now increases spell hit chance as well.
- Seal of Vengeance: The bonus damage this ability dealt when the debuff is fully stacked on the target was incorrectly too low. It is now increased.
- Spiritual Attunement: This ability will now gain mana properly from Vampiric Embrace heals.

Priests
- Mind Soothe: This spell will now consume Inner Focus.
- If you are in Shadowform and try to use an ability that my not be used in Shadowform, you will leave Shadowform and use that ability. This can be disabled with /console autoUnshift 0

Rogues
- Blade Flurry: This ability now works correctly in all cases with shielded targets.
- Cheat Death (Subtlety) chance to trigger increased to 33/66/100% and now also causes the rogue to take 90% less damage for 3 seconds when the effect triggers. This effect cannot occur more than once per minute.
- Cold Blood: Fixed an issue where this buff was sometimes getting removed when an attack missed.
- Dirty Deeds now also increases damage against enemies below 35% health.
- Sap: Multiple Saps placed by multiple Rogues will now be handled correctly in all cases.
- If you are in Stealth and try to use an ability that may not be used while stealthed, you will leave stealth and use that ability. This can be disabled with /console autoUnshift 0

Warlock
- Soul Siphon (Affliction): If a Warlock already has a particular spell cast on a target, reapplying before its duration ends will no longer grant an additional bonus.

Warrior
- Sweeping Strikes: This ability now works correctly in all cases with shielded targets.

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4 Responses to “PTR 2.3 Patch Notes Update”

1. Durkula Says:
   October 23rd, 2007 at 8:21 am

   Where is the shaman love?????

   Magog: They are probably busy looking for the missing elemental damage people are reporting on the PTR.

2. Emokk Says:
   October 24th, 2007 at 11:55 pm

   any clue as to what to DPS increase from Dirty Deeds is?

3. hamsterdam Says:
   October 25th, 2007 at 10:46 am

   20% extra damage on target below 35% health.

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