It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen! The Patch 3.3.3 PTR has been given a brand new build, and with it comes a few changes to the patch notes. There aren’t many changes, but the few that are there are rather significant to the classes they impact

Frozen Orbs matter again. Come Patch 3.3.3, Frozo will be exchanging your frozen orbs for crafting materials used in some of the better Pre-ICC craftables. It is prudent, then, in my mind, to inform the greater playerbase at large about this development

Happy Tuesday Morning, everyone. While it was not perhaps a deluge, we did get a few tidbits of Cataclysm news this past week, beginning with the latest Twitter Developer Chat , where the devs dropped hints on such sundry topics as the purification of the plaguelands , cross-realm mail and raids , submarines , a new caverns of time instance , the new class/race combos , and the dance studio.

It’s time again for Arcane Brilliance , the weekly mage column that wants to point out that while gnomes often come up…er…short…when compared to the other races, they do have one special feature that always looks larger by comparison. Their spells are huge! Wait…what did you think I was talking about

Yesterday an updated list of changes for PTR patch 3.3.3 was released.

Yesterday was a very good day to be a balance druid in the World of Warcraft . While things seemed a bit rocky at the start of the PTR, the most recent build held two changes that are certainly going to benefit all of our feathery friends out there. The first of these changes was an increase in the damage and scaling of Starfall , the second was a change to the way in which Nature’s Grasp functions

Yes, another day, another set of patch notes for the 3.3.3 PTR . At present we’re looking at the following changes for warriors: Revenge: Damage done by this ability (base and scaling) increased by 50%. Talents Fury Rampage: This effect is now passive instead of being a proc from critical strikes

If you noticed that the 3.3.3 PTR has been updated , you may have noticed that there are some interesting new statistics being tracked. Specifically, according to MMO-Champion, the following are now being tracked : Kicked in LFG (follower) (hidden) – Number of times the player kicked someone in LFG, voting, but not initiating Kicked in LFG (target) (hidden) – Number of times the player has been kicked by someone in LFG Kicked in LFG (initiator) (hidden) – Number of times the player kicked someone in LFG, initiating the kick Abandoned LFG (hidden) – Number of times the player abandoned an LFG dungeon Completed LFG (hidden) – Number of times the player completed an LFG dungeon What does this mean exactly? Well, it means that at the very least Blizzard will know what you’re doing in your dungeon groups with more granularity than before.

Another PTR build has been deployed on the public test realms for patch 3.3.3 . We’ll be seeing some new pets and mounts it seems.

The Patch 3.3.3 PTR patch notes have just been updated to reflect today’s latest PTR build. All of the changes can be found behind the cut below, and we’re also in the process of integrating them into our primary Patch 3.3.3 patch notes post . ( Update: All changes are now reflected in our primary patch notes posting.) Some highlights: Death Knights: Icy Talons: The personal haste benefit provided by this talent is no longer exclusive with other sources of melee haste

Update – Added official notes update at the bottom of the post. Some of these changes aren’t on PTR yet as far as I know and aren’t included in the spell comparison below .

In a somewhat speedy announcement following last night’s announcement on Facebook , the PTR realms are coming down for maintenance: Ujumqin We will be bringing down the PTR servers today for maintenance at approximately 11:30 AM PST . There is currently no estimated time for this maintenance. This thread will be updated as more information becomes available.

There’s a new notice up on Warcraft’s Facebook site with some intriguing new information: Official Warcraft Facebook Death knights, druids, hunters, mages, rogues, warlocks, warriors, oh my! For those participating in our public testing of the upcoming minor content patch 3.3.3, look out this week for a host of fascinating new adjustments to these classes. Chains of Ice innately does what? Nature’s Grasp has how many charges

Did you think things were getting slow in WoW news? Those might have been famous last words , so to speak.

Matt’s covered the basic profession changes in patch 3.3.3 , but I wanted to spend some more time with those changes. At face value, they may not seem like a very big deal.

Reader comments — ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post.

Patch 3.3.3 hit the PTR last night, and if you weren’t following WoW.com throughout the night, it’s very likely you’ve missed a lot of patch news that has scrolled off of our front page already. For your convenience, below is a roundup of all of our Patch 3.3.3 coverage from the last day or so

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 3.3.3 ( Source ) The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html Auction House If the Auction House on a realm is unavailable for any reason, an alert will pop up informing players who attempt to access it. Players can now Right-Click to place an item in the Auction frame. Entire stacks of a specific item type can be placed in the Auction frame and several options have been added for choosing how to list auctions.

So just when it looked like things might be getting quiet in the wake of Patch 3.3 , Blizzard stirred things up again last night with a release of PTR Patch 3.3.3 .

Patch 3.3.3 will be bringing about some welcome changes in the user interface , instances , and those pesky frozen orbs you can never get rid of , but it looks like they aren’t the only things getting an overhaul. Fishing around in the PTR files found some new models as well. Two new mounts have been added to the game files, the Blazing Hippogryph and the Wooly White Rhino.