And it is, as many of you already know, today Patch 3.2.2 enters that brings us back neither more nor less than Onyxia !.
The return of Onyxia, the Mother of the Bloodline
Onyxia is back and now we can fight against her in her version of 10 and 25 players. Already No. It will be the old version for 40 players and now it will go to the reset time of 7 days like all the bands. The ancient achievement of Onyxia's Lair it will become a test of strength for those who have succeeded. For those who don't… there are new achievements!
- What offshoots! Do something!: We will have to open 50 dragon eggs in 10 seconds when Onyxia begins to take flight (start of the second phase) and then kill her. (Note: Having the achievement of leeroy doesn't help)
- Onyxia's Lair: This achievement has 2 versions and they will give it to us when we finish off Onyxia.
- More damage!: This achievement loses a bit with the translation, in English "More Dots!" In reference to famous video of Onyxia's wipe. It consists of ending Onyxia in 5 minutes.
- Your breath is now deeper: During BlizzCon 09 we could see that this skill was now totally random. Try not to burn anyone with your deep breath and this achievement will be yours.
All of Onyxia's loot has been upgraded to its original stats to match the current level of play. Even the bag! Now the Onyxia Hide Backpack is a Large Onyxia Hide Backpack.
The loot secured in Onyxia is the Backpack already indicated, a bag of Gems that drops between 1 and 3 Epic Gems and the Head of Onyxia. Also, if you are very lucky you can get an extremely rare 310% mount, which has the same model as Onyxia.
We now have the Onyxia Guide ready and we have added the possibility of registering this fight to the recruitment tool.
Follow that there is more!
New profession items
Yesterday, when we announced the release of Patch 3.2.2 and made a quick compilation of what it had, we said with a "sad" phrase: New Leatherworking Drums. After making the pertinent inquiries, here are the new profession objects that basically give the possibility of obtaining improvements typical of certain classes so as not to force a class to attend the band.
- Drum of the Forgotten Kings. These reels increase the stats of all players in the raid by 8%. It does not accumulate with Blessing of Kings.
- Drum of the Wild . These drums grant an effect equivalent to the highest range of Mark of the Wild (without talents) to the players of the band. It does not accumulate with Mark of the Wild.
- Rune Scroll of Fortitude - This scroll made by Inscribers allows the band to give, Power Word: Fortitude (without talents). Does not stack with other scrolls of stamina or with Power Word: Fortitude.
Battleground Queue Changes
These changes cause me some controversy. On the one hand, I quite like the idea that until the queues are full, the battle does not start but personally I liked the idea of queuing for several battlefields, especially in those moments when you can only take one or a couple of them but you don't care what it is.
From the patch notes:
- Players will no longer be able to queue on more than two battlegrounds at the same time.
- The Battlegrounds Entry dialog has been changed to display the following options: 'Enter Battle', 'Leave Queue' and 'Minimize'.
- The time a player has to enter the battle when selected has been reduced to 40 seconds if they are not already on a battlefield and to 20 seconds if they are on a battlefield.
- Players already on a battlefield will be able to choose 'Enter Battle' to go to a new battlefield under any circumstance (ie, killed, in combat, falling, etc.).
- A new battlefield will not start until the maximum number of players on each side is in the queue (i.e. 40 players on each side for Alterac Valley).
Changes in the DPS of some classes
Here I am not going to extend too much, we review the changes:
- Elemental Shaman DPS Increase
- Paladin increased area damage
- Nerf the rogue with a Fan of Knives. There will be no more area disruptions with rogues
- Hunters: Beastmaster and Salvage DPS increased
- Shadow Priest DPS increased
- Mages: Major increase to Arcane Mage DPS and minimal increase to Fire Mage DPS
- Reduced overall physical damage caused due to armor penetration nerf
And I think I don't forget anything. Ahh yes! Enjoy Patch 3.2.2!