PTR Build 9742, BlizzCast 8

Kenzi March 30 2009 7:04 pm 4 Comments

A rather uneventful PTR build 9742 was pushed today and an even more uneventful BlizzCast 8 came out today. Looks like the PTR DK changes are basically tweaks or rollbacks from previous changes and BlizzCast 8 basically focused on D3 and SC2.

Here is a rundown of the DK changes via MMOC.

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BlizzCast

Here is the very short Q&A transcript from the WoW questions. You can download the full episode here.

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4 Comments »

Corpsicle said:

Rime now procs off obliterate?

…I guess that means I won’t be using rime anymore… I haven’t worked obliterate into my spec, and it pops up in my rotation minimally because of that (I like to keep my diseases up…)

# 31 March 2009 at 2:02 pm

Vilereaver said:

I was a bit surprised to see the Rime change too.
I started putting Obliterate into my rotation a few weeks ago, and I think with the new Glyph of Pestilence (refreshes the diseases on your current target in addition to spreading them), we’ll be able to get Rime procs pretty regularly.
Also, with the Howling Blast cooldown increased to 8 seconds, it will be more natural to slip in Obliterate.
With both of those changes, an assuming I can pick up the glyph, I imagine I’ll get as many Rime procs as I do right now.
IT, PS, pestilence, howling blast, blood boil–>pestilence, howling blast, obliterate, blood boil, etc (something like that)

# 1 April 2009 at 3:44 am

Takli said:

If you are frost or spec deep enough (13points) to get annihilation, the OB is an awesome way to proc rime, i do 3x OB to ever IT. ((frost tank). 12/50/9.

# 1 April 2009 at 6:49 pm

Stych said:

I agree with Takli, i use OB alot while tanking, it’s my greatest dmg. I can keep a 1.3k dps going while tanking. The aggro boost is sweet when you see it crit for 4k. Plus it generates death runes. If timed right, I can generate 6 death runes, then I’m pretty much ready for any surprises at this point.

For this to proc Rime more often as well, it’s just a great bonus to my existing play style.