World of Warcraft PTR updates: Alchemist Stones, Jewelcrafting, more

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Here's another update to World of Warcraft's Public Test Realms. Yeah, they just keep on coming, but that's the good thing about the PTRs isn't it? You get to try out the latest updates before anyone else.

This batch of updates has several new changes for Alchemist Stones, item and class changes, and a new recipe for Jewelcrafting called Brilliant Glass. You can also find the download for the update by following the link at the end of the article. Watch out, it's worth a whopping 84 MB. Here are the updates:

Update: Added Book of Highborne Hymns to Eredar Twins loot table.

2 Alchemist Stones have had their stats changed. The new alchemist stones are available at the Shattered Sun rep vendor (exalted 8g):

• Assassin's Alchemist Stone has had its stats changed: 108 Attack power instead of 54 critical strike rating.
  
• Sorcerer's Alchemist Stone has had its stats changed: Spell hit rating removed, it's now 63 spell dmg/healing bonus instead.

Class Changes:

Priest

• Mass Dispel now affects 10 friendly targets and 10 enemy targets.
  
• new description: Dispels magic in a 15 yard radius, removing 1 harmful spell from each friendly target and 1 beneficial spell from each enemy target. Affects a maximum of 10 friendly targets and 10 enemy targets. This dispel is potent enough to remove Magic effects that are normally undispellable.

Shaman

• Flametongue Totem and Weapon: The healing reduction debuff has been removed from spell description.
  
• Flametongue Totem:
  • old: Summons a Flametongue Totem that enchants all party members' main-hand weapons with fire if they are within 20 yards. Each hit causes 15.8052 to 48.68 additional Fire damage and reduces all healing done to the target by 25 for 5 sec. The healing reduction effect stacks up to 2 times. Lasts 2 min.
    
  • new: Summons a Flametongue Totem that enchants all party members' main-hand weapons with fire if they are within 20 yards. Each hit causes 15.81 to 48.68 additional Fire damage. Lasts 2 minutes.
• Flametongue Weapon:
  • old: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire. Each hit causes 32.4416 to 99.92 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon and reduces all healing done to the target by 25 for 5 sec. The healing reduction effect stacks up to 2 times. Lasts 30 minutes.
    
  • new: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire. Each hit causes 32.44 to 99.92 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 30 minutes.

Warlock

• Lifetap changes have been reverted back to 2.3 original values.
  
• Rank 1 to 7 - Converts 20/65/130/210/300/420/580 health into 20/65/130/210/300/420/580 mana

New addition to Jewelcrafting: Brilliant Glass

• Brilliant Glass can be trained from the JC trainer, it's green at 375. It currently gives a rare gem every time.

Item Changes

Jewelcrafting

New material costs (more expensive) for the Sunwell Plateau designs:

• Loop of Forged Power: Hardened Khorium (4), Primal Might (4), Mercurial Adamantite (12), Sunmote (5)
  
• Ring of Flowing Life: Hardened Khorium (4), Primal Life (20), Mercurial Adamantite (12), Sunmote (5)
  
• Hard Khorium Band: Hardened Khorium (4), Primal Air (20), Mercurial Adamantite (12), Sunmote (5)
  
• Pendant of Sunfire: Mercurial Adamantite (12), Crimson Spinel (3), Empyrean Sapphire (3)
  
• Amulet of Flowing Life: Mercurial Adamantite (6), Seaspray Emerald (6)
  
• Hard Khorium Choker: Hardened Khorium (6), Primal Nether (9)

Spell Changes

• Focused: Range reduced from 80 to 50 yards.
  
• Fiery Intellect (tooltip change): "Damage from Fire spells and effects increased by 15" added.
  
• Parasitic Shadowfiend (buff desc change): Deals 3000 Shadow damage every 2 sec. (Shadow added)

Misc Changes

• 8 new abilities have been added, you can view them here.
  
• 1 new icon: Ability_Mount_****atriceMountElite_White