The War Within Alpha Development Notes - New Human Racial Replacing Diplomacy

29.05.2024 - 18:49 / wowhead.com

Blizzard has posted The War Within Alpha development notes for today which now includes a new human racial to replace Diplomacy and tons of class and hero talent tuning.

• New Human Racial: No Place Like Home – Your Hearthstone cooldown is reduced by 5 minutes and gains an additional charge. Replaces Diplomacy.

• DEATH KNIGHT
  
  Deathbringer
  
  Wave of Souls damage increased by 50%.
• Exterminate second scythe damage increased by 50%.

• Mograine’s Heart Strike damage increased by 250%.
• Trollbane’s Obliterate damage increased by 33%.
• Trollbane’s Obliterate cast frequency increased by 100%.
• Nazgrim’s Scourge Strike damage increased by 100%.
• Nazgrim’s Scourge Strike cast frequency increased by 100%.
• Whitemane’s Death Coil damage increased by 100%.

• Incite Terror has been updated – Vampiric Strike, Heart Strike and Scourge Strike cause your targets to take 1% increased Shadow damage, up to 5% for 15 seconds. Vampiric Strike benefits 300% more from this effect.

• Many talents have moved locations or have had their pathing updated.
• New Talent: Bone Collector – When you would pull an enemy, generate 1 charge of Bone Shield.
• New Talent: Ossified Vitriol – When you lose a Bone Shield charge the damage of your next Marrowrend is increased by 15%, stacking up to 75%.
• Tightening Grasp now Silences enemies for 3 seconds when they are pulled and no longer increases the damage enemies take from you when they are pulled by Gorefriends Grasp.
• Blooddrinker now reduces the damage the enemy deals to you by 20% while channeling and for an additional 5 seconds after a channeling it fully. Now also generates 20 additional Runic Power over its duration.
• Consumption now also causes your Blood Plague damage to occur 50% more quickly for 8 seconds and generates 2 Runes.
• Bonestorm no longer costs Runic Power. Costs up to 10 Bone Shield Charges and lasts 1 second for each charge consumed. Generates 1 Bone Shield charge every 1 second while active.
• Reinforced Bones now also lets Bone Shield stack 2 additional times.
• Heartbreaker’s Runic Power per target hit increased to 2 (was 1). Now a 1 point talent (was 2).
• Perseverance of the Ebonblade’s Versatility bonus increased to 6%, up from 4%. Now a 1 point talent (was 2).
• Shattering Bone now a 1 point talent (was 2).
• Red Thirst reduces the cooldown on Vampiric Blood by 2 seconds (was 1 second). Now a 1 point talent (was 2).
• Crimson Scourge now learned at level 21.
• Death’s Caress now learned at level 23.

• New Talent: Hyperpyrexia – Your Runic Power spending abilities have a chance to additionally deal 30% of the damage dealt over 4 seconds.

• New Talent: