WoW Patch 3.1: Class changes round-up
by Elizabeth Harper 
Apr 14th 2009 at 11:00AM
Death Knights
- Initial Patch 3.1 change for Death Knights
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Death Knights
- Ghostcrawler defends Death Knight Howling Blast nerf
- Lichborne: Dual Wielding and tanking on the patch 3.1 PTR
- Lichborne: It's been one week (of 3.1)
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Death Knight changes
- Lichborne: More emergent builds on the 3.1 PTR
- Lichborne: The rise of Blood in 3.1
- Lichborne: Dual specs for Death Knights
- Lichborne: Top Death Knight DPS builds and patch 3.1
Druids
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Druids
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Druids
- Undocumented changes & Glyphs
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Druid changes
- More Druid changes on the patch 3.1 PTR
- Shifting Perspectives: Ulduar class preview, part 1
- Shifting Perspectives: A 3.1 miscellany
- Shifting Perspectives: The dual specced Druid
Hunters
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Hunters
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Hunters
- Gorilla Thunderstomp ability given to all tenacity pets
- New Spirit Beast discovered on the PTR
- Scattered Shots: Dual specs mean double the fun for Hunters
Mages
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Mages
- Mage changes (or lack of) on the PTR
- Arcane Brilliance: Okay, now I like spirit
- Arcane Brilliance: I still don't like spirit
- Arcane Brilliance: Fire, the forgotten tree
- Arcane Brilliance: Dual speccing your Mage
Paladins
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Paladins
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Paladins
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 changes for Paladins
- The Light and How to Swing It: Patch 3.1 and you
- The Light and How to Swing It: What dual specs mean for the class
Priests
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Priests
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Holy & Discipline and Shadow
- Patch 3.1 PTR Priest glyph changes
- Patch 3.1 PTR Build 9637 Priest changes
- Patch 3.1 PTR Build 9658 Priest changes
- Power Word: Barrier may not be coming
- Spiritual Guidance: More 3.1 thoughts
- Tier 8 Bonuses for Priests clarified
- Spiritual Guidance: Shadow as a secondary spec in 3.1
- Spiritual Guidance: Hymns get revamped
- Spiritual Guidance: Your dual spec questions answered
- Spiritual Guidance: Mana nerfs and Priest buffs
Rogues
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Rogues
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Rogues
- Undocumented changes for Rogues
- Encrypted Text: Rogue videos from the Patch 3.1 PTR
- Encrypted Text: Why Patch 3.1 won't transform Rogues
- Encrypted Text: Upcoming Rogue gear in patch 3.1
- Encrypted Text: Patch 3.1 change analysis
- Encrypted Text: Dual specs will make Rogues twice as deadly
Shamans
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Shamans
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Shamans
- Undocumented changes for Shamans
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9637 Shaman changes
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Shaman changes
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9684 Shaman changes
- Totem Talk: PTR Roundup
- Totem Talk: 3.1 Shaman gear, part 1
- Totem Talk: Patch 3.1 and Shamans, the PvP patch
- Totem Talk: And you will go forth with dual specs to conquer
Warlocks
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Warlocks
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Warlocks
- Undocumented changes for Warlocks
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Warlock changes
- Warlock soul-shard farming a thing of the past?
- Blood Pact: What dual specs mean for the class
Warriors
- Initial patch 3.1 changes for Warriors
- Feb. 24th PTR changes for Warriors
- Undocumented changes for Warriors
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Warrior changes
- Patch 3.1 PTR Ulduar/Emblem of Conquest gear for Warriors
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Scarce Change on the PTR (Feb. 27th)
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Waiting for the patch
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: PTR Arms
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Dual spec madness
Patch 3.1 is live and it takes us into Ulduar, delivers us dual specs, and brings significant changes to all the classes! We've got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1 and the official patch notes!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shizzle Apr 14th 2009 11:04AM
It's never been a better time to be a miner, engineer and mage... Did this patch even touch me?
smiley Apr 14th 2009 11:13AM
in that you now have to care abotu spirit to yield the same dps ;)
richard.ashton Apr 14th 2009 11:13AM
I think personally that mages are pretty much perfect in the eyes of the devs and they are balancing the other classes around them. :D
Lemons Apr 14th 2009 3:19PM
If there's a class that the devs balance everything around it's rogues. Look at our freaking class changes! they're about 1/5th the size of the others.
Blizz keeps us UP and then gradually tones down the other classes to our level. Ever since vanilla when rogues roamed the earth ganking everything in sight Blizz has dreaded the screech of a thousand nubs on the forums screaming ' BAAAAAW I DIED IN A STUNLOCK!".
Aeilspear Apr 14th 2009 11:16AM
Hope this fixes the balance issues.
Nadril Apr 14th 2009 11:48AM
While I am sort of sad that I won't really be able to use fury properly again until I get some decked out Ulduar gear I am happy to have a new spec to really toy around with in both PvE and PvP. I also couldn't be happier about generating rage through shields (seriously I'm so fucking happy about this) and being able to destroy Mr Bubble Hearth's shield or Frosty's ice block.
Not to mention the interesting "interupt" talent we get (with overpower) for arms seems very interesting, and I'm wondering how it will work out with mortal strike. (Is it multiplicative, so 50% * 50% , or does it not stack at all? I'm pretty sure it doesn't add up haha)
With the nerfs to death knights and hunters as well I think it is a good time to be a warrior.
smiley Apr 14th 2009 12:10PM
huntr didn't get nerfed playa ;)
pve they got buffed, and MM/BM are choices now, but overall dmg output increased all around
they just got rid of two button survival spec and xp shot stuns
Nadril Apr 14th 2009 12:22PM
Sorry, I should have clarified. I meant for PvP purposes hunters got nerfed.
tagashi Apr 14th 2009 2:11PM
smily-
There never was a 2button survival spec. Hunters that play that way are terri-bad.
Firestride Apr 14th 2009 12:01PM
Yeah, this article is totally more useful than just telling us what's in the final patch notes and what isn't.
Nulliar Apr 14th 2009 12:43PM
Agreed. I thought this was going to be what the article was. I was very surprised that such a summary was already created, but then I was disappointed to see that it's only a series of links to old articles.
For shame, WoW Insider!
AyaJulia Apr 14th 2009 1:17PM
You could, um....
...
I dunno... read the patch notes for yourself to find that information out?
Lemons Apr 14th 2009 3:38PM
This article is WoW Insider's way of saying "we wanted to make an article that is a comprehensive break down of all the class changes in 3.1, but then we realized it was almost time for our second lunch so we just made an article of links to old posts"
Journalism at its finest...
Kizzik Apr 14th 2009 12:53PM
I haven't seen the final notes but if the sunder armor got turned to a single % of armor like they said it was gonna be then as a warrior I have just been put through a shredder and came out mangled beyond recognition.
Magnox Apr 14th 2009 1:18PM
Hmmm, Undocumented changes for Rogues link seems to take you to a Pala Glyph page :-S
Nascair Apr 14th 2009 11:57PM
@shizzle
look at me, mm hunter, no changes cept those to hunters overall.