Patch 5.4 patch notes
Virtual Realms feature revealed
The Proving Grounds are coming
The latest patch 5.4 newsPatch 4.1 PTR notes updated for April 12
by Michael Sacco 
Apr 12th 2011 at 10:00PM
Death Knight
- Rage of Rivendare again applies 15/30/45% additional damage to Plague, Scourge, and Festering Strike, up from 12/24/36%.
- Swipe (Cat) damage has been doubled.
- Berserk is no longer on the global cooldown.
- Selfless Healer duration reverted back to 10 secs.
- Grounding Totem cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds, up from 15.
- Earth Shield healing done by Restoration shaman has been reduced by 20%.
- Nature's Blessing has been improved to 6/12/18% bonus direct healing on Earth Shielded targets, up from 5/10/15%.
- Glyph of Grounding Totem now increases the cooldown of the ability by 35 seconds, down from 45 seconds.
- Improved Hamstring now reduces the global cooldown on Hamstring by 0.25/0.5 seconds in addition to its current effects.
- Players will now get bonus rewards 7 times per week (while earning less than 980 Valor Points) instead of once a day when using Dungeon Finder.
- When there is only 1 player left in a Dungeon Finder group, they will now be able to queue for replacements as long as they queue within 2 minutes or stay in the dungeon.
- The criteria on many of the profession-related guild achievements has been significantly reduced.
- The caster shaman 4-piece PvP set bonus now reduces the cooldown of Grounding Totem by 3 seconds, up from 1.5.
- The Network category contains the options "Optimize network for speed" and "Enable IPv6 when available". "Optimize network for speed" will be enabled by default, and will send packets more frequently at the cost of higher bandwidth. The higher bandwidth may lead to disconnects for some players who have limited bandwidth. Players getting disconnected frequently should try unchecking this box.
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 5)
SlimPickens42 Apr 13th 2011 9:26AM
So Selfless healer is totally worthless instead of just kind of worthless then? Ok. Glad to know. Seriously, why not just remove this talent? I'm certainly not going to take it for PvE and probably not for PvP either.
Reanne Apr 13th 2011 9:48AM
aww i want ghostlands flying!! i hope it doesnt come out on easter
Eirik Apr 13th 2011 2:23PM
@Nina Katarina: I'm guessing it was a regular run, not a Heroic. To date, I have yet to complete Grim Batol heroic, with guild groups or with pugs. Mostly, the adds move fast enough and have enough HP Erudax heals significantly before we get them down. And my own (tank) contribution to that end has its own problems.
Eirik Apr 13th 2011 2:23PM
Bleah, comment fail. But at least who I was replying to is clear...
Schadow Apr 13th 2011 5:22PM
Have a look at your DPS - assign the highest DPS and yourself to one add, and the 2nd and 3rd DPS to the other add.
Adds always spawn after the shadow thing, so when that's done, move as fast as you can to the doorway where the adds spawn to maximise your own DPS time on them.
Use every posible slowing effect at your party's disposal.
That should get the adds down in time for you to get a kill, if not the achievement.
wybenga42 Apr 14th 2011 3:03PM
Your source link leads to www.wow.com