World of Warcraft 6.2.3 PTR Patch Notes for November 3

November 3

Item Upgrades and Valor are back!

• Item upgrades are back! Players will be able to earn and spend Valor to upgrade items from Hellfire Citadel, crafted profession items, items created from Baleful tokens in Tanaan Jungle, and all Draenor dungeon drops. All the items you’ve already earned are eligible for upgrades retroactively.
• To upgrade, visit your friendly neighborhood ethereal in Orgrimmar and Stormwind, or Stormshield and Warspear to upgrade your gear by 5 item levels at a time for 250 Valor, up to twice per item, for a total potential boost of 10 item levels.

Class Tuning Changes

Death Knight

• General
  • Blood Boil, Blood Plague, Death Coil, Death and Decay, Frost Fever, and Soul Reaper damage has been increased by 10%.
• Frost
  • Frost Strike, Howling Blast, and Obliterate damage has been increased by 10%.
• Unholy
  • Festering Strike, Necrosis, and Scourge Strike damage has been increased by 10%.
• Talents
  • Defile and Necrotic Plague damage has been increased by 10%.

Druid

• General
  • Moonfire and Wrath damage has been increased by 6%.
• Balance
  • Starfall, Starfire, Starsurge, and Sunfire damage has been increased by 6%.

Paladin

• General
  • Crusader Strike, Hammer of Wrath, and Judgment damage has been increased by 8%.
• Retribution
  • Divine Storm, Seal of Truth, and Templar’s Verdict damage has been increased by 8%.

Shaman

• General
  • Chain Lightning, Flame Shock, Lava Burst, Lightning Bolt, and Lightning Shield damage has been increased by 4%.
• Elemental
  • Mastery: Molten Earth, Earth Shock, and Earthquake damage has been increased by 4%.
• Enhancement
  • Lava Lash, Stormstrike, and Windfury damage has been increased by 4%.

Warriors

• General
  • Enrage now increases all damage dealt by 15% (up from 10%).
• Arms
  • Seasoned Soldier now increases all damage dealt by 15% (up from 10%).

Raids and Dungeons

Timewalking

• Pepe should now remain with players that enter into a Timewalking dungeon.