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Build 1.60.1.70888: 295 items added and mounts now bind when picked up

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The 11 November live build adds 295 items to the files, mostly level 50-58 rare and epic gear, flips every mount from bind-on-use to bind-on-pickup, and raises Shaman Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage.

Build 1.60.1.70888 went live on 11 November, after build 1.60.1.70862. The files now list 295 new items (added: 0 removed, most of them rare and epic gear for levels 50 to 58), and 244 items changed. Almost every mount now says "Binds when picked up" instead of "Binds when used". On the spell side, Shaman Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning read for a lot more damage, Hunter costs moved to percentages of base Mana, and two Warlock Affliction talents were rewritten.

From the game files. This is what the live client's data says changed in build 1.60.1.70888 (since 1.60.1.70862), compared by ForeverDB. It shows the files, not how things play: the server can change numbers the client doesn't show.

The short version

  • 295 items were added to the files and 244 changed. The level cap is still 60.
  • Mounts now bind when picked up instead of when used.
  • Shaman Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning now list higher damage, and Chain Lightning's spell power coefficient reads 0.357 instead of 0.285.
  • Hunter Arcane Shot, Summon Hawk and other costs now read as 11% of base Mana instead of flat Mana, and Great Stamina's tooltip shows ten times the Stamina.
  • Warlock Soul Siphon and Wrack were rewritten to name Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony.
  • Two armour sets, Dal'Rend's Arms and The Postmaster, now have their pieces, level and quality filled in.

Class changes

Druid

  • Poised (Poised, Feral Combat, trainer at level 32) now has a proc chance of 100% instead of none.
  • Swiftmend (Swiftmend, Restoration tier 4, level 25) tooltip now reads "...for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect." instead of "...the periodic effect of the consumed spell."

Hunter

  • Arcane Shot (Arcane Shot) now costs 11% of base Mana on all 8 ranks, instead of flat Mana costs that ran from 25 at Rank 1 to 190 at Rank 8.
  • Great Stamina (Great Stamina) tooltip now shows ten times the Stamina on every rank: 30 instead of 3 at Rank 1, up to 400 instead of 40 at Rank 10.
  • Summon Hawk (Summon Hawk, Beast Mastery tier 4, level 25) now costs 11% of base Mana instead of 80 Mana. Rank 2 Summon Hawk, Rank 3 Summon Hawk and Rank 4 Summon Hawk also read 11% of base Mana instead of 105, 135 and 190 Mana.

Rogue

  • Poised (Poised, Subtlety, trainer at level 18) now has a proc chance of 100% instead of none.

Shaman

  • Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt) lists more damage on every rank: Rank 1 now reads 7 to 9 Nature damage instead of 6 to 8, and Rank 10 reads 170 to 191 instead of 95 to 106 at level 60.
  • Chain Lightning (Chain Lightning) also lists more: Rank 1 now reads 100 to 115 Nature damage instead of 41 to 47, and Rank 4 reads 247 to 277 instead of 63 to 71 at level 60. Its spell power coefficient reads 0.357 instead of 0.285 on all four ranks.

Warlock

  • Soul Siphon (Soul Siphon, Affliction tier 5, level 30) now names "your Corruption, Siphon Life, and Bane of Agony effects" where it used to say "your other Affliction effects", at 4% per effect per rank up to 12%/24%/36%.
  • Wrack (Wrack, Affliction tier 7, level 40) was rewritten. It now reads "Tears the target apart from within for 6 sec, inflicting 60.2 Shadow damage every 1 sec. While channeling, your Siphon Life, Corruption, and Bane of Agony effects on the target deal their periodic damage 100% faster." instead of 86 Shadow damage every 1 sec and a 10% Shadow damage-taken increase. Its spell power coefficient reads 0.2 instead of 0.286.

Items and sets

New epics in the files include Ironfoe (Ironfoe), Skullflame Shield (Skullflame Shield), Brain Hacker (Brain Hacker), Treant's Bane (Treant's Bane), Book of the Dead (Book of the Dead), Lifestone (Lifestone), Mark of the Dragon Lord (Mark of the Dragon Lord), Circle of Flame (Circle of Flame), Dwarven Hand Cannon (Dwarven Hand Cannon), Embrace of the Wind Serpent (Embrace of the Wind Serpent), Sash of Mercy (Sash of Mercy), and the Chromatic and Skyfury armour pieces Breastplate of the Chromatic Flight, Legguards of the Chromatic Defier, Legplates of the Chromatic Defier, Skyfury Gauntlets and Skyfury Helm.

  • Set Dal'Rend's Arms now lists 2 pieces, level 58, item level 63 and Rare quality, all of which were blank before.
  • Set The Postmaster now lists Cloth, 5 pieces, level 56, item level 61 and Rare quality, all of which were blank before.

There is a lot here rank by rank, plus sell-price changes and the full item list. You can read every change in build 1.60.1.70888.

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