2.1 Druid patch notes

[Sandrion]

Here are the Druid patch notes for the 2.1 PTR patch.
Some pretty nice stuff in here. Looks like they send the nerf team on vacation this time :narnar: .
 
 
Druids

• The "Druid Epic Flight Form" is now available through a series of quests.
• "Barkskin" now reduces all damage taken, with its duration reduced to 12 seconds and cooldown reduced to 1 minute. The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate this ability can be used while frozen, incapacitated, or cowering in fear. That functionality was already present, but not listed in the tooltip.
• "Bear Form" and "Dire Bear Form": The bonus health from shapeshifting into these forms will again be removed correctly when shifting out of these forms.
• "Cyclone": This ability will no longer work on hunters with "The Beast Within" active or hunter pets with "Bestial Wrath" active.
• "Feral Charge" now suppresses all Slowing effects while charging the target.
• Fixed a data error that caused "Swiftmend" to generate more threat than intended.
• "Force of Nature": These pets will now come into the game with full health, including that gained from a percentage of their master's stamina.
• "Gift of the Wild", ranks 1 and 2, are now available on trainers.
• "Gift of the Wild": Rank 3 of this ability now has the same range as ranks 1 and 2.
• "Improved Leader of the Pack": This ability will no longer generate threat.
• "Lacerate": The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it does initial bleed damage when the ability first lands.
• "Lifebloom": Each additional application of this spell will now include the full bonus from effects which increase healing. The final heal, however, is still unaffected by stacking multiple applications of this spell.
• "Mangle(Bear)": Damage increased by 15%, but bonus threat reduced so that overall threat generation will be unchanged.
• "Nature's Grace": This talent is now triggered by "Swiftmend" and "Lifebloom", and is triggered by and affects "Cyclone".
• "Nature's Grasp": The mana cost has been removed from all ranks as intended.
• "Omen of Clarity": This spell is no longer castable in "Tree of Life Form" or "Moonkin Form".
• "Prowl"will now be broken correctly by damage shields such as "Oil of Immolation".
• "Rake": The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate the initial damage done is bleed damage. In addition, "Rake" can now always be re-applied, even when "Mangle" is active.
• "Shapeshifting" will no longer remove the "Rotting Putrescence" creature debuff.
• "Subtlety"(Restoration Talent) now applies to all spells, not just healing spells.
• "Swiftmend": This ability will now be correctly penalized for casting low rank "Rejuvenations" and "Regrowths" just as other healing spells are penalized.
• "Teleport: Moonglade": This spell is no longer castable in "Tree of Life Form".
• "Tree of Life Form": The tooltip has been corrected to indicate "Nature's Swiftness" and "Rebirth" are castable in this form.

[Bastet]

I am more looking forward to the changes to the epic tier sets then this, hopefully they will go up a bit on armor and stamina, cause they are painfully lacking in those area's atm.

[Sandrion]

Yes, I agree.
 
I did read something in the patch notes about high armor items being improved though.

[Bob]

I'm pretty happy with those patch notes!
And I just have to repeat myself once again: so much looking forward to the epic flight form quest :woot2:

• "Barkskin" (...) can be used while frozen, incapacitated, or cowering in fear. That functionality was already present, but not listed in the tooltip.

Nice - didn't know that

• "Cyclone": This ability will no longer work on hunters with "The Beast Within" active or hunter pets with "Bestial Wrath" active.

What are those abilities?

[Bastet]

Its a beastmaster hunter bug really, when using that they become big red and unable to stop attacking, unable to be feared, or otherwise crowd controlled
 
Btw: the clefthoof set goes from 739 armor / 131 stamina / 86 defense rating to 1379 armor / 108 stamina / 74 defense rating. Or a improvement of 3,500 armor roughly in bear form at the cost of 280ish health. (The chest and legs are now close to the highest armor items for those slots IG)
 
Edit: Similar, the malorne pieces gain about 100-200 armor per piece

[Sandrion]

That's some pretty good news . Atm I already have nearly the 'best' tanking gear you can get without raiding; save for some rare enchants noone seems to be able to do (+15 agi on gloves and Dexterity on boots) :sad: . If Blizz upgrades some gear pieces I finally have something to look forward too :narnar: .

[Tanales]

There is a priest called Ximi that can do the boots enchant, he charges 15g for it though.
I think Torir can do the agi on gloves for you and if he isnt online you can talk to Menedil about it, he plays Torir most of the time in raids atm.
 
Tan.

[Sandrion]

There is a priest called Ximi that can do the boots enchant, he charges 15g for it though.
I think Torir can do the agi on gloves for you and if he isnt online you can talk to Menedil about it, he plays Torir most of the time in raids atm.
 
Tan.

Cool, thanks for the info Tan . I already bought the Dexterity enchant (+12 agi on boots) yesterday. Deix/Ruiti can do it as well; he charged me only 5g for it. Pretty cheap if you consider that only 2 or 3 people are able to do the enchant atm.