Here are the patch notes: (Retrieved from http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=16113.0)
Not sure exactly what this means for mages, but looks like they are only changing arcane. Seems to be a slight buff to arcane missiles (through glyphs) and a change to Arcane Power that doesn't seem all too big, more just decreasing arcane's burst potential. Same thing with the AP/PoM GCD, this doesn't affect raiding mages too much but definately hurts PvP Arcane. Also, If i remember Arcane Flows correctly, it used to reduce Evocate cooldown, and with the removal of that it means mana issues for arcane who poorly manage mana. If this is all geniune, the only nerf arcane raiding mages are recieving is less evocate time and arcane blast glyph (arcane blast glyph was changed in 3.0.8a but was bugged for arcane missiles), so overall its more a slight buff for arcane short term damage, but may cause problems for arcane's sustainability. Only time will tell. Though I must say that most mages might be trading in Arcane Power or Arcane Blast glyphs for mana gem... 40% 2 set Frostfire +40% glyph = 180% Mana Gems... and that mana is critical for fights. For shorter fights like patchwerk, Arcane Power, Arcane Blast, Arcane Missiles glyph setup will probably be optimal but will cause pain on long fights like Sapphiron and Kel'thuzad. But only time will tell, and maybe the changes will actually be different.Druid (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
* Ferocious Bite: This ability now only uses up to 30 energy in addition to its base cost.
Hunter
(Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)* Kindred Spirits (Beast Mastery): This talent now grants 20% pet damage at max rank.
* Serpent’s Swiftness (Beast Mastery): This talent now grants 20% pet attack speed
at max rank.Pets* Lava Breath now reduces the target's casting speed by 25%, down from 50%.
* Poison Spit now reduces the target's casting speed by 25%, down from 50%.
Mage (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
* Arcane Power now increases damage and mana cost by 10%, cooldown reduced to 1 minute. (Note: The spell is actually different in game and increases damage and mana costs by 20% with a 2 minutes cooldown. However it would probably be better to wait until servers are online to confirm that.)
* Arcane Power and Presence of Mind now share a category cooldown. Arcane Power causes a 15 second cooldown. Presence of Mind, once consumed, causes a 1.5 second cooldown.
* Arcane Flows now reduces the cooldown of Presence of Mind, Arcane Power and Invisibility by 15/30%.
* Presence of Mind: The cooldown has been reduced to 2 minutes, (down from 3.)
* Slow (Arcane): now increases cast time by 30%, down from 60%.
Glyphs
* Glyph of Arcane Missiles -- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of Arcane Missiles by 25%. (Old - Increases the range of Arcane Missiles by 5 yards.)
* Glyph of Mana Gem -- Increases the mana recieved from using a mana gem by 40%. (Up from 10%)
* Glyph of Arcane Blast -- Increases the damage from your Arcane Blast buff by 3%. (Down from 5%)
Paladin (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.) * The duration on all Seals has been increased to 30 minutes and can no longer dispelled.
* Divine Plea: The amount healed by your spells is reduced by 50% (up from 20%) but the effect can no longer be dispelled.
* Sanctified Seals: This talent no longer affects dispel resistance, but continues to affect crit chance.
Glyphs
* Glyph of Holy Light -- Your Holy Light grants 10% of its heal amount to up to 5 friendly targets within 8 yards of the initial target. (Down from 20 yards, Tooltip text fix, was already hotfixed to 8 yards in game)
* Glyph of Seal of Righteousness -- Increases the damage done by Seal of Righteousness by 10%. (Old - Reduces the cost of your Judgement spells by 10% while Seal of Righteousness is active.)
Priest (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
* Inner Fire duration has been increased to 30 minutes and can no longer dispelled.
Rogue (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
* Hunger for Blood (Assassination): Now increases damage 5% per stack, (up from 3%.)
* Mind Numbing Poison now reduces cast time by 30%, down from 60%.
* Mutilate damage will now do 20% increased damage against poisoned targets, down from 50%.
* Slice and Dice: This ability now increases melee attack speed by 40%, up from 30%.
Shaman (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
Glyphs
* Glyph of Windfury Weapon -- Increases the chance per swing for Windfury Weapon to trigger by 2%. (Down from 5%)
Warlock (Skills List / Talent + Glyph Calc.)
* Curse of Tongues: Now increases the casting time of all spells by 25% (Rank 1) and 30% (Rank 2), down from 50% and 60%.
Dungeons and Raids
The Obsidian Sanctum
Changed the color of the fissure in the Obsidian Sanctum to be more visually distinct.
User Interface
* The “GM wishes to speak with you” alert/button, at the top of the screen, has been changed so that addons do not obscure it.
* A clickable chat message has been added that duplicates the GM alert/button.
* When a GM wishes to speak with you the Help Request minibar button will glow. * For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macrosforum .
Bug Fixes
* Fixed an issue where players using nVidia 3D glasses were unable to see spell
cooldowns.* Fixed a software mouse cursor bug that was causing the mouse curser to disappear from view when over certain UI elements.
* Fixed a player movement error in which other players were appearing to move erratically when traveling beside them.
But on a positive note: Sartharion Shadow Fissure changes are gladly welcomed. Now no more reason to be stepping on them anymore (Or no more things for me to blame :( )
but seriously, nothing is worse then being on Sarth + 3d with all drakes still alive and being stuck between a fire wall and a shadow fissure!
(fire wall)=======_______ =========
_____________Me O <- shadow fissure. Oh crap! (underscores serve as nothing just to make sure that objects in ASCII Art are properly placed)
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