Beta patch changes 11/9/06

Tinie

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Per Nethaera:


The beta realms will be brought down at 11:30 AM PST in order to perform maintenance and to apply a patch.

The expected downtime will be 6 hours.

Highlights of the patch include:




The level cap has been raised to 70.

Blade's Edge Mountains are now open.(Please note that it is only open as a passthrough zone and is not complete.)

Netherstorm is now open.

Flying Mounts are now accessible from vendors.

Heroic mode is now available for the Hellfire Citadel:Ramparts.

Ranked Arena battles will now be available .

Tempest Keep- 2 wings are now open: Botanica and Mechanaar.



We'll have the complete patch notes to post a bit later with the bug fixes we have done as well.
 
patch notes updated to include:
Items

The costs of some Battleground rewards have been reduced.


Pets

Pet speed has been normalized.


Bugs

The quest "Go to the Front" now grants the correct amount of reputation with Honor Hold."

"Rocket Boots Xtreme" and "Sprint" no longer share the same cooldown.

Close proximity to Yula the Fair will no longer cause interface issues.

Hunter pets will now be able to learn Rank 6 "Charge" from "Beast Training".

The Warrior Arms talent, "Second Wind" will now correctly proc from the Rogue ability "Sap".

The Survival talent, "Readiness" will now correctly finish all cooldowns on Hunter abilities.

The Warlock Pet Spells: "Tainted Blood" Rank 4 and Rank 5 will now properly overwrite the first three ranks of the spell.

Casting "Ice Lance" will no longer consume the Mage's talent, "Presence of Mind" buff.

Players should now be able to use a meeting stone to summon members of their raid no matter what party they are in.

The Mage ability, "Molten Armor" will no longer be reflected back to the caster with the Warrior ability, "Spell Reflection".

The Hunter Pet ability: "Warp" can now be learned.

Players can now loot link (shift + left click) socketed gems from the socketing UI.

The Shaman talent, "Mental Quickness" will now properly reduce the casting cost of "Bloodlust" and "Heroism".

The priest Holy talent, "Healing Prayers" will now properly affect "Prayer of Mending".

Rogues are now able to use "Deadly Poison VI" in the PvP Arena.

The Shaman talent, "Shamanistic Rage" can no longer be used in "Ghost Wolf" form.

The Shaman talent, "Elemental Mastery" can no longer be used in "Ghost Wolf" form.

Various pet fixes have been implemented.

"Molten Armor" will now deal damage to an attacker even if the mage is protected by a damage absorbtion shield.

Priest "Surge of Light" will no longer be consumed by "Smites" that are already casting.

Druid "Insect Swarm" Rank 6 will now benefit from the clearcasting effect from "Omen of Clarity".

"Pyroclasm" is now functioning with all ranks of "Soul Fire" and "Hellfire" rank 4.

Various fixes were made to the statistical display on the character sheet.

Hunters will no longer die while using "Feign Death" but will stand up once the timer runs out.
 
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