#0 - April 13, 2007, 4:37 p.m.
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Hunters
- A new "Avoidance" ability can now be taught to hunter pets. This effect reduces the damage they take from area of effect spells and abilities.
- A new "Cobra Reflexes" ability can now be taught to hunter pets. This effect increases attack speed but reduces damage.
- "Arcane Shot": Casting lower ranks of "Arcane Shot" than your maximum rank will now reduce the bonus you receive from attack power.
- "Aspect of the Cheetah/Pack": Wand damage will again correctly daze players with this effect active.
- "Clever Traps" now affects "Snake Trap".
- "Entrapment" (Survival): Effect duration reduced to 4 seconds and is now subject to diminishing returns in PvP.
- "Entrapment": The tooltip has been corrected to indicate it works on "Snake Trap".
- "Expose Weakness": The chance for this talent to trigger has increased to 33/66/100% chance at 1/2/3 talent points.
- "Ferocious Inspiration": This ability will now trigger "Kill Command" correctly.
- "Flare" cooldown increased to 20 seconds, and duration reduced to 20 seconds.
- "Frenzy": This talent can now trigger from "Kill Command".
- "Frost Trap": This trap no longer breaks stealth from its slowing effect.
- "Go for the Throat" no longer causes additional threat.
- "Hunter's Mark": This ability now becomes stronger each time the target is struck by a ranged attack.
- "Improved Hunter's Mark": Adjusted the tooltip to indicate this talent only grants melee attack power equal to the base ranged attack power on the "Hunter's Mark".
- "Kill Command" has been removed from the global cooldown. The shout animation has been removed.
- "Readiness": Now resets the cooldown on "Misdirection".
- "Revive Pet": The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate the pet returns with a percentage of its base health. It will not get an increased percentage of the bonus health it receives from a percentage of its master's stamina.
- "Scatter Shot": This ability will now trigger "Kill Command" when it critically strikes.
- "Survival Instincts" now also increase attack power by 2/4%.
- The quest creature, Death Ravager, is no longer able to be tamed.
- The Razorfang Ravager can now be tamed.
- Hunter "Mend Pet"/"Improved Mend" Pet Changes:
- Replaced the current "Mend Pet" channel spell with an instant cast heal over time.
- No combat reset, resets global cooldown
- The mana cost has been reduced and the heal value increased.
- Duration on Heal Over Time increased to 15 seconds in 3 second increments.
- Changed the graphic to better represent the Heal Over Time effect on the pet.
- The "Mend Pet" heal over time buff is now able to be dispelled.
- Bonus healing gear will no longer effect "Mend Pet".
- Added a 10% and 20% reduction to the mana cost of "Mend Pet" in "Improved Mend Pet" talent (Beast Mastery).
- Replaced the current "Mend Pet" channel spell with an instant cast heal over time.
Pets
- Abilities and items that are triggered when you kill a target are also now triggered when your pet kills a target.
- Fixed the amount of happiness lost when you dismiss a Nether Ray pet.
- Voidwalkers will stop while they are consuming shadows.
- Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when you summon a mount. These pets will return on dismount. This does not affect pet happiness for Hunters.
- Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when you untalent.