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I'm sure lots of you guys who trust datamining saw MMO Champion's list of changes in the latest PTR update for Patch 3.2 and raised an eyebrow at the Headless Horseman's Mount being instant cast. "And lo, thus did the Horseman's steed become the de facto PVP mount!", you exclaimed, prostrate in exultation.

Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you may have just found out what "prostrate" or "exultation" mean. The bad news is that the mount isn't instant-cast. Zarhym explains:

The Headless Horseman's Mount has a variable cast time depending upon how it is used: 1.5 seconds as a ground mount and 3.0 seconds as a flying mount. However, due to technological limitations the tooltip reads as if the spell were instant.

The question of how the cast times will function in areas where flying isn't allowed came up, and he clarified that as well:

Yes, the cast time will depend on your riding skill and the area you're in. So, if you're in Outland or Northrend (no-fly zones excluded), the mount will require a 3-second cast time. If you're in Azeroth, a no-fly zone or do not have a flying skill, your cast time will be 1.5 seconds.

Well, cool! It's not instant-cast, but it'll do. Nice to see that Blizzard is making sure your vanity mounts kept up to speed with the rest of the rapidly-evolving World of Warcraft.

Filed under: Patches, Mounts

Headless Horseman mount cast time clarification originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hot on the heels of yesterday's great news about Engineering in Patch 3.2, Community Manager Zarhym has clarified a number of changes and what they mean for Engineers.

The first clarification was for those concerned about how to acquired the schematic for Jeeves, the new multitalented robot butler. The list of changes indicated that the schematic could be acquired from "inside" another Northrend mechanical. Zarhym expounded when pressed about it:

Just to clarify, the Jeeves schematic has a chance to be "skinned" by engineers off of any level 70+ mechanical units. The drop rate starts incredibly low, but increases substantially based on the level and difficulty of the mechanical unit. So Ulduar bosses that can be "skinned" by engineers have a much better chance of dropping the schematic than lower-level mechanical units found in Northrend.

That's great news! It's available for non-raiders at (Zarhym says) a very reasonable drop rate, but since raiders will get the most use out of it, mechanical raid bosses are much more likely to drop it than a mechagnome in Borean Tundra.

Following that, he also announced a number of changes, which are listed after the break.

Continue reading Clarification on upcoming Engineering changes in 3.2

Filed under: Engineering, Patches, News items

Clarification on upcoming Engineering changes in 3.2 originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• RP Made Simple takes a deep look at an up and coming RP mod, Gryphonheart Items, which allows you to create custom vanity/flavor items to trade and share with others using the addon.
• Alterac Volley has added another Daily Quest Guide to their site, this time tackling the Midsummer Fire Festival.
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• Should Rogues pick up Killing Spree in their PvE raiding spec? Slice and Dice says yes!
• Elemental Shaman extraordinaire Binkenstein is hard at work rounding up all of the applicable patch 3.2 changes.

Filed under: The Daily Quest

The Daily Quest: Making your own items, Killing Spree, and more originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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