14 DAY TRIAL // Blizzard Entertainment has released an update to the Mac version of its immensely popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Bringing the game to version 3.1.3 on Macintosh computers, WoW fans get improvements and tweaks for most character classes and dungeons. A slew of bug fixes has also been incorporated in this release.
“World of Warcraft patch version 3.1.3 has been released,” Blizzard Entertainment confirmed yesterday. “Players can simply log into the World of Warcraft game client to obtain the latest patch.” As usual, Softpedia also offers the latest WoW patch for free download. Just scroll down to the bottom of this piece for the download link.
Without further ado, the changelog for the latest World of Warcraft patch can be found below (character changes only):
Death Knights: - Frost Presence: Armor bonus is now 60% down from 80%.
Druids: - Improved Barkskin: This talent now also grants 80/160% additional armor while in Travel Form or not shapeshifted. - Improved Tree of Life: The armor bonus to Tree of Life Form from this talent has been reduced to 67/133/200% bonus armor. Hunters: - Hunter's Mark: The ranged attack power bonus from this ability has been increased from 300 to 500. - Master Marksman: This talent now also decreases the cost of Aimed Shot and Chimera Shot by 5/10/15/20/25%.
Paladins: - Eye For An Eye: This talent now deals 5/10% of the critical strike damage taken by the paladin back at the attacker. - Hand of Freedom: The base duration of this buff has been reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
Rogues: - Overkill: Talent redesigned. Now increases energy regeneration by 30% while stealthed, and for 20 seconds after breaking stealth.
Warlocks: - Chaos Bolt: This spell no longer ignores damage reduction effects of the target.
Warriors: - Blood Frenzy: This talent now provides 5/10% haste instead of 3/6%. - Bloodthirst: Cooldown reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds, and rage cost reduced from 30 rage to 20 rage. - Juggernaut: This talent now also increases the cooldown on Charge by 5 seconds.
Items: - Death Knight PvP Gauntlets: The chance to refresh a Frost Rune when casting Chains of Ice has been removed. When equipped, these gloves now generate 5 additional runic power whenever Chains of Ice is used.
Readers should note that World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade may require one or more patches before it is updated to the current version. The easiest way to make sure you are patched is by logging into the game itself using your account name and password. At World of Warcraft version 2.4.1 is required to install this patch. The game requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.