February – 2009 – El’s Professions

This page contains news from February 2009.

3.1 Fishing Roundup [Updated]

Known changes found in patch 3.1 PTR. Not yet “live”:

5 new fishing daily quests in Dalaran. Rare rewards include new poles and minipets. Full details.
Lake Wintergrasp now contains fish.
Borean Man O’War gain a cooking recipe (Black Jelly, uses 3 fish, restores 18,000 health and 15,000 mana). Trains at cooking skill 400.
New +25 Nat’s Lucky Fishing Pole reward for the Artisan fishing quest (or given by Nat if the quest was already completed).
5 new fishing bobber designs and 3 new fishing pole designs. At least 2 poles come from the daily quest. More discussion.
Achievement One That Didn’t Get Away can also be completed by catching Mr. Pinchy, Old Crafty or a “Baby Coralshell Turtle” (source unknown). “May be a bug” (Bornakk). “No plans” to buff drop rate (Bornakk).

More minor changes listed below. Read more »

Patch 3.1 PTR is now being tested:

Trainable recipes are now listed here – including new glyphs and Twilight Tome (off-hand). These are all confirmed available on the PTR.
No known new discoveries yet.
No summoned Lexicon of Power. Zarhym confirms that no Lexicon is required to change specs.
New Grand Master trainer (Arthur Denny) and vendor (Fanii) at the Argent Tournament, on the north-east side of Icecrown. They do not teach or sell anything new. Yet.

For a list of glyph changes on the first 3.1 PTR version, read on. Read more »

Coming in patch 3.1, from the Talent Dual Spec Q&A:

Scribes will make an item that allows a Lexicon of Power to be summoned.
Anyone can buy this item. It will require a group to summon, and cannot be used in combat or Arenas.
The item will exist for a short period of time, like a repair bot. No decision on whether the item will be reusable or consumed.
Lexicon of Power will remain in capital cities.

As expected, each dual spec will use a different set of glyphs.

El has written a complete guide to becoming Salty. Information posted on the forums has also been written into new guides to The Deadliest Catch, The Lurker Above, and One That Didn’t Get Away achievements. Thanks for all the great discussion!