4.3 Patch Preview - Fangs of the Father

4.3 Patch Preview - Fangs of the Father

“They wanted to hold me, to keep watch over me – a prisoner in all but name. But I will NOT be held accountable for the sins of my father. My destiny will be my own.”- Wrathion, the Black Prince

The Contract

Patch 4.3 will offer the most deadly and experienced rogues the opportunity to finally play a central role in the fate of the world the rogue’s way: by manipulating key events from the shadows. Players will travel across continents to accomplish crucial missions of reconnaissance, burglary, infiltration and, of course, assassination. Those familiar with the events that unfolded in the Badlands since the Cataclysm struck may recall the story of Rheastrasza, the ambitious red dragon who acquired a black dragon egg and magically purified it, cleansing it of the Black Dragonflight’s corruption. While those events may lead to a more hopeful destiny for Azeroth, it will take cleverness, stealth, skill, and the help of a few friends to unravel the web of intrigue that will reveal what became of the egg… and determine the fate of Deathwing himself.

Wetwork

Rogues willing to do whatever is necessary to ignite a brighter future must first delve into the Dragon’s Soul raid dungeon to begin the quest line. Those who prove their prowess within will be set on a collision course with Ravenholdt Manor and the enigmatic Black Prince, Wrathion. This shadowy figure could be the key to victory for the mortal races, but what is his true agenda? Before the truth behind these mysteries are revealed, enterprising assassins will need to fight tense raid battles against Deathwing’s most powerful minions, and embark alone on perilous missions to seal the fate of the Black Dragonflight. The quest culminates in the earth-scorching execution of Deathwing himself and a shocking revelation about the true nature of the mission.

What’s in it for me?

Rogues who succeed will receive a paired set of daggers that will become increasingly lethal as their bearer progresses along the legendary quest. At the height of their strength, they will be imbued with the vile essence of the Old Gods, as well as the maddened fury of the Black Dragonflight -- bestowing great power upon their bearer. These powers include a stacking increase to Agility which builds until dark wings unfurl from the rogue’s back, removing the combo point cost and increasing damage of finishing moves for a short time. In addition, the wings which can be spread on command (with no combat benefit) to slow a rapid descent, allowing the rogue to slowly fall to the ground… or enact a little death from above! When it comes to dealing death, the Fangs of the Father promise legendary killing power to rogues of any specialization.

 An incredible adventure and legendary rewards await. The future of all life on Azeroth hangs in the balance. Better get moving.

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Tozas
Drenden
Tozas
5/10/2012
lol
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Elìzåbéth
Cho'gall
Elìzåbéth
5/8/2012
We finished our DS 10 man raid last week, only to realize when i looked in my bags after we finished that i was 59/60 on the final stage of the quest on tuesday! I had to wait a whole other week for 1 of these stupid things .. but alas, tuesday has arrived and i get my legendary daggers tonight! :D /happy
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Bhxcreedgear
Tichondrius
Bhxcreedgear
4/20/2012
Legendary Shield that u can actually take outside of the raid unlike the TK legendary's...... enough said
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Kamkazy
Skywall
Kamkazy
4/19/2012
Why the hell do we have to pay 10,000 gold just to be able to get the first 2 daggars?
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Dillpickles
Turalyon
Dillpickles
4/21/2012
@Kamkazy: did you ever see about how much it costed to get Shadows Edge? Stop whining :3
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Chromy
Sen'jin
Chromy
4/19/2012
Need to make legendaries that are good and dont depend on using people to get to em.. I'm sick of relying on others to help me get what I want. (specially since no one will touch old content unless they need what I need) So what's the point? I wanna be able to solo my stuff
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Azellerate
Caelestrasz
Azellerate
4/25/2012
@Chromy: this would remove the point of a legendary existing because you are meant to as a team help 1 person to get 1 if you could solo it every single person in the game would have 1
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Deyalos
Twisting Nether
Deyalos
4/17/2012
we need legendary weapons
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Huntrelf
Alexstrasza
Huntrelf
4/13/2012
Do other classes get to start a chain to get legendaries like:
<<hunters
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Blacksword
Dreadmaul
Blacksword
4/13/2012
They need to make an orange weapon for hunters or shamans
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Sagax
Undermine
Sagax
4/13/2012
@Blacksword: They already made one for Hunters, which has a very low chance of dropping off of Kil'jaeden in the Sunwell Plateau. Restoration shaman can use the legendary mace created from materials found in Ulduar. I've yet to see anything for Enhancement or Elemental shaman, however.
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Tylerxoxo
Andorhal
Tylerxoxo
4/20/2012
@Sagax: Elemental have the staff from firelands.
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Twinkeys
Chromaggus
Twinkeys
4/11/2012
So all rouges get these if they help beat deathwing?
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Sagax
Undermine
Sagax
4/13/2012
@Twinkeys: Not quite. The lucky rogue starts out by recieving a quest from the Red Dragonflight, discovers his new boss, and is sent on various assassination and raidboss-farming missions (done in Dragon Soul Normal or Heroic mode), and recieves the Fangs of the Father lengendary dagger set upon completion of the chain. Blizzard created an article about the quest chain a few days ago, if you want more details.
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Ruine
Muradin
Ruine
3/28/2012
we get lil terigosa pet when guild gets legendary achieve but no compensation for the guild/ guildies involved in helping our rogue get their daggers POR QUE blizz POR QUE!!!!!!!!
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Sagax
Undermine
Sagax
4/13/2012
@Ruine: I don't see a problem with it. It kinda fits the lore of the Rogue, who is sort of like the "lone wolf" class, working for their own ends and bowing down to no one.
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Quicksnipper
Shandris
Quicksnipper
5/3/2012
@Sagax: amen
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Nexusparties
Thrall
Nexusparties
3/14/2012
show pallies some love!
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Feralknight
Darkspear
Feralknight
3/26/2012
@Nexusparties: When haven't they?
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Grishmak
Whisperwind
Grishmak
3/27/2012
@Feralknight: Paladins used to be the most OP class... until cata and their reign was finally over. Now, you have to succumb to rogues.
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Alagation
Nazgrel
Alagation
4/23/2012
@Grishmak: We still are ahahaha just need skill
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Avengerx
Haomarush
Avengerx
3/11/2012
wish they would have one of these legendary quests for each class make it unique.
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Linkshadow
Illidan
Linkshadow
5/15/2012
@Avengerx: Not yet.. so go and sob you huntard.. suffer and behold rogue legendaries and quest.
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Parts
Cenarius
Parts
3/8/2012
Teehee I get mine tonight. Nanananananananana Batman!!
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Noremorse
Gilneas
Noremorse
3/3/2012
to the last part it sucks that you work you !@# off to get it and in 5 lvls it garbage
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Noremorse
Gilneas
Noremorse
3/3/2012
soryy for all the mispelled words but u should get the jist of it
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Noremorse
Gilneas
Noremorse
3/3/2012
there 1 way to settle this in each city there be a quest giver to start you on a legendary quest and to finish it u have to complete around 30 to 40 quest with substanail gold to spend in heroic dungens as to getting near the end it get to raid 25 man were you can loot the boss for your piece of quest to finish. and you have to do it quite a few times as it a 25% drop rate and even to finshe the quest you have to kill 25 man Heroic ya i said heroic it is legendary for a reson and then when u finsh all ur quest and return to quest giver u have to fight him solo to prove yur worty and if u die in this encounter yuo have to give him 20 k gold to bribe him (20 k is easy these days) then you chose your weapon congrats u have ur first multy class legendary weapn and for further legendaries they should be like Hairloom as u lvl your weapon lvls with u
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Rimesaber
Icecrown
Rimesaber
3/6/2012
@Noremorse: Blizzard will never do that for a few reasons first not everyone has 20k on them or plus its sometimes extreamly difficult puting together a sucessful 25 raid in modern content let alone heroic difficulty
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Acidlight
Lothar
Acidlight
3/27/2012
@Noremorse: i like everything except the fact its 25M change that to 10 or 25 and the Lvl thing NO way what point would other/newer weapons have..... use common sence next time plz?
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Imakillyou
Aerie Peak
Imakillyou
3/1/2012
how about you stop complaining about not having a legendary this expansion and start giving ideas for the next ones.
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Vylia
Dalaran
Vylia
2/16/2012
I wish people would stop saying 'well, this class got x number of legendarys but this class has had only x'. Odd's are those people won't be able to do the quest chains as it involves raiding and a ton of time and dedication. If you want a legendary so bad, run an old instance. If you want one that will be relivant, be pacient (not sure on spelling). All good things come with time...sweet baby jesus.
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Fps
Burning Blade
Fps
2/28/2012
@Vylia: http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo5/Bluth54/Double_Facepalm.jpg
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Azuel
Eitrigg
Azuel
2/15/2012
When is the Panda monk invasion?
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Tasslehaff
Steamwheedle Cartel
Tasslehaff
2/14/2012
Hello guys wanted to add some stuff here since you all think that most classes didn’t or haven’t had any of the uber stuff.

First of all lets talk about some of the weapons or aka Legendary items.

Mages, Warlocks, Priest, and Druids had Legendries before anyone else did all a different versions of an item Known as:
Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian Staff
while not able to be gotten anymore it’s still a Legendary weapon.
o and lets not forget this one now:
Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest Staff
Which now includes Shaman. So all the spell caster classes can just be quite.
While a pain to get it’s still a legendary, and now we move on:
So lets move on to the uber Rogues class:
Golad, Twilight of Aspects Dagger
Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages Dagger
Currently the uber side of the rogues however lets not forget some of the old stuff:
Warglaive of Azzinoth 1h Sword
Warglaive of Azzinoth 1h Sword
Which also includes Warriors … however if your guild didn’t give you the option for these as a rogue its because at one time the Two Warglaives combined to make a single 2h weapon.. which they no longer do. So all aside you need to just be quite.
So since warriors and Death knights were added to the above legendary lets go ahead and add the others to this list... Not to forget our rogue friends in the masses as well for one more Legendary item:
Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker 1h Sword
Shadowmourne 2h Axe
While it’s still a pain to get its still is a weapon that includes all the above melee classes including Paladins, but not including the druid tank, kitty specs. So now lets not for get another oldy but goody that includes all but shamy melee….
Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros 2h Mace
While not the most realistic for the entire melee except for shamy and rogues … it is still a legendary item.

So lets talk about another item that due to Current Release changed there stats .. this also belonged to mostly the druid class:
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings 2h Mace
While it only has stam on it now it wasn’t always that way .. it was a intell item that several druids had for healing or boomkins .. however this was strickly a Healing mace.
And there was another not that I like it much and is no longer in the game:
Ashbringer 2h Sword
A joke of a legendary in my honest thoughts was a joke of a item.
No with all this said and still a little more to go … all these had a quest line to them to get either following an item gotten through the raids or started in a weird way. So now on to the hunters and some of the classes lost or forgotten... in one way or another:
Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury 2h Mace
While this was not a started quest but more of a I hope I get it item most hunters have never seen this much less gotten, but still as said in previous statements it’s a legendary weapon, whether you like it or most classes have one legendary weapon for their class.

Now to place some information out there for Blizzard and others to think about.

Druids have no real weapon for feral spec, I.e. cats, however they do seem to have some of the more cool looking weapons and procs<i.e. Staff from Firelands makes kitty flame> that’s just about it for the druid class. While not the best and not really used now Tanking druids did have Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros. Still not the best for it but It’s a legendary item.
Hunters have purpose and that’s to do damage however, seem to be and after thought for blizzard due to the fact that their Legendary weapon came out a month before WoTLK. Enough said.
Warriors, paladins, and Death knights While all have A Umberish Legendary weapon for Dps still have no weapons for tanking, except for Death knights who could use ICC legendary for a tanking weapon but then you would have to say they have no Dps weapon so that technically is a double edged sword or in this case axe.
So now on to the Shaman class, while they do have a staff for dps, they technical have no healing legendary or a Enhance legendary.

Now if my calculations are correct:
Druids = 4 Legendary Item
Shaman = 2 Legendary Item
Paladins = 5 Legendary Items
Death Knight = 5 Legendary Items, If you count the Warglavie’s as one
Warriors = 5 Legendary Items, If you count the Warglavie’s as one
Mages = 2 Legendary Item
Priest = 2 Legendary Item
Warlock = 2 Legendary Item
Rogue = 3 Legendary Item, if your counting the Warglavie’s and Daggers as 1
Hunters = 1 Legendary Item
Now I didn’t include the “Legendary Items from The Eye” As you are unable to remove them from the eye, however that said they are technically Legendary Items.
At current date the only classes that have semi up to date or up to date with current expansions is druids, rogues, and well I guess you can add the classes that can use Shadowmoure, but that said they probably got rid of shadowmoure at level 83 to 84.
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Keenin
Alterac Mountains
Keenin
2/21/2012
@Tasslehaff: corrections
shaman = 3, sulfuras, val'anyr, and dragonwrath
Priest = 3 val'anyr, dragonwarth, atiesh
hunter = 2, thori'dal, and thunderfury
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Pathadris
Blackhand
Pathadris
2/28/2012
@Keenin: what ever hunter used TF is a scrub !@#$
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Jestina
The Scryers
Jestina
2/28/2012
@Tasslehaff:
I lost 25 points of IQ for having read that horrible post.
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Atracious
Quel'dorei
Atracious
2/29/2012
@Tasslehaff: Rogue = 4 Legendary Items, Warglaives, Fangs, Thunderfury, and Thoridal :P
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Tierk
Caelestrasz
Tierk
3/8/2012
@Tasslehaff: Still looking for a good healing legendary weapon for a holy pally lol. I know that when Mists of KUNG FU PANDA'S comes out, Alot of the gear will be junk, But i t would be nice to see blizzard give EVERY class a new legendary weapon. But hey, We don't always get what we want eh?
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Tierk
Caelestrasz
Tierk
3/8/2012
@Tierk: Correction, not GIVE every class, But i mean create a legendary weapon for every class that (Even if we really have to work on it (Like rogues have to now for the FoF dagger set) will atleast level the playing field a bit for legendary weapons.