Added system Confidence: Confirmed. Stated directly by an official source.
Tutorial and control options
Added a new-player tutorial, a Bloom Intensity slider in Advanced graphics, and an Auto Attack/Auto Shot option with gamepad support.
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Beta Development Notes - October 15
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The October 15 beta notes add a new-player tutorial, adjust racial abilities and class systems, introduce Frost Blast for Mage, and list bug fixes. The maintenance follow-up confirms realms returned and directs testers to update through the Battle.net app to client 70425. The latest explicit level-cap change remains October 1: level 30.
Previous build: Oct 8 · Diff Oct 8 → Oct 15
Added (2)
Added spell mage Confidence: Confirmed. Stated directly by an official source.
Frost Blast
Added Frost Blast at level 24: a 1.5-second cast that deals damage and slows the target by 40%.
The notes also redesign Arcane Blast and add Arcane Wrath; see the complete official notes for other class changes.
Changed (3)
Changed system Confidence: Confirmed. Stated directly by an official source.
Racial abilities
Racial abilities were adjusted for Tauren, Dwarf, Skyborne, Human, Orc, Undead, Gnome, Night Elf and Troll.
Changed spell druid Confidence: Confirmed. Stated directly by an official source.
Druid spell and aura fixes
Fixed Druid healing-rank interactions and clarified Bear-form Faerie Fire threat; Moonkin Aura and Leader of the Pack now provide raid-wide effects.
Changed class hunter Confidence: Confirmed. Stated directly by an official source.
Hunter and pet tuning
Adjusted Auto Shot, traps, pet expertise and several pet abilities, including Dismember, Sonic Blast and Mine!.
Fixed (1)
Fixed bugfix Confidence: Confirmed. Stated directly by an official source.
Visibility, reputation and creature fixes
Fixed overly bright fog, unintended Horde Kirin Tor reputation, out-of-combat health regeneration, torch visuals and drink mana-regeneration tooltips.