9 on the test realms, especially the new 20/40man raid instance, Ahn'Qiraj. This post will serve as a compilation of the most interesting stuff we see in 1.9.
Ahn'Qiraj 20-man side - by Negativa's pickup raid experience
Really cool instance. Lots of scripted events and you actually get to fight Rajaxx. Some basics:
Keep the NPCS alive as they give you awesome buffs. Stay away from flesh hunter slimes as they will heal themselves if melee are within range.
First Boss: Some weird scorpion thing. He drops sand blobs that cause a -75% chance to hit debuff. He also stacks mortal strikes which makes it so that you need to tank switch between two tanks. Backstab Rank 9 drops off of the first boss. Combat specced or not I still want it.
Second Boss: General Rajaxx. Seems to be a pretty straight forward fight. Every so often he'll call out someone's name and deaggro them. For the fight I was on it was between the main tank, and one of the NPCs so we never really lost aggro.
"Third" Boss: Moam (Obsidian Destoyer). Didn't beat this boss. He starts at 0% mana and regens a good amount of it every time he shoots a lightning bolt. At 100% he does a special attack. This can either be a big arcane explosion that does at knockback similar to Ragnaros' kick, or he spawns 3 level 63 mana eater elementals, which promptly owned our raid.
"Fourth" Boss: Something the unscarred. Wiped immediately on this guy. When he's aggroed some crystals spawn around where the Anubissal Guardians roam. You can interact with the crystals as you do with a summoning portal. I'm not sure what they do, but it seems to me that they would have something to do with defeating the boss.
Ahn'Qiraj 40-man boss screenshots
Ahn'Qiraj epic weapon screenshots/stats
New Spell Ranks from Ahn'Qiraj
Deadly Poison (Rank 5)
Battleshout (Rank 7)
Heroic Strike (Rank 9)
Frostbolt (Rank 11)
Arcane Missiles (Rank 8)
Aspect of the Hawk (Rank 7)
Backstab (Rank 9)
Blessing of Might (Rank 7)
Blessing of Wisdom (Rank 6)
Feint (Rank 5)
Fireball (Rank 12)
Grace of Air Totem (Rank 3)
Greater Heal (Rank 5)
Healing Touch (Rank 11)
Healing Wave (Rank 10)
Holy Light (Rank 9)
Immolate (Rank 8)
Multishot (Rank 5)
Prayer of Healing (Rank 5)
Rejuvenation (Rank 11)
Renew (Rank 10)
Revenge (Rank 6)
Serpent Sting (Rank 9)
Shadowbolt (Rank 10)
Starfire (Rank 7)
Strength of Earth Totem (Rank 5)
Soul Shard Bag Materials (Warlock)
Current mats for the 20-slot bag are:
6 Bolt of Runecloth
4 Rugged Leater
2 Ichor of Undeath
1 Rune Thread
Nexus Crystal Enchants (Cenarion Hold reputation)
Friendly - Enchant Cloak - Greater Fire Resistance (+15 FR)
- 3 Nexus Crystals
- 4 Essence of Fire
- 7 Large Brilliant Shards
Honored - Enchant Cloak - Greater Nature Resistance (+15 FR)
- Materials: ?
Molten Core Item New Skins
Aurastone Hammer
Corehound Tooth
Drillborer Disk
Staff of Dominance
Peridition's Blade