Tol Barad was promised some changes earlier this month by Cory Stockton, and with the updated patch notes for January 28, 2011, we have our first look at the changes coming to the battle for Tol Barad. Attackers and defenders will be receiving bonuses to their capture speeds based on the number of keeps they currently own. Tol Barad attackers will get a 200% increased cap speed bonus when they control 2 of the keeps, making taking the final keep easier against a zerging opponent. Tol Barad defenders will be get a 200% increased cap speed bonus when they control all 3 keeps, in order to force the attackers to try and pry one keep away from the defense and hold it to prevent their bonus.

So far, it’s a good start for Tol Barad changes and I hope that as these new bonuses are tested on the PTR we see a sharp rise in the balance in Tol Barad. Now we’re just waiting on the changes that make the towers and siege engines compelling at all.

Also included in the Tol Barad notes was a change to the way the dailies, herbs, and minerals work during the battle. Now, resources will only spawn during the “quest phase” of Tol Barad — the time when you can do the winner’s dailies. There will now be warnings 5 and 1 minutes before the quest phase ends to alert players to turn in quests and get out of the micro-dungeons.

You can view the latest Tol Barad patch notes either past the break below or in our patch notes update post.

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