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The official patch notes for WotLK Beta have been updated, and Wryxian bolded/underlined the new additions which are displayed below:Racial Abilities
Arcane Torrent (Blood Elf) global cooldown removed. Death Knights
Death Knight spells that cost runes will now display the rune cooldowns on the spell buttons. Mages
Arcane Blast effect duration reduced to 3 seconds, and now increases damage by 15/30/45% instead of reducing cast time. Arcane Impact renamed Spell Impact and now affects Blast Wave, Fire Blast, Cone of Cold, and Ice Lance. Arcane Potency now applies when Presence of Mind is active, talent prerequisite changed to Presence of Mind. Conjured mana gems no longer disappear from your backpack after being logged out for more than 15 minutes. Higher ranks of Conjure Mana Gem will recharge an existing mana gem to maximum charges. Empowered Arcane Missiles renamed Arcane Empowerment and no longer increases mana cost. It now also increases damage caused by Arcane Blast. Improved Blink now also reduces mana cost by 25/50%. Improved Mana Shield has been renamed to Arcane Shielding and now also increases resistances granged by Mage Armor by 25/50%. Remove Lesser Curse has been renamed to Remove Curse.  Paladins
Consecration now scales with attack power and spell power. Divine Protection now reduces all damage taken by 50% and increases time between attacks by 100%. Exorcism mana cost reduced and now scales with attack power and spell power. Eye for an Eye now reflects 10/20% damage from all critical hits. Fanaticism now increases chance to critically hit by 5/10/15/20/25%. Forbearance duration increased to 3 minutes. Improved Blessing of Might increased to 10/20/30/40/50%. Judgement has been replaced with 3 new spells; Judgement of Light, Judgement of Wisdom, and Judgement of Justice. All Judgement spells are considered ranged attacks for purposes of how they hit and how they critically hit. All cause damage based on attack power and spell power.
Judgement of Light now heals based on the Paladin’s attack power and spell power, the effect can not trigger more than once ever 4 seconds. Judgement of Justice will no longer prevent Fear effects, but will only prevent NPCs from fleeing (e.g. at low health). Judgement of Wisdom now restores mana based on the Paladin’s attack power and spell power, the effect can not trigger more than once every 4 seconds.Precision has been removed. Pursuit of Justice reduced to 2 ranks for 8/15% movement increase and 1/2% less chance to be hit by spells. Righteous Defense no longer costs mana and the global cooldown has been removed. Sacred Duty now also reduces the cooldown of Divine Protection. All Seals have been reduced to 1 rank and now cost 14% of base mana. The duration has been increased to 2 minutes and are no longer consumed when a Judgement spell is cast. The effects can be triggered from all weapon based special abilities.
Seal of Blood now increases Judgement damabe by 45% of weapon damage. Seal of Command now increases Judgement damage by 30% of weapon damage, 60% on stunned targets. Seal of Righteousness deals damage based on weapons peed plus an amount based on attack power and spell power, increases Judgement damage by 25%. Seal of Vengeance damage over time effect duration increased to 18 seconds and now applies its effect on every swing, causes damage based on attack power and spell power, and increases Judgement damage by 10% per stack of the damage over time effect.Summon Warhorse and Summon Charger mana cost removed and no longer causes a global cooldown. Vindication reduced to 2 ranks for 10/20% attribute reduction.  Priests Silence (Shadow) global cooldown removed.  Rogues