Hotfixes/2010 Archive

Archive of Hotfixes from 2010
==December==
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===December 22–27===
* General
** Graveyard Rats are no longer considered critters and do not give credit toward the Critter Kill Squad guild achievement.
** Weekly guild reputation caps should now properly reset at the scheduled time. An error which prevented this reset from taking place if guild experience was earned at exactly 3:00 AM server time immediately prior to weekly maintenance has been corrected.
** The achievement Saving For A Rainy Day has the same requirements as its predecessor Time To Open A Savings Account. For this reason Saving for a Rainy Day has been temporarily disabled (it will still show in the user interface), as it requires a fix via a client-side patch.
* Classes
** Druids
*** The heal from Frenzied Regeneration was too powerful and has been reduced by 50%.
*** Pounce now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
** Rogues
*** Cheap Shot now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
** Warlocks
*** The Felguard ability Axe Toss now properly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
* Dungeons & Raids
** Blackwing Descent
*** Sweltering Armor is now properly applied to Magmaw's Mangle target once the debuff has faded, regardless of whether Magmaw was successfully impaled or not.
** Gnomeregan
*** Mekgineer Thermaplugg no longer sometimes awards dungeon completion prematurely.
** Throne of the Four Winds
*** It is no longer possible to disarm Al'Akir.
* Items
** The Inner Eye proc from Heroic and normal versions of Jar of Ancient Remedies was not activating with some priest healing effects. This has been corrected.
** The Signet of High Arcanist Savor and Gilnean Ring of Ruination now have proper stats.
* Professions
** Archaeology
*** Vashj'ir dig sites no longer unlock for players. They felt too punishing without additional benefits compared to low-level sites, and were much more difficult to obtain artifacts in due to the way Vashj'ir navigation works.
** Cooking
*** Stormwind Lobster Traps now respawn more quickly and can be gathered across all Stormwind quest phases.
** Inscription
*** The following reagents no longer have limits and are now available from Una Kobuna and Casandra Downs in unlimited quantities: Deathwing Scale Fragment, Scavenged Dragon Horn, Bleached Jawbone, Silver Charm Bracelet, and Preserved Ogre Eye.
* PvP
** Arenas
*** Arena ratings are appropriately tabulating for wins and losses. More information on this issue can be found on our forums.
*** Negative amounts of Conquest Points can no longer be awarded after a match win.
** Battlegrounds
*** Upon winning a rated Battleground, rating, wins, and Conquest Points are awarded and display properly.
*** Negative amounts of Conquest Points can no longer be awarded after a match win.
** Tol Barad
*** Winning as an attacker now rewards players with 1800 Honor Points, up from 180. Winning as a defender still rewards players with 180 Honor Points.
* Quests & Creatures
** Deepholm
*** Gyreworms, Enormous Gyreworms, and Gorged Gyreworms no longer drop money or elite-level loot.
** Tol Barad
*** Cell Watchers in the D-Block area no longer have boss-like immunities. Interrupts, stuns, snares, taunts, knockbacks, Banish, Root, Freeze, Fear, Horror and Death Grip all work correctly.
** Twilight Highlands
*** Crucible of Carnage quests can no longer be shared.
** Uldum
*** The Unearthing Uldum quest achievement can now be obtained after completing 105 quests in Uldum, down from 108.
*** Players are now granted 250 Ramkahen reputation after completing the daily quest "Fire From the Sky (quest)".
** Vashj'ir
*** The Luxscale Grouper's Grouper Bite debuff now has a 5-second duration and will no longer sometimes get stuck on characters.
** Zul'Drak
*** Due to adjusted health pools, the heal-over-time effect provided by Blightblood Infusion (used by players controlling the Blightblood Troll) during the Overlord Drakuru encounter has been increased.
===December 21===
* General
** Weekly resets and calculations which occur during regular maintenance should no longer be applied one hour early, which should prevent them from being run twice.
** The sell prices for the 7th and 8th bank tabs purchased with guild level 5 are now 0.
* Classes
** Hunters
*** Hunter pets now benefit from the 1% increased hit chance from the Draenei racial Heroic Presence.
** Mages
*** Flame Orb is now benefiting from Clearcasting procs, is not costing any mana when using the buff, and removing the buff correctly when used.
** Paladins
*** Damage dealt to the paladin by Hand of Sacrifice correctly breaks all forms of a mage's Polymorph.
*** Light of Dawn is now properly locked out when the Holy spell tree is locked out and cannot be used for the duration of the lock.
** Priests
*** The healing effect from Atonement is now being effected by healing modifiers correctly.
** Rogues
*** Rogues lose any stored combo points upon entering an Arena, preventing the use of abilities such as Slice n' Dice.
** Shaman
*** Unleash Frost is now correctly categorized as a snare effect and is properly removed when spells such as Hand of Freedom are cast.
** Warlocks
*** The Soulburn effect can now be used on alternate spells if the first attempt to use the Soulburn effect fails.
*** Warlocks should no longer get an “Invalid Target Error” when trying to summon a player into a raid instance. If the player is ineligible to enter the instance, they will get an error that they are already locked upon accepting the summon.
** Warriors
*** Bladestorm now deals 150% normalized weapon damage as advertised. It was incorrectly dealing 100% normalized weapon damage.
* Dungeons & Raids
** Blackrock Caverns
*** The duration of the Superheated Quicksilver Armor debuff on Karsh Steelbender is now 17 seconds, up from 12 seconds. The encounter was too hard to tank and went against our intended fight mechanics. The display for this buff may not properly update until a client-side patch is applied.
*** Rom'ogg Bonecrusher's Chains of Woe should no longer push players under the world.
** Blackwing Descent
*** Magmaw's Pillar of Flame now prefers targets further than 15 yards away for Lava Parasites and will not be cast more than once per 30 seconds.
*** Lava Parasites now only apply their melee attack proc to players who are targeted. Lava Parasites are functioning normally and cannot infest a player with more than 3 Parasite debuffs active. Snared Lava Parasites will function like other creatures and switch to a nearby target if it becomes available, making them a viable target for Infestation.
*** Drakonid Chainwielders and Drakonid Drudges had too many hit points in the 10-player version. Their hit points have been reduced.
*** Drakonid Drudges will charge another target if the furthest target is more than 80 yards away.
** Gnomeregan
*** Mekgineer Thermaplugg is no longer using outdated abilities and has a shiny new list of abilities to use. He is also no longer immune to taunts.
** The Stonecore
*** Corborus should no longer reset if any of the Rock Borers evade.
*** Ozruk can now be mined and has an appropriate loot table.
* Professions
** Chaos Orbs can now only been seen and rolled on by characters with a minimum skill level of 425 in Tailoring, Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, or Engineering.
** Elemental Goos now drop 100% of the time off of Cataclysm elementals for the Jewelcrafting daily quest.
** Stone Bats in Deepholm can no longer be skinned.
** Nightsabers in Teldrassil are able to be skinned now without issue.
** Engineers are no longer able to use the Spinal Healing Injector or Z50 Mana Gulper tinkers in Arenas.
** Rare Archaeology finds should now grant triple skill gains.
** The progress on the guild achievement That's a Lot of Travel Time no longer goes up each time players complete the repeatable quest "Could I get a Fishing Flier?"
* PvP
** Arenas
*** All 28 of the Vicious Gladiator 2200 rating weapons now require level 86 to equip. This is a temporary fix to prevent items which were obtained prematurely due to a bug causing Arena rating inflation from being used.
*** All weapon, ranged, and off-hand items which require a 2200 rating have been temporarily removed from their respective vendors. This is a temporary fix to prevent items from being obtained prematurely due to a bug causing Arena rating inflation.
*** Engineers are no longer able to use the Spinal Healing Injector or Z50 Mana Gulper tinkers in Arenas.
*** Rogues lose any stored combo points upon entering an Arena, preventing the use of abilities such as Slice n' Dice.
** Demolishers are properly spawning in at the beginning of Round 2 in Strand of the Ancients as Preparation fades.
* Quests & Creatures
** Deepholm
*** Quest credit for killing Fungalmancer Glop should now be awarded to all players on his threat list.
*** The Submerged buff for the quest "Quicksilver Submersion" will no longer persist outside of the Upper Silvermarsh subzone. In addition, the Submerged buff does not count as Stealth on either a druid or rogue.
** Durotar
*** Attempting to use the Drowned Thunder Lizard Tail outside of Durotar now returns the error "You need to be in Durotar".
** Twilight Highlands
*** The Deathwing cutscene should now dismiss pets for better viewing opportunities.
*** Cadaver Collage's hit points in Crucible of Carnage have been increased. The poison clouds that are left on the ground now despawn when Cadaver Collage begins casting Inhale. When Cadaver Collage begins to float away, it now displays an explosion animation after a few seconds and the player is removed from combat. This occurs within a few seconds, much faster than it previously took to leave combat.
===December 20===
* General
** Paid services now allow characters level 81 or higher to be transferred with up to 50,000 gold.
** Several Winter's Veil decorations and NPCs have been checked for proper placement.
** Silverbound Treasure Chests can now be opened and looted correctly.
* Classes
** Hunter
*** Cobra Shot is no longer refreshing the duration of the Wyvern Sting damage-over-time effect. Cobra Shot is correctly extending the damage-over-time effect applied by Serpent Sting.
** Mages
*** Conjuring refreshments no longer count toward achievements like Set the Oven to "Cataclysmic" and Time To Open A Restaurant.
*** Impact (mage talent) is no longer applying damage-over-time effects to enemy targets who are not within line-of-sight of the original target. A target in line-of-sight with the original target is still affected appropriately, even if they are not in sight of the mage.
** Priests
*** The range of the heal on Atonement has been increased to 15 yards. It has been verified to be working correctly for the priest and party/raid members.
*** Chakra is no longer consumed by a Prayer of Mending bounce.
*** Guardian Spirit's capped value did not rise properly from level 80-85. This has been corrected.
* Dungeons & Raids
** Lava Surgers present in several dungeons now have loot and can be mined.
** Bastion of Twilight
*** Cho'gall's Worshipping effect can now correctly be interrupted with stuns and other interrupt abilities.
*** Valiona will now prioritize taking flight and interrupt Devouring Flames if it's cast during a transition.
** Blackrock Caverns
*** Bellows Slaves no longer grant reputation.
** Blackwing Descent
*** Lava Parasites will no longer cause the Magmaw encounter to reset if they Evade. In addition, their mounting range has been reduced to 5 yards and they can fail to mount when attacking players.
** Grim Batol
*** Quests for Grim Batol are now appropriately flagged as dungeon quests.
** Halls of Origination
*** Players are now able to zone into the dungeon if Anraphet is in combat.
** Lost City of the Tol'vir
*** The Lockmaw encounter no longer resets if a Frenzied Crocolisk Evades.
** Players are now able to zone into the dungeon if General Hussam is in combat.
** The Stonecore
*** Ozruk's Paralyze ability is not supposed to critically hit and has been fixed.
* Items
** The buff from Corrupted Egg Shell will no longer absorb more than its intended amount.
** Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade is no longer showing as available for purchase by any class but death knights.
** Several shirts have been corrected so they no longer cause a player's item level to increase. They are item level 1.
* Professions
** The search radius to find an Archaeology node from the Archaeology ability Survey has been increased. This will result in fewer searches needed while in the "green" range of surveying.
** The Alchemy specialization Elixir Master was granting extra potion procs instead of Potion Master when used on Cataclysm level recipes. The potions found to be causing this have been fixed.
** Both Willful Ember Topaz and Lucent Ember Topaz no longer award skill past 515 Jewelcrafting skill. The designs still show as grey in the Profession window, but no longer award skill up to 525.
** Several cooking recipes were not counting toward the achievement Set the Oven to "Cataclysmic" and have been updated. Note that Darkbrew Lager, Highland Spirits, and Chocolate Cookie are not intended to count for this achievement.
* PvP
** Killing a level 85 dwarf mage now properly updates the achievement criteria for Dwarf Slayer.
** The return portal from Tol Barad now takes players to the appropriate capital city near the portal to Tol Barad.
* Quests & Creatures
** Shy Highlands Turkeys in Twilight Highlands are now coming out to play for achievements.
===December 16===
* General
** Bonuses from Embrace of the Shale Spider and Blessing of Forgotten Kings can no longer stack.
** Completing Archaeology projects will once again contribute to the guild achievement Making History once the player relogs.
** The Orgrimmar portal to Mount Hyjal should now appear for players who flew directly into Hyjal to start questing, rather than take the Moonglade portal.
** The old and busted Winter's Veil decorations in Brill have been disabled. Brill should now have new hotness.
* Classes
** Paladins
*** Ancient Power now has a 30-second maximum duration and will properly be canceled when zoning or relogging.
*** Glyph of Seal of Insight now correctly increases healing done by Word of Glory and Light of Dawn while Seal of Insight is active.
** Shaman
*** The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.
** Warlocks
*** It is no longer possible to waste a Soulstone by attempting to use it on a dead target. The player will receive an Invalid Target error message at the completion of their channel. In a future patch, we intend this functionality to work correctly, allowing a Soulstone to be used to instantly resurrect a dead target.
* Dungeons & Raids
** Halls of Origination
*** The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
*** The damage of Pact of Darkness cast by Temple Shadowlancer has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
** Lost City of Tol'vir
*** Siamat will cast Deflecting Winds after a few seconds of entering combat regardless of any abilities used against him at the start of the encounter.
*** The damage of Dust Flail cast by Lockmaw has been adjusted in normal difficulty.
** The Stonecore
*** The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.
* Items
** Both normal and Heroic versions of Heart of Ignacious apply 20-second cooldowns on other similar items, rather than the full 2-minute duration.
** Shroud of Dark Memories and Shade of Death now have different stats.
* Professions
** Pyrite Ore is prospectable at 500 Jewelcrafting skill, down from 525.
** Darkbrew Lager can be learned at 415 Cooking skill, down from 425.
** The Engineering item High-Powered Bolt Gun can no longer be used in Arena and Rated Battleground matches.
** Engineers can now purchase Smooth Cogwheels from Frank Natale using 4x Handful of Obsidium Bolts.
===December 15===
* General
** Many guards who maintain peace by slaughtering PvPers have been properly buffed to match the stats of Furious Hyjal Wardens. Beware!
** Players are no longer able to go At War with the Dragonmaw faction.
** Trapdoors and transporters should no longer break when hit with area-of-effect abilities.
* Classes
** Druids
*** Rake will no longer receive twice the benefit from the Feral druid Mastery Razor Claws.
*** Soothe and Wild Mushroom are both correctly benefiting from, and consuming, Predator's Swiftness.
** Mages
*** Ring of Frost does not cause the mage to stand up (interrupting eating/drinking) while it is active.
** Priests
*** Blessed Resilience now increases healing received by 15/30%, up from 5/10%.
*** Focused Will now reduces damage taken by 5/10% and 10/20%, up from 4/8% and 6/12%.
*** Healing done by Glyph of Dispel Magic no longer improperly caps out at a certain health pool range.
*** Holy Concentration (priest talent)'s mana regeneration component has been increased from 10/20% to 20/40%.
*** Player-controlled vehicles return an Invalid Target error when attempting to use Leap of Faith on them.
*** Rapture's mana regeneration component has been increased from 1.5/2/2.5 to 2/4/6%.
** Shaman
*** The Mana Tide buff is now applied for each Mana Tide Totem on the ground.
** Warriors
*** Rude Interruption is no longer incorrectly consumed by Execute, Mortal Strike, or Overpower.
* Dungeons & Raids
** Both the 5- and 20-quest versions of the Dungeon Quests Completed achievements trigger correctly on dungeon quests done.
** Baradin Hold
*** Argaloth now respects the faction that kills him and does not drop trinkets for the opposing faction.
** Bastion of Twilight
*** The doors controlled by the Halfus and Ascendant Council encounters should no longer become stuck after a soft reset.
** Blackwing Descent
*** Arcanotron's Shield should only proc off of player attacks and not things like Searing Totem, pets, etc.
*** Players can no longer engage Nefarian without killing all three sub-bosses first.
** Deadmines
*** Defias Blood Wizards, Defias Shadowguards, and Defias Enforcers summoned during the Vanessa VanCleef encounter no longer award experience.
** Halls of Origination
*** Spatial Anomaly can no longer critically hit.
*** Setesh's movement speed has been decreased.
** Lost City of the Tol'vir
*** Frenzied Crocolisks should always despawn when Lockmaw resets.
** Shadowfang Keep
*** Troll druids in particular, when shapeshifting into Cat/Bear form, were dealing an extra 5% damage to themselves via Beast Slaying when afflicted by Barion Ashbury's Asphyxiate. This caused them to die instead of being taken down to 1 health. This has been corrected and Asphyxiate now properly ignores damage modifiers.
** The Stonecore
*** Slabhide can no longer be killed while he's in his air phase, and can be properly killed when he's back on the ground.
*** Flame Ascendants are now dropping loot that is appropriate for non-elite creatures.
** Stratholme
*** Eyes of Naxxramas will now spawn a set number of Gargoyles (2).
** The Vortex Pinnacle
*** The "corpse-catching" mechanic now properly teleports players to the entrance platform of the dungeon.
* Items
** Normal and Heroic versions of the Corrupted Egg Shell were not properly granting mana. This has been corrected.
** The Bloodthirsty Gladiator's Insignia of Victory now correctly grants Strength when it procs, rather than Agility.
** All of the Bloodthirsty and Vicious Gladiator gloves now have the appropriate glove bonuses for their respective classes.
** Players can no longer buy the opposing faction's mounts in Alterac Valley.
** Some items improperly shared duplicate stats with other items and have had their stats adjusted, including: Emberstone Staff, Rockslicer, Elekk-Horn Waistguard, Termination Axe, Sorrow's End, Soulsurge Necklace, Corefire Legplates, Blockade's Lost Shield, Sussurating Treads of Shok'sharak, Blazewing's Furious Kilt, Armagedillo's Tail, Book of Origination, Torturer's Mercy, Modgud's Blade, Maldo's Sword Cane, Shadowskulk Leggings, Drape of Fiery Dreams, Hood of the Crying Rogue, Spaulders of the Savage Beast, Helm of Fatal Vision, Oath-Bound Gauntlets, Belt of Guardianship, Dorian's Lost Necklace, Don Rodrigo's Fabulous Necklace, Pauldrons of Edward the Odd, Je'Tze's Sparkling Tiara, Heartbound Tome, Arrowsinger Legguards, Thartuk's Inimitable Gauntlets, Terborus's Rotating Bands, Tol'Vir Hereditary Girdle.
** Reputation is no longer being granted while wearing the Tabard of the Guardians of Hyjal in normal mode Blackrock Caverns.
* Professions
** Beauty in Blackrock Caverns can now be skinned.
** Canopic Jars are no longer poor quality and now show as white (standard) items.
** Obsidium Ore now spawns slightly less frequently in Mount Hyjal.
** The Blacksmithing Redsteel Shoulders item is now uncommon (green) quality.
** The Stormforged Legguards item is now rare (blue) quality.
* PvP
** Progress is now properly tracked for the achievement Tol Barad Saboteur.
* Quests & Creatures
** Feast of Winter Veil: there is now a quest blob surrounding the area of Growless Cave for the quest "You're a Mean One..."
** Deepholm
*** Pebble is correctly able to be picked back up if he despawns while being escorted from the crumbling depths for the quest "Lost In The Deeps".
** Mount Hyjal
*** Players are now able to enter the portal to the Firelands Hatchery as ghosts after the Aviana Regrowth event has occurred.
** Twilight Highlands
*** Grot Deathblow (Dragonmaw Quartermaster) and Craw MacGraw (Wildhammer Quartermaster) can no longer be killed by members of the opposing faction.
*** "Bring Down the High Shaman" and "Warlord Halthar is Back" are now group quests.
*** The amount of Wildhammer Food Stores required to complete the associated quests has been reduced to 10, down from 15. Please note the quest text will still state that 15 are needed until a client-side patch can be implemented to correct this.
** Uldum
*** Players are no longer able to receive Efficient Excavations before completing the quest "Do the Honors".
** Vashj'ir
*** Players can now ride the Seahorse in Darkbreak and Tenebrous Cavern.
*** The questgiver Fiasco Sizzlegrin is now visible and giving the quest "Crafty Crabs" upon completion of "Waking the Beast". "Crafty Crabs" remain acceptable while players work on the other quests in the associated cave.
** Stormwind
*** Earthworm Mounds for the quest "Diggin' For Worms" should now respawn more quickly.
** Sholazar Basin
*** Bonescythe Ravagers no longer award experience or loot.
** Hellfire Peninsula
*** The quest requirements for the achievement To Hellfire and Back have been lowered for both Horde and Alliance characters. Horde characters need to complete 86 quests and Alliance characters need to complete 76.
===December 14===
* General
** Master Riding now properly grant players 310% flight speed in Eastern Kingdoms with X-53 Touring Rocket, Celestial Steed, Headless Horseman's Mount, X-51 Nether-Rocket, X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME, and Invincible.
* Battlegrounds
** Battleground Demolishers in Strand of the Ancients have had their health lowered in all Battleground brackets except for the level 80-84 range, where their health has been increased.
** Lifegiving Seeds can no longer be used in Battlegrounds.
* Classes
** Hunters
*** Players who have the Insanity debuff can't benefit from Time Warp until the debuff has expired. Players can no longer benefit from both Ancient Hysteria and Time Warp prior to the Insanity Debuff fading.
** Mages
*** Frostfire Orb cannot trigger Fingers of Frost if Rank 2 of Frostfire Orb is not learned. Fingers of Frost functions normally otherwise. Note that the debuff will still appear on the target until a client-side patch is applied to correct this display issue.
** Paladins
*** Zealotry (talent) no longer consumes the Hand of Light proc effect.
*** Tower of Radiance no longer grants Holy Power from Holy Lights cast on a target buffed with Beacon of Light. It continues to work as the tooltip describes for Flash of Light and Divine Light. Please note the tooltip may not be updated to reflect this change until a client-side patch is applied.
*** Healing done by Beacon of Light is now properly affected by healing modifiers on targets which reduce healing done (i.e. Mortal Strike).
*** The healing done by Light of Dawn has been reduced by approximately 40%. Please note the tooltip may not be updated to reflect this change until a client-side patch is applied.
* Dungeons & Raids
** The Looking For Dungeon random bracket for Throne of the Tides and Blackrock Caverns has been changed from level 80-81 to 80-82, and the specific bracket has been changed from level 80-83 to 80-85.
** Blackrock Caverns
*** Twilight Dragonkin Armorers in Throne of the Tides and Blackrock Caverns now always drop some sort of loot. Get your Shimmering Claws while they're fresh!
** Blackwing Descent
*** All four golems are now immune to Distract in the Omnotron Defense Council encounter.
*** Poison Bombs in the Golem Council encounter will now only attack and explode on targets they're fixated on.
*** The gate beyond Magmaw and Omnotron should not close after the bosses are killed if a soft reset takes place.
*** The Orb of Culmination will now properly respawn after a soft reset takes place.
** Deadmines
*** Ripsnarl's Summon Vapor mechanic now ignores line of sight and correctly spawns a Vapor in regardless of where players are standing.
*** Glubtok can now be looted even if the party dies before he finishes his dramatic death sequence.
*** Grim Batol
*** Impaling Slam by Forgemaster Throngus now does much less damage, but is no longer mitigated by fire resistance.
*** Players can now zone into the dungeon while another player is in combat with a boss.
** Halls of Origination
*** Brann now correctly begins his event for "The Heart of the Matter (Uldum)" if the player is mounted when the quest is accepted.
*** There is now a teleportation device present at the front of the dungeon once Temple Guardian Anhuur has been defeated.
** Throne of the Four Winds
*** You are now able to drink and eat after the party wipes. It's a sad day, after all, when the dead can't even enjoy delicious food and drink.
*** The Ravenous Creepers in the Conclave of Wind encounter now properly retarget players on the western platform when their aggro target moves to another platform. Even when no players are available to target on the platform the Creepers will retarget any new player who arrives on the platform.
** The Vortex Pinnacle
*** Characters who become stuck in a Slipstream are now properly dropped after a period of time and brought back to the platform via the Fall Catcher.
* Items
** Amulet of Dull Dreaming and Acorn of the Daughter Tree had duplicate stats. That's no fun for anyone! Amulet of Dull Dreaming has a critical strike rating of 112 and a haste rating of 112. Acorn of the Daughter Tree has a mastery rating of 116 and a haste rating of 107.
*** Captured Lightning from The Vortex Pinnacle now correctly has Spirit instead of hit rating. The item tooltip may not properly update to reflect this change, but the appropriate stats should be applied to a character when the item is equipped.
*** Lifegiving Seeds can no longer be used in Battlegrounds.
*** Shroud of the Dead, purchased from the Ramkahen Quartermasters in Uldum, is no longer Bind-on-Equip.
* Professions
** The respawn rates for all Horde and Alliance Cooking daily quest objectives in Orgrimmar and Stormwind have been increased.
** The Alchemy mount Vial of the Sands is no longer Bind-on-Pickup.
** Corpses which have already been skinned should no longer sometimes remain, making players think they can still be skinned -- players who are then left saddened by false hopes.
** Players are no longer able to apply the Eternal Belt Buckle on belts higher than item level 300.
** The droprate on the Precious Locket from Royal Monkfish in Stormwind waters for the Fishing daily quest "Big Gulp" has been increased.
** Ethereal Ink sold by vendors was too expensive and now trades at a 1:1 ratio with Blackfallow Ink.
** Obsidium Ore nodes now spawn more frequently in Deepholm.
** Pristine Hides were too common and now have less of a chance to drop.
** The gem cuts Timeless Nightstone, Jagged Jasper, and Solid Zephyrite can no longer create perfect versions of the cut.
* Quests & Creatures
** Deepholm
*** Players that are not on the quest "Wrath of the Fungalmancer", and are out of combat at the same time another player begins the Fungalmancer event, will not be placed into combat with Fungal Horrors that spawn during the encounter. All Fungal Horrors despawn as soon as Fungalmancer Glop is defeated. In addition, at no time should Fungalmancer Glop path through walls or terrain. Norsala respawns moments after a player completes the encounter.
*** The quest "Wayward Child" can now be completed with Therazane regardless of the phase the player is in.
*** Twilight Soulreapers and Defaced Earthragers no longer give any experience or loot when killed.
** Mount Hyjal
*** All players who receive the raid victory message while on the quest "Prepping the Soil" will also receive quest objective completion.
*** Lava Surgers were caught red-handed showing no loot. Showing no loot of an almost broken nature. This will not do. (They now drop loot and can be mined.)
** Tol Barad Peninsula
*** Wandering Souls will now always drop a Cursed Femur for the quest "Salvaging the Remains".
*** Darkwood Broodmothers and Darkwood Hatchlings were sharing spawn locations, sometimes preventing one of the creature types from spawning. This has been corrected.
*** The Magnatized Scrap Collector cannot be used outside the designated quest area.
** Twilight Highlands
*** The cutscene for the quest "Enter the Dragon Queen" no longer breaks if someone skips the cutscene and more than one person is watching it.
*** The ever-sneaky Cayden Dunwald should now always get attacked during the escort quest "Once More Into The Fire".
*** Baited Black Drakes were Deathwing wannabes and doing way too much damage with their fire breath. This damage has been reduced to ensure there is only one king of pain.
*** To address a phasing conflict, players cannot accept "Somethin' For The Boys" until they've completed all three of the preceding quests, including "They Took Me Pants!"
*** Axebite Grunts now despawn whenever the siege tanks get healed and leave, or if they get destroyed. The Siege Tank Commanders are now flagged as immune creatures and no longer get stuck in combat, which prevented players from interacting with them for the quest "Siege Tank Rescue". In addition, players can no longer attack Siege Tank Commanders.
*** Darunga's respawn time for the quest "Doing It Like a Dunwald" has been reduced. In addition, the corpses of Darunga and Jaspertip Crystal-Gorgers should no longer linger around for an inordinate amount of time.
*** The Frothing Rage buff is now removed when players leave the zone.
*** The ogres in Glopgut's Hollow now respawn at a higher rate than before.
** Uldum
*** Harrison Jones will now spawn at the exact same time as the Obsidian Colossus for the quest "Fortune and Glory".
*** Engaging in PvP combat in Ramkahen now properly spawns guards.
*** Wearing associated costumes for the quest "Firing Squad" when the cutscene plays should no longer result in event issues.
*** Kill credit is now awarded to all party members for both the regular and daily versions of the quest "Fire From the Sky (quest)". Missiles from other players are also visible to everyone now.
*** Elite Troopers were way too elite and had triple the armor they're supposed to have. We've stripped them of some of their precious protection.
*** All party members are now receiving credit for motivating a Slacking Laborer for the quest "Make Yourself Useful". This is 100% more useful.
** Vashj'ir
*** The quest "Wake of Destruction" now only requires players to devour 10 naga.
*** Hallazeal the Ascended now despawns when a player leaves combat or logs out while being engaged with him.
*** At the conclusion of the final cutscene for "Defending the Rift", the quest completion NPC is visible for both factions.
*** The Nespirah Fluid buff is now removed when players enter a dungeon, raid, or Battleground.
*** Quest credit is now shared between party members when killing quest creatures for "Wake of Destruction".
** Eastern Plaguelands
*** Players should no longer have issues using Rayne's Seeds in all three ziggurats for the quest "Amidst Death, Life".
** The Cape of Stranglethorn
*** The Ironjaw Humour that drops off Ironjaw Behemoth for the quest "Too Big for His Britches" can now be looted by multiple members of a party.
** Ghostlands
*** Goblin characters are now able to accept the quests “The Forsaken (quest)" and "Journey to Undercity".
** Northern Stranglethorn
*** When reputation with the Bloodsail Buccaneers is friendly, players can now accept the quest "Avast Ye, Admiral! (quest)" from Fleet Master Firallon.
** Swamp of Sorrows
*** The objects Thousand-Thread-Count Fuse, Extra-Pure Blasting Powder, and Stack of Questionable Publications for the quest "In With a Bang" now respawn more quickly.
** Southern Barrens
*** Silithid Swarmers no longer grant any experience or loot, and cannot be skinned when killed.
** Stonetalon Mountains
*** The Stonetalon Mountains Quests achievement is now properly triggered after the 55th quest is completed.
** Icecrown
*** Morbidus no longer provides any loot or experience.
===December 13===
* General
** Guild experience caps were being hit faster than expected. As a result, guild experience gained through questing has been reduced.
** After hitting the weekly guild reputation cap, players will no longer receive the message that they're at the cap every time a quest is turned in.
** It is no longer possible to activate Running Wild from a transform or shapeshift form (including Metamorphosis). When leaving a shapeshift form, worgen players will always be in worgen form and cannot toggle Two Forms while shapeshifted.
** Players should no longer be unable to chat, or join or leave private chat channels after a realm is restarted for any reason.
* Classes
** Druids
*** Both Bear and Cat Form versions of Skull Bash are no longer able to be used to get to a target when there is no valid path available.
** Hunters
*** It is no longer possible for hunters to tame pets in a way that allows them to keep any buffs the creatures had on them prior to being tamed.
** Warlocks
*** Dark Intent no longer causes the warlock to stand up while eating or drinking when a critical hit occurs.
*** If Empowered Imp procs while casting Soul fire, the buff is no longer consumed.
*** Searing Pain can still be cast if it misses while Soul Burn is active and does not consume Soul Burn until it lands.
* Dungeons & Raids
** The droprates on all Bind-on-Equip items in Cataclysm dungeons have been reduced.
** Chaos Orbs now drop properly from Vanessa VanCleef in Heroic: Deadmines.
** It should no longer be possible for Vanessa VanCleef's note to spawn in Deadmines instances where groups have not killed Ripsnarl and Cookie.
** Admiral Ripsnarl's vapors no longer award reputation in Heroic: Deadmines.
** Summoned non-elite Twisted Visages no longer provide reputation in Grim Batol.
** Siamat in Lost City of the Tol'vir could sometimes fail to cast Deflecting Winds on time, rendering him unkillable. This has been corrected.
** NPCs which spawn during the Baron Silverlaine encounter in Shadowfang Keep no longer reward reputation when killed.
** All players should now correctly be rewarded with the Straw that Broke the Camel's Back achievement in Halls of Origination.
* Items
** Some Cataclysm world rare drops improperly had faction requirements which have been removed.
** The one-handed mace Torturer's Mercy had incorrect stats. It now has 136 Stamina, 91 Intellect, 61 Spirit, 61 mastery, and 1216 spell power.
** The one-handed Mace of Apotheosis had incorrect stats. It now has 160 Stamina, 107 Intellect, 54 Spirit, 81 mastery, and 1427 spell power.
** Fine-Toothed Comb, Fetish of Azrajar, Wil'hai's Extraneous Tooth, and Azralon's Twisted Rune are now correctly item level 285 and will accept Cataclysm-level gems in their prismatic sockets.
** Phantom Armor from Shadowfang Keep is now classified as plate armor to match its stats and itemization.
** The Vashj'ir quest reward Staff of Post-Facto Preparation now has spell power on it, 'cause it should.
** The Vashj'ir quest rewards Darkspear Ritual Blade and Gnomeregan Mindslicer now have spell power on them, 'cause they should.
** Several items in Cataclysm starting zones have been increased from item level 279 to 308, with relative stat increases.
* Professions
** Completing Archaeology projects no longer progresses the guild achievement Making History. This is a temporary fix until an issue with this achievement can be addressed in an upcoming patch.
** Corpses of Scalding Rock Elementals can now be mined. It's possible to gain both Volatile Earth and Shimmering Shards from the corpses.
** Several Jewelcrafting designs were incorrectly tagged as Bind-on-Pickup and have been changed to Bind-on-Equip.
** The Alchemy skill Transmute: Living Elements now functions correctly in Deepholm and Uldum.
** Disenchanted green items are now giving more materials as the item levels increase. This change also ensures armor items give dust more often than essence, and that weapons give more essence than dust.
** Fishing in open water areas around Sulfuron Spire no longer yields Volatile Fire.
** Lifebound Alchemist Stones should now always be properly created when the necessary materials are consumed and skill-ups are awarded.
** The speed of the Blacksmithing mace Forged Elementium Mindcrusher was too fast compared to related items. Its speed is now 3.60.
** The Overpowered Chicken Splitter Engineering bow is now superior quality and no longer epic.
** The droprate on Volatile Life from herbs has been increased.
** Bario Matalli and Shazdar now properly sell Cocoa Beans, Noble Hops and Dry Yeast in unlimited quantities. Additionally, Innkeeper Allison no longer sells Fresh Goat's Milk and now carries Fresh Water instead.
** Drained Venomblood Scorpids can now be skinned.
* Quests & Creatures
** Deepholm
*** It is now possible to complete the quest achievement Deep into Deepholm.
*** Aggra's voice-overs can no longer be heard or read by other players during the Deepholm introduction at the Maelstrom.
*** Living Bloods at Deathwing's Fall now spawn more quickly.
*** Mercurial Oozes at the Upper Silvermarsh now spawn more quickly.
*** Quest NPCs in the Temple of Earth should now appear during the final zone phases to guarantee players can still turn in quests regardless of progress.
*** Players should no longer be repeatedly consumed by the very mean Colossal Gyreworm.
*** Twilight Defilers, Twilight Heretics, and Twilight Desecrators can no longer be pickpocketed.
*** Players are able to obtain the Bottle of Whiskey and the Spool of Rope for the quest "Without a Captain or Crew".
*** If Earthmender Norsala despawns during the scripted event for "Wrath of the Fungalmancer", players can now still continue with the event.
*** The Ruby Crystal Cluster is now multi-drop for players in a party and are respawning at a decent rate.
*** Phased Armor cast by Twilight Dragonspawn and Seeping Quicksilver cast by Mercuiral Ooze were doing trivial amounts of damage. The damage of these abilities has been increased.
** Gilneas
*** War Machines now spawn more quickly in the Headlands for the quest "They Have Allies, But So Do We".
** Lost Isles
*** Quest NPCs for "The Heads Of The SI:7" were doing too much damage. Their damage has been reduced and are within the appropriate level range.
** Mount Hyjal
*** "An Offering for Aviana" is correctly being offered in all cases of prerequisite completion for both Horde and Alliance characters.
*** Matoclaw in the Grove of Aessina now offers the quest "Last Stand at Whistling Grove".
*** Cindermaul's Chest can now be looted by any player that currently has the quest "Cindermaul, the Portal Master" in their quest log.
*** Windspeaker Tamila no longer joins combat when hostile creatures are brought near her.
** Twilight Highlands
*** Bosses can no longer be pulled far out of the Crucible of Carnage arena.
*** During the quest "Aiming High" the Flintlocke's Explosives can now be used anywhere on the Skyshredder.
** Uldum
*** Sheep packs no longer instantly respawn.
*** Player are now able to stay in the proper phase and accept "Field Work" after leaving the area, porting to other zones, or relogging.
** Vashj'ir
*** It is now possible to complete the quest achievement Sinking into Vashj'ir.
*** Scourgut Remoras are now spawning closer to the ground.
*** Players should always be properly granted credit for completing the "Defending the Rift" quest event.
*** The range on the phase transitions of the Battlemaiden event has been extended to catch players who've pushed too far away from the NPCs around the bridge.
*** Gnash is now balanced for any type of party make-up to engage. He also grants more experience when he dies than he used to.
*** NPCs on The Verne and the Pincer X2 will no longer despawn or behave oddly while players are completing the quest "Full Circle (quest)".
*** Nespirah's entrance membrane should always be open.
*** Slithering Slime applied by eels in the Kepl'thar Forest now does significantly more damage, as it was not scaling appropriately with level.
*** Toxic Bite applied by eels in the Shimmering Expanse now does significantly more damage, as it was not scaling appropriately with level.
*** Brinescale Serpent's Brinescale Venom now has a 10-second duration, down from 20.
** Dun Morogh
*** General Grimaxe should now always respawn properly after being killed.
** Eastern Plaguelands
*** The Argent Lightwell Charm can no longer be used outside of the designated questing area.
** Stormwind
*** Major Samuelson grants kill credit to everyone on the quest that is nearby when he is unmasked. He also grants players who hit him during the fight quest credit for his kill, regardless of tap rights.
** Western Plaguelands
*** Lang's Hand Grenades are not usable outside of the designated questing area.
** Azshara
*** Talrendis Marksmen no longer grant experience upon death.
** Felwood
*** The Blood Red Key, which started the now-deprecated quest "A Strange Redy Key", is now removed from players' inventories upon logging out or zoning.
*** Darla's Box of Megaflares cannot be used when not in Felwood. They can be used anywhere within Felwood.
===December 8===
* General
** Guilds no longer receive guild experience when earning guild achievements. You can read more about this on our forums.
** If a guild maxed their experience gains for the day, subsequent tallying of individual members’ weekly and total experience gained was not always properly being saved and stored. This has been corrected.
** The achievements Heroic: Lost City of the Tol'vir Guild Run, Heroic: Shadowfang Keep Guild Run, and Baradin Hold Guild Run are now properly awarded and show up in the Guild Achievement window.
** Corla will now always drop an item and the Red Winter Hat does not replace her regular loot drop. It's because she cares.
** Specific mounts, when used in Eastern Kingdoms, were not receiving the appropriate movement speed modifiers between land and ground. This has been corrected.
** Players can enter and finish Wintergrasp or Tol Barad even if no players from the opposing faction are queued.
** Players are now able to acquire "A Winter Veil Gift" for 2010 if they had completed "A Winter Veil Gift" in 2009.
* Dungeons & Raids
** Several items which drop from bosses in Cataclysm five-player dungeons have been correctly reclassified so that the intended classes can roll Need when in a Looking For Dungeon group.
** Rock Borers no longer award reputation when killed in The Stonecore.
** Evolved Twilight Zealots killed by Raz in Blackrock Caverns no longer award experience if tapped by players.
** Players are again provided a spectral flying mount while in spirit form if killed in Ahn'Qiraj: The Fallen Temple.
** The Tamed Tol'vir Prowlers in Lost City of the Tol'vir award much less experience when killed.
** Players can now use Wind Tunnels while in combat, returning them to Siamat's platform in Lost City of the Tol'vir.
** Deep Murloc Drudges in Throne of the Tides no longer grant experience when killed.
* Items
** Players are no longer able to refund an alternate-cost item if they level up during its refund timer.
** Stormrider's Cover was requiring an incorrect class token to purchase from vendors. This has been fixed. Until a patch is applied, the Stormrider's Cover will still list a Crown of the Forlorn Protector being a required currency, however, it can be correctly purchased with a Crown of the Forlorn Vanquisher.
** The Filet Knife quest reward from "Something Edible" in Vashj'ir is a caster weapon and now has spell power. So sensible!
** The on-use effect from Tosselwrench's Shrinker is no longer counting as an elixir buff. Additionally, no extra ranged attack power or other stats are granted.
** Eastern Plaguelands quest reward trinkets no longer have on-use effects that grant ranged attack power.
* Professions
** Fishing skill gains were increasing too rapidly past 500 skill and have been adjusted.
** The tradeskill nodes were too dense in Deepholm and Twilight Highlands for Mining and Herbalism. Several have been removed.
** Players are no longer able to use a Lifegiving Seed while shapeshifted and receive the appropriate error message when attempting to do so. Additionally, the effect is canceled when entering combat.
** Enchant Weapon - Mending no longer gives haste when it procs on attacks or spells. Now, it just gives the proper heal.
** Creating a Runescroll of Fortitude II now correctly grants skill-ups.
* Quests & Creatures
** All existing guard posts in the world (e.g. Goldshire, Azure Watch, Bloodhoof, etc.) now properly spawn level 85 capital city guards.
** Quests for the Hydraxian Waterlords have been properly deprecated.
** Deepholm
*** Players no longer receive experience from killing Mercurial Droplets.
*** Deepstone Elementals now spawn more quickly.
*** Captive Quartz Rocklings in Lorthuna's Gate now respawn more quickly.
*** Players now receive much less experience when killing Irestone Rumblers.
*** Players no longer have issues with camera direction while trying to attack Zoltrik Drakebane after having jumped onto his Pyremaw mount on the quest "The Twilight Flight".
*** Stone Trogg Berserkers now do less damage.
** Gilneas
*** There are now more Rampaging Worgen in the introductory worgen questing experience to support large groups of questing players.
*** Worgen characters must now complete "Endgame (quest)" for Admiral Nightwind to gain the option to port to Rut'theran Village.
*** Liam has been given lessons in anger management and team work. He will now properly stay with his soldiers during "The Battle for Gilneas City" event.
** Kezan
*** Both the Rope Ladder and Last Chance Yacht Boarding Mortar objects will now sparkle while on the quest "Life Savings (quest)". Now with more sparkles!
** Mount Hyjal
*** Players in a party on the quest "Black Heart of Flame” are all now able to loot the Black Heart of Thol'embaar after killing Thol’embaar, because it's only fair.
*** Blazebound Elementals no longer reward experience when Flameseer's Staff is used on them.
*** Players will now receive the error message "You are in the wrong zone" when trying to use Spawn of Smolderos outside of Mount Hyjal.
*** Twilight Flamecallers and Twilight Overseers now respawn more quickly.
*** Players no longer get attacked by guards when landing in Nordrassil with a hostile player targeted. It was a rather rude introduction to Mount Hyjal really.
*** Twilight Stormwakers now respawn more quickly for the quest "Slash and Burn".
*** Flame Ascendants needed for the quest "Might of the Firelord" now respawn more quickly.
** Twilight Highlands
*** Blackscale Mistresses and Blackscale Raiders in Twilight Highlands now spawn less frequently and award less experience per kill.
*** Targets killable by turret vehicles for the quest "Off The Wall" no longer grant experience.
*** Twilight Abductors and Twilight Flamequenchers at Vermillion Redoubt no longer grant experience or provide loot.
*** Subjugated Firestarters no longer grant experience or provide loot.
** Uldum
*** Players can no longer get stuck in a phase after watching the cutscene that triggers upon completion of quests "Missing Pieces" and "Reduced Productivity".
*** Bloodsnarl Scavengers killed by players with the aid of Salhet's Lions during the quest "Salhet the Tactician" will not provide experience. If you want something done, sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
*** Creatures in Neferset City needed for the quest "Bleeding the Enemy" now respawn more quickly.
*** Players will now correctly switch phases after turning in the quest "Gobbles!"
** Vashj'ir
*** Players will now be in the correct phase with Wavespeaker Valoren after completing the quest "Communing with the Ancient". Seeing ghost question marks on the mini-map is no fun for anyone.
*** The Deepfin Scrounger Anchor Attack! now only roots players for 5 seconds, down from 20 seconds.
*** The damage of the Devious Great-Eel is now correctly reduced if a player does not immediately engage the eel in combat after the Eel-Splosive Device is triggered while on the quest "Here Fishie Fishie 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo" (Horde) or "The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo" (Alliance).
*** Smuggler's Scar now has two guard posts, up from one, and Deepmist Grotto has one guard post, up from none. In addition, Cavern Crawlers are now immune to crowd control effects. Even ganking should have its limits.
*** Players are no longer able to retain the 450% swim speed increase from the Abyssal Seahorse through devious, devious means.
*** Earthmender Duarn's yell is now only visible to the player interacting with him for the quest "Making Contact".
*** Overseer Idra'kess's yell can now only be seen if a player is within range of him.
*** The following creatures or objects in Vashj'ir now respawn more quickly: Conch Shell, Starfish, Stormind Helmet, Stormwind Spear, King Gurboggle, Fathom-Lord Zin'Jatar, Warden Azjakir, Akasha, Varkul the Unrelenting.
*** Elendri Goldenbrow is no longer offering a conflicting deprecated quest "Curious Distraction".
*** There were instances where Duarn and Erunak weren't always spawning in the event for the quest "Nespirah (quest)" which have been fixed.
*** Players of the opposite faction can no longer kill the lures for the Seahorses. It's just mean and wrong. And mean.
*** Private Pollard no longer has a duplicate personality when players complete the quest "Spelunking", and Gorruk is correctly sitting after being healed.
*** Horde players are now gaining the appropriate reputations when completing quests in Vashj'ir.
*** The Earthen Ring quests in Vashj'ir now correctly grant reputation with The Earthen Ring.
*** Ancient Conduits for the quest "Ascend No More!" now respawn more quickly.
*** The cutscene which leads players to the submarine upon speaking with Erunak for the quest "Defending the Rift" should no longer sometimes drop players out of phase.
*** Nespirah Abscesses needed for the quest "Body Blows" now have more spawn locations and respawn more quickly.
*** The Corroded Key that is obtained during the quest "Kliklak's Craw" is now a multi-drop item and can be looted my multiple members of a party. And there was much rejoicing.
*** High Sorcerer Andromath is no longer offering the deprecated quest "Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic (quest)" in Redridge Mountains.
***The deprecated quest "Mor'zul Bloodbringer (quest)" in Burning Steppes is no longer offered to Horde or Alliance warlock characters.
*** Horde players can now turn in the quest "Forged Documents (quest)" to Suja in the cooking hut in Orgrimmar.
*** Azshara quests now yield Bilgewater Reputation as intended.
*** Kranal Fiss no longer offers the deprecated quest "Call of Fire" in Northern Barrens.
*** Warlocks will now receive an "Immune" error when casting Enslave Demon on Impsy in Felwood.
*** "Nothing Left for You Here" can now still be completed if the player has already completed "My Time Has Passed" in Stonetalon Mountains.
*** "We're Here to Do One Thing, Maybe Two..." can now be completed by simply going to Saurboz in Stonetalon Mountains and is not affected by the wagon.
*** Sha'tar Vindicators are level 65 now, down from 85, and no longer tearing through Auchenai Doomsayers in Terokkar Forest needed for the quest "Evil Draws Near".
===December 7===
* General
** It is no longer possible for an ill-mannered person of the opposing faction to one-shot a flight trainer in Stormwind or Orgrimmar, which in turn made the 500 players standing on top of the flight trainer with their mammoths really sad.
** s in Icecrown can no longer have their pockets picked.
** and Brew Vendor Brew of the Month Club vendors are now spawning properly.
** The achievement “” is granted when standing in a zone boundary different than 's spawn location. In addition, players can now get this achievement by walking into the wake of Deathwing's fire after he has passed.
** If faction mounts do not translate to a mount of the opposite faction when performing a paid faction change, they will now be removed.
** Players are no longer able to endlessly kite the outdoor Battlemasters.
** Several combat issues involving mind control mechanics have been fixed.
* Battlegrounds
** NPCs and vehicles now have the correct Cataclysm values for health and damage in the 80-84 and 85 Strand of the Ancients, Isle of Conquest, and Alterac Valley level brackets.
** Some players were unable to enter 10- vs. 10-player Battlegrounds when the option to enter became available. This has been corrected.
* Classes
** Priests
*** Low-level priests will now properly take Shadow Word: Death backlash damage when casting Shadow Word: Death.
** Shaman
*** Lightning Shield again properly deals damage while the shaman is casting other spells.
* Dungeons & Raids
** The Mana Burn ability that is cast when s die in Dire Maul has been replaced with an Arcane Explosion ability that does not drain mana.
** Al'akir's Lightning Cloud now despawns when the encounter is defeated in Throne of the Four Winds.
** Players are no longer able to use Killing Spree on in Throne of the Tides. The message "Invalid Target" is displayed.
** Players are no longer placed oddly when affected by Ulthok's Squeeze in Throne of the Tides.
** in Halls of Origination will now lose Shield of Light at the appropriate times. He was cheating.
** in The Stonecore will not stay linked to trash packs he is no longer stationed at after a group wipe.
** and in Blackwing Lair will no longer cause an infinite loop of encounter mind control mechanics when pets or companions are present.
* Items
** Tattooed Eyeball should not be epic quality and is now superior.
** s no longer give experience, have any drops, or are able to be gathered in Mount Hyjal.
** Items which have refund options available no longer have their expiration cooldown recorded incorrectly when more than one is purchased within a short amount of time.
** An issue which prevented players from rolling Need on certain relics found in dungeons has been corrected.
** Helm of the Thousand Needles now has 12 Strength and 17 Stamina in addition to the 12 Hit Rating it had before.
** Spider's Silk now drops from most all spiders in the level range of 16-25.
** Stag Flanks now drop from level-appropriate stags.
** Big Mouth Clams and the Black Pearls they sometimes contain again drop off of many creatures.
** Corpse Dust and Infernal Stones are no longer available from vendors.
** The stats for the one-handed mace Shatterscale Mightfish have been corrected.
** Rogues are now able to equip and use Morningstar of the Order. However, the tooltip for the item still shows Main Hand in red, and right clicking on the item when it is equipped returns the message "You do not have the required proficiency for that item." This display issue will be corrected in a future patch.
** Passengers are now force ejected from multi-passenger mounts that have been converted into a Reindeer or Brewfest Kodo. This works for both NPCs and PCs.
* Professions
** There is no longer a School of Fish in Elwynn Forest that like to think of themselves as in "testing," nor do they yield Peacebloom when fished. This School of Fish is no longer a part of the counterculture and will no longer give you flowers when fished.
** Recipe: Feathered Lure is no longer on the vendor list for the Cooking reward vendors, as it's returning an error "The Spell is not available to you" when players attempt to learn it.
** Electrostatic Condenser no longer provides inconsistent loot chances for each gathering profession.
** Training in Archaeology should now properly generate dig sites around the world according to the player's skill level.
** Archaeology daily quests are now properly flagged as dailies.
** A Fossil Archaeology Find at the Un'Goro Terror Run dig site spawned beyond the range of the dig site area and has been removed.
** There was an inconsistency in Cooking skill-ups between Lavascale Minestrone and Lavascale Fillet which has been addressed.
** Some Leatherworking recipes which require a skill of 525 were missing from the vendor and have been returned.
* Quests
** Cataclysm Level 80-85 Zones
*** Mobs that spawn infinitely during the Temple of Earth finale within Deepholm do not grant experience.
*** Players are no longer ported out of the Maelstrom if they have "The Eye of the Storm (quest)" in their quest log when they go through the portal to the Maelstrom.
*** s for the quest "End of the Supply Line" in Mount Hyjal should respawn at a more consistent rate.
*** s respawn more quickly for the "Buy Us Some Time" quest in Kelp'thar Forest, Vashj'ir.
** Eastern Kingdoms
*** Completing the quest "Never Surrender, Sometimes Retreat" is now updating Gilneas properly.
*** s were dealing too much damage to those questing in Gilneas. Their damage output has been reduced.
*** If a player completes the objectives of "Bad Medicine" outside of Northern Stranglethorn, then the quest "Just Hatched" will not auto-launch, but will have the quest available when the player turns in the quest "Bad Medicine" to . If the player completes "Bad Medicine" within Northern Stranglethorn, then "Just Hatched" is auto-launched.
*** Quest givers in The Exodar, Teldrassil and Dun Morogh are all now offering the level 50 mage quest "Meet with Maginor Dumas" leading players to Stormwind.
*** The deprecated quests "Foreboding Plans (quest)" and "Encrypted Letter (Hillsbrad Foothills)" are no longer being offered to players by the Syndicate Documents in Hillsbrad Foothills.
*** The deprecated quests "Looking Further" and "Morganth (quest)" are no longer being offered by the Old Lion Statue in Redridge Mountains.
*** The cutscene for "Lordaeron (quest)" in Silverpine Forest will now properly play if the player is mounted when starting the quest.
*** should spawn properly during the "High Priest Venoxis (quest)" quest event in The Cape of Stranglethorn.
*** The quest "The Holy Water of Clarity (quest)" will be offered regardless of the order in which the player completes the prerequisite quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn.
*** The NPCs of Bloodgulch no longer disappear when players skip the cutscene during the quest "Eye Spy" in Twilight Highlands.
** Kalimdor
*** 60 completed quests in Winterspring are now required in order to earn the achievement.
*** Players should no longer experience issues completing the quest "The Reason Why" when attempting to interact with the various Moonstones in Ashenvale.
*** Players are no longer able to attack other players while in Diemetradon form during the quest "Ever Watching From Above" in Un'Goro Crater.
*** It is no longer possible to pick up the deprecated quest "The Gordunni Scroll" in Feralas.
*** The deprecated quest "Hunting in Stranglethorn" is no longer being offered by Roon Wildmane in Desolace.
*** Questgiver in Desolace now respawns at a much more reasonable rate after dying.
*** Jinky Twizzlefixxit now provides players with a replacement River Boat quest reward via her gossip text if a player deletes it while in Thousand Needles.
*** now spawns correctly for "What Lies Within" in Tanaris.
*** The quest "Sandscraper's Treasure" is no longer being offered to Alliance players via the Sandscraper's Chest in Tanaris.
*** The Antediluvean Chest is now correctly spawning inside the Antechamber of Uldum within Tanaris and there is no longer an issue with it spawning outside of the chamber.
===December 4===
* Recipe: Feathered Lure which was purchasable but unlearnable, is removed from vendors.
===December 2===
* Players can no longer skin s or s in Dun Morogh... because they don’t have skin.
* The grace time for players who have disconnected from a Battleground has been increased to three minutes before being issued the Deserter debuff.
* Stats on the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat have been reduced, as it can currently be equipped by players of all levels.
* Crafty players again found a way to catch Cataclysm fish. Crafty designers have made this impossible without a Cataclysm key attached to a player’s account.
* Revitalizing Sandals now have an enchantment of +1 Intellect.
* off the coast of Icecrown grew strangely large and have been returned to their normal size.
* Players who die within Ahn'Qiraj: The Fallen Kingdom are no longer granted a Spectral Gryphon mount while in spirit form.
*Classes
**Druids
***Rake is now dealing the same damage outside of Cat Form when the druid has the Razor Claws mastery. Rake damage also stays consistent when modified by Mangle as a druid shifts out of Cat Form.
*** The proc buff from the talent Shooting Stars should no longer be consumed without providing its benefits if the druid is already casting Starsurge.
**Hunters
***s are now tamable by hunters.
***Hunter pets that changed pet families prior to patch 4.0.3 will no longer retain their previous talents on top of the new Cataclysm pet talents. Hunters will have to untalent their pets to pick up this correction.
**Mages
***The Fire mage mastery Flashburn will now properly increase the periodic damage of Combustion.
***Frostbolt for low-level mages was doing too little damage. Frostbolt damage has been increased at low levels, while low-level Water Elemental damage has been decreased slightly to compensate.
***The Pyromaniac (BC Classic) talent is now properly triggering when 3 or more targets are affected by a mage’s periodic damage Fire spells.
**Paladins
***The presence of the Word of Glory effect from the paladin talent Guarded by the Light (paladin talent) will no longer prevent casting or get overwritten by Power Word: Shield.
**Priests
***Smite's scaling coefficient has been increased. The damage of Smite is now very similar to Heal in value. This change has been made to ensure the Archangel Discipline sub-specialization remains viable.
***The presence of the Word of Glory effect from the paladin talent Guarded by the Light will no longer prevent casting or get overwritten by Power Word: Shield.
***Killing priests with the Spirit of Redemption talent now correctly awards Honor, killing blows and Honorable Kills. Also, abilities that proc off of killing blows like Victory Rush are now proccing properly when a priest is talented into Spirit of Redemption.
*Quests
**The Horde version of the achievement now requires 62 Ashenvale quests completed, down from 80.
**The Alliance version of the achievement now requires 40 Un’Goro Crater quests completed, down from 45.
**All non-elite NPCs in Mord'rethar: The Death Gate, Icecrown now respawn more slowly. In addition, s no longer award experience.
**es required for the quest "Deep Despair" in Ashenvale now respawn more quickly.
**Razgar’s Fillet Knife and Drowned Thunder Lizard Tail are now removed from a player’s inventory upon completing the quest “A Golden Opportunity” in Orgrimmar.
**The Alliance shaman quest "Blessings of the Elements" in Stormwind was not providing rewards for all talent specializations. It now rewards either an Agility-based axe for Enhancement shaman, or an Intellect-based axe for Restoration/Elemental shaman.
**Writings of the Dark Herald will now drop from Telarius Voidstrider in Darkshore for all players in a party.
**Dead Alliance players are no longer able to die in spirit form while on the quest "Bael'dun Rescue" in Southern Barrens.
**Scourge Disguise is now removed as soon as a player leaves Zul'Drak.
**Pylons in Un’Goro Crater no longer play a sound effect when interacting with them to complete the associated quests. This is a temporary fix to address an issue with the audio continually playing until logout after completing the quest "The Northern Pylon".
** for the quest “The Looting of Althalaxx” in Darkshore has had his respawn time decreased.
** for the quest "Out of the Ziggurat" in Eastern Plaguelands can now be looted by all players in a party.
==November==
===November 30===
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* is now immune to all forms of crowd control, uses the abilities Charge and Battle Shout, and wrecks adversaries with his new two-handed axe.
* Players should no longer be prevented from entering a Battleground for no reason.
* Many loot tables for NPCs have been adjusted to provide the correct items and scaling.
* The Alchemy bonus from Flask of Steelskin now grants 120 stamina, up from 80 stamina, to keep it in-line with similar bonuses from other professions.
* Many creatures in Uldaman were not awarding reputation upon death. This has been corrected.
* s, s, and s no longer grant reputation in Pit of Saron.
* Players can again start the escape event in Caverns of Time: Old Hillsbrad regardless of quest status.
* The temporary guardian Basalt Rockling no longer drops from in Azshara.
* in Burning Steppes no longer awards dungeon tabard reputation.
* The rest area for Tarren Mill is now correctly located in the inn.
* Golden Skeleton Key can no longer open lockboxes that requires a higher Lockpicking skill than 125.
* should once again drop Heroic-quality loot in Heroic Forge of Souls.
* Random, mean level 15 deer appeared in Teldrassil to the shock and awe of low-level players. They have been replaced with level 1 fawn.
* Gunships in Isle of Conquest should now work properly when a member of the opposite faction is on the gunship.
* It is no longer possible to bypass Fatigue beyond the borders of Dun Morogh (looking at you here, death knights).
*Classes
**Druid
*** All ranks of Lifeblood (herbalism ability) are correctly granting the amount of Haste listed in their tooltips and are no longer affected by max health.
*** Ravage! is no longer consuming Clearcasting when it is used, and is only benefiting from Stampede (druid talent).
**Hunter
*** Trueshot Aura now functions correctly for level 39 hunters.
*** Hunter pets that were immortal can now be killed, flying pets no longer fly, and pets that were immobile after tamed properly move.
*** Beetle and turtle pet armor is now consistent with other Tenacity pet armor.
*** s from the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj are no longer able to be effected by the Mutate Bug buff after being tamed.
**Mage
*** When Freeze misses or resists on the first target, but is successful on another target, the mage will correctly get the Fingers of Frost procs from the target successfully hit.
*** Applying a damage-over-time Fire spell to a target that is being tanked no longer causes that target to face the mage.
*** The effect of the talent Firestarter (Wrath Classic) will no longer stop functioning when Molten Armor has only 30 minutes remaining when cast with Glyph of Armors active.
**Paladin
*** Hammer of the Righteous now consistently hits all nearby targets, including those behind the paladin.
*** Hammer of the Righteous should now function correctly if used right as an auto-attack begins.
**Priest
*** Holy Word: Sanctuary was healing for too much when used with Glyph of Prayer of Healing. This has been corrected.
**Warlock
*** Demon pets should not be receiving the appropriate contribution of the warlock's armor.
*** Blood Pact is now properly scaling with the level of party members.
*Quests
** Dungeon quests for level 1-60 dungeons on Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor now reward significantly less experience. Read more about this change here (below).
** The event for "The Battle for Darrowshire" properly resets after a failed attempt and the Relic Bundle will correctly trigger the event again after a failed attempt.
** Soldiers in Northwatch Foothold, Durotar now spawn more frequently.
** Players should no longer get disconnected if they attempt to share a quest that isn't supposed to be sharable.
** Players should still be able to interact with after offering a drink for the quest "Let's See What You've Got, Zanzil".
** no longer has a duplicate personality appearing in Lor'danel, Darkshore.
** Satchel of Helpful Goods should be rewarded when players complete Shadowfang Keep via the Looking for Dungeon system.
** "The Secrets of Uldum" can be completed.
** in Searing Gorge now respawns in a much more reasonable timeframe.
** in Northern Barrens now respawn considerably faster to meet the demand of their demise.
** "One Draenei's Junk..." and "Kum'isha's Endeavors" can no longer be shared.
** The quest item Enohar's Explosive Arrows for the quest "Curtail the Darktail" can now only be used on s within Blasted Lands.
** Mounted characters can now proceed through "Rise of the Brotherhood" in Westfall without any complications.
** Buttonwillow's Hand Grenade from the quest "Remove Their Arms" can no longer be used outside of Blasted Lands.
** Golems at the Grimesilt Dig Site in Searing Gorge should now respawn at a more reasonable rate.
** Players should no longer experience a client crash when accepting the quest "A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow (quest)".
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:We are applying a hotfix today to all level 1-60 dungeon quests for Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms dungeons which will significantly reduce the amount of experience they award.
:While dungeons should remain integral to our evolving storylines, and great places to collect gear in cooperative environments, we need to make sure each player’s questing progress remains relevant as dungeon quests are completed. In many cases we’re seeing players enter dungeons to complete quests, only to come out ahead of the leveling curve for the zones they’re in.
:This change should allow players the opportunity to reap the benefits of running dungeons, while not outpacing the leveling flow from levels 1-60. At this time there are no plans for making any adjustments to dungeon quest experience for Outland, Northrend, and level 80+ Cataclysm dungeons.
===November 29===
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* is no longer despawning on death and his corpse can be looted normally.
*"Rain of Chaos" cast by the warlock versions of Severed Essence in Icecrown Citadel was doing substantially more damage than intended and has been adjusted.
*Cataclysm leather can no longer be skinned from low-level NPCs.
*Azure Watch flight master has been reminded that he should hate the Horde.
*Alchemists Flask bonus for Flask of Steelskin is now consistent with other profession's Stamina buffs.
*Characters that have Illustrious Grand Master Engineering are now able to use the Gnomish Army Knife without errors.
*Classes
**Druid
*** It should no longer be possible for any druid to maintain the old talent Predatory Instincts.
**Hunter
*** The free Aimed Shot from Master Marksman was dealing too little damage. It now deals the same or a little bit more damage than the base Aimed Shot.
*** Spirit Bond (hunter talent) is now correctly applied when monkey or dog pets are active.
*** The Gorishi Fledgling Colossus is now longer immobile when tamed.
**Paladin
*** Sanctuary now functions correctly for paladins below level 30 and no longer refunds talent points upon relogging or zoning.
*** Light of Dawn casts correctly and does not produce an error when it does not hit a targeted ally.
*Quests
** The Bulging Sack of Gold rewarded upon completion of the quest "Forged Documents (quest)" now actually contains gold.
** The Fireliminator X-21 quest item for the quest "When Science Attacks" is no longer able to be used outside of Azshara.
** The Mad Magus Tirth's Soul effect from the quest "The Mad Magus" is now zone-bound to Thousand Needles.
** Players can no longer receive Bloodsail Buccaneers reputation by killing Booty Bay Bruisers when phased after completing the quest "Doublerum (quest)".
** General Grimaxe and his Dark Iron Golem should now correctly spawn for all players on the quest "Grimaxe's Demise".
** Level 61+ players should now be able to complete the quest "Uther's Blessing" by using the item Chillwind Tribute at Uther's Tomb.
** "A Mother's Worries" in Wetlands should now display quest text.
** Players with the Enchanted Imp Sack aura from the quest "Do the Imp-Possible" in Felwood are no longer able to use their mount to carry passengers.
** Skybreaker Recon Fighters are visible now and it is again possible to complete the quests "Keeping the Alliance Blind" and "Blinding the Eyes in the Sky" in Icecrown.
** Banshee Essences can now be looted by all party members in Stratholme.
** The Desolace quest "Satyrical Offerings" is no longer flagged for Cataclysm and can be obtained without the expansion.
** The Southern Barrens quest "Segmentation Fault: Core Dumped" now correctly awards experience, money, and reputation upon completion.
** s spawned by the s in Eastern Plaguelands are now correctly level 40.
** The quest "The Hunter's Way" is now first available at level 8, down from level 10.
** The murlocs for the quest "Ever So Lonely" now correctly respawn as players capture them.
===November 25===
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* Players should now be able to champion a capital city and earn reputation in Heroic and normal Wrath of the Lich King dungeons while wearing that city's tabard.
* Players are no longer required to discover Wrath of the Lich King dungeons before accessing them via Looking For Dungeon.
* Players should no longer be interrupted when eating or drinking in a Battleground before the battle starts.
* Many former Steamwheedle Goblins have switched over to the Gadgetzan faction. If a players happens to be "At War" with these NPCs, they will no longer attack in many areas.
* Collision has been removed from Argent Tournament banners so they can no longer block players.
* The door to the Alliance Keep in Isle of Conquest should again be closed at the beginning of the battle.
* Creatures spawned during the encounter no longer award reputation.
* After changing races to Tauren and learning the Sunwalker Kodo mounts, they continue to remain available after porting, zoning, and relogging.
* no longer has a duplicate manifestation standing on top of himself.
* Players can no longer catch new high-level fish when fishing near level 80-85 zones unless the account is upgraded to Cataclysm.
*Classes
**Death Knight
***Death Strike now properly heals for 20% of the damage taken within the last 5 seconds, and Blood Presence now increases armor contribution from items by 30%, down from 60%.
**Druid
*** The heal from Gift of the Earthmother when the druid casts Rejuvenation is now gaining the correct benefit from Improved Rejuvenation (Classic).
**Mage
*** Flame Orb will no longer attack PvP-flagged enemies unless the mage is already flagged for PvP combat.
**Priest
*** The Empowered Shadow buff is no longer granted when a player cancels the Shadow Orbs buff. Mind Blast correctly removes the Shadow Orb buff and grants Empowered Shadow.
*** The Glyph of Shadow Word: Death no longer provides the outdated 10% bonus damage to targets under 25% health when Shadow Word: Death is cast.
**Warlock
*** Bane of Havoc (warlock talent) no longer persists when overwritten by another Bane.
*Quests
** The quest "Reinforcements from Theramore" can now be obtained by Alliance players.
** Players no longer keep the invisibility aura and the Hunting buff after logging out while in the wolf vehicle on the quest "The Wolf And The Kodo".
** The quest "Diplomacy By Another Means" no longer auto-completes in the field.
** The spawn rate for in Dun Morogh has been substantially increased.
** Obtaining the achievement for completing quests in Silverpine now requires 55 quests, down from 60. The interface will still list it as 60 required quests until a client-side patch is applied.
** Players should no longer get stuck in a phased state when attempting to complete the quest "To the Rescue! (quest)"
** Players are now able to complete the quest "Uther's Blessing" by using the item Chillwind Tribute at Uther’s Tomb.
** Horde players are no longer able to obtain the Stormpike Insignia Rank 2 from Lieutenant Haggerdin while on the quest "Infiltration".
** Experience granted by quests in Arathi Highlands has been increased.
===November 24===
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* Alterac Valley, Isle of Conquest, and Strand of the Ancients should no longer attempt to place players in a level 80-84 bracket.
* Players should no longer be disconnected from a realm when attempting to take an item out of the mail which has been marked for deletion.
* The title "Champion of [guildname]" can no longer be improperly awarded to players.
* The amount of gold received when converting Battleground Marks of Honor above the honor cap has been reduced to the intended amount.
* Classes
** Druids
*** The damage done by the following abilities has been reduced by approximately 17%: Mangle, Maul, Lacerate, Pulverize, Swipe (Bear), Thrash.
** Hunters
*** A second pet can no longer be summoned when the active pet is dead.
** Mages
*** Arcane Concentration will not go on internal cooldown when it fails to proc.
*** The damage from Deep Freeze on stun-immune targets is now properly benefitting from Frostburn, including when increased by Mastery Rating on gear.
*** Frostfire Orb now correctly triggers Ignite on critical hits.
*** Pyroblast! made available by Hot Streak will no longer consume Clearcasting (mage ability).
*** When Scorch is cast by a mage who has Improved Scorch (Classic), it will no longer consume Clearcasting (mage ability).
*** Shatter now only increases the chance for Molten Armor's damage to be a critical strike when the target is actually frozen, as intended.
** Paladins
*** Glyph of Light of Dawn no longer incorrectly reduces the healing of Light of Dawn.
** Priests
*** Prayer of Healing is now properly healing all of the target's party members, unless they are further than 30 yards away.
*** Twisted Faith no longer gives a 4% damage increase to Mind Flay when Shadow Word: Pain is active on a target.
** Rogues
*** Envenom now properly scales with Potent Poisons.
** Warlocks
*** Soul Fire will no longer consume both Empowered Imp and Soulburn when they are active. It will consume Empowered Imp and leave Soulburn still active.
** Warriors
*** Shield Slam's damage has been reduced by about 28% at level 15, with less, but still noticeable reductions at higher levels.
* Quests
** The Wayward Fire Elemental is now properly tracked on the mini-map for the quest "Ice and Fire".
** Fishing daily quests in Stormwind and Orgrimmar have returned.
** Players will now reach their flight destination properly for the quest "Fuselight, Ho!"
** It is no longer possible to use all the charges on the Purified Moonwell Water at a single brazier for the quest "Dousing the Flames of Protection".
** The tauren quest "Heeding the Call" has been removed from the game and is no longer improperly still being offered to players.
===November 21===
This hotfix reverts the attempt to address the issue where on select realms, rifts for Phase 4 of Elemental Unrest don't spawn in Ironforge. Rifts still don't spawn, but you're no longer penalized for it by not being able to queue for the Ironforge bosses.
===November 20===
This hotfix attempts to address the issue where on select realms, rifts for Phase 4 of Elemental Unrest don't spawn in Ironforge.
===November 15===
* Phase 4 of Elemental Unrest has begun!
===November 12===
* Phase 3 of Elemental Unrest has begun!
===November 8===
* Phase 2 of Elemental Unrest has begun!
===November 1===
* Phase 1 of Elemental Unrest has begun!
==October==
===October 19===
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* We have pushed a hotfix to improve hunter damage.
** Specifically, we increased the damage of the signature abilities (Chimera Shot, Explosive Shot and Kill Command) by 15-25%. This will both improve overall damage-dealing and make sure that these abilities are prioritized higher than other shots. We think this will bring hunters to a good enough state until they hit 85. Aspect of the Fox and Cobra Shot solve some specific issues at higher levels. Marksman hunters may still trump Survival and Beastmaster hunters until they’re 85, since their rotations rely a little on Cobra Shot.
===October 18===
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* We are going to take the resilience buff down a little:
** It should end up as a 25% buff from where it stood originally, not a 50% buff. For point of comparison, maxing out resilience before our first hotfix reduced damage by ~50%. After out hotfix, the damage reduction with max resilience was 80%. With this most recent change, damage reduction with max resilience will go down to 60%.
:Clarification:
:We had buffed resilience by 50% and then lowered it by 25%. This is a 12.5% buff from before the patch. To use clean numbers, if you had 40% damage reduction, we buffed it to 60% (a 50% increase) and then lowered it to 45% (a 25% decrease)
===October 14===
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* We lowered the damage of Shadow Word: Death, except when the target is at the 20% wounded state, at which point it will do full damage. We also fixed a bug where the energize from Masochism was causing too much threat. (This is just a clarification on the above note -- we have not nerfed it twice.)
* We lowered the base points and coefficients of several Balance spells, especially Insect Swarm.
* We lowered the damage of Drain Soul slightly.
===October 13===
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* We buffed the base points and coefficients of many warrior dps abilities. We didn't do as much to tanking abilities.
* We buffed the base points and coefficients of many Ret abilities.
* We buffed the base points and coefficients of many Feral cat abilities.
* We lowered the base points and coefficients of many mage abilities, but lowered Fire more than the other two.
* We nerfed Shadow Word: Death, but it is possible we didn't nerf it enough. It should not be Shadow's biggest spell.
* We returned Searing Pain's damage to its 3.3.5 levels.
* We increased the benefit of resilience by 50% for players level 80 and below. The tooltips will probably not reflect this change.
==September==
===September 7===
* The Operation: Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall events are now active.
==July==
===July 20===
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* We have increased the potency of the Strength of Wrynn and Hellscream's Warsong buffs in Icecrown Citadel by an additional 5% - these buffs are now at 30%.
===July 9===
*Hotfixed a bug where if you whisper yourself, your RealID name would appear instead of your character's name.
==June==
===June 22===
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* We have increased the potency of the Strength of Wrynn and Hellscream's Warsong buffs in Icecrown Citadel by an additional 5% - these buffs are now at 25%.
==May==
===May 25===
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* We have increased the potency of the Strength of Wrynn and Hellscream's Warsong buffs in Icecrown Citadel by an additional 5% - these buffs are now at 20%.
===May 12===
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* in Dalaran is no longer continuously repeating his greeting emote.
===May 11===
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* The amount of health has been increased on demolishers in the Strand of the Ancients battleground.
==April==
===April 27===
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* We have increased the potency of the Strength of Wrynn and Hellscream's Warsong buffs in Icecrown Citadel by an additional 5% - these buffs are now at 15%.
* The number of attempts allotted for all final bosses in Icecrown Citadel on Heroic difficulty has been increased to 45.
===April 16===
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* A hotfix was recently applied, which temporarily disabled some of the sounds Lil' XT makes.
===April 2===
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* The agility bonus provided by the Strength of Earth Totem now applies to characters within the appropriate range.
==March==
===March 31===
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* The talent Brain Freeze should no longer to be triggered by casting the spell Frostfire Bolt.
* should no longer remount during the encounter.
* Revenge can now only be used once for each time it activates.
* The damage buff the generals in Alterac Valley receive from the tower guards has been increased.
===March 30===
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* We have increased the potency of the Strength of Wrynn and Hellscream's Warsong buffs in Icecrown Citadel by an additional 5% - these buffs are now at 10%.
* The number of attempts allotted for all final bosses in Icecrown Citadel on Heroic difficulty has been increased to 40.
===March 26===
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* The Endless Healing Potion is no longer usable in arenas as intended.
* Warlocks using a lower rank of Life Tap will receive a reduced benefit from their shadow spell power.
* The damage done by the cannons in the gunship encounter in Icecrown Citadel has been increased and the rate at which their heat decays has been reduced.
* In Alterac Valley, the buffs that the Generals get from the Warmasters and Marshals now grant them negative enemy dodge. This means they will now ignore some of their target's total dodge percentage. The base health of the Generals has been increased and the buff also grants a slightly increased amount of damage and health.
* The cheese items in Dalaran as well as the Kvaldir Berserkers in Icecrown will once again respawn at a faster rate.
* The window that comes up when talking to an NPC should no longer close on its own.
* Some changes to the battleground queuing system have been made to improve performance and group queuing.
* The timer for when the next battle in Wintergrasp will occur should no long disappear.
===March 24===
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* The meta achievement no longer requires Neck-Deep in Vile to be completed.
* For the encounter, Frost Breath cast under 35% HP no longer has a snare component and there are no longer diminishing returns on Taunt effects.
* The High Test Eternium Fishing Line now correctly adds +5 fishing skill.
* The Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat now applies the +75 fishing buff as intended.
* Transmuting Spellweave, Ebonweave, and Moonshroud items no longer places a buff on the player.
* The NPC is properly appearing again which allowing Hunters to complete the Beast Training quest.
* Horde and Alliance Master Engineers should once again be able access the Auction House through and respectively.
* Druids are able to use Swiftmend on targets that have received a rejuvenation from their 4-piece Tier 10 bonus as intended.
* Pyroblast should correctly benefit from Torment the Weak for players with the Molten Fury (mage talent) talent.
* The Warrior 4-piece Tier 10 bonus should now have the appropriate chance to proc.
===March 4===
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* In the encounters, the boss will no longer reset threat after a bone storm and will now wait a small amount of time before attacking at the end of a bone storm.
* In the encounters, the boss is now less likely to cast Blood Nova on targets affected by Mark of the Fallen Champion.
* In both normal and heroic versions of the 10 player encounter, the mutated infection ability will not be cast as quickly while the fight progresses.
* In the 10- and 25-player heroic encounters, the malleable goo ability should no longer target pets.
* In the encounters, the duration of Emerald Vigor and Twisted Nightmares were slightly increased.
* In the encounters, the duration of the instability debuff was slightly reduced.
===March 2===
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* Hard-mode attempts on end of wing bosses in Icecrown Citadel increased from 20 to 35.
* The Icecrown Citadel zone-wide buffs are now active. / are both now set to 5%. This buff increases total health, Healing Done, and Damage done by 5%.
==February==
===February 17===
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* The drop rate of Frost Lotus, from herbs in Northrend, has been increased by 50%.
===February 11===
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* Using a Bag of Heart Candies with a full inventory will now cause the local postmaster to send you any candy not recieved.
* will now be more consistent in her application of Unchained Magic in 25-player difficulty.
===February 10===
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*In the encounter, area of effect damage has been reduced against pets.
*Dying during the encounter will no longer prevent you from gaining achievement.
===February 9===
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*Titan-Forged Spaulders of Triumph are purchasable by druids as intended.
*Lovely Charms now stack to 40.
*Any player who has a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit in their bags now has a chance to receive a Lovely Charm when in a group or raid and a group member gets a killing blow as long as they are within a certain range of the kill.
*In all difficulties of the Lich King encounter, players who are tanking raging spirits are no longer valid Harvest Soul targets during phase 3, Vile Spirits in phase 3 now spawn at a greater height, and Vile Spirits in phase 3 will not be spawned as often.
*In the 10 player Lich King encounter, Raging Spirits have had their health decreased in both normal and heroic versions and then fewer Vile Spirirts will be summoned in just the 10 player normal mode.
* in Utgarde Pinnacle should no longer get stuck in the air during her transformation phase.
*The Blue Sack of Gems earned from completing a random heroic Occulus dungeon is no longer tradeable.
*The Tier 10 tanking plate gloves and chest pieces now have their appropriate durability on them.
===February 8===
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*Sindragosa's Mystic Buffet will now pulse every 6 six seconds, up from 5 seconds. In the normal 10 player encounter the debuff increase has also been slightly reduced.
*In the encounter, the effect of the Whiteout debuff has been reduced. Additionally, the damage done by Frozen Orbs has been reduced.
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*After each region's maintenance this week, raids will no longer lose attempts on wipes in Normal mode for Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King. There will still be limited attempts in Heroic mode.
===February 5===
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*Rimefang now flies less frequently in all raid formats.
*The Fountain of Light proc effect can now heal players outside of the caster’s party.
*Animated Bones summoned by the Anub’ar Necromancers, no longer award experience when defeated.
*The amount of damage being absorbed by Sacred Shield and Power Word: Shield is being reduced by 10% correctly in only battlegrounds, Arenas, and Wintergrasp.
*The range of the Lich King’s Remorseless Winter aura has been increased in Halls of Reflection.
*The Val’kyr Shadowguards in the Icecrown Citadel Lich King raid encounter should always properly pick up their target.
* should gain blood power less rapidly in normal 10 and normal 25 player modes and players can also no longer zone in while this encounter is active.
*’s Backlash ability can no longer crit.
*The rejuvenation procs from the Druid Tier 10 will now work better in a raid group and not avoid targets that have any rejuvenation spell on them though it will continue to avoid targets that have the casting druid’s rejuvenation on them.
*The damage bonus done by Devastate has been appropriate increased to be in line with the changes made in patch 3.3.2.
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Nibelung & Nibelung#Heroic
*Proc chance for a val’kyr to appear being increased from 1% to 2%.
*Anytime a summoned val’kyr casts her smite spell, she will heal herself for 25% of the damage done.
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Tooltips to be fixed in the next patch.
Paladin:
*Sacred Duty (former paladin ability) now provides 2 / 4% Stamina, down from 4 / 8% Stamina. The cooldown advantages of the talent remain unchanged.
Death Knight:
*Frost Presence now provides 8% Stamina, up from 6% Stamina.
*Icebound Fortitude now provides 30% base damage reduction, up from 20% damage reduction. For a geared tank with high defense, this translates to 50% damage reduction, up from 40%.
===February 3===
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* will now begin her flight phase a little earlier in 25 player mode, Vampiric Bite is no longer mitigated by armor, and the damage of Vampiric Bite has been reduced.
* will not be affected appropriately by Area-of-Effect damage spells.
*The Frost Orb corpses in the encounter will now despawn faster.
*Players who are dead will now get credit as intended when defeating the encounter.
*Players can no longer zone in while the encounter is active.
*Anti Magic Shell no longer resets the Mystic Buffet stacks in the Sindragosa encounter.
*The Val’kyr in the Lich King encounter are no longer affected by Death Grip and will head to ledges faster.
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*We just made a hotfix that disables the siege damage dealt by Saronite Bombs and the Global Thermal Sapper Charge. The siege damage of the bombs was causing the Frozen Throne platform to rebuild, which greatly decreases the difficulty of the encounter.
==January==
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===January 22===
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*Prince Keleseth will no longer melee players. So if you get knocked into Keleseth or happen to move by him, he won't swipe in between his casts and kill a non-tank.
*The first Shadow Resonance should appear earlier in the fight, which will allow the Keleseth tank to have more orbs on him or her if Keleseth is empowered second instead of third. We didn't want which Blood Prince was empowered second to be a major element of the difficulty in the fight.
*We reduced the melee damage for the Princes by 10% for the 10 player difficulty. They were doing less damage than the 25 player before the hotfix, but this change lowers the damage further.
*Empowered Flames will now run out of power after shooting fewer firebolts in the 10 player difficulty. We did not change the initial impact damage.
*The Blood-Queen is no longer spawned until the Blood Princes dies. This will prevent any unfortunate entry of her highness while a raid is fighting the Blood Princes. The initial hotfix for this causes the Blood-Queen to not spawn at all in a particular circumstance, but this was also fixed last night.
*We increased the duration of Essence of the Blood Queen to 60 seconds in 25 player difficulty, and 75 seconds in 10 player difficulty. A strategy developed for managing the Essences throughout the fight that involved intentionally killing a player, and this change addresses that strategy. The new timing does interact with some of her other abilities in new ways, but there are methods that players have to lessen that impact.
===January 21===
* will only be available after the is defeated.
*'s Essence has a longer duration.
*Kinetic Bombs no longer aggro Blood Queen Lana’thel during the Blood Princes encounter.
* should no longer cast Vampiric Bite on pets.
===January 20===
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*This hotfix will double the value of resilience in reducing damage done by players.
===January 19===
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*We're working on a hotfix to return Koralon back to the Vault of Archavon. He thought that the time in between Arena seasons was leisure time for him.
===January 13===
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* Fixed an issue where the Mutated Transformation and Mutated Plague ability were doing significantly less damage in 25 player mode than intended.
*'s Tear Gas should no longer cancel player abilities such as Devotion aura. Instead of being totally immune, players now take 99% less damage.
===January 11===
*'s Tear Gas will no longer remove player auras.
*The Growing Ooze Puddles in the encounter will no longer continue to grow while players are stunned.
===January 7===
*’s hit points have been reduced in the 10 person encounter.
*Stealthed rogues should no longer trigger traps in Ice Crown Citadel from long range.
*The base damage bonus from Hunger for Blood has been reduced from 10% to 5%.
*The bonus damage rogues gain from attack power for poisons has been decreased. This applies to Instant Poison, Deadly Poison, and Wound Poison.
===January 6===
*Deathbringer’s Will trinket will now proc haste as a replacement for armor penetration.
*The val’kyrs spawned by the Nibelung staff will now always hit with their smite attack and their damage has been increased for both normal and heroic versions of the staff.
*The chance for the proc to activate on the Black Bruise weapon has been increased.
*In the encounter, big oozes should now properly combine.
*’s acidic blood and 's acidic blood now function appropriately through the use of the group looting and master looting systems.
===January 5===
*The proc for the item, the Last Word, has been greatly increased to allow for more continuous uptime.
*The NPC Margrave Dhakar in Icecrown will properly respawn if killed while doing the quest, The Flesh Giant Champion.
*Wyvern Sting no longer triggers the extra shot effect from Zod's Repeating Longbow.
*The Oculus had some additional changes made. The Planar Anomlies during the Eregos encounter will have a shorter duration and do reduced damage, some of the drakes above Varos’s platform have been removed, and the drakes controlled by players will move a little faster.
*Players can now send a whisper to a player from another realm that is currently in their party.
*The Invigoration buff from melee attacks using the Heartpierce dagger will now grant twice as much resources as before. It now grants 2 rage, 4 energy, or 120 mana every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.
*The Lady Deathwhisper encounter has seen the following changes in the 25 player normal version: mana pool has been reduced, the health on all adds has been reduced, and Adherents will wait a little longer after spawning before they start casting.
*Interrupting a fireball being cast by the Ymirjar Flamebearers in normal and heroic Pit of Saron will no longer make them instantly cast Hellfire.
*The ghost waves at the beginning of both normal and heroic Halls of Reflection have undergone several changes that should make them easier to defeat such as preventing 2 mages or 2 mercenaries from spawning in the 5 mob pulls, a shorter duration of the spectral footman’s shield bash, and the spectral mage’s flamestrike having a longer cast time, shorter duration, and (in heroic) doing less damage.
*The Oculus loot improvements posted here have been made: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/12/12025295932-oculus-loot-improvements.html
===January 4===
*The mail Bloodsunder Bracers have had their appropriate socket bonus added.
*The proc on Zod's Repeating Longbow should no longer reset auto shots.
*The gear requirement for heroic Halls of Reflection has been increased.
==References==
==External links==
Hotfixes 2010