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News Roundup: Hotfixes (May 2-4), Hippogryphs on the Ground, and More
Just a few new Blizzard posts today in the midst of all of the exciting 4.2 PTR goodies! Blizzard has snuck in a handful of Cataclysm hotfixes, the iDevice / Android Mobile Armory app now features (for a limited time) free guild chat for all realms, and Blizzard posters tackle player concerns such as allowing all flying mounts to function as ground mounts in "no-fly" zones and more! Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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News Roundup: May 2nd Hotfixes and Blizzard Daily Posts
Some hotfixes were just posted for 4.2--a lot of minor quest changes and fixes to things that broke at 4.1's launch, nothing too important. Additionally, we have your roundup of daily blue posts in which they give advice on how to deal with bad players and tease to BoA gear eventually being cross-server at some point in the not too distant future!
Last but not least, there's also long list of all the shiny stuff they've been showing us lately as well which is always worth a second look.
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News Roundup: Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes, Dungeon Finder Change and more!
It's FRIDAY. Yet another day of awesome Patch 4.2 previews from Blizzard, including x and y, and a handful of new blue posts as well! Today's posts include the lateest Cataclysm hotfixes, a retrospective on the quality of Trial of the Crusader and a bit of input from Zarhym on just how "friggin' epic" Firelands is going to be. Who cares if there's "only" seven bosses, if those seven bosses and their encounters are
epic
, right?In addition to this reassurance, we've also a few posts about a few 4.1 changes that needed just a bit more clarification. Check 'em out!
Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (April 28-29)
April 28-29
Classes
Some interrupts were still incorrectly missing targets. Wind Shear, Spell Lock, Counterspell, Mind Freeze, and hunter pet abilities Nether Shock and Serenity Dust should no longer miss.
Characters who mount up with a pet bar active should no longer lose control of the pet if they dismount while under the effects of any crowd control.
Priests
Divine Aegis will no longer produce a shield if the full heal that should cause it is a
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (4/26 - 4/28)
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft: Cataclysm patch 4.1: Rise of the Zandalari. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this thread in the days ahead as additional hotfixes are applied. Visit our Bug Report forum for a list of 4.1 known issues.
General
Disconnecting immediately after dying no longer causes players to lack a Release Spirit button upon logging back in.
Classes
General
Spells or talents which provide pushback protection should now be functioning correctly (i.e.
or
).
Druid
Predatory Swiftness
being active will no longer prevent
Omen of Clarity
Clearcasting
from being consumed when it should be.
[c
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Conquest Changes and Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (April 26th)
Apparently conquest earned for rated PvP was changed to a flat amount regardless of team rating this patch. This was not included in the patch notes, but it's a fairly interesting change--one that's already generating a fair amount of negative feedback on Blizzard's official forums. They're looking into the amounts to see if they need to be changed; right now it's 135 conquest points for winning an arena match and 335 for a rated battleground.
Of course, that's if you can even login. Patch days generally mean hotfixes and today is no exception, but at least
Zul'Aman
and
Zul'Gurub
are finally accessible if you're patient enough. There are no estimated deployment times for some of these hotfixes, however, Blizzard says sometime this morning they should be implemented for all servers.
Conquest Earned Changed to Flat Rating
In patch 4.1 the amount of Conquest earned for both Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds has been changed to a flat amount regardless of team rating, to 135 and 335 respectively. This change should of course have been in the patch 4.1 notes, but due to a fairly straight forward error, was not included.
The current r
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (March 25 - March 29)
Just a tiny batch of new hotfixes, all of which were implemented between March 25 - March 29. Maybe Blizzard is finally running out of things to fix? Yeah, right. Don't worry, 4.1 will bring a whole new mess of changes and bugfixes all too soon! Nothing too incredibly interesting today, though I'm sure it was funny how players were using
prior to the fix, and I'll definitely welcome the lack of aggressive mobs near one of the more common
Uldum
archaeology digsites!
Dungeons & Raids
The Bastion of Twilight
A bug has been fixed that could cause
Flame Strike
during the Ascendant Council encounter (Heroic difficulty) to target an existing fire patch, instead of creating a new one.
Guilds
The guild perk "
" no longer allows players to summon guild mates inside dungeons, raids, Battlegrounds, or Tol Barad when the battle is in progress. It will also not function while the player is on any transport.
Quests & Creatures
Uldum
Hostile NPCs are no longer present at the Temple of Uldum once the cutscene from picking up "
Harrison Jones and the Temple of Uldum
"
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (March 17 - 24)
Some more hotfixes went just went live today, though nothing as groundbreaking as
the last batch
. It seems some bugs were fixed and a possible exploit was also fixed. Honestly, you'd think that with the sordid history of NPCs and their spells being stolen by players for other encounters, their buffs disappearing when players zone out would be common sense by now. Well, maybe next time!
Dungeons & Raids
General
Using
Mind Control
on the final creature of any dungeon gauntlet event should no longer cause the event to reset.
Creatures no longer evade and reset after
Mind Control
effects wear off.
The Bastion of Twilight
On Heroic difficulty,
Fester Blood
will no longer sometimes cause
Cho'gall
to stop consuming fire elementals.
Blackrock Caverns
is now removed when leaving the dungeon.
Blackwing Descent
Magmaw
will no longer cast
Molten Tantrum
as long as he has a target in
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (March 2 - 16)
It's been so long without Cataclysm hotfixes, I almost missed these! *runs away and hides*
Just a few new hotfixes since March began, as I'm sure Blizzard is extremely busy preparing for patch 4.1 and may finally be running out of things to hotfix in patch 4.0.6 (though I'm sure many of you guys will quickly and eagerly tell me how very wrong I am about that). There's still some time before 4.1 hits so we'll probably see a lot of necessary changes either making their way live or being implemented with the next patch!
This latest batch of hotfixes includes some modifications to Heroic difficulty
Blackwing Descent
encounters, as well as few other fixes (no more cheesing the flag in
Twin Peaks
, no more kiting
Shandris Feathermoon
to
Orgrimmar
). Check 'em out after the break!
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (March 1)
Just two little hotfixes today. Nobody liked that Tol Barad escort, anyway. In fact, I don't think anyone likes any escort quest.
PvP
Flag carriers in rated Battlegrounds now take 25% more damage from all magical and physical attacks. The 25% additional damage from carrying the flag stacks with the Focus and Brutal Assault debuffs. Flag carriers in normal Battlegrounds are not affected by this change.
Quest & Creatures
Tol Barad Peninsula
The quest "
Walk A Mile In Their Shoes
" has not always been correctly awarding players with quest credit after completing the escort event. This quest is being temporarily disabled and removed from the achievement criteria for
Just Another Day in Tol Barad
. This fix will require a realm restart to take effect.
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 25)
Just a quick batch of Cataclysm hotfixes. Will all the
4.1 excitement
going around these may not be as exciting to most, but Heroic raiders will
definitely
appreciate the changes to the Valiona and Theralion encounter!
Dungeons & Raids
The Bastion of Twilight
Blackout will no longer hit players sent down to the Twilight Zone by either Valiona or Theralion.
Collapsing Twilight Portal should no longer close faster when a person uses it while on Heroic difficulty. It now has a set duration.
Devouring flame maximum damage has been reduced.
Theralion's damage should now be more consistent with Valiona's on 10-player Heroic difficulty.
Twilight Blast damage has been reduced on 10-player Heroic difficulty.
Twilight Protection now lasts 6 seconds, up from 3.
Players should now always receive the Twilight Protection buff when entering the Twilight Realm.
Twilight Sentries have slightly lower health on 10-player Heroic diff
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 22)
Just a few hotfixes today, including the previously announced and now implemented nerf to
Aimed Shot
and a change to the attack power contribution from
.
Classes
Hunter
Aimed Shot
damage has been decreased to approximately 160% weapon damage (at level 80+), down from 200%.
now provides 2000 attack power at level 85.
Dungeons & Raids
Throne of the Four Winds
The Catch Fall aura is now removed whenever a player leaves the dungeon.
*snores*
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 18)
Latest Cataclysm hotfixes have just been posted!
Notable changes include:
Previously proposed
Dungeon Finder changes
have been implemented. Some changes may yet require a realm restart.
(
Hunter
)
Aimed Shot
damage has been decreased to approximately 160% weapon damage (at level 80+), down from 200%.
(
Priest
)
Body and Soul
no longer reduces the mana cost of
Power Word: Shield
(the hotfix made on February 16 to provide this additional benefit has been reverted).
(
Warrior
)
(Arms passive) now gives 20% bonus damage with two-handed weapons, up from 10%.
Remember, you can check out all of the latest hotfixes under the blog's
Hotfixes
tag!
Check our the full list of today's hotfixes after the break!
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Upcoming Changes to Dungeon Finder and Vote Kick
Tonight, Blizzard has posted some upcoming changes being made to the Dungeon Finder and Vote Kick in-game features.
These changes, which will most likely be implemented with next week's maintenance, offer more severe penalty to players abusing the Dungeon Finder's Vote Kick functionality when queueing with friends or guildies.
What do you think?
We’re making a number of hotfixes to address use of the Dungeon Finder and vote kick tools. The following hotfixes will require realm restarts to implement, which are likely to be next Tuesday’s weekly maintenance.
Players who are outside a dungeon for more than 3 minutes are now immediately able to be kicked.
If queuing as a group with a tank or healer, and the tank or healer drops group (or is kicked) soon after joining, those that queued with them will also be removed from the dungeon.
If three or more players group queue with each other it will require an additional vote for them to kick anyone they did not group queue with.
If a group queue of 4 kicks the one person that they did not group queue with they will each receive a mor
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 16)
Just a quick few hotfixes today, including the healer changes we mentioned in our
previous blog
!
Classes
Druid
It is no longer possible for
(Bear) to hit two targets at a time. A macro was previously circumventing the intended functionality of this ability.
Shaman
(Restoration passive) now grants a 25% bonus to healing effects, up from 10%. More information can be found
here
.
Priest
In addition to its current effects, the
Body and Soul
talent now grants 12.5%/25% reduction to the base mana cost of
Power Word: Shield
This is not reflected in the tooltip, but is reflected in the amount of mana used when Power Word: Shield is cast by Holy priests who have this talent. The tooltip update will require a client-side patch.
Power Word: Shield
now costs roughly 34% of base mana, up from 25%. This is not reflected in the tooltip, bu
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Upcoming Healer Changes! Resto Shaman Specialization Buffed, Power Word: Shield Mana Cost Increased
Looks like Blizzard is interested in taking some necessary steps towards balancing out healers in Cataclysm! As anyone who plays a healer (or healers) in Cataclysm has realized, the classes are pretty terribly balanced compared to each other - for example, priests were almost downright unplayable at launch, and now they're rather overpowered! Some other healing specs have just been relatively lackluster in comparison. Restoration shamans, for example - have you seen the
logs
? Yeesh.
To address some concerns, Blizzard is making two major changes via upcoming hotfixes - the
Priest
Power Word: Shield
's mana cost will be
increased
by 33% and
Shaman
passive specialization is being increased to 25% (from 10%). In addition, the addition of healing cooldowns have been proposed for both Restoration Shamans and Druids in an upcoming patch!
You can check out the full details in the Blizzard post after the break! What do you guys think about these changes?
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 15)
Just a few new hotfixes today - including a buff to raid boss kill guild reputation / experience gain! Awesome!
General
The amount of guild reputation and guild experience gained from killing a raid boss has been dramatically increased, as the previous rate felt too low compared to the difficulty of progressing through raid content. This change will require a realm restart to take effect, which will be next Tuesday's weekly scheduled maintenance at the latest.
Shield of Velen
guards in
The Exodar
are now consistent with other "royal" city guards in terms of health, level, and damage.
Classes
Mage
Arcane Blast
now costs 5% of base mana before stacking modifiers, down from 7%.
Dungeons & Raids
Baradin Hold
Argaloth
despawns and resets properly if the raid wipes during
Fel Firestorm
.
Blackwing Descent
While flying around the Vault of the Shadowflame,
Nefarian
no longer forces everyone to stand up if engaged.
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 14)
Happy Valentine's Day - ENJOY YOUR NERFS, HA HA!
No, I'm kidding - just a few bugfixes today. :)
Remember, you can check out all of the latest hotfixes under the blog's
Hotfixes
tag!
General
Players who are exalted with 40 factions are again awarded
The Exalted
title. Note that the associated achievement does not state that this title will be awarded when it's earned. This will be corrected in a future patch. More information can be found here.
Classes
Druid
will now hit any target in range which is in combat or not at full health (including the
Exposed Head of Magmaw
, which was causing issues with Starfall).
Paladin
The hotfix to
Beacon of Light
and
Light of Dawn
on February 11 did not produce the intended results and has been reverted. Light of Dawn should still trigger Beacon of Light.
Dungeons & Raids
Blackwing Descent
The
Atramedes
achievement [achiev
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News Roundup: Latest Blue Posts on Mage Hotfixes, Warlock DoTs, Whiptail and more!
This latest assortment of Blizzard posts includes some info on upcoming mage hotfixes, addresses some current bugs (like that wacky
Whiptail
respawn rate that we're all loving) and even includes a new Love is in the Air themed comic!
Topics include:
Upcoming Mage Hotfixes
Warlock Immolate/Corruption Damage
Whiptail Respawn Rate
Amani War Bear Mount
Blizzard's New Love is in the Air Comic
Check out the full Blizzard posts after the break!
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Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes - Updated! (Feb 11)
Blizzard sure is unleashing some hotfixes today, with their recently posted list being updated yet again with even more changes.
You can check out the earlier hotfixes in our
previous blog post
.
Notable changes include:
Players can now Ignore other characters from different realms or battlegroups when queuing for Battlegrounds or dungeons using the command: /ignore playername-servername(region). Note that the user interface Ignore function and "/ignore playername" command still do not work correctly for players on different battlegroups and will require a future patch to correct.
(
Druid
)
(Bear) and
Maul
(Bear) damage has been increased by approximately 10%.
(
Druid
)
(Balance druid passive) now increases Arcane and Nature damage by 10%, down from 15%. More information can be found here.
(
Paladin
)
Beacon of Light
no longer triggers from
Light of Dawn
.
(
Priest
)
(Shadow priest passive) now increases Shadow damage by 15%, down from 25%. More info
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Blizzard Reverts 'The Exalted' Title Change, Now Requires 40 Reputations (Again)
Due to intense response from players, after extensive internal discussion Blizzard has decided to revert their recent change to
the Exalted
title. Recently, this title was changed to be awarded only after reaching 50 Exalted reputations, up from the 40 previously required.
As a result, players who had previously earned the title with 40 reputations had the title taken away from them, with their only method of re-obtaining it being to get more Exalted reputations. Blizzard has since decided this was unfair, and due to a lack of a proper way to award the title to players who earned it from 40, and then moving the title up to requiring 50
now
, it will now require 40 Exalted reputations again.
Recently we changed the Exalted title to require 50 exalted titles up from 40, which meant those that had achieved it were now asked to get 10 more reputations to gain the title back. We felt this kept the title as a difficult reward given the additional reputations introduced with Cataclysm, and also avoided the problem of achievement
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