Patch 5.3 hotfixes for June 24

A new batch of hotfixes for patch 5.3 has been released on the official blog. While the list itself is pretty small, there's one big change in there that ought to make pet collectors very, very happy. In addition, a few changes have been made to Throne of Thunder encounters:
RygariusJune 24

Classes Shaman Enhancement Stormblast's damage has been normalized.Unleash Wind's damage has been normalized.Quests Going Bearback: Players should no longer be able to take Icefang outside of the intended quest area.Seeds of Discord: Players attempting to talk to Karr'gonn should now properly receive a dialogue option to distract them.Creatures Ice Caller Briatha, Heretic Bodyguard, and Heretic Emissary can no longer be killed.Pet Battles Battle Pets Qiraji Guardling's spawn rate has been greatly increased.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios Throne of Thunder Horridon Hex of Confusion can no longer cause players to critically hit themselves.The Soft Hands achievement should now be properly awarded to Priests in Spirit of Redemption form as well as players that are dead.Lei Shen Mages who cast Alter Time while under the effects of Discharged Energy will no longer incorrectly retain the debuff.
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Patch 5.3 hotfixes for June 21

Another round of hotfixes for patch 5.3 were released earlier today to the official site. Once again, the list is short and sweet, with a few adjustments to a Throne of Thunder raid achievement, and a welcome adjustment for those pursuing Challenge Modes. Rygarius
Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios Throne of Thunder Ji-Kun The Golden Egg can now only be passed to other players.The Soft Hands achievement should now be properly awarded to Priests in Spirit of Redemption form as well as players that are dead.Dungeons Resetting a Challenge Mode will now reset the cooldowns for Invisibility and Lesser Invisibility Potions.Items Xan'tish's Flute now should properly only able to be used once every 5 minutes and cannot be used while the character is dead.Isle of Thunder Fixed an issue where players were sometimes unable to use incantations to summon bosses.
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Patch 5.3 hotfixes for June 14

New hotfixes for patch 5.3 have just been updated to the official blog. Today's round is short, sweet, and includes one change that should make raiders in LFR breath a small sigh of relief. RygariusCreatures Kor'kron Commanders are now immune to charms.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios Throne of Thunder Lei Shen Bouncing Bolts that do not impact with a player will no longer cause Unharnessed Power to spawn on Raid Finder difficulty.Pet Battles PvP Pet Battles are now required to last at least a minute before the match is eligible for experience to be awardedItems Meta and blue gem sockets have been added to helmets awarded from Heroic Scenarios. Bonuses on the helmets have been reduced slightly to offset the addition of those sockets.Brawler's Guild Razorgrin should no longer slowly regenerate health.

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Patch 5.3 hotfixes for June 10

Another round of hotfixes for patch 5.3 have just been posted to the official blog. Many of today's hotfixes will require a realm restart to address -- expect to see all applicable hotfixes live and functioning after maintenance. This includes that all-important change to Lei Shen and Titan Runestone aquisition!In the Throne of Thunder, Lei Shen will now always drop a Titan Runestone or Secrets of the Empire for players on the legendary quest line.Hey hunters! Arcane Shot, Cobra Shot and Steady Shot will all deal 10% more damage after that realm restart.Durumu and his minions have got us all figured out. Elixirs of Detect Invisibility will no longer allow players to see fog beasts while they are invisible.Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
RygariusClasses Hunter General [Requires a realm restart] Arcane Shot now deals 10% more damage.[Requires a realm restart] Cobra Shot now deals 10% more damage.[Requires a realm restart] Hunter Pets summoned by Stampede now only use auto-attacks against their target.[Requires a realm restart] Steady Shot now deals 10% more damage.Talents Blink Strike now has a 10-yard minimum range, and the teleportation effect cannot happen more than once every 20 seconds. [Requires a realm restart]Quests Destroying the Altars: Master Summoner Zarod should once again drop Master Summoner's Staff, allowing players to complete the quest.[Requires a realm restart] The Might of Three: Buffs from the four celestials should now continue to work properly for players entering the Big Blossom Excavation area.Creatures Bleeding Hollow Tormentor no longer summons a Bleeding Hollow Worg.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios Throne of Thunder Durumu the Forgotten Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility will no longer allow players to see fog beasts while they are invisible.Fixed an issue where Azure Fog may incorrectly trigger Flash Freeze at the end of the Light Spectrum phase.Ji-Kun Fixed an issue where players intercepting food globules were not properly gaining stacks of Slimed, preventing them from obtaining higher stacks of the Primal Nutrient damage buff.Lei Shen [Requires a realm restart] Lei Shen will now always drop a Titan Runestone or Secrets of the Empire for players that are on the legendary quest line.Brawler's Guild Ro-Shambo should now properly display the UI for Rock, Paper, Scissors! if the character was casting a spell at the time.Bug Fixes Rocketway rockets in Azshara should no longer be despawning too quickly after being summoned.Mac Fixed an issue where changing the resolution settings could cause hot corners to not work correctly on Mac OS X 10.8.Fixed an issue where binding a modifier key to a mouse button could cause the modifier key to become stuck.Fixed an issue where certain circumstances could cause the cursor to become smaller than intended on the Retina MacBook Pro.
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Hunter hotfixes clarified

If you don't follow Blizzard Senior PvP Designer Brian Holinka on Twitter, you could be forgiven for not knowing anything at all about the latest batch of hunter changes. Hunters are the class of the moment for PvP changes, with players complaining variously that they are doing too little damage (hunters) and too much damage (everyone else). As a result of this, hotfixes have come in, mostly relating to hunter pets.

Blink Strikes was turned into a passive ability with 5.3, allowing the pet's Basic Attacks to deal 50% increased damage, be usable from 30 yards away, and also instantly cause the pet to teleport behind their target. This was causing some fairly high damage in PvP, especially in line with Stampede, and the latest reset includes hotfixes to both abilities.

However, thanks in part to the rather mysterious nature of these changes, there has been a lot of speculation about just exactly what is going on. To quell the QQ, Blizzard Community Manager Nakatoir has stepped in with clarifications of the changes.

NakatoirQuote:

-No silencing shot for BM - Yes for the two other specs it should not be touched.
-Stampede removed from arena - All speccs
-Readiness do not reset scatter/trap - All speccs
-Readiness do not reset Bestial Wrath

It's not any of these, however the changes Holinka mentioned for Hunters coming with the restart on Wednesday are relating to Stampede and Blink Strikes.

The changes we have coming for Blink Strikes are intended to assist with the regular complaint we hear about peeling Hunter pets. The change will mean that Hunter pets will only be able to Blink Strike once every 20 seconds and there will be a 10 yard minimum range to avoid the pet using it off cooldown when it's already close to the target. We hope that this will help with Hunter pets utilizing large amounts of glue to stick to their targets.

Our plans for Stampede are actually quite simple to explain; we are removing the ability for the pets summoned through Stampede to use any abilities. The end result of this change should be that the pets a Hunter summons from Stampede will only be able to auto-attack. As you are all aware, these changes will result in a quite the reduction of net damage for Hunters, because of this we have also done a minor 15% buff buff to the damage of Arcane Shot.

Not only are there these changes, but there is still more to come in patch 5.4. We cannot go into details on these for the moment, but keep an eye out for them on the blog ;)

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Patch 5.3 Hotfixes for June 4

The latest batch of hotfixes aren't the hugest or most earth-shattering, but they don't make diamonds as big as bricks. There are several class changes, including some more fixes to the ever-entertaining druid Treants. There are also some fixes to quest bugs, and a small change that makes one particular PvP columnist here at WoW Insider a very happy bunny indeed. No more traveling to Mogushan just to duel!Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King and Retinal Armors should no longer be scaling incorrectly for the level 85-89 bracket for Battlegrounds.Path of the Last Emperor: Fixed an issue where rope anchors were incorrectly despawning for players that moved too far away from Seer Hao Pham Roo.Commandeer That Balloon!: Players should now be able to interact with the rope ladder.Alliance players are now able to initiate duels in the exterior areas around the Shrine of Seven Stars.Hit the break for the full list.
RygariusGeneral Alliance players are now able to initiate duels in the exterior areas around the Shrine of Seven Stars.Classes Druid Talents Force of Nature should no longer incorrectly cause targets to face the Treant when summoned.HunterGeneral Fox pet family's Tailspin ability now have a duration of 10 seconds, down from 30 seconds to make its duration comparable to other pet families' single-target abilities.Retribution Mastery: Hand of Light now deals the proper amount of additional Holy damage.General Smite's cast time should now be correctly reduced by Borrowed Time.General Touch of Chaos should now increase Corruption's duration by the proper amount while Glyph of Everlasting Affliction is active.General Intimidating Shout should now correctly have a range of 8-yards. Additionally, targets affected by the fear effect will no longer receive an increase to their movement speed.Quests Commandeer That Balloon!: Players should now be able to interact with the rope ladder.Lighting the Way: Minimum level to start the quest has been reduced to level 88, down from 89.Path of the Last Emperor: Fixed an issue where rope anchors were incorrectly despawning for players that moved too far away from Seer Hao Pham Roo.Perfectly Pure: Pure Water should now be lootable by multiple players in the same party again.The Fragrance of Money: Bear Musk should have a chance to drop again.That's a Big Bug: Minimum level to start the quest has been reduced to level 88, down from 89.Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Raids Throne of Thunder Dark Animus Massive Anima Golems will no longer target the same player with multiple Matter Swap debuffs.Monk's Revival ability will no longer dispel the Matter Swap debuff.DungeonsGate of the Setting Sun The dungeon should now properly require characters to be at least level 88 before allowing them to enter on Normal difficulty.Items Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King and Retinal Armors should no longer be scaling incorrectly for the level 85-89 bracket for Battlegrounds.Tags: breaking, featured, hotfixes, patch-5.3, patch-5.3-hotfixes, patch-5.3-pvp, wow-hotfix, wow-hotfixes

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Patch 5.3 Hotfixes for June 4

The latest batch of hotfixes aren't the hugest or most earth-shattering, but they don't make diamonds as big as bricks. There are several class changes, including some more fixes to the ever-entertaining druid Treants. There are also some fixes to quest bugs, and a small change that makes one particular PvP columnist here at WoW Insider a very happy bunny indeed. No more traveling to Mogushan just to duel!Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King and Retinal Armors should no longer be scaling incorrectly for the level 85-89 bracket for Battlegrounds.Path of the Last Emperor: Fixed an issue where rope anchors were incorrectly despawning for players that moved too far away from Seer Hao Pham Roo.Commandeer That Balloon!: Players should now be able to interact with the rope ladder.Alliance players are now able to initiate duels in the exterior areas around the Shrine of Seven Stars.Hit the break for the full list.
RygariusGeneral Alliance players are now able to initiate duels in the exterior areas around the Shrine of Seven Stars.Classes Druid Talents Force of Nature should no longer incorrectly cause targets to face the Treant when summoned.HunterGeneral Fox pet family's Tailspin ability now have a duration of 10 seconds, down from 30 seconds to make its duration comparable to other pet families' single-target abilities.Retribution Mastery: Hand of Light now deals the proper amount of additional Holy damage.General Smite's cast time should now be correctly reduced by Borrowed Time.General Touch of Chaos should now increase Corruption's duration by the proper amount while Glyph of Everlasting Affliction is active.General Intimidating Shout should now correctly have a range of 8-yards. Additionally, targets affected by the fear effect will no longer receive an increase to their movement speed.Quests Commandeer That Balloon!: Players should now be able to interact with the rope ladder.Lighting the Way: Minimum level to start the quest has been reduced to level 88, down from 89.Path of the Last Emperor: Fixed an issue where rope anchors were incorrectly despawning for players that moved too far away from Seer Hao Pham Roo.Perfectly Pure: Pure Water should now be lootable by multiple players in the same party again.The Fragrance of Money: Bear Musk should have a chance to drop again.That's a Big Bug: Minimum level to start the quest has been reduced to level 88, down from 89.Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Raids Throne of Thunder Dark Animus Massive Anima Golems will no longer target the same player with multiple Matter Swap debuffs.Monk's Revival ability will no longer dispel the Matter Swap debuff.DungeonsGate of the Setting Sun The dungeon should now properly require characters to be at least level 88 before allowing them to enter on Normal difficulty.Items Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King and Retinal Armors should no longer be scaling incorrectly for the level 85-89 bracket for Battlegrounds.Tags: breaking, featured, hotfixes, patch-5.3, patch-5.3-hotfixes, patch-5.3-pvp, wow-hotfix, wow-hotfixes

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Patch 5.3: Hotfixes for May 22

Another day, another set of hotfixes. Patch 5.3 has not been without its hiccups, with a reasonable list of known issues appearing from Blizzard earlier today. But the developers are fixing the issues as quickly as they appear, with changes already in place to work out the problems encountered in the seat of knowledge, where the lack of a graveyard meant that players were unable to retrieve their corpses. A hotfix has been made which allows players who have died in the Seat of Knowledge to fly back to their bodies with a Spectral Gryphon (Wisp for Night Elves) or a Spectral Wyvern.

Is this the first step towards Blizzard allowing corpse flying in Pandaria? Check out all the hotfixes after the break.

RygariusGeneral Players that die and release around the Seat of Knowledge area will now be provided with a Spectral Gryphon (Wisp for Night Elves) or a Spectral Wyvern; allowing them to fly back to their bodies.Classes Druid Talents Force of Nature: Balance Treants should be more responsive while chain casting. The global cooldown on their version of Wrath has been reduced to 0.5 seconds, down from 1.5 seconds.Force of Nature: Restoration Treant should no longer cause their target to taunt enemies.Priest Shadow Vampiric Embrace should now split healing amongst multiple allied targets by the proper amount.Shaman General Healing Rain's area-of-effect now should cap properly at 6 targets.TalentsConductivity should now split healing amongst multiple allied targets by the proper amount.Healing Tide Totem's heals no longer require line-of-sight.Warlock General Demonic Gateway now should correctly gain charges while the Warlock is mounted or on a passenger mount.Siphon Life should now heal for the proper amount for Warlocks that have the Fel Armor passive ability.GlyphsGlyph of Nightmares will now properly cancel the water walking effect when the Warlock dismounts or takes damage.Quests Pet Battles Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Items Battlefield: Barrens Kor'kron Commanders are now non-faction specific multi-tap for all characters that attack them.Tags: breaking, featured, hotfixes, patch-5.3, patch-5.3-hotfixes, wow-hotfix, wow-hotfixes

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Patch 5.3: Hotfixes for May 22

Another day, another set of hotfixes. Patch 5.3 has not been without its hiccups, with a reasonable list of known issues appearing from Blizzard earlier today. But the developers are fixing the issues as quickly as they appear, with changes already in place to work out the problems encountered in the seat of knowledge, where the lack of a graveyard meant that players were unable to retrieve their corpses. A hotfix has been made which allows players who have died in the Seat of Knowledge to fly back to their bodies with a Spectral Gryphon (Wisp for Night Elves) or a Spectral Wyvern.

Is this the first step towards Blizzard allowing corpse flying in Pandaria? Check out all the hotfixes after the break.

RygariusGeneral Players that die and release around the Seat of Knowledge area will now be provided with a Spectral Gryphon (Wisp for Night Elves) or a Spectral Wyvern; allowing them to fly back to their bodies.Classes Druid Talents Force of Nature: Balance Treants should be more responsive while chain casting. The global cooldown on their version of Wrath has been reduced to 0.5 seconds, down from 1.5 seconds.Force of Nature: Restoration Treant should no longer cause their target to taunt enemies.Priest Shadow Vampiric Embrace should now split healing amongst multiple allied targets by the proper amount.Shaman General Healing Rain's area-of-effect now should cap properly at 6 targets.TalentsConductivity should now split healing amongst multiple allied targets by the proper amount.Healing Tide Totem's heals no longer require line-of-sight.Warlock General Demonic Gateway now should correctly gain charges while the Warlock is mounted or on a passenger mount.Siphon Life should now heal for the proper amount for Warlocks that have the Fel Armor passive ability.GlyphsGlyph of Nightmares will now properly cancel the water walking effect when the Warlock dismounts or takes damage.Quests Pet Battles Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Items Battlefield: Barrens Kor'kron Commanders are now non-faction specific multi-tap for all characters that attack them.Tags: breaking, featured, hotfixes, patch-5.3, patch-5.3-hotfixes, wow-hotfix, wow-hotfixes

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Patch 5.3 hotfixes for May 21

Patch 5.3 is officially live on servers -- and of course, with a new patch, we've got a new round of hotfixes. While there are some class tweaks for druids, monks, paladins and shaman, most of the changes involve new content. Or in the case of one change, an adjustment to older content that ought to make pet collectors and Karazhan farmers very happy.In the Chess Event over in Karazhan, the delay between moves for enemy chess pieces has been increased.Out in the Battlefield: Barrens, map markers for caravans that have been destroyed ought to be properly removed from the world map. In addition, overturned caravans should now despawn properly.In scenarios, the issue causing shape-shifted players to not shape-shift back into the correct race has been fixed.Read on for the full list of hotfixes!
RygariusClasses Druid Talents Force of Nature now summons Treants that have 40% of the Druid's health, up from 10%.Balance Druid Treants: Cast time for Wrath has been increased to 2.5 seconds, up from 2.0 seconds, and damage dealt has been increased by 25%.Monk Mistweaver Surging Mist will again properly grant Chi to the casting Monk when healing targets other than themselves while Glyph of Surging Mist is active.Paladin General Divine Protection should now be usable while stunned.Shaman General Fixed an issue for Restoration Shamans where Ascendance did not divide the amount healed by Restorative Mists among nearby allies properly.Quests Path of the Last Emperor: Seer Hao Pham Roo should no longer be overlapping with Lorewalker Cho.Creatures Galleon should now use the correct loot table while awarding loot.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios Karazhan Chess Event: Increased the delay between moves for enemy chess pieces.Scenarios Fixed an issue with characters not shape-shifting back into the correct race while under the effects of an illusion spell enabling them to participate in an opposing faction's Scenarios.PvP Conquest Quartermasters (Armsmaster Holinka and Roo Desvin) have been temporarily disabled while we work to resolve an issue with the Tyrannical Conquest achievement.Big Zokk Torquewrench has been found by a search party and brought back from their extended leave of absence.Battlegrounds and Arenas Deepwind Gorge has been temporarily removed from Rated Battlegrounds rotation while we work to resolve an issue affecting base capture.Battlefields: Barrens Map markers for caravans that have been destroyed should now be properly removed from the world map.Overturned caravans should now despawn properly.Bug Fixes Fixed a crash on startup for Macs with the GMA 950 chipset.
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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes for April 18

Some like it hot(fixes), and we're no different here at WoW Insider, so when the latest batch dropped we just had to share. We actually posted about one of these changes, regarding the Shado-Pan assault trinkets and their PvP use, earlier today. Let's jump straight in to this latest batch. BlizzardClasses
Warlock
Destruction Fixed an issue where targets of Havoc were receiving more damage than intended from Immolate.
Quests Eyes of the Thunder King: Engaging Unblinking Eyes and Focused Eyes will now place all members of the raid in combat, preventing players from releasing when they die.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Ra-den Fixed an issue where it was possible to have 2 instances of Unstable Vita active during the Ra-den encounter.Twin Consorts Crane Rush now deals 5 million damage, down from 30 million damage in Raid Finder difficulty.
Items Brutal Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault now grants a reduced bonus of 4400 to Strength, down from 8800 Strength, and the effect duration now lasts 30 seconds, up from 15 seconds when the effect is activated in PvP combat.Tyrannical Primal Diamond when socketed to a bind-on-equip helmet now causes the helmet to become soulbound.Vicious Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault now grants a reduced bonus of 4400 to Agility, down from 8800 Agility, and the effect duration now lasts 40 seconds, up from 20 seconds when the effect is activated in PvP combat.
Bug Fixes Resolved an issue where Capacitive Primal Diamond's effect was not activating properly.Tags: breaking, featured, hotfixes, wow-hotfix, wow-hotfixes

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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes for April 4

The hotfixes keep on coming! The latest batch are fairly minimal, but they don't make diamonds as big as bricks. They're addressing one particular bug which WoW Insider has seen mentioned several times on Twitter lately, specifically one which would strand players on a phased warship while trying to complete the quest Extended Shore Leave. Unable, it seems, to hotfix the unphasing of the warship, Blizzard's team pulled the quest for now.

And Durumu has had a bit of a change. Interestingly, it's not to the purple-on-purple issue with his maze of purple death phase, but instead it's an increase in speed for the yellow eye cone. But, most excitingly, there's a fix in place for warlocks who have completed Seek the Signal and are stuck in the wrong Black Temple phase. Rejoice, in a warlocky way!

RygariusQuests Extended Shore Leave: This quest has been temporarily removed from quest rotation to address an issue with the Zandalari Warship.Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Fixed an issue where Warlocks remained in the wrong phase at The Black Temple after completing the quest Seek the Signal.Throne of Thunder Durumu the Forgotten During the Light Spectrum phase, Yellow Eye's cone now moves more quickly on Raid Finder difficulty.Items Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon now has a reduced chance to activate its effect for characters that are level 61-69 and its effect no longer activates for characters above level 69.
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Patch 5.2 hotfixes for April 8

A new round of hotfixes has been released on the official site. It's a pretty short list this time around, mainly tweaking a few issues with some of the encounters in Throne of Thunder, including Ra-den, and addressing a pesky bug that has been plaguing some players working on Isle of Thunder achievements. RygariusCreatures Zandalari Beast Handler is now properly seated in a saddle while riding a Direhorrn.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder Giorgio's Caduceus of Pure Moods is no longer being awarded to Elemental and Restoration Shamans on Raid Finder difficulty or via bonus rolls.Primordius During the Primordius encounter, spells which dispel a single harmful effect (Sear Magic, Single Magic, or Mass Dispel) will no longer work if any of the positive effects are active on the target (Improved Synapses, Keen Eyesight, Thick Bones, Clear Mind, or Fully Mutated).Ra-den Fixed an issue that could prevent Ra-den from absorbing Essences of Anima/Vita as intended.Engaging Ra-den now resets the cooldown on Reincarnation for Shamans.Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where some situations could cause players to not receive credit towards Pay to Slay or It Was Worth Every Ritual Stone achievement after defeating Incomplete Drakkari Colossus.
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Patch 5.2 hotfixes for March 27

Another round of hotfixes for patch 5.2 has just been released on the official blog. It's a pretty short list, by and large involving changes for several classes. Before you get too panicked, most of the class changes simply involve tweaks to T15 set bonuses rather than direct class changes. Shaman with a penchant for healing, however, should be pretty happy with this round of fixes. The shaman spells and abilities Chain Heal, Healing Rain, and Earthliving Weapon now all heal for 20% more.T15 Brewmaster monk 2-piece should now correctly increase Stagger by 12%.Oondasta's health has been reduced by 50%. This does not, however, make him any less terrifying or deadly.Read on for the full list of hotfixes. RygariusClasses
Druid Tier-15 Feral Druid 2-piece set bonus should now work correctly with Savage Roar while Glyph of Savagery is active.Monk Tier-15 Brewmaster Monk 2-piece set bonus should now correctly increase Stagger by 12%.Fixed a situation where Tier-15 Mistweaver Monk 2-piece set bonus could cause Renewing Mist to heal more than intended.Charges of Mana Tea, Tigereye Brew, and Elusive Brew will now be removed after the Preparation buff wears off in Battlegrounds.Paladin Fixed an issue where Word of Glory or Eternal Flame did not work when both Divine Purpose and Tier-15 Protection Paladin 2-piece set bonus was present.Priest For Discipline Priests with Divine Aegis, Prayer of Healing criticals should now heal for the correct amount.Power Word: Solace should now correctly have a chance to activate item and enchantment effects.Shaman Chain Heal now heals for 20% more.Healing Rain now heals for 20% more.Restoration Earthliving Weapon now heals for 20% more.Creatures Itoka's Strange Metal Ingot can now be looted by multiple players.Oondasta's health has been reduced by 50%.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder Fixed an issue where bracers with a random secondary stat may be awarded to the wrong role through Raid Finder or bonus roll.Fixed an issue where zone drops were incorrectly disenchanting into Haunting Spirit.Items Big Bag of Zandalari Supplies is now soulbound.Dragonmaw, Reborn now has a bonus to spellpower.The Drakefist Hammer, Reborn now has a bonus to spellpower.Bug Fixes
Tyrannical Conquest achievement should now be correctly tracking a character's Conquest gains.

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Patch 5.2 hotfixes for March 21

Just when you thought it was over, another round of hotfixes have been released. Today's list of fixes is pretty short and sweet, with only one small class related bug fix. The rest of the tweaks by and large involve the Isle of Thunder and the Throne of Thunder raid. And for those diligently working on stage 3 daily quests out there on the Isle, one of these changes should be a welcome relief.Statue pieces for the Crumbled Chamberlain now do not despawn when looted, which means the hours of trying to beat other players to those pesky gear icons are officially over. Rejoice!Because everyone loves a laser-slingin' dinosaur, Oondasta now respawns much more frequently.Melee, you can cease fearing the snail. Gastropods in the Throne of Thunder should now favor attackers at range.Read on for the full list of hotfixes. RygariusClasses
Warlock Demonic Gateway should no longer despawn when the casting Warlock moves far away.Quests
Crumbled Chamberlain: Statue pieces now do not despawn when looted, allowing other players to loot the statue piece as well.Stone Cold: Fixed an issue where players were unable to interact with Grave Guardian statues.Creatures Oondastas for everyone! Oondasta now respawns much more frequently.Exchange Guards have resumed their stance of not interfering with players engaged in Horde/Alliance hostilities(PvP combat).Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder Gastropod should now favor attackers that are at range.Reduced the amount of creatures in the area leading up to Ji-Kun in Raid Finder.Fixed an issue where players winning a bonus roll after defeating Iron Qon on Heroic mode could receive a non-heroic version of the tier token.Fixed an issue where damage from Lei Shen's Crashing Thunder, Lightning Whip, Overcharge and Discharged Energy was not being reduced Feint.Twin Consorts Reduced the health of Suen and Lu'lin in 25-player Heroic mode.Icecrown Citadel Fixed an issue where Master Looters were unable to assign Shadowfrost Shards to another player.Temple of Ahn'Qiraj The Prophet Skeram has loot again and no longer creates illusions for now. He'll be back to normal in a future patch.Items Increased the cast time to perform the ritual for summonable bosses using Shan'ze Ritual Stones on the Isle of Thunder from 2 seconds to 5 seconds.All uncommon(green) item drops from the Isle of Thunder should now be disenchantable.Darkmoon Whistle should no longer cause other players to drop out of stealth.Essence of the Breeze should now only usable while on the continent of Pandaria.

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Patch 5.2 hotfixes for April 9

Hot on the heels of yesterday's batch of hotfixes is another short and sweet edition of tweaks. Just released on the official blog, today's list primarily concerns the Throne of Thunder raid, with some incredibly welcome changes to Durumu and his baffling maze, as well as a peculiarly specific bug fix for tauren and gnome players. RygariusClasses
Hunter Talents Powershot now has a 25% decrease to damage, cast time, cooldown, and focus cost.Raids, Dungeons and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder Durumu the Forgotten Safe spots in the maze of Eye Sores now appear earlier, before the Disintegration Beam starts moving.Adjustments were made to visual effects for Eye Sores to make it easier to see the maze.Primordius Mutated Abomination effect once again reduces his damage taken from non-Fully Mutated players by 75% on 10-player and 25-player Heroic difficulty only.Bug Fixes
Fixed a crash that occured when Gnomes or Taurens log into the game while riding a mount over water.

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Patch 5.2 Hotfixes: March 7

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.2. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below went live the moment they were 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 list in the days to come as additional hotfixes are applied.

Patch Information

March 7

Classes Hunter Marksmanship Glyph of Chimera Shot will now properly increase the healing from Chimera Shot from 5% to 7%.Monk Chi Spheres are no longer consumed by the Monk when they are at full Chi.Spear Hand Strike now properly causes the target to be locked out of the school of the interrupted spell.Priest Holy/Discipline PvP 4-piece set bonus will no longer reduce the cooldown of Silence incorrectly.
Quests Cleaning House: Players should now be able to obtain credit for defeating Fizzy Yellow Alemental and complete the quest.Giant Dinosaur Bone: This quest is now a proper daily quest and can only completed once each day.Plunder the Black Temple: Door to the Den of Mortal Delights should now open properly when the player reaches the appropriate step in the quest.The Warren-Mother: Players should now be able to obtain credit for defeating Chaufa and complete the quest.Where are My Reinforcements?: Players should now be able to receive completion credit after speaking with Ban Bearheart.
Creatures Ra'sha now scales their health based on the number of players they're engaged in combat with.Zandalari Prospect now properly drop loot.
Pet Battles Experience gains from winning a Pet Battle have been reduced.Heirlooms and experience buffs will now correctly increase the amount of experience gained from winning a Pet Battle.A brief explanation and list of exact changes to Pet Battle experience could be found here.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Ghost Iron Lockbox and Elementium Lockbox are no longer eligible for need rolls.The appropriate number of tier tokens should now drop for 25-player normal and heroic difficulties.Mogu'shan Vaults Patroller's Girdle of Endless Spring should no longer appear in Cache of Mogu Riches for Druids.Nullification Barrier once again negates the shield thrown by Feng the Accursed.Heart of Fear Blade Lord Ta'yak and Wind Lord Mel'jarak as well as their minions are now affected by the Klaxxi Resonance debuff.Throne of Thunder The Mistweaver ability Revival will no longer dispel players who have any of the following effects: Primordius: Clear Mind, Fully Mutated, Improved Synapses, and Thick BonesDurumu: Dark ParasiteJin'rokh the Breaker: IonizationCrazed Storm-Caller should now be able to use the spell Storm Energy.Roaming Fog should no longer cause Druids to drop out of shapeshift form.Spirit Flayers now despawn when Stormbringer Draz'kil is defeated.Spiritfire Beam will now only jump to targets less than 3 yards away.Torment now has a duration of 10 seconds.
PvP Season 13 one-handed weapons, excluding the Spellblade and Gavel had their cost reduced from 2250 to 1750 Honor or Conquest points respectively.Players taking periodic damage while in PvP should no longer stand up while eating or drinking.Big Zokk Torquewrench is going on a short leave of absence to take care of unfinished business.
Professions Jewelcrafting Primal Diamond no longer requires an anvil to craft.Serpent's Heart no longer requires an anvil to craft.
Items Mistlurker Helm, Mistborne Hood, Mountainscaler Hide Helm, and Mountainscaler Satin Hood should display the item information correctly and appear when worn.Overgrown Lillypad now works when on the Isle of Thunder.Thunder Caressed Waistguard now gives a bonus to Expertise instead of Parry.
Sunsong Ranch The way to obtain Work Order quests on the Sunsong Ranch farm has changed. The quests will be given while harvesting crops, or by interacting with the drop-off crate.Fixed an issue where players could be placed into the incorrect phase after abandoning the quest, "Inherit the Earth".Fixed an issue where Occupied Soil would sometimes not update correctly or become non-interactive after clearing the associated Squatting Virmen.

March 5

Classes Death Knight Frost Icy Talons now increases attack speed by 30% (was 25%).Might of the Frozen Wastes now increases melee attack damage by 20% (was 15%).Threat of Thassarian now increases the damage of Frost Strike by 50% (was 40%).Monk General Stance of the Fierce Tiger now increases the damage done by 10% (was 20%).Mistweaver Mistweaver Monks no longer favor non-caster weapons with higher DPS on damage calculations for abilities that are based on weapon damage.Muscle Memory is now automatically learned at level 20 (was level 65).Paladin Retribution Templar's Verdict should now work properly with Seal of Justice.Holy PvP 4-piece set bonus no longer causes Eternal Flame to generate a charge of Holy Power.Priest General Shadow Word: Pain now deals 25% more damage.Discipline Atonement healing granted from critical strikes now heal for the correct amount.Shadow Shadowy Apparitions will no longer pursue targets that are actively stealthed.Rogues Assassination Assassin's Resolve now increases the Rogue's damage by 25% (was 20%).Warlock Destruction Fire and Brimstone version of Incinerate now deals the correct amount of damage.Shadowburn now properly generates 2 Burning Embers after killing a target that yields experience or honor.
Quests Fixed an issue where quest items could drop less frequently than intended.Players should now be able to speak with Waterspeaker Goria to complete the quest, "The Ritual".
Creatures Shapeshifted players should now be able to use Lightning Rods when fighting Electromancer Ju'le.Risen Ancestors spawn rate has been increased.
Pet Battles Sleep effects should now break properly when a pet is attacked.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Living Sand now has 15% less health.
Items Sunreaver Beacon and Kirin Tor Beacon no longer share the same cooldown.
Sunsong Ranch Work orders to plant a crop no longer award gold.
UI Players should no longer see or hear chat from other player's NPCs during the introduction to the Isle of Thunder.

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Patch 5.1 hotfixes for Jan. 14

Another round of hotfixes has been released according to the official site. The list this time around is pretty small, with just a few minor changes being addressed. However, the issue of hozen rares is a welcome resolution as far as I'm concerned. Especially if it means The Yowler will finally get out of that place he's managed to wedge himself into in the middle of his room on my realm. DaxxarriJanuary 14
Creatures Various Hozen rare spawns can now be slain appropriately.Kor'kron Flak Cannons will now appropriately deal damage to Alliance players over Dominance Point. Attacking the cannon will no longer flag players for PvP.Quests Fixed an issue where some players were unable obtain the quest "The Bell Speaks" to progress in the Shieldwall quest chain. Achievement credit for "In Search of Harmony" will be corrected in a future patch.Bug Fixes Players will no longer sometimes become stuck in the Battle for Gilneas.
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Patch 5.1 hotfixes for January 8

Blizzard has released a few small hotfixes that went in place this last Tuesday, January 8. And while we're just hearing about them now, indications are that they are active on the live servers at this time.

Notable is the Vengeance/Attack Power hotfix that counters the extreme level 80 soloing done by a resourceful paladin.

The full list is as follows:

Blizzard EntertainmentJanuary 8

General Attack Power gained from Vengeance is now capped at the player's maximum health.
Quests Commander Oxheart in Townlong Steppes will now sell Crystallized Dread, Crystallized Terror, Crystallized Horror, and Eye of the Black Prince for gold to players that have completed the appropriate quest lines.Completing "Heart of the Alliance" or "A Gathering Storm" will no longer sometimes cause players to be phased incorrectly.
Dungeons, Raids & Scenarios

Mogu'shan Vaults Feng the Accursed now correctly has a chance to drop Fan of Fiery Winds and Feng's Ring of Dreams in the 10 player Heroic mode version of the encounter.

Mists of Pandaria is here! The level cap has been raised to 90, many players have returned to Azeroth, and pet battles are taking the world by storm. Keep an eye out for all of the latest news, and check out our comprehensive guide to Mists of Pandaria for everything you'll ever need to know.
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