Blue Notes: PvP trinkets, Mage S2 armor, Focused Mind

For a short time, the PvP trinkets were able to dispel the Warlock DoT Unstable Affliction. This was quickly hotfixed:

A hot fix has been applied. Unstable affliction cannot be removed by using Horde or Alliance PvP medallion trinkets.

Shamans were in a bit of a tizzy over their talent Focused Mind, which reduces the duration of silence or interrupt effects used against the Shaman by 15% (not to be confused with the Priest talent Focused Mind, which reduces the mana cost of several Shadow spells). The problem is that the talent doesn't stack with other effects that provide the same bonus, which now include the Paladin Improved Concentration Aura (30%) as well as the Pendant of the Lost Ages from Serpentshrine Cavern (20%). Blizzard is looking into it:

Hi there,

sorry for the late answer, I confirm you that Focus Mind is being reviewed.

And the Mage Arena Season 2 armor, which famously has less Intellect on it than their Season 1 armor, is also getting investigated:

We've been able to identify what went wrong and the stats for the Mage Season 2 items are being corrected in a future patch.