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A fresh set of 2.0.10 patch notes

Elizabeth Harper
Updated ·10 min read

Another day, another set of revisions to the 2.0.10 patch notes! The only change in these appears to be the addition of the note on crit breaking mage's freezing effects, which is worded as Nethaera reported on the forums today (suggesting that frozen targets have a chance to break free on a crit), which is a little differently than Tseric phrased it this weekend (suggesting that frozen targets will always break free on a crit from anyone, not just the mage). Does new patch notes indicate that we'll be seeing a patch release tomorrow? Impossible to predict, but we'll find out soon enough.

Full patch notes are below, with changes (just the one!) indicated in bold. There's the chance that I may have missed something, though, so if you see any changes I missed, please leave a note in the comments!



General

  • Some logic was fixed in the "Natural Remedies" quest so that Pathaleon the Calculator's Image will always spawn during the ritual.

  • Goliathon and his shardlings can no longer be pulled to nearby areas that have guards.

  • More fixes implemented in the "It's a Fel Reaver, But With Heart" quest to keep the Scrapped Fel Reaver from breaking.

  • The Orb of the Blackwhelp and Hallowed Wands can no longer be used in combat, and the transformation will be canceled if the player receives damage.

  • The Scrap Reaver in Netherstorm repairs reduced from 10,000 health to 8,500 health over 10 seconds.

  • Battle of the Crimson Watch

PvP

  • Arenas

Druids

  • When the duration of "Cyclone" ends, area buffs such as "Leader of the Pack", "Tree of Life", and "Moonkin" will now be correctly resumed.

  • "Bear Form" now grants 25% increased stamina instead of 25% increased health.

  • "Dire Bear Form" now grants 25% increased stamina instead of 25% increased health. In addition, the armor bonus has been reduced from 450% to 400%.

  • The multiplier on base weapon damage for "Mangle (Bear)" ability has been changed from 130% to 100%. In addition, the bonus damage has been reduced by the same ratio.

  • "Savage Fury" no longer affects "Mangle (Bear)".

  • "Savage Fury" no longer applies to "Maul" or "Swipe".

  • The critical damage bonus on "Predatory Instincts" reduced from 3/6/9/12/15% to 2/4/6/8/10%.

  • "Improved Leader of the Pack" can no longer get critical heals.

  • The armor bonus from "Moonkin Form" has been increased from 360% to 400% (to match Dire Bear Form).

  • The rage normalization equation has been adjusted to grant more rage.

Mages

  • Increased the chance Frozen effects are broken when the target is critically struck by a spell.

Paladins

  • The slowing affect from "Avenger's Shield" is now considered a snare, so snare removal and immunity affects will now work on it.

Priests

  • The base healing percent from "Vampiric Embrace" has been reduced to 15% from 20%. In addition, this ability can no longer get critical heals.

  • "Silent Resolve" no longer reduces threat generated by Shadow spells.

  • Prayer of Mending now has a 10 second cooldown.

  • Mass Dispel will now target immunity effects first.

  • Circle of Healing mana cost reduced by 25%.

  • The effectiveness of "Fade:Rank 7" has been increased by approximately 25%.

  • The damage absorption of "Power Word: Shield" added by the caster's bonus healing has been increased to 20%.

Shaman

  • The clearcasting effect from "Elemental Focus" now triggers on all spell critical strikes, rather than a chance on any spell hit.

  • The shaman will no longer generate additional threat when "Unleashed Rage" triggers.

  • The free Lightning spell cast from "Lightning Overload" will now cause reduced threat.

  • "Stoneclaw Totem" now has a 50% chance to stun attackers for 3 sec. when struck.

  • The bonus of the "Wrath of Air" totem now applies to healing spells as well.

Warlock

  • "Demonic Tactics" now grants increased critical strike chance to you and your demon pet, instead of increased damage.

Warriors

  • The rage normalization equation has been adjusted to grant more rage.The typical warrior should see an increase of 15% to 20% in their rage generation.

  • All warriors had their critical strike chance adjusted upward slightly (about 1%).

  • "Thunder Clap" is now useable in Defensive Stance. In addition, the tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it causes additional threat.

  • The cooldown on "Victory Rush" has been removed, and it can now be used up to 20 seconds after killing an enemy.

  • "Unbridled Wrath" has been modified so that rather than a fixed chance to grant rage, it has an increased chance when using slower weapons.

  • Increased the health bonus from "Commanding Shout" by 50%.

  • "Improved Battle Shout" talent renamed to "Commanding Presence" and now increases the health bonus from "Commanding Shout" in addition to increasing the melee attack power from "Battle Shout".

Items

  • The threat generated from the spell effect on "Thunderfury" has been substantially reduced.

  • The bonus to "Swipe" from the "Idol of Brutality" has been reduced from 50 to 10.

  • "Alchemist's Stone" will no longer increase healing and mana gained from items which are not potions.

  • The cost of sockets in high end items has been adjusted slightly, the result is that most high end epic items should see an increase in stats.

  • Corrected many items that had incorrect stat values assigned to them.

  • The rewards from the "Fel Embers" quest are now superior items as intended.

  • Reduced the damage dealt by "The Lightning Capacitor".

  • Corrected the level requirement of the "Fist of Reckoning".

  • "Necklace of Trophies" has been corrected to increase Hit Rating instead of Hit Avoidance.

  • "Burnoose of Shifting Ages" can now be disenchanted.

  • "Nethershrike" now has the proper sell value and can be disenchanted.

  • Corrected the level of "Marksman's Bow" to be in line with other epic reputation rewards.

  • The "Marksman's Bow" now has the proper damage range.

  • "Hourglass of the Unraveller" will now properly increase ranged attack power.

  • Corrected the socket bonus for "Soul-Collar of the Incarnate".

  • Corrected a typo in the set bonus of "Warbringer Armor".

  • "Ruby Slippers" now properly have a cast time.

  • Corrected the min use level of "Terokk's Shadowstaff".

  • "Warpscale Leggings" have had their Crit Rating updated to the intended Dodge Rating.

  • "Warmaul Slayer's Band" no longer has critical strike rating. However, its agility and attack power have been increased.

  • "Ancient Draenei War Talisman" now shares a cooldown with all trinkets that temporarily increase damage done.

  • "Ancient Draenei Arcane Relic" shares a cooldown with all trinkets that temporarily increase damage done.

  • "Aldor Guardian Rifle" now has a range correctly set on it.

  • The effect on "Void Star Talisman" was incorrectly set to On Use. It is now set to On Equip.

  • The critical strike rating on "Cilice of Suffering" has been changed to spell critical strike rating.

  • The cooldown for "Glimmering Mithril Insignia" has been increased from 10 minutes to 20 minutes.

  • The slowing affect from the "Mug 'O Hurt" is now considered a snare, so snare removal and immunity affects will now work on it.

  • The "Mark of Conquest" trinket now correctly triggers the mana regen effect.

Raids and Dungeons

  • Creatures in Tempest Keep:Botanica, Tempest Keep: Mechanar, and Tempest Keep:Arcatraz no longer respawn as rapidly.

  • Hellfire Citadel:Shattered Halls

  • Serpentshrine Cavern

  • Tempest Keep:Arcatraz

  • Auchindoun: Shadow Labyrinth

  • Tempest Keep: Botanica

  • Tempest Keep Mechanar

  • Caverns of Time

  • Karazhan

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the credits to display properly.