Cataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 27

Community Manager Zarhym's list of Cataclysm hotfixes has received yet another update Dec. 27. I have to admit, my heart skipped a beat when I first saw today's list. Is that a Tol Barad fix? Be still, my beating heart! Has Blizzard finally -- Wait. Never mind. The fix won't really fix anything. Still, maybe it's a sign Blizzard's noticed how broken the zone is. Here's the fix, along with a few other interesting changes:

• Winning as an attacker in Tol Barad now rewards players with 1,800 honor points, up from 180. Winning as a defender still rewards players with 180 honor points.

• Vashj'ir archaeology 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.

• Gyreworms, Enormous Gyreworms, and Gorged Gyreworms no longer drop money or elite-level loot.

For a complete list of the latest hotfixes, check after the break.

• 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.

• The heal from Frenzied Regeneration was too powerful and has been reduced by 50%.

• Pounce now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

• Cheap Shot now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

• The Felguard ability Axe Toss now properly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

• 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.

• Mekgineer Thermaplugg no longer sometimes awards dungeon completion prematurely.

• It is no longer possible to disarm Al'Akir.

• 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.

• 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.

• Stormwind Lobster Traps now respawn more quickly and can be gathered across all Stormwind quest phases.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Gyreworms, Enormous Gyreworms, and Gorged Gyreworms no longer drop money or elite-level loot.

• 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.

• Crucible of Carnage quests can no longer be shared.

• 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".

• The Luxscale Grouper's Grouper Bite debuff now has a 5-second duration and will no longer sometimes get stuck on characters.

• 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.