World of Warcraft patch 5.0.5 patch notes

Now, don't get overexcited. This isn't for Mists proper, simply yesterday's patch applied during the maintenance period. It incorporates all of the recent class balance changes as well as some bug fixes for existing content.

For those of you who thought today's patch may bring the arrival of the Theramore scenario, I'm sorry, these patch notes seem to be bringing naught but disappointment. There's a bunch of fixes to spells, and I'm afraid that the time of being a holy paladin one-shotting people in lower level battlegrounds with Holy Shock is over, unless you can get your hands on a lot of spell power. There's also some fixes to things like the teleport bug in the Molten Front, and an amusingly worded fix to make the size of the Arcane Bomb during Queen Azshara's encounter more reasonable! Stop making your friends' spell effects so unreasonable, Azshara. It's unfitting for a woman of your stature.

Lastly, and almost certainly most importantly, Crithto is now attackable by both Alliance and Horde. The hunt for the cutest of Community Managers is on, people!

Head on over the break to see the full patch notes.

• Many tooltips have been corrected to account for recent class balance adjustments.

• Druid

• The 25% speed increase granted by Cat Form should no longer stack with the speed increase of Dash.

• Hunter

• All hunter aspects have been removed from the global cooldown, and they again share a 1 second category cooldown

• Paladin

• Holy Shock's base damage has been reduced, and its spellpower coefficient has been increased.

• Warlock

• Havoc's cooldown has been reduced from 45 to 25 seconds.

• The missile effect of Chaos Wave should no longer display erratically when cast on a moving target.

• The spell graphic for Arcane Bomb during the Queen Azshara encounter has been reduced to a reasonable size.

• The Silence and Pacify effects from Conservator's Grip are now removed from players once they step within the appropriate area radius of a Healthy Spore mushroom.

• Player pets should no longer experience pathing issues when attacking Deathwing's Arm Tentacles.

• Congealing Bloods now move at slower base speed.

• Master Looters can again assign loot to players in other groups within a raid.

• The Refer-A-Friend Summon should again function as expected.

• Worgen players on pre-Cataclysm accounts should be able to accept and complete all Gilneas quests.

• Players should again be able to teleport out of the Firelands Hatchery in Hyjal if they have completed Aessina's Miracle.

• Players should be able to use the new Fishing spell where appropriate.

• Crossing coalesced zone boundaries should not duplicate profession recipes.

• Players should no longer inappropriately receive the "Requires master riding skill" or "Requires artisan riding skill" errors when attempting to mount certain mounts.

• Items in the Auction House UI should no longer display in reverse order when sorted.

• The PvP node capture bar should be back in expected locations such as Wintergrasp, Tol Barad and Venture Bay.

• Players should no longer be placed into battlegrounds that they have downvoted while queueing for a Random battleground.

• Flying over Wintergrasp when no battle is active should no longer cause a forced dismount.

• Accepting a quest that flags you for PvP combat should no longer prevent you from accepting further quests.

• Resolved a Mac issue related to CPU usage.

• As he deserves, Crithto should now be attackable by both Alliance and Horde players.

It's open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft's next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!