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Patch 6.0.2 hotfixes for October 15
The second round of hotfixes for patch 6.0.2 are in, but some of these will require realm restarts to take effect. Some of the highlights include: Resolved an issue where some Iron Horde Incursion quests were awarding items that had a level 100 requirement to equip or not awarding an item correctly. To better account for the changes to player health and ability scaling, we've reduced the health and damage of nearly all non-player creatures and NPCs on a level-by-level basis (larger reductions for lower-level creatures, in general). The damage dealt by several of Ordos's abilities has been reduced. Heart of the Thunder King: Resolved an issue where players were not receiving Lei Shen's heart if they've already defeated them earlier in the week. Garrosh Hellscream now has 15% less health on Mythic difficulty. Resolved an issue where characters that have completed the achievement: Proving Yourself: Endless Damage (Wave 30) (Level 90) were not retaining their titles. Resolved an issue where Battleground queues were not working correctly. The full list of hotfixes is after the break.
Patch 6.0.2 hotfixes for October 14
The hotfixes are in for patch 6.0.2's first night on the live servers. It didn't take long for Blizzard to respond to several issues -- this is a good sign for things to come. Major points this evening include: All quest boss NPCs in the Blasted Lands now have scaling health pools based on the number of players engaging them. Resolved an issue where the toy collection count was incorrectly increasing each time the character logs in. The title, "of the Iron Vanguard" received from completing The Iron Invasion achievement is now account-wide. Reduced the health and damage of high level creatures and NPCs in Pandaria to more closely match their relative difficulty before the stat squish. Auction house NPCs in Siege of Orgrimmar's should no longer be level 100. Garrosh Hellscream's Iron Star explosion damage has been reduced to a more reasonable level in a post stat squish environment. Mage: Supernova now deals 30% less damage against player targets. The full hotfixes after the break.
Destiny balances weapons, shuts down another loot cave
Bungie updated Destiny to balance some of its weapons and fix a few bugs today. For starters, the developer swatted a bug where the Valkyrie-O5X ship appeared to be the same as the Aurora Lance and fixed issues related to quick weapon swapping. The base damage of scout rifles were increased six percent, whereas the damage of all auto rifles as well as the Vex Mythoclast was decreased two percent and 34 percent, respectively. The developer also shut down another loot cave, one located in the rocket yard area of the game. The hot new treasure farming spot, a room where Fallen enemies consistently spawned, surfaced after Bungie closed the first loot cave. "The Fallen have also retreated from their hold over the Rocket Yard to discuss a new takeover plan," Bungie wrote in its update notes. For now, Destiny looters will have to take the stairs, if you catch our drift. [Image: Activision]
Patch 5.4.8 hotfixes for June 17
A short list of hotfixes for patch 5.4.8 have been released and posted to the official blog. Although a small round, these hotfixes include the adjustment to the Bloody Coin drop rate mentioned yesterday -- the drop rate is now 100% upon landing a killing blow on a level 90 character. This is an additional adjustment to hotfixes last week that addressed the Censer of Eternal Agony, Bloody Coins, and Fire-Watcher's Oath. In addition, players may now use the Nightmarish Hitching Post in both Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. Rygarius June 17 Creatures NPC vendors selling Tier-16 armor pieces now have significantly more health. Items Fire-Watcher's Oath: Players transformed into an Ordon Fire-Watcher now have a 100% chance to gain Bloody Coins on killing-blows against level-90 characters. Note that there's still a short internal-cooldown on earning Bloody Coins. Nightmarish Hitching Post is now usable in Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. Bug Fixes Resolved an issue where the Nightmarish Reins buff could cause players on a flight path to travel slowly. Resolved an issue where players may receive duplicate letters in-game for purchases made on the store. source
Censer of Eternal Agony and Bloody Coin hotfix and changes
A very brief list of hotfixes for patch 5.4.8 were introduced on Friday, brief enough that they likely escaped the attention of most players. However, if you are one of the players currently farming Bloody Coins on the Timeless Isle via the Censer of Eternal Agony, you may have noticed a few changes in the way the Censer works, and in the manner that Bloody Coins are farmed. The cooldown for the Censer of Eternal Agony has been increased from ten minutes to one hour. In addition, Fire-Watcher's Oath now has a cooldown of ten minutes, down from the one hour mark it was set at previously. Its cost is now 100 Timeless Coins, rather than 50 Bloody Coins, and the transformation now allows both mount usage and druid shape-shifting. In addition to that, the internal cooldown on earning Bloody Coins has been significantly reduced. Community Manager Lore hopped on the official forums to discuss the changes in detail.
Patch 5.4.8 hotfixes for May 27
A small set of hotfixes for patch 5.4.8 have been released and posted on the official blog. The short list includes some adjustments to items, as well as a change for PvP enthusiasts in tank spec that are playing in either Temple of Kotmogu or Deepwind Gorge. Black Grasp of the Destroyer's drain mana effect no longer affects targets above level 73. Similarly, Soul Breaker's draen mana effect no longer affects targets above level 63. An issue in which Going to Need A Bigger Bag wasn't being tracked across all characters on an account has now been resolved. Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
Patch 5.4.8 hotfixes for May 21
World of Warcraft community manager Rygarius released the latest round of hotfixes this evening. Tonight's fixes include: Battlegrounds and Arenas Resolved an issue where the Rated Battleground flag carrier debuff functioned incorrectly. Characters in a Tanking specialization should now correctly take 50% additional damage while carrying a flag in a Rated Battleground. Items Replica General's Leather Treads no longer increases the duration of Sprint in Arenas or Rated Battlegrounds. Burdens of Eternity may no longer be used while inside a Heroic Dungeon, Raid, or Scenario. Bug Fixes Resolved an issue where Feats of Strength for Collector's Edition: Dread Raven and Collector's Edition: Dread Hatchling were not being correctly awarded to players. Resolved an issue where players transitioning from Eastern Plaguelands into Ghostlands while on certain flying mounts would be unable to resummon the mount until the they relog back in. The issues around the Going to Need a Bigger Bag achievement has not yet been resolved, but we are assured that a fix is in the works.
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for May 13, 14
This week's bout of information on the upcoming 5.4.8 patch has taken most of the interest this week, but there were still hotfixes released for patch 5.4.7 as well. Most of the changes addressed various bugs, rather than any major adjustments -- given that the next patch is on the PTR, it's likely we won't be seeing much more in the way of major notes until 5.4.8 is released. Rygarius May 14 Classes Paladin Retribution Sword of Light now increases healing done by Word of Glory by 60% (up from 30%). Warlock Armor Set Resolved an issue where Warlocks were able to incorrectly retain their Tier-14 4-piece set bonus when the armor is no longer equipped. May 13 Classes Resolved an issue where players were able to incorrectly stack multiple movement speed buffs. Battlegrounds and Arenas Demonic Gateway can no longer be cast during the Preparation phase in Arenas, Battlegrounds, and Rated Battlegrounds. Ruby Hare is no longer usable in Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. source
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for May 2
A small batch of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 were released and posted to the official website yesterday. The hotfixes primarily concern the Garrosh Hellscream encounter on Flexible difficulty -- specifically, breakpoint concerns regarding the encounter should be alleviated with the new adjustments. May 2 Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Siege of Orgrimmar Garrosh Hellscream [Requires a realm restart.] Garrosh Hellscream now only targets 2 players with Touch of Y'Shaarj and Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj regardless of raid size on Flexible difficulty. Previously, the number of players targeted by the ability scale from 2 to 4, resulting in a harsh breakpoint for groups with 17-18 players. [Requires a realm restart.] Touch of Y'Shaarj and Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj cast times have been increased to 3.5 seconds (up from 2.5 seconds) on Flexible difficulty. Battlegrounds and Arenas Resolved an issue that was causing Battleground queues to report incorrect wait times. source
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for April 28
A new round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 have been released and posted to the official site. Once again, the list is pretty short and addresses just a few small changes that have been made. However, players that have been dealing with the headache of trying to get Warforged Seals from a dead vendor may be particularly pleased with one of the changes. April 28 Creatures Elder Lin and Elder Liao now have significantly more health. [Requires a realm restart.] Elder Lin and Elder Liao will now respawn much more quickly. Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Siege of Orgrimmar The Fallen Protectors Resolved an issue where movement-freeing abilities incorrectly forced Mark of Anguish to transfer to another player. Garrosh Hellscream During the Garrosh Hellscream encounter, Eternal Flame no longer generates threat during stages 2 and 3 to address an issue that was making the encounter more difficult than intended for raid groups with Protection Paladin tanks. Battlegrounds and Arenas Matchmaking Ratings for Rated Battlegrounds has been increased by 100 for all players. Additional details for the change could be found in the forum thread titled: Rated Battleground MMR Hotfix. UI Resolved an issue where players continue to be listed on the Raid Browser after accepting an invite from someone in a Flexible difficulty raid. source
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for April 23
A new round of hotfixes has gone live today. This round includes a number of changes to Siege of Orgrimmar, all of which can be found below. Patch 5.4.7 Hotfixes Classes Shaman Healing Stream Totem no longer incorrectly heals itself. Quests Scourge Tactics: Increased the spawn rate of Webbed Crusaders. The Embalmer's Revenge: Resolved an issue where Stitches was not resetting correctly. Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Siege of Orgrimmar Malkorok Resolved an issue where Ancient Miasma effects were able to persist after the encounter ended. Garrosh Hellscream During the Garrosh Hellscream encounter, Word of Glory no longer generates threat during stages 2 and 3 to address an issue that was making the encounter more difficult than intended for raid groups with Protection Paladin tanks. Unstable Iron Stars now Fixate on players for 12 seconds (up from 10 seconds) during stage 4 of the Garrosh Hellscream encounter on Heroic difficulty. The Eye of Eternity: Resolved an issue that could prevent players from being able to loot Alexstrasza's Gift after defeating Malygos. Items Potion of Luck: Reduced the amount of gold found in Plundered Treasures. source If you were one of the many making enormous profit off of the Potion of Luck and Plundered Treasures ... your luck has just run out. Boom.
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for April 14
A new round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 have been released and posted on the official blog. Most of the hotfixes from today involve old raid encounters and achievements -- including one fix that should please those just crazy enough to attempt the Insane in the Membrane achievement. Rygarius April 14 Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Siege of Orgrimmar: Blackfuse Bombling should no longer be incorrectly awarded from the Spoils of Pandaria encounter. Ice Crown Citadel: Resolved an issue that could prevent players from being able to loot The Lich King if NPCs dealt fatal damage to him. The Eye: Additional safeguards have been added to the Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter that could cause him to sometimes not grant loot if he's defeated too quickly. Achievements Insane in the Membrane: Resolved an issue where Exalted status with the various Steamwheedle Cartel factions, as well as Honored status with the Bloodsail Buccaneers faction, were not properly being credited if those reputations subsequently decreased. Players should now be able to earn this achievement if they have ever brought those five reputations to the required levels. source
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for April 7
A new round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 have been released and posted on the official blog. While the list is pretty small, it includes a few important changes for players, including the fact that world bosses in Mists of Pandaria are no longer tap-to-faction -- something that was revealed last week. There's also one particularly nice change for players that like to farm old content. Players frustrated with the five instances per hour limit on World of Warcraft accounts should be pleased to note that that number has now been increased to 10. Shaman, an issue that caused the visual effect for Healing Rain to persist indefinitely has been fixed. All world bosses in Mists of Pandaria are no longer tap-to-faction -- players from both factions can engage the boss at the same time and receive loot. Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
Patch 5.4.7 Hotfixes for March 25
A small but perfectly formed set of hotfixes have just been published on the official World of Warcraft website. There's just a few minor fixes, but significant bug fixes to boosted level 90s and to priest healing in PvP. Blizzard Character Boost Resolved an issue where some boosted characters were unable to see the portal to Pandaria in capital cities. Classes Priest General Resolved an issue where the amount of healing received from Prayer of Mending was not benefitting from PvP Power. Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Throne of Thunder Reduced the health and damage of Gurubashi, Amani, Drakkari, and Farraki adds during the Horridon encounter by 20% on Raid Finder difficulty. source
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for March 18
A new round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 have been released and posted on the official blog. Of course the biggest news from today's hotfixes is the implementation allowing players to cross-realm raid on both normal and heroic difficulty in the Siege of Orgrimmar. However, there are a few other small bugs and tweaks that have been made as well. A number of questing and phasing issues for boosted characters have been resolved. An issue that caused camps for both the Kirin Tor Offensive, the Sunreaver Onslaught and other areas on the Isle of Thunder to revert to an earlier progression stage has been resolved. An issue preventing monks from using Roll, Chi Torpedo, or Flying Serpent Kick while carrying the flag in Battlegrounds has now been resolved. Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for March 11
A new round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 have been released and posted to the official blog. Along with the changes to Honor in certain battlegrounds that were announced a couple weeks ago, there are also some minor changes to various NPCs and encounters -- and one change that would-be Brawlers should be relieved to see. Players fighting Hexos in the Brawler's Guild should no longer be killed by the maze after successfully defeating Hexos. Guards at both Huojin and Tushui Landing on the Timeless Isle are now significantly more deadly. Worgen players, Darkflight's speed increase no longer stacks with Burning Rush or Burst of Speed. Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for February 20
The first round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.7 have been released and posted to the official blog. The majority of the patch notes concern various bugs that have popped up since the release of the patch, most of which should now be resolved. While the Armory still appears to be a work in progress, players can rest at ease that their lost companions have apparently found their way home. Battle pets and mounts that disappeared since the patch launch should be restored when you log in. The Key to the Palace of Lei Shen should now be properly dropping from rare spawns and golden treasure chests on the Isle of Thunder. An issue that allowed Death Knights to attack NPCs of their own faction if they did not complete Where Kings Walk or Warchief's Blessing has been resolved. Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
Patch 5.4.2 hotfixes for February 12
A new, short round of hotfixes for patch 5.4.2 has been released and posted to the official blog. Included in the list is one adjustment to the Galakras encounter in the Siege of Orgrimmar raid -- but more importantly, a few changes have been made to drop rates that may have an impact on players that are currently farming Lovely Charms for the Love is in the Air event. Rygarius February 12 Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Siege of Orgrimmar Galakras: Resolved an issue where Dragonmaw Grunts were attacking the wrong Demolition Crew on Heroic difficulty. Love is in the Air Players entering the instance for The Crown Chemical Co. now spawn inside the main courtyard. Lovely Charms should no longer be incorrectly awarded from Unstable Corruptions or Mutant Parasites. source
Patch 5.4.2 Hotfixes for February 10
Another small round of hotfixes has been applied to patch 5.4.2 following the last set on February 5. The couple of changes we're seeing relate to some terrain changes in Battle for Gilneas, making hills lower to reduce sight lines. There's also a change to Siegecrafter Blackfuse on all difficulty levels, indicative of the targeted Siege of Orgrimmar nerfs Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas has described in the past. Rygarius February 10 Quests The Battle for Gilneas City: Reduced Sylvanas and Gorerot's hitpoints. Rapier of the Gilnean Patriots no longer heals enemies. Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Siege of Orgrimmar Siegecrafter Blackfuse: Significantly reduced the damage of Blackfuse Sellsword's Envenomed Shadowstep on all difficulty modes. source
Patch 5.4.2 hotfixes for February 5
A small set of hotfixes for patch 5.4.2 were released yesterday and posted to the official blog. All three notes are minor bug fixes and adjustments to NPCs on the Timeless Isle -- including one welcome change intended to prevent players from intentionally griefing others via the use of cross-realm Ordos raids. Rygarius February 5 Creatures Huolon's spawn point has been moved to the ground. [Requires a realm restart.] Ordos can no longer get stuck channeling Eternal Agony indefinitely. Timeless Isle Players under the effects of the Censer of Eternal Agony no longer gain Blood Coins for defeating players in their party or raid. source
