War Within and Classic Weekly Hotfix Summary: November 4th – 10th

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We have a very small summary to go through this week! Blizzard are ramping up to some huge reveals in this Wednesday’s Warcraft Direct. Then there’s also the 10.0.7 PTR, both of which meant we didn’t get as many hotfixes as usual.

In The War Within we had some Dawnbreaker, Mists and Nerub-ar Palace improvements on the instance side. There were also fixes for some bugged items that couldn’t be upgraded or catalyzed. And the T2 Monk set got a face(clipping)lift! The Anniversary event is still the main focus, as we had several Timewalking adjustments and fixes, and Blackrock Depths is about to receive a big nerf during this week’s reset.

Cataclysm Classic joined retail with changes this time around, as a fix for the cost of Heroic tier 11 went in. Mages also got Frostfire Bolt fixed!


Classes

  • Hunter
    • Kill Shot and Black Arrow will now appropriately damage their primary target when out of combat.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Dawnbreaker
    • Resolved an issue causing Arathi Bombs to not be carryable if a player was under the effect of an immunity.
    • Fixed an issue causing Rasha’nan to become immune when interrupted immediately after casting Acidic Eruption.
  • Mists of Tirna Scithe
    • Resolved an issue causing Acid Expulsion pools to be invisible.
  • Nerub-ar Palace
    • The Silken Court
      • Fixed issue where Stinging Swarm will fizzle on the player if both Anti-Magic Shell and Prismatic Barrier are active.
      • Fixed an issue causing Oppressing Roar to extend the duration of Stinging Delirium on Takazj.

Factions

  • Addressed an issue with Earthen Horde characters not being friendly to all Horde factions.

Items

  • Newly created Timely Tourist’s gear that is at least at Veteran tier will now be eligible for the Catalyst.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented some class set items, which were in a bugged state, from being upgraded.

Transmogrification

  • Fixed an issue that allowed Tier 2 Monk helms to let facial features clip through.

WoW’s 20th Anniversary

  • Fixed an issue where players under level 30 could not enter Magisters’ Terrace for Timewalking.
  • Fixed a bug where the low-level version of “A Burning Path Through Time” did not have map markers to turn it in to Cupri in Shattrath.
  • Fixed an issue with the Sha of Anger where an enemy using Mind Control effects could cause you to cast long professions cooldowns such as Sharpen Your Knife or Green Thumb.
  • Fixed an issue where “Disturbance Detected: Black Temple” could not be accepted if you were on or completed “Disturbance Detected: Blackrock Depths”.
  • Removed erroneous interactions with the Torch of Pyrreth.
  • Fixed an issue causing the Timewalking Dungeon Finder to require unreasonable item levels.
  • Fixed a bug where Ulduar Timewalking bosses were not always awarding their Timewarped Badges.
  • Blackrock Depths
    • Developer’s note: With the upcoming raid reset, we are reducing enemy damage and health for Normal and Heroic difficulties. We’ve also made additional tuning changes to some of the more lethal bosses within the raid.
    • All enemy health and damage reduced by 10% on Normal difficulty.
    • All enemy health and damage reduced by 12% on Heroic difficulty.
    • Lord Roccor
      • Lord Roccor health reduced by 6% on Normal difficulty.
      • Lord Roccor Health reduced by 12% on Heroic difficulty.
      • Volcanic Upheaval damage reduced by 20% on Heroic difficulty.
    • Lord Incendius
      • Lord Incendius health reduced by 5% on Normal difficulty.
      • Lord Incendius health reduced by 7% on Heroic difficulty.
      • Firewall damage reduced by 20% on Normal and Heroic difficulty.
      • Scorching Wind damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
    • Ambassador Flamelash
      • Unstable Portal damage reduced by 20% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
      • Cremate damage reduced by 11% on Heroic difficulty.

Cataclysm Classic

  • Fixed an issue where the Heroic Tier 11 Helm and Shoulders were costing a Tier Token and the normal version of the item, instead of just the Tier Token.
  • Fixed a bug preventing Pilgrim’s Bounty from appearing on the calendar.
  • Mage
    • Fixed a problem with Frostfire Bolt where it was not properly benefitting from Shatter when Fingers of Frost and Brain Freeze is active. It will now gain increased critical strike chance in that situation for both the initial and periodic damage. Previously, only the periodic damage gained increased critical strike chance.