Molten Giants, Black Temple Map, May 11 Hotfixes, Firelands Preview, Blue Posts

Monster Model - Molten Giants
The model for the updated molten giants are now in the game files! They look like super awesome version of the old Molten Core giants and you might recognize the face from the Warrior Tier 12 Model Preview.



Black Temple Raid Instance Map
Better late than never, the map for the Black Temple raid is finally being added to the game in Patch 4.2!




Patch 4.1 Hotfixes - May 11
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker)
May 5-11

General
  • There were several situations on transports or moving objects where players were receiving Movement Enforcement Error messaging, which should now be corrected.
  • Players using Mobile Guild Chat should no longer sometimes receive error messages incorrectly stating they are not in a guild.
  • Mail sent from the Auction House should no longer sometimes display incorrect information about the transaction. This also applies to those using the Mobile Auction House.
  • Parties will no longer disband immediately after all members log out. There is now a 5-minute grace period before the group is disbanded.

Classes
  • Characters who are resurrected by a player on a moving platform should now be transferred to the caster’s world position, rather than the location they were in when the spell was first cast.
  • Select classes are no longer able to aggro and pull a single enemy NPC from a linked group through various measures of sneakiness.

Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Stampeding Roar (Cat) should always properly cost 30 energy when used.

Hunter (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Hunter pets no longer lose talent points when a Beast Mastery hunter gains a level.
  • The Disorient effect from Scatter Shot should no longer immediately break if Scatter Shot hits the target immediately after a buff on the target fades.

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Molten Core now correctly enhances all three Incinerate spells cast while the buff is active.

Dungeons & Raids
The Bastion of Twilight
  • The Blood of the Old God aggro radius during the Cho’gall encounter has been dramatically increased.

Blackwing Descent
  • Fiends should no longer cause any quirky despawning issues during the Atramedes encounter, particularly after Atramedes is defeated.

Zul’Gurub
  • Kill credit for Kilnara for the Here, Kitty Kitty... achievement can no longer be carried over to the next kill.

Items
  • The Miniature Voodoo Mask dropped in Zul’Aman is now a Greed-only item. No class can roll Need on this item.
  • The Voodoo Hexblade and Amani Scepter of Rites are now properly labeled as Main Hand and can only be equipped as such.

PvP
  • Players should no longer sometimes become stuck or crash while in a Battleground or Arena queue.

Quests & Creatures
  • Players should again be able to successfully complete the quest The Firelord in Mount Hyjal. NPC heroes should be functioning correctly.
  • The Horde NPC Kadrak is visible for players to turn in the quest Mor'shan Caravan Delivery after completing the quest To the Rescue! in Northern Barrens.

Remote Guild Chat and Auction House Free Preview Ends
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker)
The Remote Guild Chat and Remote Auction House free-preview period has come to a close. Access to both of these features is now only available with a subscription to World of Warcraft Remote. Thanks to everyone who participated in the free preview -- we appreciate your feedback on the new Remote Guild Chat feature, and we hope you’ve enjoyed the chance to play the Auction House from the web or your mobile phone. To learn more about either of these features, visit the World of Warcraft Remote page, or go here to subscribe.

To download the free World of Warcraft Remote app for Android, click here. The World of Warcraft Mobile Armory app is also available as a free download from the App Store℠ for iPhone® and iPod touch®.

The Firelands: Lord Rhyolith & Baleroc
Blizzard updated their preview of the Firelands and added 2 bosses screenshots. Interestingly enough, Lord Anthrycist lost his controversial-weird name and is now named Ryolith.
Originally Posted by Zarhym (Blue Tracker)
Hey all,

We've added new images for Lord Rhyolith and Baleroc [The Gatekeeper] to our patch 4.2 preview of the Firelands.

You can check them out here: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2682944


Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Raid Mechanics and making them more transparent
Even so, it's not unreasonable for a player to feel that some of the game mechanics in World of Warcraft could be made more transparent, be that through additional interface options, better encounter alerts, or a type of in-game guide. That may not be the exact complaint here, but it's still valid and worthy of consideration.

In fact, we agree that there's room for improvement. As already mentioned, we're introducing the Dungeon Journal in patch 4.2. While this new feature won’t completely eliminate the need for one to "study" certain encounters, it should make it easier for players to pick up new fights, and hopefully a lot more fun (the journal looks pretty darn sweet, if you ask me, and even includes a little lore, too).

Speaking to the future, we're also looking into ways that we can incorporate some "raid/dungeon"-style gameplay into solo environments. To a small degree, there's a bit of this in the new daily quest hubs coming up in in 4.2. While the goal isn't specifically to prepare players for dungeons and raids -- rather, just to make content that's fun and cool -- the quests themselves and some their related achievements encourage the use of tactics that you'd might see in dungeon and raid encounters.

For example:


  • "Burn Victims" is a "heal the wounded NPCs in the field" type of quest, which will give players a salve to use on burn victims in the Molten Front. Healers will be able to use their healing spells, however, and complete the quest much more easily (since most heals are ranged).
  • "Strike at the Heart" is a quest with randomized bosses, all of which have raid-style environmental damage. There's even an achievement (currently named "Ready for Raiding II") for killing all five of those random bosses without taking damage from their avoidable environmental effects.
  • Some other achievements in the areas promote more skilled, "raid-style" play, too. "Flawless Victory," for example, asks players to solo kill a Molten Behemoth (found in the Molten Front) without taking any damage from two its abilities: Molten Stop and Fiery Boulder. And "Master of the Molten Front" requires players to kill a variety of flamewakers in arguably non-standard ways (e.g. pwning a Flamewaker Shaman with his own Flamewave).

Although these quests won't magically turn an inexperienced raider into an experienced one, we think they have the chance to make the daily content more interesting, as well as provide more opportunities for players to familiarize themselves with the style of gameplay one can expect within a dungeon or raid. (Source)
This article was originally published in forum thread: Molten Giants, Black Temple Map, May 11 Hotfixes, Firelands Preview, Blue Posts started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2011-05-12 07:26 AM
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  1. mmocf470930503's Avatar
    Rhyolith and Baleroc both look awesome.

    Sounds like Blizzard should be focusing on other things than making maps for old content though - maybe release new content faster instead?
  1. Bitlovin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by VitesseEOD View Post
    Molten Core managed to be a fire themed raid without ramming "lol fire/lava!" down our throats with every mob/boss/mount/enviornmental object!
    Incorrect.
  1. mmocc9de2ce60c's Avatar
    GG blizz, another rip-off from LotR
  1. Bitlovin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ncs View Post
    Sounds like Blizzard should be focusing on other things than making maps for old content though - maybe release new content faster instead?
    I'm quite sure making that map was not time-intensive labor.
  1. Donald Hellscream's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Meizor View Post
    GG blizz, another rip-off from LotR
    oh noes they called a boss baleroc, its unacceptable!
  1. Alraml's Avatar
    Ahhh no they gave in on Anthracist.

    Bigotry killing logic once again
  1. Terracresta's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Frozen Death Knight View Post
    "Black Temple" is not a dungeon. It's a raid instance.
    You know, even raid instances can be dungeons, it doesnt matter if you put 5, 10 or 25ppl inside. Just google what the word "dungeon" means.


    I wonder who cares if they really had named the boss Antichrist in the first place, except for all those religious fantatics that let others tell them the "truth" of the world...
  1. fangless's Avatar
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite



    Also, the new dailies sound pretty interesting. Ready to Raid II achievement ftw


    Quote Originally Posted by Meizor View Post
    GG blizz, another rip-off from LotR
    Cause the Lotr movies created fictional creatures.
  1. mmocb99f64078c's Avatar
    I actually liked him being called "Anthricyst".
  1. vaeevictiss's Avatar
    Putting in those BT maps 3 years late really shows blizz cares about the half a million dropped subscriptions lol. Instead of implementing new and creative ideas that will keep people playing...let's add maps to a dusty soloable (much of) raid that no one gives a shit about.
  1. Shamslam's Avatar
    The blue quote is cool, but it's hardly new. WotLK had quests that could be viewed as preparing one for raiding, and Cata is chock full of quests like that. Glad to see they are finally taking notice of it, but it's not like it's something completely new.
  1. Eorayn's Avatar
    Bring back Anthricyst Club!
  1. Freese's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by vaeevictiss View Post
    Putting in those BT maps 3 years late really shows blizz cares about the half a million dropped subscriptions lol. Instead of implementing new and creative ideas that will keep people playing...let's add maps to a dusty soloable (much of) raid that no one gives a shit about.
    lol....you people
  1. mmoc6e272995a4's Avatar
    Baleroc is an obvious Balrog, that's all I'm saying. =P
  1. Pontificate's Avatar
    Here's a big fat FUCK YOU to the bitch-ass jesusfreak christians who cried about Lord Antichrist's name.
  1. Muckey's Avatar
    Omfg... When I saw the Black Temple maps, I got shivers down my spine. I thought they were bringing back Black Temple as a raid instance in a upcoming patch. That would be the final nail in the coffin where Blizzard's former innovation lies buried...
  1. myrkyr's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pontificate View Post
    Here's a big fat FUCK YOU to the bitch-ass jesusfreak christians who cried about Lord Antichrist's name.
    You need to tone it down some son. I never saw a single person in the entire original thread or any thread after complain about the bosses name for religious reasons. What I did see was people like you complaining about the non-existent religious nuts every other post. GG bigot, go back to the middle ages where you belong.

    Edit: And its Anthricyst you moron. Its a verbal pun on a type of coal.
  1. Moonatic's Avatar
    I can't believe people are actually complaining that they added a few maps for Black Temple. Seems like such a minor detail that was probably very cheap and easy to update.
  1. mmoca95c4fc5b8's Avatar
    Can't believe they actually renamed Anthrycist because of some illiterate idiots
  1. Duster505's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by VitesseEOD View Post
    anyone else think the lava/fire theming will get very dull, very quickly? Molten Core managed to be a fire themed raid without ramming "lol fire/lava!" down our throats with every mob/boss/mount/enviornmental object!
    Ye this is what scares me the most. TOC became boring because it was set in same settings for all bosses. It seems like Firelands is pretty much the same - so MC2 all over with a TOC and Sunwell influence. Doesn't sound exiting at all...
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