New Warchief Revealed
Spoilers ahead! Congratulations to Availed of US-Anvilmar for being the first to defeat Garrosh on 10 player normal difficulty!









Vale of Eternal Blossoms - Garrosh Defeat Cutscene
After Garrosh's defeat, there is an extra cutscene in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.



Patch 5.4 - Visions of Time: Courting Destiny
Patch 5.4 adds a quest line on the Timeless Isle that involves working for Kairoz of the Keepers of Time. He is on the Timeless Isle because the Bronze Dragonflight is not as powerful as it once was, only being able to catch furtive glimpses through time. He has created an hourglass that will allow for a window into the timeways, but you must collect 50 x Epoch Stones to make it usable.

After collecting the stones, you embark on a series of weekly quests to use the Vision of Time in different locations to calibrate the Vision of Time. Kairoz eventually will reveal that there is a traitor among the Bronze Dragonflight.

As the hourglass grows more powerful, he will send you to the Temple of the White Tiger to see a glimpse of Garrosh and Anduin, which is the scene you see below.



Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: September 11
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Classes

Quests

Creatures
  • Burning Berserkers and Eternal Kilnmasters no longer use Fiery Charge on targets who are not in combat.
  • Dread Ship Vazuvius now deals less damage with its Cannon Barrage, the range of its knockback ability has been reduced, and can apply its Eerie Fog effect more readily.
  • Nomi should now have the correct conversation text for players on the appropriate reputation level.
  • Zarhym should now properly despawn after a player has started the event to search for his body.
  • Rare creatures in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms should now follow the correct tapping mechanics.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Items

Timeless Isle

Bug Fixes
  • Players in the Silent Sanctuary area in Vale of Eternal Blossoms should no longer be put into an incorrect phase.
  • Items that starts a quest with Tina Mudclaw should now be dropping at the appropriate friendship faction levels.
  • Fixed an issue where the Healer Proving Grounds had a chance to cause the realm to crash.

Patch 5.4 Recap
If you didn't make it through our Patch 5.4 Recap, you can find the Patch 5.4 highlights in the video below.

This article was originally published in forum thread: New Warchief Revealed, Patch 5.4 Hotfixes started by chaud View original post
Comments 157 Comments
  1. McFrotton's Avatar
    ALmost everyone made this prediction.....where were you?
  1. eem5's Avatar
    I just wanna know the set that tauren was wearing in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms - Garrosh Defeat Cutscene.
  1. Furbolger's Avatar
    I was hoping for something more surprising, to be honest. But I remember a time when all these characters looked generic and only stood around in their thronerooms, so I'm not complaining.
  1. Arbs's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by eem5 View Post
    I just wanna know the set that tauren was wearing in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms - Garrosh Defeat Cutscene.
    Its a PvP Set from last Season I believe or before that.
  1. Khalkaroth's Avatar
    So I see Jaina has becomed the alliance's "bitch"...

    And since when did Varian became more savage then all of the horde's orc combined?
  1. sajin0084's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ulgrim View Post
    Blizzard's inability to kill off a major lore character is a joke that has been allowed to run for far too long(at least in WoW).
    Yea I especially like how Arthas and Illidan aren't dead...
  1. Eadoin's Avatar
    The entire expansion has been about justice and balance, it only makes sense that Garrosh be given a trial in Pandaria.
  1. Ellixen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by sajin0084 View Post
    Yea I especially like how Arthas and Illidan aren't dead...
    Or Kael'thas/Old'Blanchy
  1. eem5's Avatar
    Thanks Arbsbear, that gives me something to follow up with.
  1. ButterToast's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DaHomieG View Post
    Honestly disappointed. An Orc should've been Warchief. Besides that, who will be the Orc faction leader?
    Thrall, DOH ?
  1. xezar's Avatar
    I find it more amusing Gallywix is finally in-game...that and lame Garrosh lives. Vol'jin as warchief was painfully obvious, but he should do a good job, he's the only founding member of Thrall's horde left from WC3.
  1. Tomservo's Avatar
    awesome cinematic! excellent choice with vol'jin as warchief!
  1. Nuvuk's Avatar
    When ever the horde wonders why they dont join that alliance they are constantly reminded why. Jaina didnt just want Garrosh dead she wanted to kill everybody there, no peace just straight up murder everybody even if they wanted a peaceful solution. Yes Varian did let them go but with a threat that he will kill them.
  1. KWC3587's Avatar
    Pretty much as expected, what I'm disappointed about is that Garrosh is still alive.
  1. mmoc878ebd00c0's Avatar
    Varian should have pimpslapped Jaina.
    When did she become such a conniving bitch.
  1. shinikage's Avatar
    i feel that someway or another garrosh will scape from the trial and we will be seeing him again on the next expac
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    LOL Method can't even down normal mode.
  1. Aqualung's Avatar
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFrWZk5gRJA

    Link to the Horde ending. Thrall and the other Horde leaders throw their support behind Vol'jin. So yeah, he's Warchief alright.

    Being an Alliance player, I really have nothing for or against Vol'jin. Seems like it may be interesting though.

    From the Alliance standpoint, I was quite satisfied. You have to keep in mind that it would be impossible from a gameplay standpoint for the Alliance to do anything more than what was portrayed in the cinematic and what was alluded to in the future in the following quest text from Varian. The King, standing *in fucking Orgrimmar* tells the new Warchief, with the other leaders present that if this shit hits the fan again, they will be utterly destroyed. And not a damn one of them did anything other than stare blankly as he grabbed his sword and left them to rebuild their faction.

    Couple that with the fact that even from a storytelling standpoint, why would the Alliance want Orgrimmar, Thunderbluff, or any of the Kalimdor capitols? What would we do with them, install indoor plumbing? They would be more trouble than they're worth and Varian was absolutely right in saying it would cause too many casualties. He seems to be making the smart play, heading back to Eastern Kingdoms, re-establishing an Alliance presence in Theramore, and focusing on the Horde race that *is* a genuine threat still, and *does* have things that the Alliance wants, The Forsaken. What better than for this new "proactive" Alliance to capitalize on it's current position than to retake Gilnaeas? And no, I don't think for a second we'll "reclaim Lordaeron" so let's not even go there. Gilnaeas is good enough, as it's an expansion of a Horde race at the moment, not one of their capitals. So the Alliance can take it, gameplay balance is unaffected, and the Alliance gets to feel badass for a bit and maybe get some good storytelling especially when you consider Jana seems to have a permanent case of the Mondays.
  1. Mormolyce's Avatar
    Wonderful to see Vol'jin taken from a loreless wonder to the Warchief, they've done a great job of writing him since Cataclysm. I always wanted to see him shine, brings a tear to me old eye it does. A Warchief I'm proud to serve. Even Sylvanas gave him a little nod of respect haha.

    Also, the post-cinematic in Vale does a beautiful job of bookending the whole expansion. And we finally know... what is worth fighting for
  1. Azrile's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by lokithor View Post
    Ehhh that was pretty lackluster, and quite frankly I thought Varian acted like a bitch.
    Yeah. Metzan is pretty terrible at personalities. I also don´t get the new anger Thrall has towards the alliance. It was like they decided that becase Jaina has gone hardcore, than now Thrall must also?

    But for sure, Jaina is being set up to be the next Garrosh.

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