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Patch 6.1 - Challenge Mode Leaderboards
One of the undocumented changes in Patch 6.1 was the removal of some shortcuts in dungeons. This means that it would be very difficult to beat the current best times, as they likely utilized these shortcuts.
Patch 6.1 Hotfixes: February 26
General
- Players are now able to whisper or send party invites to players on any realm.
Classes
- Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Blood
- Shadow of Death should no longer be incorrectly canceled by Lichborne.
- Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Movement speed bonuses from Stag Form combined with Stampeding Roar should now stack additively (previously, it did not and resulted in a loss of movement speed when both were combined).
- Balance
- Feral
- Talents
- Fixed an issue where Wild Charge in Aquatic Form was not working correctly.
- Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Ice Trap trigger area should now match the visual.
- Marksman
- Chimaera Shot now deals 20% less damage in PvP combat.
- Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Fixed an issue where Enhanced Roll was not correctly increasing the Monk's speed as much as it should.
- Mistweaver
- Mana Tea modified by Glyph of Mana Tea should now benefit correctly from Spirit.
- Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- General
- Fixed an issue where Paladins had an extra spellbook tab for glyphs.
- Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Talents
- Saving Grace (Discipline, Holy) now heals for 25% less in PvP combat.
- Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Talents
- Rogues with the Subterfuge talent no longer incorrectly break out of Stealth from Prayer of Mending (Priest).
- Fixed an issue where Subterfuge and Vanish interacted incorrectly, resulting in the wrong action bar being displayed for a short time.
- Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
- Enhancement
- Fire Nova visuals should now be visible to the casting Shaman.
- Restoration
- Lava Burst no longer deals extra damage in PvP combat for Restoration Shaman.
Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts
- General
- Music Roll: Totems of the Grizzlemaw should now play the correct Grizzly Hills track.
- Increased the spawn rate for the chest containing Music Roll: Night Song in Darnassus.
- Garrison Campaign Quests
- Scouting Missives can now be completed if the player has already completed the daily version of the quests.
- Herbs Galore: Completing the quest should now award 25 Primal Spirits (up from 15).
- Portable Portals (Horde version): Fixed an issue where Gez'la was not offering the quest to eligible players.
- Garrison Buildings
- Dwarven Bunker / War Mill: Increased the chance for obtaining Follower armor and weaponry sets from work orders.
- Mage Tower / Spirit Lodge, Level 1: It should now support up to 7 work orders (was incorrectly only able to support 1 work order).
Quests
- Gorgrond
- Mossy Fate: Players should now be able to complete the quest if they receive Kaz the Shrieker as a Follower.
Classes
Creatures and NPCs
- Heirloom vendors Estelle Gendry (Horde) and Krom Stoutarm (Alliance) are now ensuring that they have a lot more personal space.
PvP
- Ashran
- Being in a Premade Group should no longer prevent players from entering Ashran.
- Fixed an issue where players in the same raid or party but in different instances of Ashran would still see each other's markers on the map.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
- Battlegrounds
- [Requires a realm restart] Low-level items should no longer have an excessive amount of Bonus Armor.
- War Games now should have a 25-second resurrection timer.
- Temple of Kotmogu: Paladins can no longer use Divine Shield or Hand of Protection on players holding an orb in Temple of Kotmogu.
- Temple of Kotmogu: Hunters can no longer use Camouflage to drop an orb in Temple of Kotmogu.
Collections
- Heirlooms
- [Requires a realm restart] Musty Tome of the Lost should now correctly accept Heirloom armor upgrade tokens (was incorrectly using weapon upgrade tokens instead).
- Battle Pets
- Battle Pet healing abilities should now heal for an amount much closer to the values stated in the tooltip.
- Toy Box
- S.E.L.F.I.E. Cameras can now be used while under a stealth effect.
- Mounts
- Chauffeured Chopper can no longer be driven by party members that are visiting another player's Garrison.
Classes
Items
- Increased the amount of Stamina granted from Draenor food.
- Tier 1 Stamina food now gives a bonus of 112 Stamina (up from 75).
- Tier 2 Stamina food received no change and remains at 150 Stamina.
- Tier 3 Stamina food now gives a bonus of 187 Stamina (up from 125).
- The following glyphs are no longer bind on pickup.
- Glyph of the Solstice (Druid)
- Glyph of Flying Fists (Monk)
- Glyph of Cleanse (Paladin)
- Glyph of Purification (Priest)
- Glyph of Purify Spirit (Shaman)
- Primal Combatant's Medallion of Adaptation should now correctly count towards the PvP trinket set bonus, Gladiator's Distinction.
Bug Fixes
- General
- Fixed an issue where Touch of the Naaru's visuals was not correctly attached to character models.
- Primal Combatant's Medallion of Adaptation should now convert into the correct faction version for characters that had undergone a Paid Faction Transfer.
- Achievements
- Don't Call Me Junior: Exploration Mission Master is no longer a requirement for completing the achievement.
- [Requires a realm restart] Securing Draenor: Removed Challenge at the Ring of Blood as one of the requirements for completing the achievement.
- What A Strange, Interdimensional Trip It's Been: Credit should now be correctly awarded for defeating Rukhmar with Pepe atop your head.
Method - Mythic Blast Furnace Video
Method posted their world first Blast Furnace kill video this week.
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard EntertainmentGarrison Visitor - Profession Traders
We've gone over the feedback regarding visiting profession traders. There's now a hotfix being worked on to remove the random element and have profession traders rotate out daily. The hotfix isn't ready yet, but it will be implemented as soon as possible. In short, no more fur traders visiting for multiple days in a row.
The hotfix has been implemented on the live realms. Visiting profession traders should now be on a daily rotation. *Crosses talons the fur trader isn't first in the rotation.* (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Flight Path Logic
One specific flight path that I notice from doing the jukebox quest is trying to fly from the piece you get at Pinchwhistle to Everbloom to get the piece there. The flight path connects through a series of points that goes in a western arc through the middle of Talador then up through Gorgrond when it could easily have gone through a straighter path north.
This one surprised me, and you don't have to point all the way to Everbloom. In recreating what you did, I went to Pinchwhistle and hovered over Beastwatch, and saw the issue.
Thank you for the good example. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard EntertainmentCharacter / Items
Will heirlooms change primary stats similar to how gear in Draenor changes stats with the new system in 6.1
To add: it is something we’re keeping an eye on for the future as we see how players interact with the Heirloom system. (WarcraftDevs)
are Don Carlos's Famous Hat and the River Boat good candidates for the toy box?
Not at this time, but thank you for the suggestions. What other things would you like to see as toys? (WarcraftDevs)
- might've missed my last one - any chance of Illusion: Soulfrost and Illusion: Sunfire making it to the game ? Maybe in 6.1 ?
Not in 6.1. We’re excited by the potential of the Illusion system & always happy to hear which ones players might enjoy, though! (WarcraftDevs)
Reputation / Questing
Frostwolf Orcs and Council of Exarchs rep achievs are per-character, but show up on opposite faction, is this fixed in 6.1?
Not in 6.1, but we're aiming to have this fixed in 6.2. (WarcraftDevs)
World
Can you fix the female troll with a female orc voice in the dmf plz...She is the first troll juggler when you enter.
This is fixed in 6.1. (WarcraftDevs)
Garrisons
are the followers recruited via the Inn finite? eg will always picking Magic Debuff eventually exhaust that pool of followers?
Finite, but there are a whole lot of them. It would take you over a year of recruiting to get all of the Magic Debuff followers. (WarcraftDevs)
Why is my level 94 DK not getting Highmaul follower missions even though it has enough 645 ilevel followers?
Cache missions will join the rotation once you hit level 100. (WarcraftDevs)
Why cache missions but not all the other gear ones, though?
Cache missions are based upon your progress in the various raid instances. (WarcraftDevs)
Fan Art Update
The World of Warcraft Fan Art Section has been updated with two new pieces of fan artwork.