Patch 4.2 Hotfixes - July 26

Update - Paragon released their video of the Ragnaros 25-Man Heroic World First Kill. But I'll probably embed it tomorrow because people never read those updates anyway.

Patch 4.2 Hotfixes - July 26
Blizzard posted the list of the hotfixes deployed yesterday, including the nerfs to Firelands raid bosses and a couple of classes changes.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
July 26

General
  • Characters should no longer receive errors or potential disconnects when using Levitate, Slow Fall, or the Parachute Cloak while falling.
  • All combat and vanity pets should now respawn normally after players use any flight path.

Classes
Mage (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Combustion should no longer ignore damage modifiers on a target. As an example, Smoldering Elemental packs in the Firelands should no longer take full damage from Impact’s spread of Combustion, despite these creatures having damage reduction modifiers.

Shaman (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Shamanism (Elemental passive) now causes Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells to gain an additional 32% benefit from the shaman’s spell power, up from 20%.

Warrior (Forums / Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
  • Deep Wounds should no longer ignore damage modifiers on a target. As an example, Smoldering Elementals in the Firelands should no longer take full damage from Deep Wounds, despite these creatures having damage reduction modifiers.

Dungeons & Raids
  • Players who die and release before a boss is killed should now receive Valor and Justice points. However, players that release at the moment the boss dies and are currently at the loading screen will become locked to the dungeon, but will not receive any currency for the kill. We’re working to address this in a future update.

Firelands
  • Alysrazor
    • Alysrazor cannot dodge or parry attacks from players.
    • Alysrazor’s melee evasion angle has been adjusted so that players have a larger area to use abilities which require that they be behind their target.
    • Blazing Talon Clawshapers will now properly aggro a new target when threat is dropped.
    • On Heroic difficulty, Brushfires will despawn once Firestorm is cast, and since the Initiates shield themselves during firestorm, none are cast again until it ends.
    • Molten Feather is removed once Alysrazor ignites at 50 energy, as opposed to when she burns out.
  • Baleroc
    • On 25-player Heroic difficulty, Torment now grants a stack of Vital Spark per 5 applications, up from 3. To compensate, Baleroc’s health has been reduced on 25-player Heroic difficulty.
  • Beth’tilac
    • Attacking the Fire Hawk flock along the way to Beth'tilac will not cause the Hell Hound pack to aggro as well.
  • Majordomo Fandral Staghelm
    • Fandral’s health has been reduced on 25-player Heroic difficulty.
    • Damage suffered from a shaman's Spirit Link totem will no longer break player Concentration.
    • Player pets should now benefit from their master's Concentration.
    • Fandral now gains energy when his Flame Scythe hits fewer than 7 targets. The amount gained increases as fewer targets are hit.

The Occulus
  • Wiping to Mage-Lord Urom in any phase of the encounter no longer causes players to be unable to use their Dragon Essences to mount drakes.

Items
  • The Moonwell Chalice is now on a shared cooldown with other on-use trinkets.
  • The Moonwell Phial is now on a shared cooldown with other on-use trinkets.

Professions
  • Crafted Bloodthirsty bind-on-equip relics and cloaks are no longer unique, allowing players to craft and hold more than one of the same item type in their inventories.

PvP
Battlegrounds
  • Eye of the Storm has been temporarily removed from the Rated Battlegrounds options.

Quests & Creatures
Eastern Plaguelands
  • Beezil Linkspanner's gossip option should now always be available if players have completed the quest Onward to Light's Hope Chapel, allowing players who have not already done so the ability to complete the achievement Full Caravan.

Hyjal Regrowth & Molten Front
  • Players should now be able to accept the quest Unlocking the Secrets Within from Rabine Saturna after turning in A Smoke-Stained Locket.
  • Players who are Hated or Hostile with the Steamwheedle Cartel faction can still turn in the quest Well Armed to Ricket.
  • The creature abilities Smoldering Roots and Blazing Stomp no longer affect pets (the unexpected launch of player pets no longer occurs).
This article was originally published in forum thread: Patch 4.2 Hotfixes - July 26 started by Boubouille View original post
Published on 2011-07-27 02:42 AM
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  1. Tarazai's Avatar
    Nice to see they still haven't addressed the whole " fire elemental derp imma stand here instead of fight " issue. Suppose one buff is better than none at all.
  1. Dragonwing's Avatar
    Did they really spell Oculus wrong
  1. Ap0calypse's Avatar
    No tab targeting fix still? Sick of attacking dead mobs...
  1. Rivin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ap0calypse View Post
    No tab targeting fix still? Sick of attacking dead mobs...
    As they said here, fixing that will require a patch.
  1. mmoc6af618f320's Avatar
    EotS is gone because it starts in the most retarded way and you are pmuch required to have ele sham or insta loss... Dunno how it will come back though. They might very well disallow thunderfucking people off at some areas or redesign the map so there is no place to fuck them off to when you are at certain areas (understand not everywhere).
  1. Salech's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by reve View Post
    EotS is gone because it starts in the most retarded way and you are pmuch required to have ele sham or insta loss... Dunno how it will come back though. They might very well disallow thunderfucking people off at some areas or redesign the map so there is no place to fuck them off to when you are at certain areas (understand not everywhere).
    Druids can not you off too you know, with Typhoon, and people that get knocked off, should just not stand there when a shaman/druid comes, i've avoided it so many times now, it's not hard.
  1. mmoc6af618f320's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by azzer24 View Post
    Druids can not you off too you know, with Typhoon, and people that get knocked off, should just not stand there when a shaman/druid comes, i've avoided it so many times now, it's not hard.
    You don't know what you are talking about, I hardly think you have ever been to RBG at some respectable level.

    I am not mentioning druids because their typhoon is weaker and that is somewhat easily avoidable. You don't avoid ele shaman's thunderfuck when done properly.

    Edit: also that "when a shaman comes" doesn't really apply. He is there exactly for that reason, it's you who has to come to him. More @ arenajunkies.com, I'm sure by afternoon we will have some discusion on the topic if it ain't there already even.
  1. mmocd3bdcd5cd3's Avatar
    EotS is most likely gone because of the knockbacks. Guess they're going to implement a similar system that of Vortex Pinnacle where you get "cycloned" back up.
  1. mmoc82b2d3ec30's Avatar
    Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
    Players who die and release before a boss is killed should now receive Valor and Justice points. However, players that release at the moment the boss dies and are currently at the loading screen will become locked to the dungeon, but will not receive any currency for the kill. We’re working to address this in a future update.
    Clearly aimed at the guy that released on Paragon's Rag HC kill
  1. Johnmatrix's Avatar
    You konw what's funny? Our guild has won 80% of our EOTS games without a single ele shaman or a balance druid. We only have priests with MC and a lock with succubus. It's most likely the stupid bug on mage tower.
  1. Gossipgirlxo's Avatar
    what a shame, no nerfs to feral druids.
  1. mmoc2e7b040398's Avatar
    Maybe you should just learn to deal with them instead of waiting for nerfs :P
  1. pixartist's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Balo View Post
    This buff is still not enough to get guilds to take a shamans serious in end game raiding content. They are still a dead weight. method probably carried there shaman to the kill.
    I don't know what kind of people you are raiding with, but I'm the one currently getting the legendary in my guild. And I'm an ELE Shaman. I'm getting it, because I'm a reliable and good player. We are clearing 6/7 10m in 2 hours (with group 2, group 1 is doing 10m HC).
  1. Ironclads's Avatar
    Appreciate the changes to Shaman, Blizzard.Let's see how it helps.
  1. Archimand's Avatar



    from the latest sim
  1. Woop Woop's Avatar
    you can hardly notice 12% more benefit from spellpower. it will be like 2% more dmg to those 3 spells, maybe.
  1. Antueater's Avatar
    Update - Paragon released their video of the Ragnaros 25-Man Heroic World First Kill. But I'll probably embed it tomorrow because people never read those updates anyway.
    Haha. No. Embed it. Thanks.
  1. Nekovivie's Avatar
    Update - Paragon released their video of the Ragnaros 25-Man Heroic World First Kill. But I'll probably embed it tomorrow because people never read those updates anyway.
    mfw its a good movie
  1. mmoc901e5959a9's Avatar
    I was like: Yeah Mage Change, YEAH COMBUSTION!!!!!!!....oh well fix provided for a specc which nobody uses right now and mechanic wise had no impact at all, I wonder who reports this kind of stuff maybe some bitch as warlock complaining that firemage DOES a crapload of damage at these trash packs or one leg of ryolit.
  1. Sodia's Avatar
    Ar they live on EU servers or only US ???someone chek this i still can see only 20% on shamanism
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