Update - Added today's few blue posts. Sadly, nothing really new/exciting and no news of Patch 4.3 yet.
Update - Added Patch 4.2.0A Official Notes

Patch 4.2.0a deployed on live realms
Patch 4.2.0a has been deployed on live realms and your game build should now be 14480. We're not really sure what bugs are fixed with this patch, hopefully we'll get official notes at some point.


Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Bug Fixes
  • Using an instant cast spell right after a target dies should no longer re-target the dead target’s body.
  • Using an ability immediately after switching targets should no longer affect the previous target.
  • Resolved a movement error when jumping onto an object while experiencing a low frame rate.
  • Mac: Fixed a bug preventing shift and mouse wheel commands from registering properly.
  • Resolved issues that were causing client crashes near Beth’tilac in the Firelands.
  • Disconnecting while riding as a passenger in a vehicle should no longer cause an error upon subsequent login.
  • Entering a password with Japanese Hiragana selected as the keyboard type should no longer cause a crash.
  • Resolved an issue that was causing the client to crash under certain conditions when minimizing the game client.

Items
  • The tooltip color for heirloom items has been returned to gold.

Quests
  • A move enforcement issue has been resolved that was affecting the death knight starting area quest Death Comes From on High.
  • Tarecgosa's platform during the cutscene from Alignment (Elemental Bonds legendary quest) should now be visible before she lands on it.

Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Tier 11 Shoulders and Head for Justice Points
As of this moment, there aren't any plans to make those items available for Justice Points.

That doesn't necessarily mean that those items are still out of reach, though. We re-tuned the tier 11 raid instances in the hopes that players who haven't seen that content might be willing to give them a shot. If you don't have a group of friends or guild mates that are interested in trying out those raids, the Raid Browser is an under-used tool that can be convenient for getting a raid group started, or for filling the gaps in your raid composition.

(For those who are unaware, the Raid Browser is available as a menu button at the bottom of your interface titled 'Raid') (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Why does Blizzcon exist? Can't Blizzard just attend E3?
E3 is an expo primarily geared toward employees and press in the gaming industry. BlizzCon is a convention we host ourselves for our Blizzard gaming communities. In order to make sure it's packed full of cool stuff, we need to make sure it roughly pays for itself.

The size, scope, and purpose of BlizzCon is so different from E3 that there's no meaningful way to compare the two. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Hiring Game Masters
Hiring Game Masters is a lengthy and expensive process, and one that we are constantly going through. Speaking as a former Game Master myself, it's not an easy job. There's a lot of demands that need to be made, both from the employer and the players that you interact with. Much training is required, and even then, some tasks are limited to more experienced Game Masters.

This is a topic that comes up frequently, and it seems to stem from the general lack of knowledge about how we do the things that we do in Customer Support. Some of that will have to remain a well-protected secret - we provide the best customer support that we can, and we feel that's something extremely valuable that no other company offers at the same level. We know it's important to you guys, and we agree.

However, we're also working on ways to bring to light our policies, procedures, and our day to day lives here so that our players can better understand what's necessary to get these difficult tasks done in the best and most efficient way possible. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
This article was originally published in forum thread: Patch 4.2.0a deployed on live realms started by Boubouille View original post
Comments 131 Comments
  1. mmoc0acb657688's Avatar
    Why am I seing eternel ambers as blue and the hyjal 2H blade with a speed of 3.8..?
  1. stinkypinky's Avatar
    Entering a password with Japanese Hiragana selected as the keyboard type should no longer cause a crash. Thank you
  1. mmocb2358cdeee's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Mow View Post
    Why am I seing eternel ambers as blue and the hyjal 2H blade with a speed of 3.8..?
    Maybe because you didn't clear your cache recently?
  1. mmoc4a1134da9a's Avatar
    The tooltip color for heirloom items has been returned to goldFinally ffs now my heirloom dont look like statless trashgear.
  1. Resentful's Avatar
    Oh thank god for the heirloom thing

    They haven't fixed unheeding warning yet actually

    WIN
  1. Azaile-'s Avatar
    • Resolved an issue that was causing the client to crash under certain conditions when minimizing the game client.
    About damn time... this has been affecting me since the start of wrath.
  1. Scream And Fly's Avatar
    Still didn't fix the Lavabolt Crossbow like they said they would. Oh well.
  1. Bluespirit's Avatar
    Worst patch ever, didn't fix anything.
  1. Eubanks's Avatar
    Fixed the problem I was having where I couldn't load WoW from the launcher. Had to open it from the WoW folder since 4.2, so that's something at least.
  1. Venteus's Avatar
    I am disappoint
  1. mmoc0acb657688's Avatar
    How do you clear your cache?
  1. mmoc9b6e6339ec's Avatar
    @Mow: by deleting the folders \Cache amd \Data\Cache

    Great Click to Move + Interaction is still broken so a complete useless fail patch! way to go activision...
  1. Studioburst's Avatar
    yay for gold 'looms again
  1. Miseration's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dannz View Post
    it's been 3.5 speed for me for ~2 weeks... go delete you cache folder, that tooltip was fixed ages ago
    Yea 3.5 for me too.

    ---------- Post added 2011-08-08 at 07:01 PM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by pwnjitsu View Post
    • Resolved an issue that was causing the client to crash under certain conditions when minimizing the game client.
    About damn time... this has been affecting me since the start of wrath.
    In a load screen while tabbed out still DC's me. What was fixed about this?
  1. Bluespirit's Avatar
    Why don't blizzard force a cache reset?
  1. Expectations's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bluespirit View Post
    Worst patch ever, didn't fix anything.
    I couldn't facepalm this any harder...
  1. Agilent's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Scream And Fly View Post
    Still didn't fix the Lavabolt Crossbow like they said they would. Oh well.

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  1. gamstn's Avatar
    Apparently they managed to scew it up again. Can't login..
  1. HaipaaKoneko's Avatar
    I can has Onebag back, please?
  1. Jasper Kazai's Avatar
    Aw, I liked heirlooms being white... I don't know why, I just preferred it. I guess because I don't like heirlooms, but they're practically a necessary evil.

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