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
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  1. good diu bro's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by HaipaaKoneko View Post
    I can has Onebag back, please?
    OneBag3.toc
    Interface: 42000 -> Interface: 40200

    Onebag doesnt quite work with genie anyway, I see no reason to use it.
  1. Black Rider's Avatar
    Gief 4.3 PTR
  1. Nitrax's Avatar
    At least y-day after the patch the tab targeting was still broken. I stood before a 4 mob group and tried to target the furthest one, from a reasonable close range btw (we were in combat), and it just kept cycling between 3 of the mobs... drives me crazy.. missed an interrupt, ofc wasnt a problem but if it was a raid bossfight.. sigh.
  1. mmoc3eb006e951's Avatar
    Well lets see, so far my issues have been

    - Constant DC´s
    -10 min loading screens
    - FPS drop
    - BG´s not working

    Another pile of shit patch. What do they have, nutless monkeys doing their coding and deployment? Fucking pathetic.
  1. Vargur's Avatar
    Back in my days, I had to kill to get head. Why should these youngsters get it for free?
  1. matters's Avatar
    Did they nerf me? Did they nerf me?
  1. stablon's Avatar
    Did they stealth buff trash in FL? Unbound Pyrelord packs can't be kited anymore because they run much faster?
  1. Flaks's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Black Rider View Post
    Gief 4.3 PTR
    Gief it NAO! Before I decide to reactivate my account to do Firelands dailies!!11oneoneone
  1. Mordret's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by stablon View Post
    Did they stealth buff trash in FL? Unbound Pyrelord packs can't be kited anymore because they run much faster?
    Yes, stealth buff for fireland trash. End of solo farming.
  1. Nitrax's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bantokar View Post
    Well lets see, so far my issues have been

    - Constant DC´s
    -10 min loading screens
    - FPS drop
    - BG´s not working

    Another pile of shit patch. What do they have, nutless monkeys doing their coding and deployment? Fucking pathetic.
    I suspect your mods/cache/internet connection. In fact I have never had more than a handful of disconnects in my history of WOW (except after wotlk release there was some serious issues). I think most DC is because of bad ISPs or running on wireless. At least whenever we raid and someone says "i have some issues with the server d/c ing me" they are almost always running on Wifi laptop.
  1. Granyala's Avatar
    Haven't noticed anything for the tab target fix. Just got out of ZA run and it was still all crazy all over the place targeting.
    Great... so tab is still useless...
  1. mmocbfaacb1cad's Avatar
    Yey, no more DPSing a dead mob :P and can it be? did they really fix the DC issue?Ever since 4.0, if i changed area while wow was minimized(ex: SW > Darkshire FP)it ALWAYS resulted in a disconnect from the server.. oh /pray gotta test this.
  1. Medivh's Avatar
    GM work is the worst job. I never thought to this job. I am sure that GM job is really boring so i agree with Blizzard post about GM hiring.
  1. mmocba4f7a59a4's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Medivh View Post
    GM work is the worst job. I never thought to this job. I am sure that GM job is really boring so i agree with Blizzard post about GM hiring.
    yep being nice and polite to a bunch of kids all day is not a dreamjob
    I do think gms have some fun too,pretty sure they have a place to hangout where they do all kinds duels,summon raid bosses,morphs,building...
  1. Synrithh's Avatar
    Resolved an issue that was causing the client to crash under certain conditions when minimizing the game client. Still getting disconnect when I for example use hearthstone and tab out the game...
  1. huldu's Avatar
    The raid-browser is underused because it sucks. Maybe, just maybe it wouldn't be too bad if you were actually allowed to randomly group up with people from other servers like with the LFD. But for now it just blows because people don't bother using it. The tool needs a complete revamp. Just let people group up with the dungeons using a similar idea like with the LFD but with the raid-browser, give them some "extra" reward for willingly suffer through the extra pain received. It don't get more hardcore than that.
  1. lizon's Avatar
    The LFD tool and LFR tool need to be combined into the same tool. Simply give them different tabs. The reason the LFR tool is so underused is cause it's so inconvenient to get to. If it's only a single click away a lot more people will use it.
  1. rule2k4's Avatar
    Maybe no one stated it, but the Scorpion packs in Firelands got heavy speed increase, impossible for firemage to solo kite atm it seems.No clue if Death Knights still can thou.
  1. mmocafd8731a94'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.
    really spoils the game for me.. the guns too god dam loud and they said ages ago that they already had a patch for it it just needed to be added to the game and not hotfixed...
  1. Roscoe's Avatar
    Why does Blizzard continue to keep us in the dark about upcoming major patches?

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