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
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  1. Tybudd33's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Torcida View Post
    Anyone else more concerned about how Jaina was acting? I wonder what is going on with her.


    This!!

    She seems like she is getting restless, I can see her overtaking the King soon
  1. Dalanos's Avatar
    Disappointed that Garrosh lives.
  1. Drin's Avatar
    I'm excited to see how they unfold Vol'jin and how Thrall will involve himself back in to the horde scene. Troll Master Race!
  1. Ellixen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Thetruth1400 View Post
    I guess the Alliance walking away is supposed to make the Alliance feel good. Talk about pathetic story telling on Blizzard's part.

    "Hey, you're completely beaten down, but we'll just leave because you helped fight against Garrosh."

    Give me a break. Blizzard officially spit in the face of half it's play base right there. Not only that, but they went with the most obvious choice for a replacement, thereby giving no one a decent story ending.
    I highly doubt Alliance players make up half of the playerbase but whatever...
  1. Synros's Avatar
    Come on Horde, get your shit together. We're supposed to be #1, how many wipes has this been!?!?
  1. Zokten's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ellixen View Post
    I highly doubt Alliance players make up half of the playerbase but whatever...
    This is level 90 btw

    52% on US
    52% on EU

    So you are right they make up more then half.
  1. TheShultz's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Itisamuh View Post
    Good grief, the most pathetic choice they could have made besides the goblin. Well, there goes my Horde pride. Might as well faction change.
    Would you rather have had the Blood Elf?
  1. Vordie's Avatar
    Alright, well this was disappointing to me.... That is ALL we saw of Jaina? After she tried to DESTROY THE WHOLE ORGRIMMAR, all she did was sit back and watch Varian congratulate the Horde for doing the thing they should have done, and give them another chance to strike first before retaliating and "ending them"... She was RIDICULOUSLY mad, she took the staff from Lei Shen to USE it against Garrosh, she did none of these things.

    This is all very... I don't know.. It feels out of place.
  1. WeaponXAnimosity's Avatar
    Blizzard prolly made the Alliance walk away from the beaten Horde to allow the Alliance to come back and beat the Horde again because of Sylvanas. With Garrosh done, I wouldn't doubt the Forsaken Queen with an army of Valk'yrs to be the next baddie.
  1. Ellixen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Zokten View Post
    This is level 90 btw

    52% on US
    52% on EU

    So you are right they make up more then half.
    I can make up numbers too, do you have a source?
  1. Delete Me's Avatar
    If I wasnt enjoying FF ARR so much, I would come back to wow and switch to Horde. I've always loved Vol'jin, this is awesome news.
  1. CaptainArlong's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Thetruth1400 View Post
    I guess the Alliance walking away is supposed to make the Alliance feel good. Talk about pathetic story telling on Blizzard's part.

    "Hey, you're completely beaten down, but we'll just leave because you helped fight against Garrosh."

    Give me a break. Blizzard officially spit in the face of half it's play base right there. Not only that, but they went with the most obvious choice for a replacement, thereby giving no one a decent story ending.
    Yeah!!! Blizzard, why don't you give Orgrimmar to the Alliance and have to re-do all the zones on Durotar just so the people who play Alliance like this guy can feel some kind of sense of pride?

    Really, give it a rest with your pride in whatever faction. It's a video game, and Blizzard won't make a TON of work just to make you feel like a the Alliance won a war.

    And Blizzard, you make character models look as good as Thrall/Varian/Vol'jin, I'll resubscribe.
  1. lokithor's Avatar
    Ehhh that was pretty lackluster, and quite frankly I thought Varian acted like a bitch.
  1. yuca247's Avatar
    Apophasis just downed Garrosh horde side and I must say I like the horde version better I kind of respect Vol'jin a little now.
  1. McFrotton's Avatar
    Next Alliance target is Sylvanas

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naidia View Post
    Woohoo, Cross Faction Raids next expansion.
    That would be awesome! I love playing horde but all my friend prefer puny alliance races...so we will be able to unite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luxeley View Post
    Got a real strong inclination someone from the alliance will do something to piss Vol'jin and the horde. It's just gotta be, why else would Vol'jin even think for a second about following Garrosh's path. Either someone almost completely forgotten from the Alliance's past will stir things up or Jaina herself. It's just gotta be, otherwise; they'll need to change the name to World of Peacecraft and that won't be any fun.
    Nah it wont be somethign really heavy couple of skirmishes here and there but both faction need to ally for the greater good of azeroth!
  1. Magemaer's Avatar
    Terribad lore
  1. Zokten's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ellixen View Post
    I can make up numbers too, do you have a source?
    Realm pop...
  1. Ellixen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Zokten View Post
    Realm pop...
    This is taken from Realm Pop

    Who - It's important to remember that we're simply counting the number of characters seen for each category. This does not mean the number of players, nor the number of actively played characters. We can't efficiently get activity data yet, so some characters may not have been played for a long time.

    Where - We use the Battle.net API to get character and guild information. Every visitor to this site fetches some data that we need and sends it to our servers. In compliance with Blizzard's Third-Party API Usage Policy, you can view the code that accesses the API by loading this JavaScript file and running it through a beautifier.

    Not everyone visits the site either.

    So you may be correct but it's more likely it's insufficient data.
  1. Ulgrim's Avatar
    I was happy about Vol'Jin and displeased with everything else. Leaving Garrosh alive was poor story telling, plain and simple. 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). If Thrall had been able to let the hammer drop then it would've been one of the best cinematic moments in WoW and reaffirmed that he can once again be a bad ass, and taken him down a road that could have taken some interesting turns. Don't even get me started on Varian suing for peace. Overall it was just one big letdown.
  1. Arbs's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ulgrim View Post
    I was happy about Vol'Jin and displeased with everything else. Leaving Garrosh alive was poor story telling, plain and simple. 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). If Thrall had been able to let the hammer drop then it would've been one of the best cinematic moments in WoW and reaffirmed that he can once again be a bad ass, and taken him down a road that could have taken some interesting turns. Don't even get me started on Varian suing for peace. Overall it was just one big letdown.
    Blame Varian for stopping him or he would of killed him.

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