* June 2011 Hotfixes * June 1, 2011

[Shadowwolf]

[blizzard]May 20-June 1

Classes

• Stationary ground effects should no longer move with the casting character if he or she moves (or is moved) from his or her current location.
• Warlocks
  
  
  • It is no longer possible under specific circumstances for players to keep the buff from the now-defunct Improved Demonic Tactics talent.
  • [item]Glyph of Imp[/item] should not be increasing the spell damage of all warlock pets by 20%.

Dungeons & Raids

• Blackwing Descent
  
  
  • Maloriak now prefers to cast Flash Freeze on caster targets more than 15 yards away. Tank-specialized characters are not targeted, but Flash Freeze can chain onto them. If all the characters in the raid stack up within 15 yards of the boss, they can be hit by Flash Freeze.
• Throne of the Tides
  
  
  • Unstable Corruptions now award much less experience when killed on normal difficulty.
• Zul'Gurub
  
  
  • Shadows of Hakkar can no longer be reflected or deflected.

Professions

• Archaeology
  
  
  • The Bountiful Bags guild perk should no longer sometimes incorrectly reward Archaeologists with multiple keystones from dig sites.
• Skinning
  
  
  • Players can no longer continue gaining Skinning skill points using low-level creatures below the intended skill threshold.

PvP

• Arenas
  
  
  • It should no longer be possible under specific conditions for the Matchmaking Value shown at the end of an Arena match to be incorrect.
• Battlegrounds
  
  
  • Several changes have been made to Battleground queuing to improve the flow for those who queue for random Battlegrounds versus those who queue for specific ones.
  • The ability for players to retain a second queue for a Battleground after they've already entered one has been removed. Previously, players were able to queue for two Battlegrounds, have one queue pop and retain their second queue while they decided if they wanted to join the one that was ready. This is no longer the case. When a Battleground queue pops players will automatically be removed from all other active queues. To queue for a different Battleground it will be necessary to finish the match and queue again. This solves a design issue in that the old system gave players an opening to abandon their teammates if things weren't going as well as they'd hoped; and it also solves some queue system inconsistencies that were being caused as a side effect of how the old system functioned.

Races

• The goblin racial Best Deals Anywhere should now only be applying to vendors with associated reputations. It no longer incorrectly applies to vendors with no attached reputations, nor does it apply to flight path costs. (Note: the displayed costs for flight paths require a client-side patch to update and are not currently reflecting this racial change). In addition, it is no longer possible for goblin characters exalted with their guild to receive an extra discount on top of the exalted faction discount from guild vendors.

Quests & Creatures

• Gilneas
  
  
  • Genn Greymane should now always correctly enter The Battle for Gilneas City, ensuring the event won't sometimes stall during the final phase.

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[Gutboy]

[blizzard]May 20-June 1

Professions

• Archaeology
  
  
  • The Bountiful Bags guild perk should no longer sometimes incorrectly reward Archaeologists with multiple keystones from dig sites.

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"Incorrectly"? Now they tell us. I could never have gotten 600 troll solves without that feature.

GB, who is not bitter at all

[Shadowwolf]

[blizzard]June 28

Dungeons & Raids

• Blackwing Descent
  
  
  • Atramedes's Sonar Pulses are properly moving toward raid members when spawned underneath him.
• Firelands
  
  
  • Fiery Blood from Fire Scorpions now only affects other Fire Scorpions and Giant Fire Scorpions.
  • Fire Turtles should no longer keep players in combat after their pack is killed.

Items

• Alliance and Horde Guild Battle Standards cannot be used inside the Firelands raid.
• Both Faldren Tillsdale and Jamus'Vaz (Valor Point vendors) now display items grouped together in the following manner: rings, necks, bracers, relics, ranged weapons, thrown weapons, then tier sets.
• The [item]59633[/item] is no longer infinitely applying to characters.

Quests & Creatures

• Elemental Bonds Quest Chain
  
  
  • Aggra's bubble is now significantly larger and has a sparkle effect, making it easier for players to locate her when on the quest Elemental Bonds: Desire.
  • Players should be able to see Therazane and turn in the quest Into Constant Earth while at any stage of Deepholm progression without issue.

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[Shadowwolf]

[blizzard]June 29
Classes

Druid

• Feral druids can now use Skull Bash in the Firelands raid. It only seems fair.

Dungeons & Raids

• Baradin Hold
  
  
  • Eye of Occu'thar damage and health is now properly scaled for 10- and 25-player versions of the dungeon.
• Blackwing Lair
  
  
  • All Brood Affliction debuffs applied by Chromaggus are now removed after zoning out of Blackwing Lair.
• Firelands
  
  
  • The stationary Hell Hound pack at the front of the dungeon should no longer cause players to become stuck in combat.
  • There are now fewer Hell Hounds before Beth'tilac, making the engagement a little less... hellish.
  • Beth'tilac and her offspring now have increased health and damage on Heroic difficulty.
  • Rageface's Face Rage is now slightly less rageful, as the increase of the rate of damage per tick has been reduced.
  • Creatures linked to Shannox will now respawn every 4 hours until he is killed, up from 2 hours.
• Zul'Gurub
  
  
  • High Priest Venoxis and Zanzil have had the damage of many of their spells and abilities reduced.

Items

• [item]Cauldron of Battle[/item] and [item]Big Cauldron of Battle[/item] no longer lose flask charges from repeated clicks when players already have one in their inventory.
• [item]71141[/item]s dropped in the Firelands raid now bind when picked up. Master Looters are only able to give Eternal Embers to players who are on the quest All-Seeing Eye.
• Paladin tier 12 2-piece set bonus: It should no longer be possible to get a double proc of Flames of the Faithful.
• Many item procs were not being triggered properly by melee auto attacks after a hotfix made yesterday. This has been corrected.
• Holiday Rewards
  
  
  • [item]54536[/item], [item]54535[/item], [item]54537[/item], and [item]54516[/item] will no longer remain in character inventory once the associated holiday is over. Players must loot the items from these caches before the corresponding holiday ends. More information can be found here.

PvP

• The Ring of Valor
  
  
  • There is no longer a 6-second delay on the rising of the pillars after the match has begun.

Quests & Creatures

• It is no longer possible to complete some daily quests more than once a day by turning them in during a small window before the standard reset time.

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