Latest Cataclysm Hotfixes (Feb 18)

Posted 2011/02/18 at 11:10 PM by Miyari

Previously proposed Dungeon Finder changes have been implemented. Some changes may yet require a realm restart.

(Hunter) Aimed Shot damage has been decreased to approximately 160% weapon damage (at level 80+), down from 200%.

(Priest) Body and Soul no longer reduces the mana cost of Power Word: Shield (the hotfix made on February 16 to provide this additional benefit has been reverted).

(Warrior) (Arms passive) now gives 20% bonus damage with two-handed weapons, up from 10%.

HotfixesBattlegrounds

Demolishers were respawning too quickly in Strand of the Ancients. They are now on a 20-second spawn timer.

ClassesDeath Knight

Death Knight Ghouls under the effects of Dark Transformation can no longer cast Gnaw while it's on cooldown.

Hunter

Aimed Shot damage has been decreased to approximately 160% weapon damage (at level 80+), down from 200%.

now provides around an additional 2000 attack power at level 85.

Paladin

Light of Dawn no longer heals targets outside the paladin's party or raid. It correctly heals up to 5 targets in the paladin's raid.

Priest

Body and Soul no longer reduces the mana cost of Power Word: Shield (the hotfix made on February 16 to provide this additional benefit has been reverted).

now returns 2/5/7% of maximum mana when Power Word: Shield is consumed, up from 2/4/6%.

Warlock

Instant-cast Shadowbolts from Agony (both the talent and Glyph of Corruption versions) should no longer consume charges of if both procs are available. Shadow Trance will always take priority and be consumed first when Backdraft is active. Subsequent Shadowbolts will consume Backdraft stacks.

Warrior

(Arms passive) now gives 20% bonus damage with two-handed weapons, up from 10%.

Dungeon Finder

If a party member remains outside of a dungeon for more than 3 minutes, they become eligible for removal, regardless of other Vote Kick restrictions.

When players queue as a group with a tank or a healer, and the tank or healer drops group (or is kicked) within the first 5 minutes, all of the other players who queued with them are removed from the group as well.

If there is a group of 3 or more friends and someone in that group initiates a Vote Kick of a random party member, it now requires 4 votes to kick the player, instead of the standard 3 votes.

The penalty for using the Vote Kick feature too often is not issued to a player who kicks someone with whom they queued for a dungeon (i.e. the party member being selected for removal is not a player randomly selected via the Dungeon Finder).

The penalty for using the Vote Kick feature too often will be issued much more quickly to players who join as a party of 4 and kick the randomly selected 5th player.

The penalty for using the Vote Kick feature too often will now not allow the player to initiate a Vote Kick for 2 hours, up from 45 minutes.

These changes will require realm restarts to take effect. More information can be found here.

Dungeons & Raids

When switching a normal raid dungeon over to Heroic difficulty, players were instantly becoming saved without warning. There is now a warning dialog box which will appear before the difficulty is changed.

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Comment by Interest(Warrior) Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (Arms passive) now gives 20% bonus damage with two-handed weapons, up from 10%.Comment by Hyperspacerebel(Warrior) Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (Arms passive) now gives 20% bonus damage with two-handed weapons, up from 10%.Comment by Interestread the post on Blizzard forums 45 minutes ago.

They really cannot get anything right this expansion. Hotfix every day or two days. Too funny.Comment by bmtphoenixread the post on Blizzard forums 45 minutes ago.

They really cannot get anything right this expansion. Hotfix every day or two days. Too funny.Comment by Litehawkyep just nerf marksman now that survival is broken
thx blizz!Comment by Interestread the post on Blizzard forums 45 minutes ago.

They really cannot get anything right this expansion. Hotfix every day or two days. Too funny.Comment by 487640As far as the Aspect of the Hawk goes for the hunters, I see no difference when mousing over the aspect. It still says "increasing ranged attack power by 829.Comment by Porcellread the post on Blizzard forums 45 minutes ago.

They really cannot get anything right this expansion. Hotfix every day or two days. Too funny.Comment by JRKnightzand the hunter hate continuesComment by InterestAs far as the Aspect of the Hawk goes for the hunters, I see no difference when mousing over the aspect. It still says "increasing ranged attack power by 829.and the hunter hate continuesComment by SamfisherNot just the tooltip. AotH is one of the hotfixes that require a realm restart, Aimed Shot one too.Comment by Porcelland the hunter hate continuesComment by 263126This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by 780989Yes it is a nerf considering hunters rarely get the luxery of standing and shooting... considering the uptime of cobra to allow us to dps while being chased round (ie pvp) or avoiding aoe (pve) the aoth buff barely registers on the radar. Also did they break master marksman? just done 7 arenas without a single stack let alone enough for a free aimedComment by JazeeraGreat work on the shield - it wasn't too good to start with and has been nerfed, minibuffed and nerfed back again.
I didn't see many holy priests that were fond of the shield in the first place. I wonder if it is different for discipline priests.

I'd bet, they didn't even notice what they nerfed or buffed with that change ;)Comment by pewpewxand the hunter hate continuesComment by CarukiaAs far as the Aspect of the Hawk goes for the hunters, I see no difference when mousing over the aspect. It still says "increasing ranged attack power by 829.Comment by RaevynDarkeI prefer them actually balancing things out and making sense instead of constant knee-jerk reactions. This is getting stupid.Comment by 605284Still waiting on blizz to think of a way to stop people from queuing as a tank or healer only to kick the extra dps for a faster queue time,still a nice improvement for DFComment by 42661read the post on Blizzard forums 45 minutes ago.

They really cannot get anything right this expansion. Hotfix every day or two days. Too funny.iterative development

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