Hotfixes (July 1st) and Wowhead Contest Winners

Posted 2011/07/01 at 6:48 PM by Ashelia

Blizzard officially responds in their own way to STARS by changing it so heroic difficulty isn't enabled until next week, regardless of if you killed Ragnaros or not.

Firelands trash farming got hit with the nerfbat; epics won't be dropping half as much.

More Firelands trash fixes were put up, in particular the HP values and damage they do are now better suited for the difficulty. In other words, 25-man trash mobs now have increased values befitting a raid of 25 players.

There was a particularly random bug where you would randomly take fall damage and die while walking in areas--Blizzard assures us that's now fixed.

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July 1: Hotfixes

July 1

General

Characters should no longer randomly suffer falling damage.

Classes

Pets should no longer be attacking new targets at random while a player is under the effects of any crowd control.

Druid

It is no longer possible to cancel by right-clicking the buff, or canceling it via a macro.
is no longer hitting targets that are within 40 yards if they are not in combat with the druid or his/her party/raid members. It is targeting all hostile characters in combat with the druid’s party/raid members, is not hitting Stealth characters, is not breaking crowd control effects, and is not targeting nearby critters.

Hunter

All of the Hunter-centric rare spawns in Mount Hyjal and Molten Front are now immune to both Distracting Shot and .

Priest

The from will now correctly activate .
The heal-over-time effect from the now will correctly apply to targets that are within 30 yards of the target of Prayer of Healing, but over 40 yards away from the priest.
Channeled spells are no longer being interrupted if cast immediately after Shadowfiend.

Rogue

Sap is no longer placing the rogue in combat when he/she is visible and the target is sapped.

Warlock

Warlocks will no longer fall through pillars in The Ring of Valor if the pillar is moving when the player uses Demonic Circle: Teleport.

Dungeons & Raids

Dungeon Finder

It is no longer possible for two separate guild groups with less than five players each to be matched with any other groups or players in the queue from the same guild.

Firelands

Firelands Heroic difficulty has been turned off in all regions until the following week's realm maintenance.
Alysrazor

Blazing Talon Clawshapers and Blazing Talon Initiates cannot be interacted with any longer prior to them shifting to human form.
The Molten Feather power bar is now reappearing when appropriate.

Baleroc

Baleroc's gate will now properly unlock itself again after a wipe, even if Shannox is still alive.

Beth'tilac

Beth'tilac's trash will no longer respawn after she has been killed.
Cinderweb Drones will now add threat to players on the bottom floor (below the web) and not give any threat to players above the web.
The Widow's Kiss will now ignore immunities, including Divine Shield and Anti-Magic Shell.

Lord Rhyolith

Rhyolith is now slightly easier to turn in 10-player mode.

Creatures

Cinderweb Spiderlings no longer drop any loot and their health is restored to full after players exit combat.
The Flame Archon range of Fiery Torment has dramatically increased.
Flamewaker Subjugator, Flamewaker Animator, and Unstable Magma health has been reduced. Flamewaker Subjugator damage has been increased for 25-player raids.
The damage-over-time effect from the Hell Hound ability Rend Flesh now stacks up to 5 times, down from 10.
Molten Flamefathers had too much health in 10-player mode, and too little health in 25-player mode. This has been corrected.
Molten Surger damage dealt by Surge has been reduced.
Unbound Blazing Elementals now have a greatly reduced chance to drop epic items and crafting recipes. They also drop less gold.
Unbound Pyrelords can properly target banished/cycloned Smoldering Elementals with Ignite Elemental. In addition, Ignite Elemental cannot be interrupted.
Unbound Pyrelord health has increased, while Unbound Smoldering Elemental health has decreased.
Neither the Sulfuron Span nor Shatterstone volcano are able to be affected by the siege damage done by a Saronite Bomb.
The rate at which crafting recipes drop has been greatly reduced.

Zul'Drak

Players are again successfully able to complete the quest Betrayal.

Items

The Heroic and normal versions of the crossbows Arbalest of Erupting Fury (Heroic: Arbalest of Erupting Fury) and Lava Bolt Crossbow (Heroic: Lava Bolt Crossbow) no longer have identical stats.

Comment by MondayHeroic mode turned off. Cue epic QQ.

E: Wait, I don't see the contest winners...Comment by 238601We're also going to announce the Wowhead contest winners in a couple of minutes, we just have to pick up our random number generator and see who won.Comment by AsheliaHeroic mode turned off. Cue epic QQ.

E: Wait, I don't see the contest winners...Comment by 131628This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by lrgshadowwhat is this "STARS"?Comment by MondayHeroic mode turned off. Cue epic QQ.

E: Wait, I don't see the contest winners...Comment by 238601what is this "STARS"?Comment by 850161well that's good
now here's to hoping they fix the levitate bug for priests :>Comment by AlkonyThe rate at which crafting recipes drop has been greatly reduced.Comment by LolusGlad Blizzard put an end to gold farmers in Firelands, they were really mad in my server this afternoon lolComment by 278980This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by Andreas012Two hours, still no winners?Comment by ZerocipherI win!Comment by AsheliaI have to make a table which takes a while (or have Argent/Neutro whip one up), but the winners are:

July 1st, 2011 Grand Prize Sweetscot
July 1st, 2011 First Prize Sikefoo
July 1st, 2011 First Prize Woodchuck
July 1st, 2011 First Prize Timanous
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Jedimaster7705
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Beccamamma
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Jsstockphoto
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Blazefury2
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize FlesHboX
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Evynth
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Lyriel28
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Littlebear42
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize Herenvardo
July 1st, 2011 Second Prize MeyricksComment by ziddy1232Congratulations to the winners!

Also, shame they fixed it. Dying to random fall damage was so much fun.([/sarcasm)Comment by Seppukuok I understand the drop nerfs and the HC lockdown
but well other nerfs/boosts shouldn't been made effective the first week, little bit a slap in the face of people who were actually doing this and making an effort for it

anyway good additions will see next kills for next week to go smoothly proberlyComment by PsychospyDont see my name in the winners list...must be some sort of misprint or typo...

Grats to the winners.Comment by LenienceGratz to the winners.Comment by HaxzorYay, someone who actually contributes won the grand prizeComment by InterestGratz to the winners!

Also:
All of the Hunter-centric rare spawns in Mount Hyjal and Molten Front are now immune to both Distracting Shot and Taunt.