Patch 5.4.2 Hotfixes for January 21st, Iron Skyreaver On Sale at Battle.Net

Posted 2014/01/21 at 8:16 PM by perculia

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Rygarius

January 21 Classes

Resolved an issue for the following abilities that resulted in damage being calculated incorrectly when used against targets with a greater than 75% reduction to damage from armor.

(All tanking specializations)
Beast Cleave (Hunter - Beast Mastery)
Storm, Earth, and Fire (Monk - Windwalker)
Blade Flurry (Rogue - Combat)
(Warrior - Arms)
Warrior Tier-16 2 piece set bonus

Druid

Talents

Soul of the Forest (Restoration) should no longer incorrectly grant a haste effect from failed attempts to cast Swiftmend on targets that are under a Cenarion Ward's healing effect.

Quests

The Trident of Naz'jan: Resolved an issue that caused Ragnar Drakkarlund to not respawn correctly in certain situations.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Siege of Orgrimmar

For an in-depth explanation of recent changes please see the forum thread from Watcher, Lead Encounter Designer titled: Upcoming Siege of Orgrimmar Changes.
Galakras

Reduced health on various ranking officials (High Enforcer Thranok and Korgra the Snake) and foot soldiers (Dragonmaw Bonecrusher, Dragonmaw Flagbearer, and Dragonmaw Tidal Shaman) by about 15% on Flexible and 10-player Normal difficulties.

Thok the Bloodthirsty

Thok the Bloodthirsty's Deafening Screech now deals 10% less damage on Flexible, 10-player Normal, and 10-player Heroic difficulties.
Thok the Bloodthirsty's Shock Blast now deals 10% less damage on Flexible, 10-player Normal, and 10-player Heroic difficulties.

Siegecrafter Blackfuse

Automated Shredders' health has been reduced by 10%, and its Overload ability now deals 10% less damage on Heroic difficulty.
Crawler Mines now have 20% less health on 10-player Heroic difficulty.
Dissassembled Crawler Mines, Deactivated Electromagnets, Deactivated Laser Turrets, and Deactivated Missle Turrets now have 20% less health on Heroic difficulty.
Electromagnet's Magnetic Crush ability now deals 15% less damage on Heroic difficulty.
Laser Turret's Superheated damage-over-time effect now deals 25% less damage on Heroic difficulty.

Paragons of the Klaxxi

Hisek the Swarmkeeper's Multi-Shot ability now deals 20% less damage on Heroic difficulty.
Iyyokuk the Lucid's Insane Calculation: Fiery Edge now deals roughly 10% less damage on Heroic difficulty.

Comment by s4mouraiFor The Nerf!Comment by RankkorNice =)Comment by palamanianIron Skyreaver So tempting!

Bring on the nerfs!Comment by 900262dayum! that blackfuse nerf goes way beyond "balancing" in my opinionComment by InterestHm. Those Galakras nerfs...;PComment by vsxc100If matters continue to go that course than by the end of the expansion everyone will be able to solo SoO...Comment by Reebsdayum! that blackfuse nerf goes way beyond "balancing" in my opinionIf matters continue to go that course than by the end of the expansion everyone will be able to solo SoO...Comment by Problimaticdayum! that blackfuse nerf goes way beyond "balancing" in my opinionComment by sasquatch1955Dang, got all excited about the Iron Skyreaver being on sale, when actually the headline should have read "for sale". Oh well, maybe another time.Comment by GustoGA"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." Og Mandin

With the invent of "Determination" in LFR I'd rather see some use of this mechanic in regular and Heroics than nerfs.

Example: starting 1/21, there is a Maximum 5% determination buff on all fights (x5 multiplier). So we can do fights as designed/intended, if we win great if not we get a 1% buff that can grow to 5%. Then at a later date you can up it to 10% with 2% increments.

It gives groups the chance to see/win a fights unnerfed as intended (optional guy to turn it off too like LK). Yes there are some road block bosses, let our determination get us through them but give us a chance to see how we fair (unnerfed/aided) on later bosses.

Personally I know my group will not get some bosses without "aids" (regular let alone heroic). However it would be nice in March/April to get a 1 shot kill and reminisce how we couldn't get him without wipes & determination.