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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for November 4th
Classes
Monk
Windwalker
Touch of Karma
should no longer incorrectly count drops in health caused by
or
Spirit Link Totem
as damage.
Talents
Dampen Harm
should no longer incorrectly activate from having their health reduced through
or
Spirit Link Totem
.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Note: All the adjustments below affecting Raid Finder difficulty will require a realm restart to take effect!
Galakras
Master Cannoneer Dagryn
,
High Enforcer Thranok
, and
Lieutenant Krugruk
now have less health and deals less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Dragonmaw Flameslinger
's
Flame Arrows
now deals less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Dragonmaw Tidal Shaman
's
Chain Heal
now heals for 5% of health (down from 10%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
Iron Juggernaut
Iron Juggernaut
now has less health and deals less damage
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 29th
Classes
Druid
Class Armor
Resolved an issue where casting
while
Nature's Swiftness
is active did not consume the Restoration Tier-16 4-piece bonus.
Monk
General
Blackout Kick
's damage-over-time component for the Windwalker specialization should no longer be incorrectly affected by Resilience a second time.
Expel Harm
's damage should now properly benefit from PvP Power and interact correctly with Resilience.
Mistweaver
The glyphed version of
should no longer incorrectly cost slightly less mana than the unglyphed version.
Windwalker
Touch of Karma
should now correctly redirect the same amount of damage that the
Monk
receives in PvP. Previously, the ability was incorrectly being modified by both the target and
Monk
's own Resilience.
Quests
[l
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 23rd
Rygarius
Death Knight
General
Reduced Death Strike's healing by 50% for Blood Death Knights in Arenas.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Garrosh Hellscream
Kor'kron Reaper
s now deal less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Minion of Y'Shaarj
's
Empowering Corruption
now heals for 15% of health (down from 30%) and increases damage dealt by 20% (down from 50%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
Harbinger of Y'Shaarj
's
Y'Shaarj Touched
now heals for 2% of health per second (down from 5%) and increases damage dealt by 20% (down from 50%) on Raid Finder difficulty.
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 22nd
New Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted tonight! Garrosh got some LFR nerfs and you need less guild members in Flex Mode to be considered a guild group now. The mage set bonus
Item - Mage T15 4P Bonus
also got a big nerf for
and now increases effects by 5%, down from 20%.
If you're interested in checking out the latest LFR wing open today, take a look at our
LFR Downfall Guide
. We've also got a
BlizzCon In A Box
giveaway going on which contains Virtual Ticket passes and some exclusive BlizzCon Store merchandise!
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: October 21
Druid
Talents
The Dream of Cenarius effect is now removed when the
Druid
switches talents.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
The number of
Look Within
orbs spawned by
Norushen
in Flexible difficulty will now round up instead of down, so that the ratio of orbs to players is never worse than on Normal difficulty.
Galakras
The portal leading back to the Vault of Y'Shaarj can no longer be used while in combat.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Arenas
The Crowd Chose You has been removed and replaced with a debuff called
Dampening
.
For Arena matches that last more than 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive
Dampening
.
Dampening
is a stacking debuff applied to all players in
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: October 16th
Classes
Mage
Class Armor
Resolved an issue that could cause the Tier-16 2-piece set bonus
Frozen Thoughts
to be consumed without effect.
Priest
Holy
Mastery: Echo of Light
's healing has been increased by 4%.
Warlock
Talents
Archimonde's Darkness' effect should now be correctly removed when the
Warlock
switches talents or glyphs.
Quests
Timeless Treasures
: Weekly treasure chests on the
Timeless Isle
can now grant credit towards completing this quest.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Galakras
Reduced the health of ranking officials and foot soldiers in Phase 1 of the encounter on 10-player Normal difficulty.
Kor'kron Dark Shaman
Ashen Wall
,
Toxic Storm
,
Toxic Mist
,
Foul Stream
, and
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News Roundup: Patch 5.4 Hotfixes, BlizzCon Merchandise on Sale 10/11
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted last night, as well as a change to the arena tiebreaker spell
The Crowd Chose You!!!
. It will be replaced with
Dampening
where if a match should last for 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive a stacking debuff that reduces healing done by 1% every 10 seconds.
Yesterday's hotfixes had a few raid tweaks, as well as fixes for outdoor bosses. The Ordon Sanctuary gate will no longer close when
Ordos
is in combat, which is great for players farming Shaohao reputation who got locked out when running back from the graveyard. The number of wolves that can be summoned by
Moonfang
's
Call the Pack
ability now has a limit as well.
The BlizzCon online sale also starts tomorrow for attendees and Virtual Ticket holders at
October 11 at 10 a.m. PT
. We won't know what the store items are until tomorrow, but so far the teaser image looks great!
Click the cut to read more about recent hotfixes and the virtual sale!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 7th and PvP Discussion
In addition to
launching Hearthhead yesterday
, there were hotfixes and tweaks as usual. Vanity collectors will be happy to know that
Moonfang
should now always drop something when defeated. There were also some PvP topics addressed by Lore, such as the controversial
The Crowd Chose You!!!
buff and RBG rating loopholes.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes and PvP discussion!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 3rd
More Patch 5.4 hotfixes went live tonight.
Heroic raiders will be pleased to know
Garrosh Hellscream
on 25-player difficulty will now drop 2
Kor'kron Juggernaut
instead of one. Several other
Siege of Orgrimmar
bosses got changes as well.
PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.
Players can now win the Celestial Tournament and complete
The Celestial Tournament
while in a raid group.
Weekly treasure chests on
Timeless Isle
(the chests needed for
Where There's Pirates, There's Booty
and
Extreme Treasure Hunter
) no longer have bugs that sometimes make them non-interactable.
Click the cut for the full hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for October 2nd
We've had a break from Patch 5.4 hotfixes for a few days, so today there's a ton! Don't forget, we also got a pretty huge
Hearthstone closed beta note
update today as well.
Many
Timeless Isle
vanity items that were BoP yet tradeable to players in on rare spawn kills are no longer tradeable. This includes the coveted
Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent
and useful
Burden of Eternity
.
A new round of class changes went out, including nerfs to Brewmasters who now deal 5.6% less damage with all attacks (-15% in total) and a 15% nerf to
Agony
.
General Nazgrim
got a lot of tweaks on Raid Finder difficulty to be a bit easier.
No more mood lighting in your instance:
Rain Stone
,
Blizzard Stone
,
Ashen Stone
, and
Sunset Stone
are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.
Click the cut for the latest hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 24th
Another round of Patch 5.4 hotfixes were posted tonight--not as massive as
yesterday's hotfixes
covering tons of class and Norushen changes, but still important. Some Grievous Conquest vendors have been removed for fixes, and there are additional
Siege of Orgrimmar
boss tweaks tonight.
Click the cut for the full hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes: September 23rd
Tonight's Patch 5.4 hotfixes cover major class tuning changes, and a few item changes. The
Evil Eye of Galakras
was only reducing the cooldown on 5 abilities for Warriors, and now affects
Heroic Leap
as well, and the
Unerring Vision of Lei Shen
now has a 40% reduced chance to activate its effect for Warlocks.
Some ability changes include a 20% damage increase to
Rip
, a change to
where the heal-over-time effect is increased by 50% when used on the Paladin (down from 100%), and a 15% damage reduction to
Shadow Word: Pain
.
Hotfixes to
Heroic Norushen
were also added an hour after the initial hotfixes went up.
Click the cut to read the complete hotfixes.
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News Roundup and Talk Azeroth Episode 14: Eternal Agony
Olivia dives right in to the World First race from her secret lair in the USA, wondering why the bosses are dropping like flies this time around and putting her pet theories out there for your examination. Next up, she's been besieged with emails about the Censer of Eternal Agony which is purchased from the Timeless Isle, and used either to mercilessly gank people like the black-hearted snakes you are, or for some fun world PvP, depending on your perspective. She hits up some viewer questions, if you want to send yours in email her on olivia@zam.com, and gets back to enjoying her holiday!
Click the cut for details on an upcoming Heroic Norushen hotfix and some recent Patch 5.4 changes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 19th: Proving Grounds and Droplet of Y'shaarj
Time for another round of 5.4 hotfixes! Some good news and bad news:
The
Droplet of Y'Shaarj
no longer drops in LFR--you'll need to do Flex, Normal, or Heroic for it. LFR raiders can still get the adorable
Gooey Sha-ling
. If you really want the pet, remember that you can use your bonus roll from
Warforged Seal
to get the pet.
Another big fix is that the NPC party members in the Proving Grounds Healing challenge are a bit better at swapping targets, moving out of the fire, and using their AoE abilities. To learn more about Proving Grounds, check out our
Proving Grounds Guide
.
Click the cut to read the latest hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 18th
Rygarius
Classes
Druid
General
triggering
Entangling Roots
should no longer be incorrectly using up
Nature's Swiftness
.
Rogue
Combat
Killing Spree
's range is no longer being incorrectly modified by
Blade Flurry
.
Creatures
Cursed Hozen Swabby
now has a 2-second cooldown on their Rusty Shank ability.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
Players on Raid Finder difficulty with the Despair aura should no longer remain in the wrong phase when the fight ends.
Garrosh Hellscream
Removing the
Touch of Y'Shaarj
or
Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj
debuff now also removes
,
Mortal Wounds
, and
effects from the player.
Timeless Isle
Fixed quest tracking issues that affected some of the quests on the
Timeless Isle
.
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 17th
Tonight's hotfixes cover a lot of boss and loot specialization changes--makes sense with
new Siege of Orgrimmar wings open on LFR and Flex today
.
Mages and Warlocks now have a chance to obtain
Gaze of Arrogance
(
Sha of Pride
) and
Lever of the Megantholithic Apparatus
(Siegecrafter Blackfuse) through bonus rolls on Normal difficulty.
Trash mobs in
Siege of Orgrimmar
on normal difficulty don't drop Flex mode items instead of ilvl 553 items.
Timeless Curio
should no longer create
Contemplation of Chi-Ji
for Elemental Shamans, Shadow Priests, and Balance Druids.
Another great quality of life change is that Celestial bosses stay up until defeated--if you wipe, the next one won't spawn in its place.
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 16th: Garrosh Tokens and Vale Cooking Recipes
Tonight's round of Patch 5.4 hotfixes has some good news for raiders and chefs. New cooking recipes from
Vale of Eternal Blossoms
will now be able to be looted by chefs above skill level 525:
Recipe: Mango Ice
,
Recipe: Farmer's Delight
,
Recipe: Stuffed Lushrooms
,
Recipe: Fluffy Silkfeather Omelet
,
Recipe: Spiced Blossom Soup
,
Recipe: Seasoned Pomfruit Slices
. These recipes give +300 to a stat and are made with reagents looted from mobs in the Vale.
As we covered in our
5.4 gear guide
, Garrosh drops special tokens like
Essence of the Cursed Conqueror
that can be turned into armor tier for any slot. Guilds who killed him early in the week on 25-player mode only got one special token, and it was later hotfixed to give guilds 3 tokens. Guilds who killed Garrosh before the hotfix will be given two tokens to distribute to players by a GM.
Click the cut to read the hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 13th: Flex Raids and SoO Bosses
In tonight's round of hotfixes, there are many
Siege of Orgrimmar
boss tweaks, as well as a big quality-of-life change for Flex raiding. The raid leader's Flex progress now determines the lockout, as opposed to the least-progressed member. When killing a boss multiple times in Flex Mode per week, you won't get personal loot from the boss each time, but you will earn
Valor Points
and can use bonus rolls.
Explorers on the
Timeless Isle
will be happy to know that the
Fire Watcher
title will now require 0
Bloody Coin
, down from 10000.
Click the cut to read more about Flex changes and the other hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 12th: Mogu Runes of Fate, Highwind Albatross
Blizzard posted another round of hotfixes tonight--many of which will be welcome to
players exploring the Timeless Isle
.
Mogu Rune of Fate
now cost 0
Timeless Coin
each to purchase, down from 0
Timeless Coin
.
Emperor Shaohao
is meant to be time-consuming, but
Path of the Mistwalker
will now give +250 rep.
Players traveling on
Highwind Albatross
won't have their flight path affected by other players attacking the bird.
Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings
from
Ordos
now can contain Flexible-quality
Siege of Orgrimmar
non-boss loot--capes and gloves. Defeating the other Celestial bosses rewards
Celestial Treasure Box
which contains the LFR versions instead.
There were also some changes to prevent unintended shortcuts: chests on the
Timeless Isle
now require level 90 to open, and the chance to get
Burden of Eternity
inside one of Kukuru's chests has been decreased. As many of you pointed out in the comments, this was a much better way to get
Burden of Eternity
than spending 0
Timeless Coin
at the vendor.
Click the cut for the complete hotfixes!
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Patch 5.4 Hotfixes for September 11th, New Warchief Revealed
Blizzard just posted a round of hotfixes, and in another recent post, stated that the current cost of
Mogu Rune of Fate
would be changed.
The hotfixes cover things like
Burning Berserker
s and
Eternal Kilnmaster
s no longer using
Fiery Charge
on out-of-combat players,
Dread Ship Vazuvius
's
Cannon Barrage
being nerfed, and
Rock-breaking Hammer
is always now available to players inside the Mysterious Den to summon
Spelurk
.
For more Patch 5.4 coverage, check out our
Patch 5.4 Overview Guide
,
Timeless Isle Content Guide
, and
Proving Grounds Strategy Guide
.
Bashiok
So we brought up your guys' feedback to the designers about this just a bit ago, everyone agrees
Mogu Rune of Fate
are too expensive, and we'll be adjusting the cost in an upcoming hotfix that should probably go out today or tomorrow.
Garrosh has also been defeated on Normal difficulty tonight by
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