wow World of Warcraft 10.1.7, Clasic and Wrath Classic Hotfixes: October 25th

[Starym 3,726]

 

Today's hotfixes cover three WoW editions, with an Arena removal in retail, flight-path disconnect (and death) fixes for Classic Hardcore as well as Dungeon Finder tweaks and more for Wrath Classic!

October 25 (Source)

Dragonflight

Player versus Player

• Blade’s Edge Arena has been temporarily removed from the Arena rotation, for a terrain issue to be addressed.

WoW Classic Era and Hardcore

• (With realm restarts) Added additional protections to prevent some deaths via flight-path disconnects. Now when you take a taxi, a protection aura is placed on you that prevents all damage, your hearthstone cooldown is reset, and your hearthstone spell is insta-cast.
  • Developers’ notes: We have alerts in place that will help us as we continue to monitor and investigate this issue.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Adjusted the logic controlling the levels at which player-characters are allowed to queue for dungeons in the Random Dungeon Finder so that it is closer to the range displayed, which was also adjusted. Now, all classic dungeons should allow a range of roughly 8 levels: from 3 levels below the level of the final boss to 5 levels above. Burning Crusade dungeons should now allow a range of 3 levels below the end boss to 3 or 4 levels above it, and Wrath dungeons allow a range that starts at 3 levels below the end boss.
  • Developers’ notes: The most noticeable effect here is that the minimum level allowed for some dungeons has gone up slightly. This is intended to address situations that arise for players whose level was significantly lower than the rest of the group.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent Masked Orphan Matrons from starting the Headless Horseman’s fire events in various towns.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Talon King Ikiss in Sethekk Halls to not grant completion credit for the dungeon in Random Dungeon Finder.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Death Knights’ tier 10 Sanctified Scourgelord 4-piece damage bonus from working properly.
• The “Sinister Calling” step has been removed from the “Hallowed Be Thy Name” achievement.
  • Developers’ notes: We’ve been working on a permanent fix for the underlying issue here, but we want to alleviate the immediate concern for players with Hallow’s End already underway.

[TheRagingwolf 194]

Hopefully this sticks and there will be fewer "fp dc death" posts on the official forums.

[doublebrutal 7]

• Blade’s Edge Arena has been temporarily removed from the Arena rotation, for a terrain issue to be addressed. 

Please make this a permanent removal, and waste no time fixing this abomination of a map. Work on something else please Blizzard.