wow World of Warcraft 10.2 and SoD Weekly Hotfix Summary: December 4th - 11th

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Let's take a look at all the many changes that arrived to retail this past week, including two class tuning passes and a ton of Amirdrassil nerfs for retail and many Ashenvale PvP changes and tuning for Season of Discovery (and the upcoming tuning pass you can read about here).

Full Week of Hotfixes

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Blood
    • Aberrus Class Set bonus: Heart Strike and Blood Boil deal 10% increased damage (was 20%) and have a 5% chance (was 10%) to grant Vampiric Blood for 5 seconds.
  • Unholy
    • Virulent Plague damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Epidemic damage increased by 12%.
    • Festering Strike damage increased by 20%.
    • Festering Wound damage increased by 12%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Ghoul Sweeping Claws damage increased by 15%.
• Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • Fel Rush damage reduced by 12%.
    • Immolation Aura damage reduced by 12%.
    • Fel Barrage damage reduced by 12%.
    • Fixed an issue when talented into A Fire Inside that caused any cast of Immolation Aura beyond the first to not enforce its intended global cooldown.
• Druid
  • Restoration
    • Ferocious Bite damage decreased by 20%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Rip damage decreased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Rake damage decreased by 10%.
    • Shred damage decreased by 10%.
• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • All damage spells increased by 5%.
    • Regenerative Magic increases Leech by 5% (was 3%).
    • Draconic Legacy increases Stamina by 8% (was 6%).
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • Fixed an issue where Blessing of Autumn did not properly affect the cooldown of Call of the Wild.
    • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope 4-piece set bonus:
      • Dire Beast’s Kill Command damage reduced by 30%.
      • Beast Cleave gained by Dire Beast effectiveness reduced by 30%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Fixed an issue where the Windrunner’s Guidance buffs would fall off when exiting combat.
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Mana Tea now reduces the mana cost of spells by 25% (was 50%).
    • Upwelling can now stack up to 15 times (was 18).
    • Essence Font healing decreased by 10%.
    • Invigorating Mist healing decreased by 10%.
    • Calming Coalescence now increases the absorb amount of Life Cocoon by 2% per stack (was 3%).
    • Vivify primary healing increased by 5%.
    • Ancient Concordance now increases the chance for Blackout Kick to reset Rising Sun Kick by 12% (was 10%).
  • Windwalker
    • All ability damage increased by 6%.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Crusader Strike now costs 0.6% base mana (was 1.6%) and deals 25% increased damage.
    • Hammer of Wrath now costs 0.6% base mana (was 1%) and deals 20% increased damage.
  • Retribution
    • Blessed Champion rebuilt to resolve issues such as pulling enemies that are too far away or through walls.
    • Wake of Ashes,  Searing Light, and  Seething Flames revised so that they do not damage enemies through walls.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • All healing reduced by 3%.
    • All damage reduced by 3%.
  • Holy
    • All healing increased by 4%.
    • Burning Vehemence now causes Holy Fire to deal 75% of its initial damage to nearby enemies (was 60%).
    • Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus: Renews caused by Serenity now last 18 seconds (was 14 seconds) and Renews caused by Sanctify now last 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • Kingsbane damage reduced by 15%.
    • Blindside effect chance reduced to 15% (was 20%) and 30% against low-health targets (was 40%).
• Shaman
  • Resolved an issue causing Innervate to give a greater mana spent bonus to High Tide than intended.
  • Restoration
    • Healing Surge now costs 4.4% base mana (was 4.8%).
    • Chain Lightning damage increased by 20%.
    • Acid Rain damage increased by 10%.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Fixed an issue where  Soul Strike would sometimes cast multiple times.

Dungeons

• Critters can no longer benefit from Challenger’s Might and adorably kill your party.

• Black Rook Hold
  • Addressed an issue with Fel Vomit where the line visual can fail to attach to players.
• Darkheart Thicket
  • Updated Rotheart Keeper’s Vile Burst radius to match with the size of Vile Mushroom.
• The Everbloom
  • Addressed an issue where Yalnu’s Verdant Eruption can stun pets and guardians.

• Throne of the Tides
  • Fixed an issue where Mindbender Ghu’sha would prevent players from releasing spirit when defeated.
  • Updated the model used by the Ink of Ozumat to reduce the visual effects at its base.
• Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
  • Smolderon
    • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes gain multiple stacks of Ignited Essence from 1 Living Flame.
    • Fixed an issue where a Seeking Inferno could explode twice on Mythic difficulty.
  • Tindral Sageswift
    • Fixed an issue where multiple players can benefit from the same Fallen Feather buff.
    • Fixed an issue where Diffuse Magic can cause Tindral to be inflicted with Fiery Growth.
    • Fixed an issue where Dream Essence does not get removed if Tindral finishes casting Supernova during intermission.
    • Ride Along disabled on players with the Fallen Feather debuff on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With weekly maintenance in each region] Seed of Flame duration increased to 5 seconds (was 3 seconds) in phase two on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With weekly maintenance in each region] Fallen Feathers damage reduced by 15% and Fallen Feathers will now spawn around the boss (was spawning behind the boss) on Mythic difficulty.
    • Fallen Feathers now spawn 6 feathers on Mythic Difficulty (was 4).
  • Fyrakk the Blazing [with weekly maintenance in each region]
    • Blaze now hits fewer targets on Mythic difficulty.
    • Fyrakk no longer hits all targets with Aflame when casting Incarnate on Mythic difficulty.
    • Searing Screams damage increase reduced to 100% (was 300%) on Mythic difficulty.
    • Reduced the health of Burning Colossus and Dark Colossus by 15% on Mythic difficulty.

Items

• Fixed an issue where the Shadowflame Rage effect from Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart could deal increased self-damage due to damage taken modifiers.
• Imminence of Krag’wa’s Executor is now available for 450 Trader’s Tender (was 500).
  • Developers’ notes: This was a pricing bug, and we’re working on a second hotfix that should refund 50 Tender to players who purchased the set before the price reduction. That refund will come as soon as possible this month.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Large Renown bag of Dragon Isles Supplies to always unintentionally contain a Dream Wardens Tabard.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Gift of Urctos to fail to grant its bonuses.

Professions

• Cooking
  • Mages who Conjure Desserts will no longer draw the attention of all hungry creatures within 40 yards.
• Tailoring
  • Attempting to craft for the Legion quest “Inspire Me!” should no longer result in Invalid Target errors.

Player versus Player

• Resolved an issue that caused War Mode Supply Drops in the Emerald Dream to occur in the same location repeatedly.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Rotten Touch’s effectiveness reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
• Druid
  • Restoration
    • Amirdrassil 4 set bonus now casts Nourish at 50% effectiveness (was 100%) in PvP combat.
    • Mastery: Harmony is now reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Survival of the Fittest now reduces damage taken by an additional 10% in PvP combat.
    • Exhilaration now heals for 40% of max health (was 30%) in PvP combat.
• Monk
  • Fixed an issue that caused Fortifying Brew’s damage reduction to be higher than intended in PvP combat.
  • Mistweaver
    • Amirdrassil 2 set bonus: Chi Harmony now increases healing received by 15% (was 25%) in PvP combat.
    • Healing Elixir now heals for 10% of maximum health (was 20%) in PvP combat.
    • Yu’lon’s Grace now creates an absorb for 1% of your maximum health (was 2%) in PvP combat.
    • Dampen Harm’s minimum damage reduction is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 25%).
    • Fortifying Brew’s damage reduction is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Diffuse Magic now reduces magic damage taken by 40% (was 60%).
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Amirdrassil 4 set bonus: Now has a 100% chance to cast another Smite (was 50%) in PvP combat.
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Lava Burst damage from the the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is now reduced by 60% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Enhancement
    • Thorim’s Invocation now increases Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage by 10% in PvP Combat (was 20%).
    • Lava Lash damage is now increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 12%).
    • Elemental Blast damage is now reduced by 6% in PvP combat (was 15%).
    • Stormweaver now causes Chain Heal and Healing Surge to gain 150% of the benefits of Maelstrom Weapon based on the stacks consumed (was 100%).
  • Restoration
    • Amirdrassil 2 set bonus: Effectiveness no longer reduced in PvP combat (was reduced by 50%).
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Shadow Blades extra Shadow damage reduced to 15% (base 20%) in PvP combat
    • Thief’s Bargain (PvP Talent) cooldown reduction value reduced to 20% (was 33%)
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Fel Obelisk (PvP Talent) now increases attack and cast speed by 10% (was 20%).
    • Master Summoner (PvP Talent) reduces the cast time of Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend, and Summon Demonic Tyrant by 15% (was 20%).
    • Antoran Armaments now increases your Felguards damage by 10% (was 20%) in PvP Combat.
    • Doom Brand from the Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus is now undispellable.
    • The debuff duration reduction for Doom Brand from the Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus is no longer reduced in PvP combat.
    • Damage effects from the Amirdrassil 2-piece and 4-piece set bonus are now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Destruction
    • Flame Rift damage from the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 50%).
• Warrior
  • Fury
    • Rampage now deals 40% additional damage in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Execute now deals 50% additional damage in PvP combat (was 40%).
    • Crushing Blow no longer deals reduced damage in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Raging Blow deals 15% additional damage in PvP combat.
    • Annihilator deals 15% additional damage in PvP combat.

Quests

• Fixed an issue preventing “Something Different” from being properly completed by PvP Brawls.
• Fixed an issue causing a Hunt choice to be unintentionally greyed out for “Aiding the Accord: The Hunt is On”.

Season of Discovery

• Players questing for “The Orb of Soran’ruk” will now find that The Twilight’s Hammer have invaded the shores of The Zoram Strand near Blackfathom Deeps.
  • Developers’ notes: It wasn’t our original intent for discoveries to take you into raid instances. Now, the enemies needed for completion of a pre-requisite quest for a rune are both in the outdoor world and inside the raid.
• The quest to discover the Earth Shield shaman rune is now properly available to players. (Was previously not visible due to a bug). Happy hunting!
• Fixed an issue with the Bael Modan Blunderbuss gun item that caused it to only be usable with arrows rather than bullets.
• Fixed an issue where Sadistic Fiend would not properly reset when players died.
• Fixed an issue preventing progress on the Priest quest chain “Secrets of Elune”.
• Fixed an issue where “Allegiance to the Old Gods” quest was not completable while in a raid group.
• Carendin the Undercity Warlock will now discreetly dispose of any Acolyte’s Notes stuck in warlocks’ bags. He apologizes for the inconvenience.
• Your bags can now carry multiple filled Supply Shipment crates.
• Blackfathom Deeps
  • Fixed an issue on Twilight Lord Kelris when players would incorrectly die if they took a Dream Portal while under the effects of the Dream Eater debuff.
• Seal of Martyrdom will no longer grant mana to nearby allies who are not in the Paladin’s party or raid.
• Shamanistic Rage will no longer grant mana to nearby players who are not in the Shaman’s party or raid.
• It is no longer possible to have two copies of the Mangle debuff active on a target.
• Multiple Rogues can now have the Saber Slash bleed active on a target. If the Rogues have the Deadly Brew rune, they can each have a Deadly Poison periodic damage effect active on the target.
• Pattern: Phoenix Bindings temporarily removed from the merchant faction vendor while we work to resolve an issue with the recipe.
• Grizzby will no longer rob you of your extra quest items.

Ashenvale PvP

• The lieutenant and general NPCs in the Season of Discovery Ashenvale PvP event now have much higher health.
• Generals are now immune to damage until all of their lieutenants have been defeated.
• While no lieutenants are dead, generals and their nearby allies gain 1000% increased damage.
• The Horde general’s chain lightning will now hit up to 40 targets.
• When a player makes any hostile action against an opposing faction Lieutenant (e.g. Keepers of the Grove, Blademasters) or faction leader in the various objective areas, they will receive reputation when that enemy dies.
  • It must be an offensive action (harmful spell, harmful ability, melee attack, or ranged attack) against an enemy to receive reputation.
  • Players will receive reputation even if they are dead or no longer nearby as long as they are still in the zone when the enemy dies.
• Players now receive 200 reputation for killing a Lieutenant and all members of the winning faction will receive 200 reputation when the faction leader dies.
• The winning team will also receive 100 reputation per friendly Lieutenant remaining.
• Players now have 60 minutes to complete the Ashenvale PvP event (was 30 minutes).
• The Trainee’s Sentinel Nightsaber and Trainee’s Outrider Wolf now require Friendly reputation with the Silverwing Sentinels and Warsong Outriders respectively (was Honored).