Another large batch of hotfixes arrives for the prepatch. We have a whole lot of class fixes, as 6 of them get some polish. There’s also dungeon, PvP, and quest improvements. The main focus of today’s hotfixes is the big changes to the Twilight Ascension pre-patch event, basically tripling currency and gear drops, as well as removing faction tapping during rare events, and more.
Classes
- Death Knight
- Blood
- Fixed an issue with Bloodied Blade not granting Strength.
- Blood
- Druid
- Regrowth, Rejuvenation, Germination, and Wild Growth once again extend their duration when they are refreshed.
- Restoration
- Fixed an issue where Passing Seasons was not reducing the cooldown of Nature’s Swiftness.
- Hunter
- Marksmanship
- Fixed an issue causing Tame Beast to not correctly function when talented into Unbreakable Bond.
- Survival
- Fixed an issue causing Raptor Strike to have incorrect damage and focus costs when using Aspect of the Eagle.
- Marksmanship
- Monk
- Brewmaster
- Fixed an issue causing Celestial Infusion to not absorb any damage.
- Fixed an issue causing Celestial Brew and Celestial Infusion to display an incorrectly low tooltip value.
- Brewmaster
- Priest
- Renew, Holy Fire, Vampiric Touch, and Shadow Word: Pain once again extend their duration when they are refreshed.
- Shadow
- Fixed an issue causing Shadowy Apparitions to not display properly on Damage Meters.
- Rogue
- Hero Talents
- Fatebound
- Fixed an issue that caused Ravenholdt Mint’s benefit to not be applied or reduce overall damage.
- Fatebound
- Hero Talents
Dungeons and Raids
- De Other Side
- Resolved a visual issue with Mueh’zala’s Shattered Visage
Player versus Player
- Fixed an issue where Precognition could trigger on a successful interrupt.
- All class spells that apply crowd control will now appear larger on raid frames and be prioritized over other debuffs.
Quests
- Alleria should now be available to provide “After the Storm” for eligible players who have started the Lorewalking Recap but have left it before completing.
- Added Jaina and Thrall in Stormwind and Orgrimmar to allow eligible players to pick up The War Within intro quests.
Transmogrification
- Lowered the cost of outfit creation prices by 50% to bring them more in line with what the prices were prior to the Transmog update.
- Developers’ notes: This hotfix was applied to live servers on January 23.
Twilight Ascension Event
- Tripled the chance for equipment to drop from Twilight Ascension rares.
- Increased the number of Twilights Blade Insignias dropped by killing Twilight Ascension rares to 2-3 (was 1).
- Twilight Ascension rares will no longer drop level-up equipment that your character cannot wear.
- Removed faction tapping from enemies during “Twilight’s Call” rare events.
- Resolved an issue where players could send other players through the portal to Dornogal in the Twilight Ascension basecamp.
