WoW Hotfixes Released for December 22-27

Even though it was a holiday weekend, it looks like Blizzard was still busy implementing a new batch of hotfixes. Druids should note that the heal from Frenzied Regeneration has been reduced by 50%.

Want to know what else has changed? Keep reading after the jump for almost a week's worth of hotfixes.


December 22 - 27

  • General
    • Graveyard Rats are no longer considered critters and do not give credit toward the Critter Kill Squad guild achievement.
    • Weekly guild reputation caps should now properly reset at the scheduled time. An error which prevented this reset from taking place if guild experience was earned at exactly 3:00 AM server time immediately prior to weekly maintenance has been corrected.
    • The achievement Saving for a Rainy Day has the same requirements as its predecessor Time to Open a Savings Account. For this reason Saving for a Rainy Day has been temporarily disabled (it will still show in the user interface), as it requires a fix via a client-side patch.
  • Classes
    • Druids
      • The heal from Frenzied Regeneration was too powerful and has been reduced by 50%.
      • Pounce now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
    • Rogues
      • Cheap Shot now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
    • Warlocks
      • The Felguard ability Axe Toss now properly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
  • Dungeons & Raids
    • Blackwing Descent
      • Sweltering Armor is now properly applied to Magmaw's Mangle target once the debuff has faded, regardless of whether Magmaw was successfully impaled or not.
    • Gnomeregan
      • Mekgineer Thermaplugg no longer sometimes awards dungeon completion prematurely.
    • Throne of the Four Winds
      • It is no longer possible to disarm Al'Akir.
  • Items
    • The Inner Eye proc from Heroic and normal versions of Jar of Ancient Remedies was not activating with some priest healing effects. This has been corrected.
    • The Signet of High Arcanist Savor and Gilnean Ring of Ruination now have proper stats.
  • Professions
    • Archaeology
      • Vashj'ir dig sites no longer unlock for players. They felt too punishing without additional benefits compared to low-level sites, and were much more difficult to obtain artifacts in due to the way Vashj'ir navigation works.
    • Cooking
      • Stormwind Lobster Traps now respawn more quickly and can be gathered across all Stormwind quest phases.
    • Inscription
      • The following reagents no longer have limits and are now available from Una Kobuna and Casandra Downs in unlimited quantities: Deathwing Scale Fragment, Scavenged Dragon Horn, Bleached Jawbone, Silver Charm Bracelet, and Preserved Ogre Eye.
  • PvP
    • Arenas
      • Arena ratings are appropriately tabulating for wins and losses. More information on this issue can be found on our forums.
      • Negative amounts of Conquest Points can no longer be awarded after a match win.
    • Battlegrounds
      • Upon winning a rated Battleground, rating, wins, and Conquest Points are awarded and display properly.
      • Negative amounts of Conquest Points can no longer be awarded after a match win.
    • Tol Barad
      • Winning as an attacker now rewards players with 1800 Honor Points, up from 180. Winning as a defender still rewards players with 180 Honor Points.
  • Quests & Creatures
    • Deepholm
      • Gyreworms, Enormous Gyreworms, and Gorged Gyreworms no longer drop money or elite-level loot.
    • Tol Barad
      • Cell Watchers in the D-Block area no longer have boss-like immunities. Interrupts, stuns, snares, taunts, knockbacks, Banish, Root, Freeze, Fear, Horror and Death Grip all work correctly.
    • Twilight Highlands
      • Crucible of Carnage quests can no longer be shared.
    • Uldum
      • The Unearthing Uldum quest achievement can now be obtained after completing 105 quests in Uldum, down from 108.
      • Players are now granted 250 Ramkahen reputation after completing the daily quest "Fire From the Sky".
    • Vashj'ir
      • The Luxscale Grouper's Grouper Bite debuff now has a 5-second duration and will no longer sometimes get stuck on characters.
    • Zul'Drak
      • Due to adjusted health pools, the heal-over-time effect provided by Blightblood Infusion (used by players controlling the Blightblood Troll) during the Overlord Drakuru encounter has been increased.

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# Dec 28 2010 at 2:23 AM Rating: Decent
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So when are they going to fix boomkins so that we don't have to drop form to mount up? I don't hav to drop form from bear or cat but if I am boomkin I gotta drop form, wait for global CD, and then I can mount. Annoying in PVP
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