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Zarhym posted:

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December 16

General
Bonuses from Embrace of the Shale Spider and Blessing of Forgotten Kings can no longer stack.

Completing Archaeology projects will once again contribute to the guild achievement Making History once the player relogs.

The Orgrimmar portal to Mount Hyjal should now appear for players who flew directly into Hyjal to start questing, rather than take the Moonglade portal.

The old and busted Winter's Veil decorations in Brill have been disabled. Brill should now have new hotness.

Classes
Paladins
Ancient Power now has a 30-second maximum duration and will properly be canceled when zoning or relogging.

Glyph of Seal of Insight now correctly increases healing done by Word of Glory and Light of Dawn while Seal of Insight is active.

Shaman
The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.

Warlocks
It is no longer possible to waste a Soulstone by attempting to use it on a dead target. The player will receive an Invalid Target error message at the completion of their channel. In a future patch, we intend this functionality to work correctly, allowing a Soulstone to be used to instantly resurrect a dead target.

Dungeons & Raids
Halls of Origination
The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.

The damage of Pact of Darkness cast by Temple Shadowlancer has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.

Lost City of Tol'vir
Siamat will cast Deflecting Winds after a few seconds of entering combat regardless of any abilities used against him at the start of the encounter.

The damage of Dust Flail cast by Lockmaw has been adjusted in normal difficulty.

The Stonecore
The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.

Items
Both normal and Heroic versions of Heart of Ignacious apply 20-second cooldowns on other similar items, rather than the full 2-minute duration.

Shroud of Dark Memories and Shade of Death now have different stats.

Professions
Pyrite Ore is prospectable at 500 Jewelcrafting skill, down from 525.

Darkbrew Lager can be learned at 415 Cooking skill, down from 425.

The Engineering item High-Powered Bolt Gun can no longer be used in Arena and Rated Battleground matches.

Engineers can now purchase Smooth Cogwheels from Frank Natale using 4x Handful of Obsidium Bolts.



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Spookysheep  4 stars
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The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.


Yeah, it certainly is not like they would want to actually, I don't know, test that crap before making it live?

 

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Auenwing  3 stars
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Shaman

The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design



Um, yeah. Spooky you posted before I could.


Brill should now have new hotness.

 

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Cawlin  4 stars
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Spookysheep posted:

The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.


Yeah, it certainly is not like they would want to actually, I don't know, test that crap before making it live?



They've been (not) doing it since the very first retail patch, why would they stop now lol.

 

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Deionnara  1 star
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<<<
The old and busted Winter's Veil decorations in Brill have been disabled. Brill should now have new hotness
>>>

Whoever is writing these patch notes, must be a fark.com regular.

 

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Ugh_Lancelot  3 stars
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Deionnara posted:

<<<
The old and busted Winter's Veil decorations in Brill have been disabled. Brill should now have new hotness
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Whoever is writing these patch notes, must be a fark.com regular.

What does that quote have to do with fark? I thought it was a reference to Men In Black? /shrug

Also:

blizzard posted:

Dungeons & Raids

* Halls of Origination
o The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
o The damage of Pact of Darkness cast by Temple Shadowlancer has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
* Lost City of Tol'vir
o The damage of Dust Flail cast by Lockmaw has been adjusted in normal difficulty.
* The Stonecore
o The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.


Wait, are these nerfs or buffs? "Adjusted" doesn't mean much.

 

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Rill_of_WE  3 stars
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Registered: 2002-8-6 09:16:33
Ugh_Lancelot posted:

blizzard posted:

Dungeons & Raids

* Halls of Origination
o The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
o The damage of Pact of Darkness cast by Temple Shadowlancer has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
* Lost City of Tol'vir
o The damage of Dust Flail cast by Lockmaw has been adjusted in normal difficulty.
* The Stonecore
o The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.


Wait, are these nerfs or buffs? "Adjusted" doesn't mean much.



I had the same thought. I vote for nerfs but they don't want to call them nerfs because they'll get flak.

 

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-MrBean-  2 stars
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Paladins
Glyph of Seal of Insight now correctly increases healing done by Word of Glory and Light of Dawn while Seal of Insight is active.



Well that should certainly help some.
Flesh_Wound  1 star
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Registered: 2002-8-21 11:30:42
There, off the port bow, it be the tip of the nerfberg! FULL SPEED AHEAD!

 

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Auenwing  3 stars
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Ugh_Lancelot posted:

Deionnara posted:

<<<

The old and busted Winter's Veil decorations in Brill have been disabled. Brill should now have new hotness

>>>


Whoever is writing these patch notes, must be a fark.com regular.

What does that quote have to do with fark? I thought it was a reference to Men In Black? /shrug


Also:


blizzard posted:

Dungeons & Raids


* Halls of Origination

o The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.

o The damage of Pact of Darkness cast by Temple Shadowlancer has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.

* Lost City of Tol'vir

o The damage of Dust Flail cast by Lockmaw has been adjusted in normal difficulty.

* The Stonecore

o The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.



Wait, are these nerfs or buffs? "Adjusted" doesn't mean much.



Cynic's guide to the use of the term "adjusted".


When applied to a mob, particularly in a regular instance = " Nerf, Oops we totally screwed up and it's one-shotting players but we won't admit that."


When applied to a mob, particularly in a heroic instance = "Buff, hahaha take THAT! Get better gear, noob."


When applied to a class = "yeah, it's nerf. You guys had it too easy. Can't have that." It is often accompanied with a random drawing to determine the class du jour.

 

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