4/05/2012

March 2012 Changelog - Cataclysm



CLASSES
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 Death Knight

  •  Glyph of Dark Succor is fixed
  •  Glyph of Death Strike is fixed
  •  Pillar of Frost will no longer root the Death Knight if Glyph of Pillar of Frost is not active
  •  Blood Shield effect stacks now
  •  Blood Shield is fixed



 Druid

  •  Stampede is fixed
  •  Worgen Moonkin Form is fixed
  •  Troll Moonkin Form is fixed
  •  Skull Bash is fixed
  •  Glyph of Starsurge is fixed



 Hunter

  •  Careful Aim is fixed
  •  Sniper Training is fixed
  •  Steady Shot will no longer generate double focus
  •  Kill Command is fixed
  •  Ferocious Inspiration is fixed
  •  Spirit Bond is fixed
  •  Posthaste is fixed
  •  Sic 'Em is fixed
  •  Bombardment can now crit from Multi-Shot crits only
  •  CrouchingTiger, Hidden Chimera is fixed
  •  Invigoration is fixed
  •  Claw damage calculation is fixed
  •  Spellbook will no longer incorrectly display "See your trainer" for Control Pet
  •  Spellbook will no longer wrongly show "See your trainer" for Mail Specialization



 Mage

  •  Glyph of Icy Veins is fixed
  •  Glyph of Polymorph is fixed
  •  Permafrost will now correctly heal the Water Elemental for 15% of damage dealt
  •  Critical Mass should proc from Scorch
  •  Critical Mass should proc from Pyroblast
  •  Teleport: Tol Barad is fixed
  •  Glyph of Fireball is fixed
  •  Glyph of Frostbolt is fixed



 Paladin

  •  Resistance Aura is fixed
  •  Guarded by the Light will now properly grant shield at overheal
  •  Divine Purpose is fixed
  •  Sanctified Wrath is fixed
  •  Zealotry is fixed
  •  Judgement of the Bold is fixed
  •  Sacred Shield is fixed
  •  Word of Glory will now benefit from Guarded by the Light
  •  Selfless Healer is fixed
  •  Sacred Duty will now only proc from Judgement
  •  Judgements of the Wise is fixed
  •  Vindication has been corrected
  •  Tower of Radiance is fixed
  •  Enlightened Judgements will now only proc Judgement
  •  Protector of the Innocent will no longer proc when healing self
  •  Holy Shield is fixed
  •  Infusion of Light will now only proc from Holy Shock critical strikes
  •  Reckoning will now correctly proc from blocked attacks
  •  Daybreak is fixed



 Priest

  •  Glyph of DIspel Magic is fixed
  •  Mind Sear target will no longer take damage 
  •  Lightwell is fixed



 Rogue

  •  Glyph of Blind is fixed
  •  Rupture damage is fixed
  •  Rupture formulas have been corrected



 Shaman

  •  Static Shock is fixed
  •  Mana Tide Totem is fixed
  •  Improved Lava Lash is fixed
  •  Searing Flames is fixed
  •  Purification is fixed
  •  Tidal Waves has been corrected
  •  Totem of Tranquil Mind has been added to trainers
  •  Spellbook will no longer wrongly show "See your trainer" for Mail Specialization



 Warlock

  •  Soul Swap is fixed
  •  Bane of Havoc is fixed
  •  Hand of Gul'dan is fixed
  •  Glyph of Soul Swap is fixed
  •  Aura of Foreboding is fixed
  •  Curse of Weakness will now correctly benefit from Jinx
  •  Rain of Fire will now correctly proc Aftermath stun effect
  •  Ritual of Souls is fixed
  •  Demonic Circle: Teleport is fixed
  •  Healthstone formula has been corrected
  •  Soulburn effect for Searing Pain, Healthstone and Demonic Circle: Teleport
  •  Create Healthstone will no longer attempt to create two Healthstones
  •  Glyph of Healthstone is fixed
  •  Health Funnel is fixed
  •  Demonic Rebirth is fixed
  •  Drain Soul will now correctly grant Soul Shards
  •  Unstable Affliction is fixed
  •  Pandemic is fixed
  •  Siphon Life is fixed
  •  Improved Soul Fire is fixed
  •  Demonic Pact is fixed
  •  Demonic Empowerment Voidwalker is fixed
  •  Soul Leech is fixed
  •  Shadow and Flame effect will now proc from Incinerate
  •  Nether Ward is fixed
  •  Shadowburn will now correctly grant Soul Shards
  •  Soul Link is fixed
  •  Decimation is fixed
  •  Mana Feed is fixed
  •  Fel Armor is fixed
  •  Metamorphosis is fixed
  •  Fel Flame is fixed
  •  Siphon Life proc fixed
  •  Cremation is fixed
  •  Drain Life is fixed
  •  Spellbook will no longer incorrectly display "See your trainer" for Control Demon



 Warrior

  •  Glyph of Berserker Rage is fixed
  •  Heavy Repercussions is fixed
  •  Meat Cleaver is fixed
  •  Stance Mastery is fixed
  •  Tactical Mastery is fixed
  •  Sword and Board is fixed
  •  Rude Interruption is fixed
  •  Sudden Death is fixed
  •  Victory Rush will now correctly work for Goblins
  •  Bloodsurge is fixed
  •  Hamstring internal cooldown fixed
  •  Trainer Sergeant Cleese spawned
  •  Blood Craze formula has been corrected
  •  Heroic Leap line of sight requirements have been corrected
  •  Heroic Leap directional mechanics have been corrected




DUNGEONS AND BATTLEGROUNDS
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 Dungeon Finder

  •  Improvements to matchmaking
  •  Dungeon Finder works now
  •  Multiple corrections to matchmaking
  •  Corrections to maps
  •  Improvements to average item level calculations
  •  Corrections to equipment slot calculations


  Blackwing Descent: Magmaw's Fissure

  •  Magmaw's Fissure has been fully scripted and opened


  Blackrock Caverns

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened


  Baradin Hold

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened


 The Stonecore

  •  Graveyard position has been corrected
  •  High Priestess Azil's Seismic Shards and movement during phase switching is fixed
  •  Ozruk's Elementium Spike Shield corrected
  •  Ozruk's Ground Slam corrected
  •  Ozruk's Shatter corrected
  •  Corborus' Thrashing Charge corrected
  •  Stonecore Sentry health in heroic mode corrected
  •  Bosses will now award Justice Points in heroic mode
  •  Corborus encounter has been fully scripted
  •  Slabhide encounter has been fully scripted
  •  Ozruk encounter has been fully scripted
  •  High Priestess Azil encounter has been fully scripted
  •  Rock Borer AI has been improved
  •  Millhouse Manastorm AI has been improved
  •  Slabhide's Eruption cooldown is fixed
  •  Slabhide loot has been corrected


 Halls of Origination

  •  Ammunae will now lose one stack of Energize when a Seedling Pod dies
  •  Further improvements to overall quality of encounters
  •  Bosses will now award Justice Points in normal mode
  •  Bosses will now award Justice Points in heroic mode
  •  Boss immunities have been corrected
  •  Earthrager Ptah's Flame Bolt will now target up to 2 players on normal mode
  •  Earthrager Ptah's Flame Bolt will now target up to 3 players on heroic mode
  •  Rajh Solar Fire range is fixed
  •  Rajh Solar Wind knockback effect is fixed
  •  Ammunae's Consume Life Energy and Seedling Pods' bloom timers are fixed
  •  Ammunae's Seedling Pods will now correctly bloom when Rampant Growth is cast
  •  Ammunae heroic mode energy regeneration is fixed
  •  Ammunae's heroic mode Bloodpetal Blossom visuals are fixed
  •  Anraphet encounter object visibility has been corrected



  Tempest Keep: The Arcatraz

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Tempest Keep: The Mechanar

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Tempest Keep: The Botanica

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Auchindoun: Shadow Labyrinth

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



  Auchindoun: Sethekk Halls

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Auchindoun: Auchenai Crypts

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Auchindoun: Mana-Tombs

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Coilfang Reservoir: The Steamvault

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Coilfang Reservoir: The Underbog

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Coilfang Reservoir: The Slave Pens

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



  Hellfire Citadel: Shattered Halls

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Hellfire Citadel: The Blood Furnace

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Hellfire Citadel: Hellfire Ramparts

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



 Scarlet Monastery

  •  Instance has been fully scripted and opened



QUESTS
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  •  Ashen Verdict quests have been fixed
  •  Thieving Little Pluckers is fixed
  •  Salvaging The Remains respawn times and loot corrected
  •  SMASH BROODQUEEN added to the "Wanted" poster
  •  Introductions Are in Order is fixed
  •  Will Work For Food is fixed
  •  My Word is My Bond is fixed
  •  Three Princes is fixed
  •  Not So Fast! is fixed
  •  Corrections to daily quests in Tol'Barad Peninsula
  •  Counter-Plague Research is fixed
  •  Elemental Goo for Elemental Goo will now always drop off elementals
  •  Currency rewards from quests have been corrected
  •  Nibbler! No! is fixed
  •  A Present for Lila is fixed
  •  Ogrezonians in the mood is fixed




GENERAL
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  •  Flexible raid lockout system has been implemented
  •  Heart-seeker Blade is fixed
  •  Swift Flying Wisp will now be applied to ghost Night Elves in flying areas 
  •  Random item enchantments and properties have been fixed
  •  Maelstrom Portal has been corrected
  •  Encounter frames will now be added when the boss enters combat and removed upon death
  •  Ashen Band of Endless Destruction will now proc on hostile spells
  •  Tol'Barad portal will no longer cause a client crash when used
  •  Currency drops from creatures corrected
  •  Abandoned Adventurer's Satchel loot has been corrected
  •  Issue with buffs downscaling has been corrected
  •  Borean Tundra Frostberry Bush spawn time corrected
  •  Argent Peacekeeper will now fly as of changes in 4.0.1
  •  Maraudine Prisoner Manifest will now drop when player completed Three Princes
  •  Corrections to Archaeology implementation and Archaeology code
  •  Faction restrictions on portals have been corrected
  •  Hellscream's Reach Tabard is fixed
  •  Baradin's Wardens Tabard is fixed
  •  Spells and abilities gained from race and class specific quests will now have persistent restrictions
  •  Sea Gulls in Stormwind have been implemented and spawned
  •  Magister Bloodhawk is now immune to charm effects
  •  Anti-spam and anti-flood chat restrictions have been implemented
  •  Boss loot tables have been corrected
  •  Missing Lifeblood ranks have been added and corrected
  •  Spells awarded from quests have been revised and corrected
  •  World boss with no loot will now have a normal corpse decay time
  •  Solid Zephyrite has been added to Jewelcrafting trainers
  •  Buffs from food will no longer stack
  •  Energized Geode will now have correct level and will no longer award experience
  •  Onyxia Scale Cloak Leatherworking requirement is fixed
  •  Cogwheel Gems can now be purchased from vendors for Engineering supplies
  •  Overlord Runthak AI has been improved
  •  All prospecting loot has been revised and corrected
  •  Bulging Sack of Gold loot has been corrected
  •  Flame-Scarred Junkbox loot is fixed
  •  Brooding Darkwater Clam loot has been corrected
  •  All milling loot has been revised and corrected
  •  Faction leaders' health, stats, factions and respawn timers have been corrected




CORE
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  •  Significant performance optimization to map update function and smooth gameplay
  •  16 crash fixes
  •  21 exploit fixes
  •  Numerous structural changes
  •  Structural hybrid core adaptations
  •  Code cleanup