9/05/2012

August 28, 2012 Cataclysm Update

On 5:35 PM by Site Admin in , ,
Three weeks of development in August addressing several class issues, corrections to raid and dungeon encounters, marketplace support for in-game auction house, rewrite of disenchanting system and disenchanting loot revision and other bug tracker reports.


 Classes


Hunter

  • Fixed Termination 



Mage

  • Corrections to critical damage calculation
  • Frostfire Orb will no longer be removed upon entering arena



Paladin

  • Fixed Concentration Aura mastery bonus
  • Seal of Truth will now correctly proc on absorb
  • Repentance will no longer break from  Seal of Truth



Priest

  • Masochism will now correctly proc on absorb
  • Corrected base mana cost of Power Word: Shield 
  • Devouring Plague heal will no longer benefit from spellpower



Rogue

  • Corrected Shadowstep targeting



Warlock

  • Corrections to critical damage calculation
  • Corrections to Doomguard AI



Warrior

  • Warrior shouts will no longer stack when cast by the same player
  • Fixed rage generation from damage taken
  • Fixed Sentinel



Dungeons and Raids

Dungeon Finder

  • Corrections to lock messages if an instance is disabled



Bastion of Twilight

  • Corrected Valiona rotating in the wrong direction during Devouring Flames 
  • Valiona armor value for heroic mode has been corrected
  • Halfus: Fixed issue with dragons despawning
  • Halfus: Fixed issue with Whelps not granting the damage buff after being killed
  • Halfus: Fixed drake sequence (will now change properly on a weekly basis)
  • Halfus: Fixed Stone Touch debuff
  • Halfus: Fixed Shadow Wrapped debuff



The Vortex Pinnacle

  • Corrected boss and trash respawn timers
  • Corrections to boss and trash damage
  • Skyfall Star health has been corrected
  • Grand Vizier Ertan heroic loot corrected
  • Gust Soldier and Wild Vortex heroic damage corrected



The Deadmines

  • Adjusted damage modifiers for heroic modes
  • Fixed gold loot in both normal and heroic modes
  • Corrections to Foe Reaper 5000
  • Corrections to Glubtok:   Fire Wall 
  • Immunities added to all Deadmine bosses
  • Corrections to Mining Monkey
  • Pistol Barrage targeting and visuals have been corrected



Quests


  • Power of the Great Ones has been fixed
  • Ancient Weapons has been fixed
  • The High Commander's Vote has been fixed
  • Mastery of the Crystals has been fixed



General


  • Professions
  • Disenchant system and disenchanting loot has been completely rewritten
  • Imperial Plate set will now be taught by Blacksmithing trainers
  • All items incorrectly displaying as "Cannot be disenchanted" have been corrected
  • Guilds
  • Guild vendors have been spawned
  • Corrections to guild reputation modifiers
  • Fixed melee and range haste display
  • Corrections to overall spellpower calculation
  • Corrections to creatures entering and exiting vehicles
  • Corrections to meta gems
  • Corrected   Sorrowsong (normal and heroic) proc and cooldown
  • Fixed the despawning of Sholazar Tickbird
  • Scraps of Rotting Meat will now require a proper target
  • Potion of Illusion has been fixed
  • Loot-A-Rang has been fixed
  • Foam Sword targeting has been fixed
  • Worgens summoned by Lord Darius Crowley will now despawn after 2 minutes
  • Corrections to argent tournament location
  • Stave of Fur and Claw will now be sold by Meilosh of Timbermaw Hold
  • Draenei Fishing Net has been corrected



Other


  • 6 crash fixes
  • 8 exploit fixes
  • Implemented support for Marketplace
  • Corrections to mailing system
  • Major undocumented internal structural changes