May 2012 Cataclysm Realm Update

May  2012 Cataclysm Realm Update

CLASSES
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Death Knight

• Horn of Winter corrected
• Abomination's Might minor correction
• Festering Strike will now also increase duration of Ebon Plague
• Dark Command can no longer miss
• Desecration corrected
• Raise Dead risen ghoul will now scale with Death Knight's stamina and strength
• Training dummies will now be immune to Death Grip
• Death Runes will no longer be reverted by abilities that grant a Death Rune
• Glyph of Strangulate fixed
• Glyph of Path of Frost fixed

Druid

• Mark of the Wild minor correction
• Disentanglement fixed
• Swift Flight Form will now correctly benefit from Master Riding
• Efflorescence formula corrected according to patch 4.0.6a
• Mark of the Wild resistance fixed
• Primal Madness will now also increase current energy
• Efflorescence fixed
• Swiftmend fixed
• Owlkin Frenzy visual effect and pushback immunity fixed
• Nature's Grasp fixed
• Primal Madness energy increase fixed
• Euphoria fixed
• Owlkin Frenzy proc limited to Moonkin Form
• Sunfire fixed
• Growl can no longer miss
• Rend and Tear will correctly benefit Ferocious Bite
• Hurricane will now correctly benefit from haste
• Glyph of Healing Touch fixed
• Glyph of Starfire fixed
• Glyph of Regrowth will no longer grant a healing bonus
• Glyph of Ferocious Bite fixed

Hunter

• Aspect of the Hawk will now increase ranged attack power by 2000 as per 4.0.6a
• Deterrence corrected
• Serpent Sting duration increased by Cobra Shot corrected
• Embrace of the Shale Spider corrected
• Qiraji Fortitude minor correction
• Trueshot Aura minor correction
• Roar of Courage corrected
• Rapid Recuperation will now instantly restore focus when Rapid Killing is gained
• Improved Mend Pet fixed
• Wolverine Bite attack power bonus corrected
• Auto Shot can now be cast while moving
• Wild Quiver corrected
• Improved Steady Shot fixed
• Chimera Shot will now only refresh caster's Serpent Sting
• Wolverine Bite fixed
• All issues causing grey pet bars fixed
• Different types of traps can now be laid simultaneously
• Hunters will now receive 2 points of melee attack power per point of agility as intended
• Glyph of Silencing Shot fixed
• Glyph of Mending fixed

Mage

• Brain Freeze will correctly prevent triggering of Arcane Missiles
• Dalaran Brilliance fixed
• Invisibility will now be also applied to Water Elemental
• Frostfire Orb fixed
• Hot Streak will correctly prevent triggering of Arcane Missiles
• Frostfire Orb can now proc Brain Freeze
• Fingers of Frost can now proc from Frostfire Orb
• Ice Block will now properly remove Cauterize debuff
• Arcane Brilliance and Dalaran Brilliance will now replace each other
• Enduring Winter can no longer proc from Frostfire Orb
• Firestarter fixed
• Cold Snap will now also reset Summon Water Elemental cooldown
• Impact spread limited to only fire damage over time effects
• Impact rewritten, optimized and corrected
• Impact fixed
• Flame Orb spell power scaling fixed
• Arcane Missiles will now correctly benefit from haste
• Instant Frostfire Bolt will now correctly benefit from Fingers of Frost
• Glyph of Ice Block fixed

Paladin

• Blessing of Kings resistance fixed
• Shield of the Righteous will not consume  Holy Power if missed, dodged or parried
• Templar's Verdict will no longer consume  Holy Power if missed, dodged or parried
• Reinrced Sapphirium Breastplate: Paladin T11 Retribution 4P Bonus fixed
• Blessing of Kings corrected
• Blessing of Might corrected
• Word of Glory spell power and attack power scaling fixed

Priest

• Surge of Light fixed
• Renewed Hope critical strike chance conditions fixed
• Shadow Protection raid bonus calculation corrected
• Shadowy Apparition AI improved and code optimized
• Power Word: Fortitude minor correction
• Shadowy Apparition fixed
• Mind Flay fixed
• Penance haste benefit corrected
• Holy Walk for [Ruthless Gladiator's Investiture] fixed

Rogue

• Relentless Strikes will now proc from Envenom
• Shadowstep will no longer remove stealth
• Shadowstep can no longer be used while stunned or rooted

Shaman

• Earth Shield spell power scaling fixed
• Strength of Earth Totem corrected
• Arcane Brilliance, Dalaran Brilliance and Flametongue Totem will no longer stack
• Mana Spring Totem minor correction
• Unleashed Rage minor correction
• Soothing Rains will now correctly benefit Healing Stream Totem
• Focused Insight fixed
• Elemental Oath fixed
• Fulmination will no longer fail from immunity to Earth Shock attack speed reduction
• Totemic Wrath buff will now be applied by the totem, not the player
• Lava Burst triggered by Elemental Overload will now have a 100% critical strike chance on targets with Flame Shock
• Glyph of Healing Stream Totem fixed

Warlock

• Blood Pact corrected
• Shadowburn will now correctly grant a Soul Shard
• Arcane Brilliance, Dalaran Brilliance and Fel Intelligence will no longer stack
• Conflagrate damage fixed
• Unstable Affliction silence effect will no longer be diminished
• Nether Protection fixed
• Shadowflame spell power scaling fixed
• Hellfire fixed
• Inferno will now allow casting of Hellfire while moving
• Dark Intent corrected
• Soul Siphon corrected
• Soul Link damage absorption corrected
• Drain Life will now correctly benefit from haste
• Glyph of Shadowburn fixed

Warrior

• Tactical Mastery will no longer generate 50 rage when switching stances
• Death Wish and Enrage no longer stack
• Taste for Blood internal cooldown fixed
• Commanding Shout corrected
• Battle Shout corrected
• Impending Victory fixed
• Single-Minded Fury will no longer proc if a two-handed weapon is equipped
• Strikes of Opportunity fixed
• Devastate damage bonus fixed
• Taunt can no longer miss
• Heroic Leap damage and animation fixed
• Incite proc corrected
• Thunder Clap attack power scaling fixed
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization corrected
• Rend damage fixed
• Arcane Torrent will now correctly restore rage
• Charge and Intercept will now share diminishing returns with stun effects if Warbringer is not learned
• Glyph of Sunder Armor fixed
• Glyph of Colossus Smash fixed

DUNGEONS AND BATTLEGROUNDS

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• Arenas

• All arenas are now open
• Slimes in Ruins of Lordaeron arena will no longer deal damage
• Dalaran Arena
• Dalaran arena fixed
• Waterfall duration corrected
• Knockback effects fixed
• Advanced Dynamic Line of Sight implemented
• Dynamic matchmaking and queueing system implemented
• Cooldown reset corrected
• Shadow Sight orbs fixed
• Starting locations and orientations corrected
• Ring of Valor disabled according to patch 4.0.6a

• Battlegrounds

• Battleground invitation window will now last 90 seconds
• Starting locations and orientations corrected
• Level requirements corrected
• Minimum and maximum player requirements corrected
• Initial code for Battle for Gilneas implemented. Disabled, undergoing development
• Initial code for Rated Battlegrounds implemented. Disabled, undergoing development
• Initial code for Twin Peaks implemented. Disabled, undergoing development
• Battleground Holiday Weekend fixed
• Focused Assault and Brutal Assault will now be removed when the flag is dropped

• Dungeon Finder

• Item level calculation fixed and corrected
• Luck of the Draw restrictions corrections
• Numerous minor improvements

• Support for threat meter addons implemented

• Blackwing Descent

Magmaw

• Heroic mode fully scripted and released
• Heroic mode corrections

Omnotron Defense System

• Heroic mode fully scripted and released
• Shadow Conductor fixed
• Overcharged Power Generator fixed

Chimaeron

• Heroic mode fully scripted and released

Atramedes

• Heroic mode fully scripted and released
• Health corrected according to patch 4.0.6a
• Sonar Bomb missile speed corrected
• Sonic Breath corrected
• Sonar Pulse timer corrected
• Roaring Flame Breath speed scaling corrected
• Corrections to movement and encounter events
• Minor corrections to 25 player mode
• Heroic mode corrections

Maloriak

• Heroic mode fully scripted and released

• Baradin Hold

• Corrections to Argaloth encounter

• Throne of the Tides

Commander Ulthok

• Void zone corrected
• Gossip upon defeat corrected
• Occasional combat bug fixed
• Minor corrections to the encounter

Erunak Stonespeaker

• Earth Shards fixed

Mindbender Ghur'sha

• Enslave fixed and cooldown corrected
• Corrections to heroic mode

Ozumat

• Blight of Ozumat corrected
• Chest spawning upon defeat corrected
• Health corrected
• Damage corrected
• Added restrictions to Neptulon's Tidal Surge

• Corrections to melee damage of bosses
• Melee damage of trash in normal and heroic modes fixed
• Some missing instance objects have been added
• Corrections to faction specific NPCs at instance entrance
• Graveyard added

GENERAL
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• Archaeology

• Archaeology fixed
• Survey fixed
• Explorer bonuses fixed
• Survey Mastery bonuses fixed
• History tab fixed
• Achievement [I Had It in My Hand] fixed
• Achievement [Digger] fixed
• Achievement [Diggerer] fixed
• Achievement [Diggerest] fixed
• Achievement [What was Briefly Yours is Now Mine] fixed
• Achievement [It Belongs in a Museum!] fixed
• Achievement [It's Always in the Last Place You Look] fixed Canopic Jar fixed
• Tyrande's Favorite Doll fixed
• Rare projects can no longer be completed more than once
• Vash'jir digsites removed
• Performance optimizations to Archaeology implementation
• Added missing tables
• Artifact crafting implemented
• Tool deviation implemented
• Archaeology finds will no longer spawn inside trees or walls
• Corrections to digsites spawn locations
• Core will less likely generate digsites on top of buildings / mountains
• Miscellaneous crash fixes due to Archeology, corrections and hotfixes

• Fishing

• Northrend fishing fixed
• Mount Hyjal fishing fixed
• Twilight Highlands fishing fixed
• Crackling Crystals , Oily Blackmouth , etc are no longer in Twilight Highlands lava pools
• Volatile Fire fixed
• Volatile Water fixed

• Engineering

• Cardboard Assassin will now despawn after 15 seconds as intended

• Guilds

• Guild bank withdrawal limits fixed
• Guildmaster rank can now be renamed irrespective of other rank changes
• Guildmaster changing fixed
• Guild tabs will no longer glitch and become invisible
• Members of the same rank will now be informed if their permissions have been changed
• Miscellaneous corrections to guild banks
• Remaining slot or money withdraw limits will no longer reset when permissions change
• Guild bank money value will be updated according to guild rank limits

• Invisibility effects no longer prevent seeing other objects
• Major corrections to buff stacking
• Time Lost Proto Drake and Vyragosa flight paths and spawn locations fixed
• Justice points vendors Talric Forthright in Stormwindand and Togar in Orgrimmar spawned
• Fire Beetles should not grant reputation on kill
• Channeled spells will now correctly benefit from haste
• Talent inspection fixed
• Heirlooms fixed
• Players will now appear at correct graveyards upon death
• Guild roster fixed
• Depositing and withdrawing money from the bank will no longer require a guild tab
• Guild inviter will now be notified of a guild invitation sent
• Guild invitation window will now show the tabard of the guild the player is being invited to
• Guild rank sorting  fixed
• PvP trinkets will now remove disarm and silence effects
• Every Man for Himself will now remove disarm and silence effects
• Transmute: Living Elements fixed
• Corrections to Pilgrim's Bounty spawn timers
• Charge-like spells will no longer have an unintended delay
• Pet special abilities can no longer be cast on targets that can not be attacked
• Zone specific auras will now be correctly removed from pets
• Elixirs will no longer stack
• Flasks will no longer stack
• Gilnean Emissary assigned to Call to Arms: Battle of Gilneas event
• Corrections to Darkmoon Faire and other events which previously had spawn issues
• Eeryven Grayer in Loch Modan will no longer be hostile to Alliance
• Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings's Blessing of Ancient Kings maximum absorption  fixed
• Fortune Card mana regeneration, buff and creation of Mysterious Fortune Card fixed
• Krom'gar Sergeant's Linen Footwraps will no longer grant a healing bonus
• Vicious Gladiator's Insignia of Dominance internal cooldown fixed
• Vicious Gladiator's Insignia of Victory internal cooldown fixed
• Vicious Gladiator's Insignia of Conquest internal cooldown fixed
• Lightweave Embroidery internal cooldown fixed
• Pendant of the Lightless Grotto and Pendant of the Lightless Grotto looting issue fixed
• Darkmoon Card: Hurricane proc fixed
• Harvest Collector in Borean Tundra health corrected
• Fury of Angerforge fixed
• Sorrowsong and Sorrowsong fixed
• Right Eye of Rajh and Right Eye of Rajh proc fixed
• Leaden Despair and Leaden Despair proc fixed
• Swordguard Embroidery internal cooldown fixed
• Agony and Tormen internal cooldown fixed
• Internal cooldowns for following items have been fixed:

Right Eye of Rajh and Right Eye of Rajh
Leaden Despair and Leaden Despair
Blood of Isiset
Bloodthirsty Gladiator's Insignia of Victory
Bloodthirsty Gladiator's Insignia of Dominance
Bloodthirsty Gladiator's Insignia of Conquest
Left Eye of Rajh and Left Eye of Rajh
Key to the Endless Chamber and Key to the Endless Chamber
Heart of Rage and Heart of Rage
Anhuur's Hymnal and Anhuur's Hymnal
Grace of the Herald and Grace of the Herald
Heart of Solace and Heart of Solace
Tendrils of Burrowing Dark and Tendrils of Burrowing Dark
Witching Hourglass
Porcelain Crab and Porcelain Crab
Gnomish X-Ray Scope
Enchant Weapon - Heartsong
Enchant Weapon - Power Torrent
Enchant Weapon - Hurricane
Bell of Enraging Resonance and Bell of Enraging Resonance
Stump of Time and Stump of Time
Crushing Weight and Crushing Weight
Unheeded Warning
Prestor's Talisman of Machination and Prestor's Talisman of Machination
Essence of the Cyclone and Essence of the Cyclone
Theralion's Mirror and Theralion's Mirror
Fall of Mortality and Fall of Mortality
Pelagic Prism
Bileberry Smelling Salts
Tank-Commander Insignia
Harmlight Token
Talisman of Sinister Order
Rainsong
Darkmoon Card: Volcano
Mandala of Stirring Patterns , Mandala of Stirring Patterns and Mandala of Stirring Patterns

QUESTS
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• Even Thieves Get Hungry fixed
• What's the Matter with the Transmatter fixed
• Not On Our Watch fixed
• The Fight Continues corrected
• See You on the Other Side! fixed
• Hellboar, the Other White Meat fixed
• Zuluhed the Whacked fixed
• The Force of Neltharaku: Enslaved Netherwing Drake can no longer be attacked while enslaved
• Neltharaku's Tale corrected and rescripted
• Demonic Thieves: Melithar's Stolen Bags looting fixed
• Your Friend On The Inside completion text fixed
• Missing Parts fixed
• The Leaders at Jin'Alai scripted
• Blood Oath of the Netherwing will now require Artisan Riding instead of Master Riding
• Kindness text upon completion fixed
• Numerous improvements to Netherwing quests
• Gretta the Arbiter will now grant one daily quest per day according to patch 3.0.8
• Fishing dailies will now grant one daily quest per day according to Cataclysm changes
• Cooking dailies will now grant one daily quest per day according to Cataclysm changes
• Racial requirements for following quests have been corrected: A Perfect Costume

• The Warden's Pawn
• The Sentinel's Pawn
• Ancient Protectors
• Return to Blam
• The Titans' Trove
• Done Nothing Wrong
• Zul'Mamwe Mambo
• Preserving the Barrens
• Water They Up To
• Fired Up and Not So Good To Go.
• This Blows
• The Elements Cry Out
• The Situation So Far
• A Gathering in Outland
• I Said the Words...
• Back Under Cover
• Arrest the Infiltrators
• Warchief's Command: Northern Barrens!
• Fly Over
• The Twilight Plot
• Decryption Made Easy
• Fight Fire and Water and Air with...
• The Wrong Sequence
• Water of Life
• The Explorers
• That's No Pyramid!
• The Twilight Plot
• Decryption Made Easy
• Fight Fire and Water and Air with...
• The Wrong Sequence
• Water of Life
• The Reliquary
• That's No Pyramid!
• Ancient Protectors
• Earth Girls Aren't So Easy
• This Blows
• The Elements Cry Out
• What's Shaking in Ironforge
• The Wildhammer
• Speak with Captain Anton
• A Gathering in Outland
• Show Me Your Papers
• Arrest the Infiltrators
• Back Under Cover
• I Said the Words...
• Fired Up and Not So Good To Go.
• The Titans' Trove
• Done Nothing Wrong
• The Rear is Clear
• Water They Up To
• Subduing the Elements
• Prophecies Of Doom
• Signs Of The Times
• Infiltrating the Cult
• Spreading The Word
• The Master's Plan
• The Doomsday Plan
• Thwarting Twilight's Hammer
• Warn King Wrynn
• A Natural Occurrence
• A Growing Threat
• Return from the Firelands
• Sweeping the Shelf
• The Shrine Reclaimed
• Cleaning House
• Goldrinn's Ferocity
• The Voice of Goldrinn
• Decompression
• Debriefing
• What What In My Gut...
• Thunderdrome: Grudge Match!
• Spelunking
• The Master's Plan
• The Doomsday Plan
• Spreading The Word
• A Natural Occurrence
• Hammering It Out
• The Shrine Reclaimed
• Cleaning House
• Lycanthoth the Corruptor
• Howling Mad
• The Voice of Lo'Gosh
• Sweeping the Shelf
• Cutting Teeth
• Invaders in Our Home
• Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise
• Thazz'ril's Pick
• Lazy Peons
• Vile Familiars
• Back to the Den
• Hana'zua
• Spelunking
• Thunderdrome: Grudge Match!
• Debriefing
• Decompression

CORE
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• Warsong

• Realm and all characters successfully upgraded to Cataclysm
• Class trainers, Profession trainers and NPCs upgraded for Cataclysm
• Vendors and their inventory upgraded to Cataclysm
• Starting locations diversified across various zones and continents
• Many hotfixes for stability, performance optimizations and spell fixes

• 22 crash fixes

• 27 exploit fixes

• Many internal core changes, optimizations, memory leak fixes etc