Latest hotfixes address Druid champion bugs, PVP changes, and more
Last night’s hotfixes implemented all those PVP balance tuning changes that were mentioned earlier this week, plus a little more. In addition to the ones listed on Wednesday, two new changes were added to the mix. Arms Warriors now have a 6 second cooldown before canceling Defensive Stances, down from 10. And Affliction Warlocks have had their PVP Template Versatility increased by 10%.
In addition, Druid Champions Broll Bearmantle and Thisalee Crow should no longer keep constantly trying to shift into Travel Form if the Druid they are accompanying is also in Travel Form. I know I will sorely miss the dulcet sounds of chain frantic perpetual squawking when I quest. Wait. Wait no, I won’t miss that at all. Read on for the full list of hotfixes.
June 29
Hotfixes
Achievements
- Fixed a bug that prevented some players from receiving progress toward the Paragon of the Broken Isles Achievement.
Classes
- Warrior
- Defensive Stance can now be cancelled after 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Items
- Tome of Unraveling Sanity now provides full Critical Strike effectiveness to all specs.
- Shifting Cosmic Sliver will now function correctly for Protection Paladins when Guardian of Ancient Kings is glyphed with Glyph of the Queen.
Raids
- Tomb of Sargeras
- Pets should no longer get stuck during the Kil’jaeden encounter when using teleportation spells.
NPCs
- Broll Bearmantle and Thisalee Crow should no longer constantly try to enter Travel Form if the Druid they’re with is in Travel Form.
Player versus Player
Death Knight
- Unholy
- Crypt Fever damage reduced by 33%.
- PvP template Strength increased by 5%.
Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- Chaos Strike damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations (was previously reduced by 15%).
- Annihilation damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations (was previously reduced by 15%).
- PvP template Versatility increased by 5%.
- PvP template Agility increased by 3%.
Druid
- Restoration
- PvP template Intellect increased by 5%.
- All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
- Swiftmend healing increased by 40% in PvP situations.
Monk
- Brewmaster
- PvP template Versatility increased by 30%.
- PvP template Haste increased by 25%.
- Mistweaver
- Soothing Mist healing reduced by 20% in PvP situations.
- Soothing Mist healing cast by Jade Serpent Statue reduced by 20% in PvP situations.
- Healing of the Ancient Mistweaver Arts version of Soothing Mist reduced by 20%.
- Way of the Crane heals for 175% of damage dealt (was 200%).
- PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
- Damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
Mage
- Frost
- Ebonbolt damage reduced by 10% in PvP situations.
- Flurry damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations.
- Glacial Spike damage reduced by 10% in PvP situations.
- PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
Paladin
- Flash of Light healing increased by 15% in PvP situations.
- Holy
- PvP template Intellect increased by 5%.
- All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
- Holy Light healing increased by 10% in PvP situations.
- Holy Shock healing increased by 10% in PvP situations.
- Protection
- Sacred Duty reduces cooldown of Blessing of Protection and Sacrifice by 33% (was 50%).
- Retribution
- PvP template Versatility increased by 50%.
- PvP template Haste decreased by 10%.
- PvP template Critical Strike decreased by 20%.
Priest
- Discipline
- All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 3%.
- PvP template Intellect increased by 5%.
- Holy
- All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
- PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
- Shadow
- PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
- PvP template Versatility increased by 10%.
- Shadow Mania now grants 4 Insanity every 2 seconds (was 3 Insanity).
- Mind Trauma now steals 3% Haste (was 1% Haste).
- Mind Trauma’s maximum Haste stolen is increased to 12% per target, and 24% overall.
Rogue
- Assassination
- Poison Bomb damage reduced by 40% in PvP situations (was previously reduced by 30%).
- Subtlety
- Vanish cast by Thieves’ Gambit will now cancel when the target begins to cast a spell.
- PvP Template Agility reduced by 5%.
Shaman
- Enhancement
- PvP Template Agility reduced by 5%.
- Damage of Stormstrike, Stormstrike Off-Hand, Windstrike, and Windstrike Off-Hand reduced by 5% in PvP situations.
Warlock
- Affliction
- PvP Template Versatility increased by 10%.
- Corruption damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
- Agony damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
- Absolute Corruption now increases the duration of Corruption to 24 seconds in PvP situations (was 40 seconds).
- Nightfall will no longer be incorrectly consumed if gained during the cast of Seed of Corruption.
- Unstable Affliction damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
- Drain Soul damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
- Gateway Mastery now allows players to use your Demonic Gateway 15 seconds more often (was 30 seconds).
Warrior
- Arms
- Defensive Stance reduces the Warrior’s damage by 20% in PvP situations (was 10%).
- PvP Template Strength reduced by 4%.
- PvP Template Versatility reduced by 3%.
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