WoW – HOTFIX Patch Notes 24.07.2018

July 24, 2018

Classes

• Druid
  • Swift Flight Form again correctly travels at the same speed as fast flying mounts.
  • Balance
    • Fixed a bug where Nature’s Balance was granting slightly less Astral Power than listed.
    • Twin Moons now correctly interacts with the Lady and the Child Legendary Shoulder armor effect.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Healing from Avenging Crusader will correctly be increased if the target has Mystic Touch or Chaos Brand.
  • Retribution
    • Fixed a bug where Inquisition would not work correctly together with the Light’s Vanguard Battleplate 4-piece bonus or Divine Purpose.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Healing from Atonement will correctly be increased if the target has Mystic Touch or Chaos Brand.

Creatures and NPCs

• Various rare hunter pets around the world are now correctly level scaling again.
• Prince Navarius’ Soul Blast no longer deals excessive damage.
• Vile Tutors’ Shadow Shields no longer absorb an excessive amount.

Dungeons and Raids

• Antorus, the Burning Throne
  • Felhounds of Sargeras
    • Shatug’s Decay now hits for less damage.
  • Aggramar
    • Blazing Eruption damage reduced by 20%.
  • Argus the Unmaker
    • Sentence of Sargeras damage reduced by 30%.
    • Rent Soul damage reduced by 30%.
    • Withering Roots damage reduced by 60%.
• Blackfathom Deeps
  • Corrupted Healing Totem no longer excessively heals enemies.
• Dire Maul
  • Immol’thar will now slay the Highborne Summoners after all of the nearby pylons have been deactivated.
• Hellfire Citadel
  • Tyrant Velhari’s Aura of Oppression’s rate of damage increase has been reduced.
• Maraudon
  • Lord Vyletongue’s Multishot damage has been reduced.
• Maw of Souls
  • Resolved an issue with Helya’s Brackwater Barrage which caused some of the visuals to function incorrectly.
• Mogu’shan Vaults
  • Defeating the Stone Guard on Raid Finder will award loot correctly if the Jade Guardian is the last to fall.
• Pit of Saron
  • Fixed a bug that made some NPCs have the wrong appearance.
• Scarlet Halls
  • Burning Books damage has been reduced to an appropriate level.

Garrisons

• The Garrison Fishing Shack quests have been updated with the appropriate skill requirement and can once again be accepted and completed.
• The Universal Language Module is no longer required for “Auctioning for Parts”.

Items

• Fixed an issue where the Lightforged Warframe called from the Vindicaar was unintentionally fragile. Artificer Romuul has replaced its Vindicator Plating, significantly increasing resistance to demonic threats.
• Fixed an issue where defeating Viz’aduum in Karazhan did not contribute towards earning the Legion Class Hall Leggings.

Player versus Player

• The Twin Spire Ruins graveyard again changes control when one faction brings their Battle Standard to its location.
• Isle of Conquest
  • Health of gates has been increased by 100%.
  • Health of NPC generals has been increased by 30%.
  • Demolisher vehicles now deal an appropriate amount of damage.
  • Keep Cannons and Glaive Throwers now deal reduced damage to players.

Professions

• Cloak enchantments from Warlords of Draenor can now only be applied to items with an item level of 151 or lower.
• Blacksmithing Sharpening Stones and Enchanting Oils have had their max item level requirements updated.
• Ancient Gem Veins can now be mined with the Outland Mining skill.
• The Gnomish Army Knife and Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife should now be usable again by engineers.
• Players with Warlords of Draenor fishing can again catch large fish or Lunkers.

Quests

• Increased experience rewards during the Death Knight introductory quests, allowing them to enter either Burning Crusade or Wrath of the Lich King content immediately after completing the starting experience.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the completion of “The Felsoul Experiments”.
• Illidan Stormrage again knows several useful spells during “Ravencrest’s Legacy”.
• Players can again complete and turn in “The Legend of the Four Hammers”. If a new Armorcrafter’s Commendation is needed, it is now offered for 1000 Nethershards from Warmage Kath’reen.
• Fixed a bug that caused Yenniku to sometimes get killed and make “Saving Yenniku” impossible.
• The Warsong Battle Standard has had its toughness increased in order to survive longer against the Anu’bar Invaders during “The Might of the Horde”.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the completion of “Wooly Justice”.
• Fixed several issues in “The Defense of Karabor” that could prevent completion.
• On “Rocket Rescue”, the Pirate-Destroying Bombs will once again wreak their deadly havoc.
• Fixed an issue where Saurfang did not exercise enough restraint against Warriors dueling him during the quest “Secrets of the Axes”.
• During “A Little Help From My Friends”, slapping Ringo will no longer instantly kill him.

Hotfixes

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July 23, 2018

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader and Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle are now available at level 55.
  • Blood
    • Dreadwake Armor 2-piece bonus will now correctly reduce the cooldown of Dancing Rune Weapon when a charge of Bone Shield is consumed.
• Hunter

• Tamed diemetradons are no longer dino-sized.

• Monk
  • Windwalker
    • Tiger Style should no longer incorrectly affect Flying Serpent Kick.
• Paladin
  • Avenger’s Shield will correctly interrupt or silence only one target, regardless of effects that add damage targets.
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Fixed a bug where The First of the Dead did not work with Shadowstrike and Gloomblade.
• Shaman
  • Fixed an issue that caused Riptide’s healing to be increased more than intended by Earth Shield.
• Warrior

• Fury
  • Fixed a bug where Execute with Massacre talent and Whirlwind active could not correctly deal damage.

• Warlock

• Fixed a bug preventing several spells from correctly granting Soul Leech.

Character Services

• Fixed a bug where boosting a Demon Hunter character or using a class trial Demon Hunter equipped the character with rogue gear.

Creatures and NPCs

• Slitherblade Myrmidon’s Localized Toxin no longer deals excessive amounts of damage.

Dungeons and Raids

• Antorus, the Burning Throne
  • Felhounds of Sargeras
    • Singed damage reduced by 75%.
  • Eonar
    • Strike damage reduced by 60%.
    • Reduced the health of Fel Hound, Fel Lord, and Felguard.
  • Antoran High Command
    • Psychic Assault damage stacks less aggressively.
  • Portal Keeper Hasabel
    • Blazing Imp health reduced by 30%.
  • Imonar
    • Pulse Grenade damage reduced by 30%.
    • Stasis Trap damage reduced by 30%.
  • Coven of Shivarra
    • Shadow Blades damage reduced by 50%.
  • Aggramar
    • Wake of Flame damage reduced by 20%.
• Auchenai Crypts
  • Shirrak the Dead Watcher
    • Carnivorous Bite now does considerably less damage.
• Blackrock Depths
  • Reduced General Angerforge’s attack damage.
  • Reduced Fineous Darkvire’s attack damage.
• Blackwing Lair
  • Ebonroc
    • Shadow of Ebonroc no longer heals for excessive amounts.
• Dire Maul
  • Reduced the damage done by Gordok Reavers summoned by Captain Kromcrush.
• Forge of Souls
  • Reduced Bronjahm’s damage and the damage increase done by Magic’s Bane to casters.
• Halls of Origination
  • Reduced Anhurr’s Divine Reckoning damage.
• Gate of the Setting Sun
  • Fixed an issue where Ga’dok would fall and despawn.
• Grimrail Depot
  • Borka the Brute and Railmaster Rocketspark
    • Unmanaged Aggression now does considerably less damage and provides less haste.
• Lower Blackrock Spire
  • Shadow Hunter Vosh’gajin’s Curse of Blood no longer increases damage taken by an excessive amount.
• Maraudon
  • Reduced Rotgrip’s attack damage.
• Maw of Souls
  • Helya
    • Piercing Tentacle no longer does excessive damage.
• Mogu’shan Palace
  • Reduced the damage done by Gekkan and his associates.
• Mogu’shan Vaults
  • Fixed a bug where The Spirit Kings could sometimes unintentionally respawn.
• Neltharion’s Lair
  • Dargrul’s Crystal Spikes no longer incorrectly prioritizes tanks.
• The Nighthold
  • Tichondrius
    • The healing amount of Vampiric Aura has been reduced to 10% of the target’s health.
    • Feast of Blood now activates Vampiric Aura (was an increase to Vampiric Aura).
• The Oculus
  • Reduced the damage of Drakos the Interrogator’s Sphere Detonation and melee attacks.
• Pit of Saron
  • Reduced Forgemaster Garfrost’s damage.
• Return to Karazhan
  • Centurion, Pyrelord, and Core Hound creatures summoned by Backup Singer should no longer have excessive health.
• Scarlet Halls
  • Exploding Shot Stalker no longer deals excessive damage.
• Scarlet Monastery
  • Scorched Earth no longer deals excessive damage.
• Tomb of Sargeras
  • Kil’Jaeden
    • Demonic Obelisk should no longer deal excessive damage.
• Ulduar
  • Vehicle power scaling adjusted to better fit post-squish item levels.
• The Underbog
  • Swamplord Muselek no longer deals excessive damage.
• Utgarde Keep
  • Ingvar the Plunderer’s Dark Smash and Dreadful Roar no longer paint his face with as much of your blood.
• Vortex Pinnacle
  • Reduced the damage done by Altairus’ Chilling Breath and Lightning Blast.

Items

• Sticky Bomb damage has been reduced.
• Mecha-Blast Rocket damage has been reduced.
• Gunpowder Charge damage has been reduced.

Player versus Player

• The item Net-O-Matic 5000 should work in Stormwind and Orgrimmar on targets who are flagged for PvP and have War Mode enabled.
• Paladin
  • The rate at which Hammer of Reckoning stacks are gained has been reduced to 1 stack per 5% of the Paladin’s maximum health in damage.
• Priest
  • Crowd control spells that immediately break on damage such as Polymorph and Freezing Trap will now remove Shadow Mend’s damage over time effect in PvP combat.
• Warrior
  • Fury Warriors can no longer continuously cast Heroic Leap when they have the Honor Talent Barbarian.
  • Barbarian will correctly interact with the additional Heroic Leap charges granted by Timeless Stratagem.

Quests

• Fixed a bug with the Emergency Fire Ward on “Bael’dun Rescue”.
• “The Stolen Silver” can again be properly looted when clicking on the Stolen Silver Lockbox.
• Enemies no longer do excessive damage in “The Defense of Karabor”.
• Gymer should now be better at surviving throughout “The Storm King’s Vengeance”.
• Bone Armor now more substantial and effective on “Ever Watching From Above”.
• The Great Northern Elderhorn should no longer vanish during the Leatherworking quest “Mounting Made Easy”.
• Fixed a bug where Thrall would not complete the Hour of Twilight event if Arcurion was killed quickly.
• The Forest’s Edge bounty board again offers “WANTED: Hogger”.
• Horde players can again use the Sunreaver Portal during “Insertion”.
• Fixed a bug causing the spell Soul Blast to deal too much damage during “The Storm King’s Vengeance”.
• Enemy machine gun fire no longer deals excessive damage on “The Pride of Kezan”.
• Fixed a bug preventing the turn in of “Captain Sanders’ Hidden Treasure”.

Hotfixes

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July 20, 2018

Classes

• Monk
  • The Earth and Fire clone from Storm, Earth, and Fire should correctly mimic Rushing Jade Wind, regardless of the player’s target.
• Paladin
  • Protection
    • Fixed a bug preventing the Light’s Vanguard Battleplate 4-piece bonus from activating and deactivating as intended.
    • Fixed an issue where Consecration occasionally failed to provide its self-buff.
• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • Fixed a bug where Blindside was not learnable until level 40.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • The Command Demon version of Spell Lock can no longer be cast without a target.
    • Demonic Calling can now correctly be activated by casting Demonbolt.

Character Services

• Characters at level 110 and above may now move up to 1,000,000 gold when performing a Character Transfer.

Creatures and NPCs

• Fixed a visual bug that caused some characters to lose the tops of their heads.

Dungeons and Raids

• The health and damage of all enemies in Emerald Nightmare, Trial of Valor, The Nighthold, and Tomb of Sargeras has been significantly reduced.
• The experience awarded on completion of a random dungeon has been increased.
• Antorus, the Burning Throne
  • Fixed a bug preventing Death’s Advance from functioning correctly in certain encounter situations, such as Aggramar’s Flame Rend.
• Eye of Azshara
  • Damage dealt by Lightning Strike, Warlord Parjesh’s Crashing Wave, and Quicksand have been significantly reduced.
• The Nexus
  • Chaotic Energy Bursts from Chaotic Rifts no longer inflict excessive damage.
• Obsidian Sanctum
  • Sartharion’s Large Satchel of Spoils should again contain loot.
• Return to Karazhan
  • Mana Confluences’ Ablative Shield should no longer absorb an excessive amount of damage.
• Utgarde Keep
  • Dragonflayer Runecaster’s Bolthorn’s Rune of Flame now deals less damage.

Items

• Darkmoon Deck: Promises no longer reduces some non-mana resources.
• Fixed a bug that prevented banners from granting expected honor, experience, and reputation bonuses.
• Fishing Chair and Nat’s Fishing Chair have been temporarily converted into objects that are not chairs, while a bug with their functionality is fixed. They will return to their former function in a future patch.

Player versus Player

• Adjusted PvP scaling to reduce the difference in power and damage between players of different item levels at level 110.
• Fixed a bug preventing some players from obtaining Honorable Medallion while PvP-enabled.

Professions

• Fishing
  • Fixed a bug that caused the wrong sound when casting.

Quests

• Fixed a bug with the reputation bonus on completion of “Death to Agogridon”. If you previously completed the quest, speak to Karnum Marshweaver in Desolace to receive your reward.
• The talking quest NPC should no longer appear for players who are nearby, but are not the Hunter on “Never Hunt Alone”.
• Players should again be able to complete “All Charged Up”.
• Fixed a bug with the conversation required for “Secrets of Wrymskull Uncovered”, allowing completion of “The Echo of Ymiron”.
• Low-level players are now able to do appropriate damage to the  Devilsaur Queen during “The Ballad of Maximillian”.
• “Pitching In” can again be completed.

World

• It is again possible to earn credit toward “Field Photographer” when using the S.E.L.F.I.E. cam anywhere within the Path of Uther.
• Alliance characters can again complete “Uther’s Blessing” by approaching Uther’s statue.

Source: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21973195/hotfixes-july-24-2018