Known 2.1 issues (and a few more besides)
by Mike Schramm 
May 29th 2007 at 6:28AM
The realms are down this morning for "scheduled maintenance," and in the meantime, here's a list of what's wrong (and hopefully what's being fixed right now). Blizz QA guy Hortus has posted a list of known issues in 2.1, and I've included it in full after the break.
Most of these are pretty inconsequential and/or already known, but a few of them might cause confusion (I had the "grayed out" icon thing happen to me just last night-- the spell looked like it was unavailable, but I could still use it). They all seem easy enough to fix, and so hopefully when the realms go back up today, we won't see them again.
Strangely enough, there's no mention of the Hunter bug/feature at all, so Blizzard still hasn't confirmed that one officially (or maybe hunters liked using it so much they just didn't want to report it). And though Neth has confirmed the Spellthread nerf as a bug, it's not on this list either. I guess we'll have to see what drops this morning-- we could get a small post-2.1 patch, or maybe we'll have to wait for further hotfixes to see any of these bugs squashed.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=GENERAL=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Male Night Elf Off-Hand Weapons are not properly aligned with the hand.
Environment
NPCs at the Ruins of Karabor, Ata'mal Terrace, can enter evade mode.
Items
- Eye of Magtheridon does not proc from resisted Paladin Judgement of Vengeance.
- The critical strike damage bonus of the Metagem Relentless Earthstorm Diamond does not apply to Hunter Arcane Shot.
- There is a texture missing from the Gladiator's Plate Legguards
User Interface
- Some ability buttons show as grayed out even when they are usable.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=CLASSES=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Druid
Spells, Talents, & Abilities
- Tree of Life healing buff is being removed from the Druid if afflicted by a Banish spell.
Hunter
Spells, Talents & Abilities
- Triggering the Hunter Entrapment talent causes the hunter to stand up breaking eating or drinking.
- Improved mend pet poison dispelling effect will interrupt eating/drinking for the hunter.
Paladin
Spells, Talents, & Abilities
- Improved Concentration Aura is only reducing silence/interrupt duration by 15% instead of 30%.
- Paladin Seal of Vengeance does less damage to a target affected by Judgement of Crusader than it did previously.
- Paladin Improved Concentration Aura does not reduce the duration of Felhunter Spell Lock silencing effect.
Shaman
Spells, Talents, & Abilities
- Shaman's Lightning Shield procs when the Shaman harvests a Nightmare Vine.
Filed under: Patches, Bugs, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
emilise May 29th 2007 7:39AM
no mention either to warlock ban : now if you ban a mob you've already banned, it will deban.
no mention either to the mob targetting. now you can't target a mob through a wall, that's annoying.
bugs or undocumented changes? both bugs I hope...
fbp May 29th 2007 7:56AM
The most annoying change is that you cannot target through walls anymore. Just try going to Stormwind bank. Have to target through the little grate is a PITA.
KissTheRing May 29th 2007 8:04AM
The quest 'The Fel and the Furious' has been bugged since 2.1
Acariquara May 29th 2007 8:12AM
1. If that is "fixed" I will QQ.
Reason: As a Lock, I want to DELIBERATELY "unban" elemental/demons so the raid can omgwtfpwn them instead of waiting 20 or so seconds for it to expire. Great timesaver...
soup May 29th 2007 10:27AM
Theres also that huge Jewelcrafting bug with none of the new uncommon cuts being available yet
Mike H May 29th 2007 8:35AM
I've noticed a few problems when playing my priest; the first is a strange problem with resurrection, the person I rezz can’t see me or doesn’t appear to move so they have to log. The second problem is the Shadow fiend (I have no problem with him running to me but...) the pet bar sometimes doesn’t appear so I cant tell it to attack, this glitch seems completely random and its kind of annoying.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Belthasar May 29th 2007 8:42AM
Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond. Anyone using it successfully?
Roamer May 29th 2007 8:43AM
There's the hunter bug that was supposed to get fixed in 2.1, that I hope they never do. Steady Shot can still be used as an instant turnaround, provided you aren't moving.
Savok May 29th 2007 8:58AM
Everywhere: Mobs spawning under the terrain
Everywhere: Mob model never moves but by golly he can still attack you just about anywhere sometimes not even allowing you to fight back
Everywhere: Loot lag is back
Gargoyle May 29th 2007 12:30PM
Missing pet bars.. No pet bar for Mind Control. Also my warlocks petbar keeps disappearing after mount/dismount.
Remarking a target after the group wipes.
infection May 29th 2007 9:16AM
Looking for group sucks now. If you get in a group, you will be forced out of the lfg channel. In someone's mind, that makes sense, but what if the group leader doesn't want to spam stuff in lfg channel, and doesn't want to make you leader. There is just no use in forcing you to leave the channel and no way to join it if you are in a group.
Ladorius May 29th 2007 9:30AM
Don't know if this is just me but if I am in shadowmoon valley (as a hunter) and fly to netherwing ledge without dismissing pet. Once I get there and the illusion is on that I am an orc with a netherwing, I try to take my pet out and for some reason...He's DEAD! I don't know what's going on but that's weird.
Andrew May 29th 2007 9:58AM
I just want them to fix all the graphical / video related bugs.
Like, why can't I select a party member by clicking on them, unless I pan my screen around a few times? Same goes for enemy mobs... I have to use the party portaits and tab-target... totally annoying as a priest.
Sarah May 29th 2007 10:00AM
I was grinding rep in Teldrassil last night and noticed beasts "hopping" everywhere. I also noticed the loot thing, especially on mobs that dropped things for quests. One quest I had to abandon completely because I killed the giant spider thing three times and it never let me loot it. Funny thing was, once I abandoned the quest I could loot it but it obviously didn't drop what I had needed. It was crazy.
Alysandir May 29th 2007 10:08AM
How about the Forge Camps near Ogri'la? Flying into these since the start of the weekend drops your FPS down into the single digits, regardless of your video settings or how many players are in the area. It's happening to everyone and makes doing the bombing runs practically impossible to do.
James May 29th 2007 10:08AM
The hunter bug with Mend Pet is not tied to the poison dispell effect. It happens period. If you hit Mend Pet and then sit down to drink, you automatically stand back up and lose whatever you were eating or drinking. It is a pain.
Also, has anyone else been having graphics issues? Terrain in the distance now often flashes; individual tiles on mountains and hills will briefly (< 1 second) flash brighter. Also, I've noticed grahpics glitches on some mobs. They appear in the distance with radically different colors that gradually fade to the correct skin model as you get closer. I've noticed this on the panthers in 1000 Needles and on the Flayers in Netherstorm. I would say its my graphics card needing new drivers, but I have seen these errors on two different computers with different cards.
Ugata, Argent Dawn May 29th 2007 10:19AM
I've been seeing the 'flashes' of terrain as well. I had to bring down my draw distance to get it to stop.
I've also seen the mobs that both 'hop' (usually on un-level ground) as well as some that walk underground.
Those graphical problems also seem to be hurting my FPS, I now get a 'jerky' effect when running, which never happened pre 2.1, even if I have 20fps, it will jerk forward once in awhile ... very annoying.
Levesk May 29th 2007 10:25AM
On 2 different EU servers I am experiencing disappearing party members, mobs and hunter pet become completely white, absolutely crazy spawns from herbs, huge loot lags, and like #6 there are strange behaviours from rezz'd characters.
Nereeza May 29th 2007 10:22AM
Before the patch, no problems hearthing into or flying into Shattrath..
.. after the patch, computer reboots on arrival or up to 15-20seconds afterwards..
Just try avoiding going to Shattrath, or having it as your hub to anywhere, just so you don't reboot and have to relog back in..
Laurens Holst May 29th 2007 10:42AM
For me, the "target of target" doesn’t show up anymore half of the time.
This means I can’t reliably see when I accidentally get aggro, and who the mob’s targeting, or which mob a friendly player’s targeting.
This is very annoying and really affecting the way I play.
As for flashes in the terrain, I had graphic glitches before the patch (only in Outland though), but after the patch they disappeared.
~Grauw