Patch 2.4: The unofficial patch notes
Yesterday, we sent out a call for unofficial changes, and you guys responded with plenty. The official patch notes were posted earlier this week, but here are the unofficial patch notes for patch 2.4 we've found so far.- Raid reset timers are showing the wrong times. (known bug)
- Various weapons are showing up as the wrong sizes. (known bug)
- A number of AV changes were made, some of them documented, some not.
- We've confirmed that yes, the Chocobo squawk (press spacebar when standing still on the Blood Elf racial mount) is new to the game.
- Sound effect for Power World: Shield has changed in volume (thanks, Matt), as have some other sounds in the game
- Netherstorm mobs have had their health tuned down, and frostbolts seem to go faster (thanks, Nick)
- Blizzard has adjusted things so that the walljumping exploit is no longer valid in many places (thanks, Jacob)
- Motes of Water drop rate seems to be nerfed (thanks, Tancred)
- Fireworks "operate differently" (I haven't seen this one yet, but thanks MisterGrok)
- Mini-ravagers have completely infected the Netherwing Mines (thanks, Arras)
- Portals (Mage, Shattrath, and the Warlock soul portals) have new sounds associated with them (thanks, Xtra)
- Prince in Karazhan has gotten wise to some previously "safe" areas (thanks, Shumina)
- The Battlemasters have been working out -- they're bigger and you can't go through them any more (thanks, Esfand)
- Takes less casts to skill up fishing (thanks, nearlysober)
- Brewfest keg now has a casting circle, doesn't just appear (thanks, kozaj)
- Supremus in Black Temple has also been working out, and is much bigger than before (thanks, Mats)
- The quest giver for the Aether Ray wrangling quest (Skyguard Khatie) is now actually mounted on a nether ray (thanks, Thallid)
- Warriors' Whirlwind sound has changed (thanks, dabronx and fletcher)
- Rep grind for Sporeggar appears to be easier (thanks, Al)
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
Green Armadillo Mar 27th 2008 9:06PM
Yeah, it was a bit easy for someone to block her before, making her hard to click on.
In addition to the much needed ravager change (this took 10 months, but somehow they fixed the bug allowing you to keep the Missing Magistrix teleport scroll in hours), the Nethermine crystal quest has been reduced from 40 to 30 crystals. It's still a bit high to complete on a single pass through the mine, but you'll be able to turn it in more often and this eases the pain of the neutral->friendly grind considerably.
Juan Ramirez Mar 27th 2008 7:20PM
Brewfest Clothing is now Soulbound. Unless this change happened a while ago. I sent all my clothes to an alt for storage and now its stuck on him. QQ MOAR i know! ;)
jbodar Mar 27th 2008 7:20PM
Thanks for the heads-up on Whirlwind. I've been going crazy thinking 2.4 blew up my sound effects. For the record, the new sound grates like nails on a chalkboard, to me.
Tyranor Horus Mar 27th 2008 7:22PM
Also, the engineering mote extractor has a new extractor graphic effect
2kings Mar 27th 2008 7:23PM
I've found more Rich adamantie nodes in nagrand and found a higher drop rate for blue gems
John Mar 27th 2008 7:39PM
I've had fel domination work appropriately, but I havent tested in a BG.
I was able to smelt mithril for skillups on one alt (don't remember how far), and thorium is (now)still a green smelting recipe at 281+ on another.
Saithir Mar 28th 2008 3:56AM
Yeah, the smelting recipes have been buffed. On my 375 miner, the felsteel recipe is still green.
Suzaku Mar 28th 2008 12:49AM
There's new music for orc and tauren inns. I don't think that was included in the patch notes, though it's old news from the PTR.
hurfdurf Mar 27th 2008 8:14PM
I absolutely hate the new Whirlwind sound.
Domper Mar 27th 2008 8:25PM
Another undocumented change for you:
Flame patches on Al'ar used to be reflectable by warrior tanks (gave the tank with molten armor something to do). they'll not be extinguished any more. He's still not too hard to get down, but it was somewhat of a surprise.
Killah Mar 27th 2008 8:27PM
I don't know if it was fixed with the latest hotfix, but I think the weapon models for Human Female are still to big (And I like it:).
Andrige Mar 27th 2008 8:32PM
Thunder Bluff features no dismounting when entering the huts which you enter the bridges that span across the bluffs from.
Gulbrandt Mar 28th 2008 12:42PM
Woot! I got so tired of having to mount up again in TB!
Seppe Mar 27th 2008 9:01PM
The Paladin taunt "Righteous Defense" can now be cast directly onto hostile targets, without the use of a macro. It then affects the player being attacked as usual, taunting up to three mobs off of them.
Schadow Mar 27th 2008 9:18PM
Yay - frees up a macro slot
Rhysati Mar 27th 2008 9:57PM
The Essence of Suffering in the Reliquary of Souls encounter is not using Deaden (or Rune shield for that matter) as she used to. This makes the DPS requirement for phase 2 an awful lot higher. Presumed to be a bug as the necessary DPS is likely to be too high for a guild attempting to get their first kill.
Tristan Mar 27th 2008 10:16PM
Another new thing in netherwing is that the netherwing crystal quest now only requires 30 crystals instead of 40
Bootsanator Mar 28th 2008 4:35AM
This is officially the thing that I HATE the most about patch 2.4. What the Hell did they do to my shield? It sounds like some mage shield or something, something constructed of frost, or arcane. That shild's holy, kids! It might pop a little easier than a paladin one, but that's not the point, the point is.......
CHANGE IT BACK!
QQ
Swarfy Mar 27th 2008 10:17PM
The priest Power Word: Shield buff has a different sound now too.
Bootsanator Mar 28th 2008 4:36AM
Epic Fail, I posted the comment I meant to put here above. Clicking FTL