Undocumented 2.4.1 change list
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Apr 2nd 2008 at 4:25PM
2.4.1's had a chance to settle in, and as usual, people have been finding a few extra changes that didn't get in the patch notes.
There's nothing too earth shattering, though any Shamans out there who have been trying a dual-wield elemental hybrid build might be feeling a bit set back, since quite a few +spell damage one handers have been changed to main hand only, namely Sedai's Blade, Terokk's Gavel, Archmage's Guile, Seeker's Gavel, K'iru's Presage, and the Battle-mace of the High Priestess. Those of you jewelcrafters who have been feeling guilty about killing your poor Nightseye Panther will be happy to know that it now only fades away instead of dying when its buff ends.
In addition, Normal and Heroic Magisters' Terrace mobs have had thier reputation gain adjusted, and you should now be getting about 2k Shattered Sun Offensive rep per a normal clear. For raiders, they'll find that Brutallus' Meteor Slash is now an unlimited range frontal cone attack, apparently to fix a problem with paladin taunting, accord to World of Raids. In case you missed our previous report on it, the Distraction at the Dead Scar bombing run is also a bit easier to finish.
Finally, one documented non-change: The chat filtering problems that the notes claim were fixed are still present on live servers. Hortus confirmed that the fix had some bad side effects and was pulled at the last minute, but will hopefully reappear in a future patch.
We'll keep watching for any other changes to pop up, so keep it tuned here to WoW Insider.
Filed under: Patches, Items, News items, Instances, Quests, Bosses
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Blake Apr 2nd 2008 4:48PM
can we take the sword items off the list since shamans can't even use those in the first place??
Charlie Taylor Apr 2nd 2008 4:56PM
It isn't just about shamans. The writer is just using shamans as an example of a class that might be affected by this change.
Captain_Ahab5 Apr 2nd 2008 5:08PM
Well who else can DW and uses spell damage besides Shamans?
Killah Apr 2nd 2008 5:15PM
You... Uh... The... Um. DAMN!
anonymoose Apr 2nd 2008 5:19PM
Capt Ahab--to answer your questions, frost rogues, and holy hunters.
Xeren Apr 2nd 2008 5:41PM
holy hunter is a horrible actress
Doug DeJulio Apr 3rd 2008 11:43AM
To answer Ahab's question... Death Knights.
TKO Apr 3rd 2008 12:51PM
what about death knights? they DW and im sure +damage gear will be useful w/ certain specs
Sean Riley Apr 2nd 2008 5:51PM
I don't know when it was changed (might have been 2.4 itself) but the Perpetual Purple Firework trinket actually produces purple fireworks now.
Bootsanator Apr 2nd 2008 5:56PM
I'm a troll, and my staffs (and maybe all weapons) are hovering above my back, bigtime.
Maarick Apr 2nd 2008 5:57PM
could you imagine the cheapness of a holy hunter
hybrid BM
lololol
dont get any ideas blizzard
Attorama Apr 3rd 2008 2:30AM
They changed Archmage's Guile from a one-hand to a main-hand weapon? Well, there goes my one and only reason to grind reputation with the SSO... :(
dean.speedway Apr 3rd 2008 3:28AM
They seemed to have nerfed the new island's bombing quest completely. God forbid we have to do anything hard in this game. What's that? people had to do the bombing run twice to get the kills??? Oh no! better nerf it. 10g in about 25 seconds
Calminaion Apr 3rd 2008 4:39AM
Not sure who else experienced this, but wrt the Sunfury Attack Plans quest, I think the drop rate might have been upped a bit ... I ran it with 3 chars ... 2 of them got the drop on the first kill, the 3rd got it on the 2nd kill. Maybe I was just lucky.
On that note, I normally do a full flying loop from Shatt-nagrand-BEM-Netherstorm to do all the dailies and pick up mining nodes along the way for the Mana Residues. Previous days have required that I do another loop of Hellfire to get all 8 residues ... last night I got all of them before entering BEM ... my last 3 came off the same node of adamantite... So I wonder if they didn't up that rate as well.
Once again, maybe I was just lucky last night and am gonna be really P*ssed off tonight when I have to grind away killing 30 mobs for the plans ;-)
Calminaion Apr 3rd 2008 4:40AM
Soz, forgot to add Hellfire at the end of my loop ... not that it matters, I'm sure you clever folk picked up what I was saying ;-)
Buuty Apr 3rd 2008 6:56AM
I have also noticed better than usual quest item drop rates
Angus Apr 3rd 2008 11:14AM
*Sigh*
Once again Enhancement shaman get nailed when they gave us a mechanic that allowed us to be actual jack of all trades.
They nailed the healing weapons to main hand only, and now damage weapons.
Heaven forbid someone use anything other than the cookie cutter specs.
Kezzy Apr 3rd 2008 11:27AM
Is that in increase or decrease to the SSO rep in MgT?
Kezzy Apr 3rd 2008 11:27AM
*an
matt Apr 4th 2008 3:41PM
Joining a BG as a raid of 6 or more will now match you up against other premades-- you're in an entirely different (and much longer) queue. Didn't see that in the notes, just found it out online.