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The latest patch 5.4 newsCataclysm hotfixes for Dec. 16
by Alex Ziebart 
Dec 16th 2010 at 9:50PM
- Halls of Origination The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and heroic difficulty.
- The Stonecore The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.
- Shaman The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.
HotfixesGeneral
Paladins
Halls of Origination
- Bonuses from Embrace of the Shale Spider and Blessing of Forgotten Kings can no longer stack.
- Completing Archaeology projects will once again contribute to the guild achievement Making History once the player relogs.
- The Orgrimmar portal to Mount Hyjal should now appear for players who flew directly into Hyjal to start questing, rather than take the Moonglade portal.
- The old and busted Winter's Veil decorations in Brill have been disabled.
Paladins
- Ancient Power now has a 30-second maximum duration and will properly be canceled when zoning or relogging.
- Glyph of Seal of Insight now correctly increases healing done by Word of Glory and Light of Dawn while Seal of Insight is active.
- The Mana Tide Totem hotfix from yesterday has been reverted. The Mana Tide buff no longer stacks, as this had a major impact on encounter design.
- It is no longer possible to waste a Soulstone by attempting to use it on a dead target. The player will receive an Invalid Target error message at the completion of their channel. In a future patch, we intend this functionality to work correctly, allowing a Soulstone to be used to instantly resurrect a dead target.
Halls of Origination
- The damage of Fireballs automatically cast by Temple Fireshaper with Molten Barrier active has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
- The damage of Pact of Darkness cast by Temple Shadowlancer has been adjusted in normal and Heroic difficulty.
- Siamat will cast Deflecting Winds after a few seconds of entering combat regardless of any abilities used against him at the start of the encounter.
- The damage of Dust Flail cast by Lockmaw has been adjusted in normal difficulty.
- The Crystal Shards creatures in the Corborus encounter are now level 86, down from 88.
- Both normal and Heroic versions of Heart of Ignacious apply 20-second cooldowns on other similar items, rather than the full 2-minute duration.
- Shroud of Dark Memories and Shade of Death now have different stats.
- Pyrite Ore is prospectable at 500 Jewelcrafting skill, down from 525.
- Darkbrew Lager can be learned at 415 Cooking skill, down from 425.
- The Engineering item High-Powered Bolt Gun can no longer be used in Arena and Rated Battleground matches.
- Engineers can now purchase Smooth Cogwheels from Frank Natale using 4x Handful of Obsidium Bolts.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 4)
Sleutel Dec 17th 2010 12:41AM
Indeed. Thank you for the vaguely-informative-yet-useless information, Blizz. :(
Dascylus Dec 17th 2010 4:31AM
By adjusted, they mean they nerfed the damage because groups were wiping from Shadowlancers and Fireshapers way too often. Halls of Origination is pretty easy after you down the trash packs with those two types of mobs.
Ikarus Dec 17th 2010 2:56PM
This. I hope it was reduced, but do you have a source for that assumption?
Dr_white Dec 16th 2010 10:19PM
I read that Cataclysm is selling really well. Amazing considering that literally everyone I know has quit WoW and hates the changes. That's like 15 or more people of varying backgrounds in four different countries. And at least half of them say that nearly all of THEIR friends have quit, too. Even the most hard-core players I know think Bliz has destroyed the game.
Eregos ftw! Dec 16th 2010 10:23PM
I doubt ALL your friends have quit WoW ONLY because of the changes in the Cataclysm. Sure, some classes are a little messed, but Cata's only been out for what, 9 days? All in all, gameplay is alot smoother for alot of classes and raids are hard.
On the other hand, your friends may be noobs, so they might have quit cause WoW got harder.
Zanathos Dec 16th 2010 10:31PM
People have been saying that since burning crusade, yet someone, they managed to sell ridiculous amounts of units.
Stirb Dec 16th 2010 10:39PM
If you don't like it, nobody's blocking the door.
theRaptor Dec 16th 2010 10:48PM
Everyone in my 100+ member guild is still playing and online numbers have been around 20-30 from around 9am to 11pm since Cata launched.
I'm going to guess that either your friends are noobs who were used to being carried through heroics, used to play a class that was OP but is now fairly balanced, or are PVPers who can't adjust to the early xpac experience.
Spiritfire Dec 16th 2010 10:48PM
Their stuff...can I have?
theRaptor Dec 16th 2010 10:49PM
P.S. Lots of people rage quit the game at varying points but most come back. Anyone remember "WoW = Waiting on Warhammer"?
smackphat Dec 16th 2010 11:13PM
Sorry to disappoint, but 14 of my friends have started playing in the days leading up to the shattering. Half had never played before.
cyanea85 Dec 16th 2010 11:20PM
I literally think you don't really know what literally means.
Eli Dec 16th 2010 11:24PM
Funny, because hardcore players know how to run heroics in pre-raid gear through use of CC, single-target damage, and damage avoidance. If your so called "hardcore" friends really did leave, they left because they couldn't deal with the increased difficulty.
So uh... QQ moar?
zubbiefish Dec 16th 2010 11:51PM
Realy?
They ALL left?
It's the end, I swear this time it's the end.
You better get them back here quick, or we won't have anyone to make fun of...
Darasen Dec 17th 2010 12:09AM
So if you and your friends dislike WoW so much why in the blue hell are on a WoW news blog posting comments?
Sunaseni Dec 17th 2010 12:47AM
Yes, because your friends represent a statistical random sample of all of the players of World of Warcraft, and therefore can represent the population as a whole.
ElrithCC Dec 17th 2010 1:04AM
Yeah, meanwhile they just hit an all time high in player base, and more people than ever before are praising this expansion as the best thing that ever happened.
It's a good thing you're gone, you probably aren't a very fun person.
Hensonite Dec 17th 2010 1:27AM
Ask an alcoholic about alcohol. A lot of the time he will tell you that he hates the stuff and won't touch it.
Xantenise Dec 17th 2010 2:24AM
@TheRaptor Oh man, I don't know a single person who quit for WAR who DIDN'T come back.
Carson Dec 17th 2010 3:57AM
Amazing that everyone you know has quit WoW and hates the changes, when everyone I know loves the changes, nobody has quit, and heaps of people have resubscribed. Amazing how anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, isn't it?