Patch 4.2 PTR patch notes update for June 13
by Alex Ziebart 
Jun 13th 2011 at 9:30PM
- Players should no longer incorrectly receive a message stating they interrupted a spell cast when they did not.
- Anshal's Soothing Breeze should no longer cause combat pets to behave erratically in Throne of the Four Winds.
- The Blizzard Launcher now utilizes Universal Plug and Play for port configuration. If your router supports UPnP it will automatically open the ports that it requires and your downloads will be unrestricted.
General Class Bug Fixes
- Players should no longer incorrectly receive a message stating they interrupted a spell cast when they did not.
- Actions bars will no longer briefly disappear when characters that have a stance bar enter a vehicle.
- All existing Conquest Points in the Currency tab have been converted to Honor Points. Any points above the Honor Point cap must be spent within the next week before Season 10 starts. Once Season 10 begins, all Honor Points exceeding the 4,000 point cap will be converted into gold at a rate of 35 silver per point and mailed to characters.
- Bound Deluge's Frost Whirl ability now deals 50% less damage.
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Arion
- Chain lightning chain distance has been reduced.
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Dungeons and Raids Bug Fixes
- Bosses are now immune to the shrinking effect from Gnomish Shrink Ray.
- The achievement Aberrant Behavior should no longer incorrectly reset its kill tracking during the Maloriak encounter in Blackwing Descent.
- Anshal's Soothing Breeze should no longer cause combat pets to behave erratically in Throne of the Four Winds.
- Raid Marker icons are now visible in all phases of boss encounters.
- Applicable tier 11 items now cost Justice Points.
- Applicable Season 9 items now cost Honor Points.
- Creatures will now display smooth energy regeneration for players.
- The Interface Options screens have changed size to match the Video and Audio screens. This allows for a larger Compact Unit Frames Profiles panel.
- The Blizzard Launcher now utilizes Universal Plug and Play for port configuration. If your router supports UPnP it will automatically open the ports that it requires and your downloads will be unrestricted.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Rai Jun 13th 2011 9:38PM
"Players should no longer incorrectly receive a message stating they interrupted a spell cast when they did not."
....they told me I was crazy. All those spells I interrupted on boss fights only to have the tank spit at me and tell me to shut up and stop lying about interrupting it. I went to specialists. "Doctor, I...I interrupted that...the screen told me...." They told me I was mad. But I'll show them!
Lucidique Jun 14th 2011 3:49AM
I know. You're not alone, son. You're not alone.
FiredCylinder Jun 13th 2011 10:04PM
Interesting about the uPnP thing. I thought they had implemented that awhile ago because I never opened the ports up for it.
velutina Jun 14th 2011 10:25AM
I don't really understand what this means. Could those more technically knowledgeable explain this? From a security standpoint, is this good or not?
Dr Watson Jun 14th 2011 10:39AM
This basically means if you had to manually forward your ports in your router to fix download speed and/or latency you will no longer have to to that, the launcher will take care of all the work for you. UPnP means "Universal Plug N Play"
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play :
"The concept of UPnP is an extension of plug-and-play, a technology for dynamically attaching devices directly to a computer, although UPnP is not directly related to the earlier plug-and-play technology. UPnP devices are "plug-and-play" in that when connected to a network they automatically establish working configurations with other devices."
FiredCylinder Jun 14th 2011 10:41AM
It doesn't necessarily affect security, but it does make life easier for those who are less technologically knowledgeable.
Dr Watson Jun 14th 2011 10:42AM
And as long as you have an antivirus, firewall and malware remover you will be fine
Good free products:
Microsoft Security Essentials (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx)
MalwareBytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/)
And of course the built in Win 7 firewall (there are free, decent ones but so far I haven't had problems with the default one)
Eliandor Jun 14th 2011 10:52AM
Ports are like doors in computer security. When you're the only one around and going in and out of a door a lot, you might prop it open so you don't have to keep opening it when you're carrying something through. Some programs have trouble getting through a certain kind of security (NAT) on routers (that have it) and you can either open the ports yourself or struggle along. This lets the less knowledgeable not have that kind of problem.
And yes, this is a very simplistic metaphor.
FiredCylinder Jun 14th 2011 11:02AM
FYI: clicking random links people put on websites is far more dangerous to security than what blizzard is doing here. That being said, the links the good doctor has put here are good free programs that make your computer very safe.
Telimar Jun 15th 2011 3:33AM
@Dr Watson: Why would forwardning ports fix latency problems?
Brainded Jun 16th 2011 9:49AM
Of course, the UPnP change won't help anyone who cannot download patches because they are, for example, on a college campus where the required ports are blocked to the entire campus. Blizzard needs to put in the capability to fall back to purely HTTP (port 80) in these cases.
Arrohon Jun 13th 2011 10:35PM
"Applicable tier 11 items now cost Justice Points."
Applicable is the key word here. Head and shoulder pieces will still require tokens.
Sally Bowls Jun 14th 2011 2:05AM
Nor do I ever see myself opening up ports and especially not for a game as popular as WoW. I.e., whatever you think about WoW security, sheer size makes it a target.
irwendol Jun 13th 2011 10:36PM
WTB bug fixes for the "stuck in combat" and "can not enter instance while encounter is in progress" in the Zandalari heroics. Bad enough we have to deal with reconstituted old content, but at least make sure the stuff works b4 releasing it.
CraigNeigel Jun 13th 2011 11:26PM
Umm, The "can not enter instance while encounter is in progress" is done on purpose I beleive.
the Stuck in combat. I agree though.
Necromann Jun 13th 2011 11:46PM
I have had times in the Zul Heroics when everyone is dead, but no one can get into the instance because of that error mssg. It has only happened a couple times for me and they were in the first week of 4.1.
cyanea85 Jun 14th 2011 5:25AM
"Umm, The "can not enter instance while encounter is in progress" is done on purpose I beleive."
In raids, yes. You can enter while your group is in combat in 5-mans though.
eric_r_smith Jun 14th 2011 10:33AM
After reading and testing, I can say that it is most probable that someone in your troll dungeon groups that get stuck in combat has a combat pet that was once a dungeon boss.
For example, if you have a hunter in the group using Chromaggus, you will probably get the stuck in combat bug. Only once did we get out of that and I couldn't repeat how to get out of the bug. I can, however, repeat nearly every time, if not every time, the bug by simply pulling out the former Chromaggus and getting into a boss fight.
bluskreem Jun 14th 2011 3:16AM
What? No more boss shrinking? I can n ot tell you how sad this makes me.
wutsconflag Jun 14th 2011 2:38PM
Worst. Bugfix. EVER.
Shrinking Onyxia was always the best part of that encounter!