Patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 8
by Anne Stickney 
Jul 8th 2011 at 10:26PM
A weekend just doesn't feel like a proper weekend without some hotfixes and tweaks to lead it in. Today, we've got a smallish list of new hotfixes for patch 4.2 from the official Warcraft blog. Most of these hotfixes address issues with the Firelands raid; however, there is one notable change that ought to have hunters breathing a sign of relief.
- Combat pets should no longer aggro creatures while the player is mounted. Hunters, it's safe to ride alongside your pet again. Fluffy will stop finding angry new friends to play with.
- During the Rhyolith encounter, multiple volcanoes casting Eruption will now create separate stacks. Crushing a volcano will cause its stacks of Eruption to fade shortly after it's crushed.
- Riplimb's Lost Collar was apparently really, really lost. The item should now properly drop from select creatures.
Follow after the break for the full list of hotfixes.
ZarhymJuly 8
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Classes
- Combat pets should no longer aggro creatures while the player is mounted.
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Dungeons & Raids
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Firelands
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Baleroc
- Death knight Bloodworms are no longer removing stacks of Torment when they explode to heal other players.
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Ragnaros
- Molten Elementals are no longer able to critically hit players.
- The responsiveness of the Molten Power ability has been increased on Heroic difficulty.
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Rhyolith
- Multiple volcanoes casting Eruption will now create separate stacks. Crushing a volcano will cause its stacks of Eruption to fade shortly after.
- Ranged pets can no longer damage Rhyolith's legs without beginning the encounter.
- The Ancient Lava Dweller can no longer be looted by engineers with the Loot-A-Rang.
- Unbound Pyrelords are no longer casting Ignite Elemental on the same target. All Unbound Smoldering Elementals should now be changed to Unbound Blazing Elementals by the time the pyrelord dies.
- The Unbreakable Shell buff present on Unbound Smoldering Elementals now reduces damage received by 50%, down from 90%.
- Unbound Smoldering Elementals are now correctly resetting and are no longer retaining Blazing Flame when they leave combat.
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Baleroc
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Firelands
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Items
- Riplimb's Lost Collar seemed to truly be lost. This item now properly has a chance to drop from select creatures.
- Several Ruthless Gladiator's items have had their Stamina values increased to more appropriate levels.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeff Jul 8th 2011 10:41PM
Still nothing to stop Hell Hounds and Scorpions from being kited and solo-farmed. I s'pose I should make it last!
Arrohon Jul 8th 2011 10:52PM
"The Ancient Lava Dweller can no longer be looted by engineers with the Loot-A-Rang"
I haven't been in FL for trash runs or anything. So why would Blizzard not want these guys to be Loo-A-Ranged?
Redbeard Jul 8th 2011 11:40PM
Alleluia. I was starting to really get annoyed at all of the aggro my Lock's Voidwalker was pulling while I was riding to and fro in Ashenvale.
blissfire Jul 9th 2011 1:36AM
Yes, thank you, thank you! Now perhaps my poor dim beetle will stop cheerfully towing half of Tol Barad behind him while I'm doing dailies. /fingers crossed
bmost1022 Jul 9th 2011 12:35AM
Lol... that DK bug was wiping my raid on Baleroc and we couldn't understand why... someone would go up to the crystal get 1 stack and then somehow get the increased damage taken debuff (as if they had stopped taking damage from the crystal), then they would just die from the damage. How the hell does a bug like that get created? >
furrama Jul 9th 2011 2:07AM
Well, first you must understand how coding works.
Idea-critical thinking-math-magic-???-profit!
I'm thinking something happened during the magic part of the process. Old magic doesn't like to have new magic added on top. Messes with the octarine spectrum.
Hio Jul 9th 2011 8:02AM
furrama wins for Discworld reference.
Jack Mynock Jul 9th 2011 10:44AM
Hio loses for pointing it out.
Snuzzle Jul 9th 2011 3:33AM
It's sad, I've been farming for that belt since 4.2 dropped and it wasn't even properly on the loot tables :s
Rayketh Jul 9th 2011 11:44AM
"Multiple volcanoes casting Eruption will now create separate stacks. Crushing a volcano will cause its stacks of Eruption to fade shortly after."
Pretty sure this is what was causing issues on our Ryolith attempt. Eruption was stacking way too high and never dropping off. This should make it much easier!
Cdawg2tha11 Jul 9th 2011 1:07PM
What about the fact that when in Firelands doing dailies that guild tabards and alchemist stone buffs go away and you have to re equip them to get them back? I hate when i forget and am losing almost 50 rep points for my guild ( and not getting my awesome alch stone potion bonus =p)
terph Jul 9th 2011 4:12PM
It's *kind* of fixed. The tabard stays on when you zone into the Molten Front, but if you use the portal to leave, it pops off again. I've been saving the lava quests for last and just hearthing out when I'm done.