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by Mathew McCurley 
Sep 8th 2011 at 8:00PM
Guilds in 25-man raiding groups were completing the staff too quickly, making it easy for each guild to obtain many of the legendaries. Having multiple legendaries per guild, especially when moving into the next tier of content, is going to be a pain to balance, so Blizzard has put the kibosh on being able to reasonably get multiple staffs per raiding group. Such is the way of things. Hit the jump for all of the new hotfixes.
Hotfixes for September 8
Dungeons & Raids
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Firelands
- The number of Smouldering Essences that can be collected from a single boss in 25-person Firelands on Heroic difficulty has been reduced.
- The number of Smouldering Essences that can be collected from a single boss in 10-person Firelands on normal mode has been increased.
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Beth'tilac
- The hit points and damage done by drones and spiders in this encounter have been reduced by 10%.
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Ragnaros
- Ragnaros should now be crushing fewer souls on Heroic difficulty.
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Sunwell
- Kalecgos
- Kalecgos should no longer despawn when first engaged.
- The Wrath of Tarecgosa should no longer ignore cooldowns when a clone spell procs.
- The Wrath of Tarecgosa should no longer trigger melee procs from trinkets, however, it should still trigger melee procs from abilities such as Flametongue Attack.
- The trinket Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitor is now pulsier, with more lightning!
- Moonwell Chalice should no longer grant its mastery rating bonus when the activating player unequips it.
- The vehicle entered when on the quest Punting Season should no longer provide players immunity to fall damage.
- Scourged Flamespitters should no longer grant experience when killed.
- Subdued Canyon Ettins from Redridge are no longer capable of being led to Stormwind.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Look at what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back! 
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Regavalt Sep 9th 2011 2:33PM
To be honest... I don't see a problem with using the phrase "an x person raid". However, there is no need to call out Levi's comment as being sexist. The definition of the word man does tend to refer to man as in the sex of a person; however, the definition of man does happen to be "an individual human" as well as "a member of the human race". The word that the English language derives the word man from also has a meaning similar to the genderless "one" in English.
As Stabaa would probably agree, all this political correctness is one small step for person... and one giant leap for personkind. It really makes me proud to be a member of the huperson race.
JPHeat Sep 9th 2011 3:12AM
When are they going to fix the lava bolt crossbow so it doesn't go BOOM like a gun?
devonaelick Sep 9th 2011 3:40AM
Working as intended, and my Dwarven comrades and I wouldn't have it any other other way. If we can't have a gun, at least we can pretend...
zweitblom Sep 9th 2011 5:29AM
Maybe those bolts are boldly breaking the sound barrier each time...
swatmat Sep 9th 2011 4:12AM
So is this fix live on the EU realms? or de we have to wait for next reset which would be wednesday
Tri Sep 9th 2011 7:49AM
Considering it's hotfixes that don't need a patch, I think they should be up on the EU realms as well
drtongue Sep 9th 2011 11:51AM
"The Wrath of Tarecgosa should no longer trigger melee procs from trinkets, however, it should still trigger melee procs from abilities such as Flametongue Attack."
Didn't realize this would be an issue.. are there that many Enh shammys using the legendary staff?
Levi Sep 10th 2011 2:23AM
I was beibg facetious, not sexist, in exacly thr same way as Stabaa and Regavalt. Thank you voth for accepting humor in your lives
Dreadmist Sep 9th 2011 6:29PM
Darn you Blizzard for being so vague about the VPLC buff! This trinket has simmed lower than many 378 trinkets before this buff, but it's hard to say how they've buffed it and consequently how it will sim in the future. May have to gamble and roll on it and assume it now trumps Necromantic Focus or DMC:V for my ele shaman