Patch 4.3 hotfixes for Dec. 12, 2011

by Adam Holisky Dec 12th 2011 at 10:35PM

A big batch of new hotfixes has just been released for patch 4.3. Some of the more notable ones include:

The Mass Regeneration effect from the druid tier 13 bonus now heals 25% of the healing received by the druid from Frenzied Regeneration, down from 50%. The tooltip will be updated in a later patch.
Damage done by Forgotten Ones, Void Bolt AoE, and Searing Blood has been reduced on 25-person heroic difficulty.
Yor'sahj's health has been reduced by 10% on 25 person heroic difficulty.
The health pools for Burning Tendon, Corrupted Blood, Corruption, and Hideous Amalgamation have been reduced by 6% to 11% for 25-person raids on both normal and heroic difficulty.
Damage done by Deathwing's Elementium Blast, Corrupted Blood, and Blistering Heat have been lowered on Raid Finder difficulty.

Blizzard makes it clear on Twitter that several of the raid hotfixes will not be active until after tomorrow's realm maintenance. So don't expect to see them if you're currently engaged in the encounters.

The full list after the break.

Hotfixes

December 12

Classes
- Druid
  - Pounce should now apply its Bleed to targets beyond its normal range when used with the Glyph of Pounce.
  - The Mass Regeneration effect from the druid tier 13 bonus now heals 25% of the healing received by the druid from Frenzied Regeneration, down from 50%. The tooltip will be updated in a later patch.
- Paladin
  - Holy Radiance should now stack properly with other paladins' Holy Radiance, with all valid targets nearby being properly healed.
- Warrior
  - Bladestorm will now properly apply its immunities to spell effects that are in flight when Bladestorm is activated.
Dungeons and Raids
- Hour of Twilight
  - Archbishop Benedictus
    - Thrall should no longer despawn when no players are near him after the gauntlet has been completed.
- Throne of the Four Winds
  - Al'Akir
    - Wind Burst should no longer knock players back too far.
- Dragon Soul
  - Morchok
    - Earthen Soldiers, Ancient Water Lords and Earthen Destroyers now move faster.
    - Morchok's Resonating Crystals should now always target the closest players when they explode.
  - Yor'sahj the Unsleeping
    - Damage done by Forgotten Ones, Void Bolt AOE, and Searing Blood has been reduced on 25-person, Heroic difficulty.
    - Yor'sahj's health has been reduced by 10% on 25-person, Heroic difficulty.
  - Hagara the Stormbinder
    - Hagara's Frost Shield can no longer be broken by Shattering Throw to avoid her Frozen Tempest phase.
  - Warlord Zon'ozz
    - Disrupting Shadows no longer deals AoE damage or knockbacks when the duration is reduced with Mage Armor on Heroic raid difficulties.
  - Warmaster Blackhorn
    - Shockwave can now be broken by trinkets and other effects that cancel stuns.
    - Blackhorn's Vengeance now accrues at a rate of 1% per 2% of missiong HP on Raid Finder difficulty.
    - After Warmaster Blackhorn is killed, the deck fire on upper decks is no longer present on Heroic difficulty.
    - Warmaster Blackhorn, the Twilight Elite Slayers, and the Twilight Elite Dreadblades are no longer able to attack players while mounted.
  - Spine of Deathwing
    - Blood Corruption: Earth will no longer morph into Blood Corruption: Death when dispelled.
    - Blood Corruption: Earth now applies two stacks of Blood of Neltharion when it expires on 25-player heroic difficulty.
    - The health pools for Burning Tendon, Corrupted Blood, Corruption, and Hideous Amalgamation have been reduced by 6 to 11% for 25-person raids on both normal and Heroic difficulty.
    - Hideous Amalgamations with the Superheated buff no longer pulse their AE damage after being thrown from Deathwing's back.
  - Madness of Deathwing
    - Damage done by Elementium Blast, Corrupted Blood, and Blistering Heat have been lowered on Raid Finder difficulty.
    - This encounter should now complete when all players die after Deathwing has been defeated.
Items
- Darkmoon Zeppelin should no longer be converted to a Horde Balloon during an Alliance to Horde faction change.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

facepalmer2 Dec 12th 2011 10:45PM

Not Sure if this is a glitch or not, has happened twice, but sometimes while in the water bubble thing he casts before the Aoe Wall sweeps over us - how I understand it, is while inside it shields us- instead fails to shield anything as if we were not inside. Mind You I play alliance... Coincidence, I think not! Or its just a glitch...

Skarn Dec 12th 2011 11:16PM

Uh. What are you talking about?

Hagara? SHE has no water shield that benefits the raid. If you stand in her bubble, you take damage and probably die.

GrandOldDuke Dec 12th 2011 11:32PM

I believe he's talking about Archbishop Benedictus.

Becca Dec 12th 2011 11:38PM

@Skarn: By the sounds of it, I think he's referring to the Archbishop Benedictus encounter, and the protective bubble Thrall creates.

Revynn Dec 12th 2011 11:39PM

Hes talking about Archbishop Benedictus in HoT. Thrall throws down a water shield you stand in to avoid the sweeping wall during light phase.

aelastain88 Dec 12th 2011 11:40PM

@ Skarn

He mean the Archbishop encounter.

@ face

Are u dps'ing him too fast? If he goes into 2nd phase when Thrall has the bubble up he'll disable Thrall and u'll lose the shield.

Hufflebunny Dec 12th 2011 11:42PM

Apologies for the double post, but your faction wouldn't have anything to do with the glitch you're experiencing. Thrall is now part of the Earthen Ring, so he is friendly to both factions.

Shrikesnest Dec 13th 2011 12:11AM

You could just have everybody run out of the way of the wall or - and this is even better - tank Benedictus on the far edge of the battlefield so that nobody has to stand in the way of the waves anyway. Did that on our last run and it was laughably easy.

Felix_NZ Dec 13th 2011 12:19AM

Huh, I've only done it once, and I never even saw a bubble. I thought you just had to get out of the way in the gap between the wave and the edge of the ring, similar to Sartharion.

Skarn Dec 13th 2011 2:06AM

Aaaah. I've only done the Hour of Twilight dungeon once. I barely remember what Benedictus does. XD

It is not like me to be ignorant. They totally sound similar though! Water bubbles, waves, etc. Must educate self!

Snuzzle Dec 13th 2011 9:19AM

Yeah, I always figured the Bubble was a bad thing put down by the boss and just ran away from the wall. It's really not all that hard...

sandslice Dec 13th 2011 12:01PM

As long as you don't run so far that you're hitting Twilight Sparks on the outside, it's very easy to avoid the waves by staying on the ring as ranged.

And yes, if you have just the right amount of DPS, it's possible to snap Benedictus into phase 2 while he has the light wave out, which will negate the water shield. If you have very high DPS, it's possible to get him to phase 2 before he can get the light wave out, and kill him before he can get the dark wave out.

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