• Many, many classes have had the damage of various spells and abilities increased.
• The Undelete Character feature is now in place, and players are now able to undelete their characters.
• A bug causing Raid Finder, Heroic, and Mythic items from the Siege of Orgrimmar to become Normal mode versions has been corrected.
• An issue affecting boosted players and their ability to learn talents has been resolved.

Rygarius

October 17

Character Undelete

• Players are now able to undelete their characters.
• Details on eligibility and limitations of the undeletion system can be found in the blog titled: New Feature Incoming: Undelete Character.

Class Balancing
Note: All class balancing changes below will require a realm restart to take effect.

• Druid
  • General
    • Ferocious Bite's damage has been increased by 12%.
    • (Feral) Moonfire's damage has been increased by 12%.
    • Shred's damage has been increased by 12%.
    • (Feral, Cat Form) Thrash's damage has been increased by 12%.
  • Feral
    • Rake's damage has been increased by 12%.
    • Rip's damage has been increased by 12%.
    • Swipe's damage has been increased by 25%.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Arcane Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Cobra Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Explosive Trap's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Kill Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Multi-Shot's damage has been increased by 30%.
    • Steady Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Aimed Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Chimaera Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
  • Survival
    • Black Arrow's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Explosive Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Serpent Sting's damage has been increased by 15%.
  • Hunter Pets
    • Hunter Pets now inherit 60% of the Hunter's Attack Power (up from 33%).
  • Talents
    • A Murder of Crows' damage has been increased by 80%.
    • Barrage's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Dire Beast's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Exotic Munitions' damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Focusing Shot's damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Glaive Toss' damage has been increased by 15%.
    • Powershot's damage has been increased by 15%.
• Mage
  • General
    • Frostfire Bolt's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Fire
    • Fireball's damage has been reduced by 20%.
    • Inferno Blast's damage has been reduced by 20%.
    • Pyroblast's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Frost
    • Brain Freeze now increases the damage of Frostfire Bolt by 85% (up from 25%).
    • Frostbolt's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Frozen Orb's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Ice Lance's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Water Elemental
      • Water Jet's damage has been increased by 20%.
      • Waterbolt's damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Talents
    • (Frost) Frost Bomb's damage has been increased by 25%.
    • (Frost) Ice Nova's damage has been increased by 25%.
• Monk
  • General
    • Blackout Kick's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Jab's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Rising Sun Kick's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Spinning Crane Kick's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Tiger Palm's damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Windwalker
    • Fists of Fury's damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Talents
    • Chi Explosion's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Rushing Jade Wind's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Xuen, summoned by Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger now inherits 60% of the Monk's Attack Power (up from 33%).
• Paladin
  • General
    • Crusader Strike's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Hammer of Wrath's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Judgment's damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Retribution
    • Divine Storm's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Exorcism's damage has been increased by 20%.
    • Templar's Verdict's damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Talents
    • (Retribution) Final Verdict's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Warlock
  • General
    • Corruption's damage has been reduced by 10%.
    • Shadow Bolt's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Demonology
    • Chaos Wave's damage has been reduced by 20%.
    • Doom's damage has been reduced by 20%.
    • Hand of Gul'dan's damage has been reduced by 20%.
    • Soul Fire's damage has been reduced by 20%.
    • Touch of Chaos's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Talents
    • (Demonology) Demonbolt's damage has been reduced by 30%.
• Warrior
  • Fury
    • Bloodthirst's damage has been reduced by 17%.
    • Raging Blow's damage has been reduced by 17%.
    • Wild Strike's damage has been reduced by 17%.

Class Bug Fixes

• Druid
  • Feral
    • Rake's Bleed effect should now always be applied to the target if the initial hit lands.
  • Talents
    • Incarnation should no longer cause Druids to drop out of travel forms (like flying) when the effect wears off.
• Mage
  • Frost
    • Resolved an issue where the Brain Freeze effect would sometimes not be used up when casting Frostfire Bolt.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Holy Radiance should now be correctly healing 6 allies that are within range.
• Rogue
  • Talents
    • Cloak and Dagger should no longer incorrectly increase the range of Ambush, Garrote, and Cheap Shot while Shadow Dance is active.

World Environment

• Creatures
  • High Marshal Twinbraid should now be able to hit Horde players with explosions again.
  • Ishi's Corrupted Slash debuff should now be working correctly again.
  • Krakkanon's knockback abilities should be working correctly again.
  • Sra'thik Drone and Sik'thik Venomspitter should now be able to use their Caustic Spray ability again.

Quests

• Infiltrating the Black Temple: Resolved an issue where Ashtongue Primalist can cause Warlocks to become permanently stunned.
• Noodle Time and Noodle Time: Bonus: Resolved an issue where customers were not sitting correctly and not getting up from their seats.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios Raids

• Siege of Orgrimmar
  • Thok the Bloodthirsty should now be dropping Tier armor tokens for the correct difficulty level.
• Throne of Thunder
  • Damage of Vampiric Cave Bat's Drain the Weak ability now triggers at a lower health threshold.
  • Nest Guardians' Screech ability should correctly apply a stacking debuff on players once more on Heroic difficulty.
  • Durumu the Forgotten should no longer be targeting the same player repeatedly with Lingering Gaze.
  • Quet'zal, the Stormcaller's Frost Spike knockback should now be working correctly on Heroic difficulty.
  • Resolved a number of issues with boss abilities that were not working correctly on the Twin Consorts encounter.
• Heart of Fear
  • Amber-Shaper Un'sok: Amber Monstrosity's health has been reduced to a more reasonable amount.
  • Grand Empress Shek'zeer: Corrupted Dissonance Field's damage has been toned down.
• Dragon Soul
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Searing Plasma's heal absorption effect has been reduced to a more reasonable amount.
• Firelands
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Magma Flow's damage from Volcanos during the Lord Rhyolith encounter has been toned down to a more reasonable amount.
• Icecrown Citadel
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Damage dealt by the cannons in the Gunship Battle now scales with the player's item level.
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Sindragosa's Chilled to the Bone damage has been reduced to a more reasonable amount.
  • [Requires a realm restart.] The Lich King: Harvest Souls' damage has been toned down to a more reasonable amount.
• Trial of the Crusader
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Snobolds' Fire Bomb damage has been toned down to a more reasonable amount.
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Damage of Gormok the Impaler's Impale ability has been toned down to a more reasonable amount.
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Damage of Dreadscale's Burning Bile ability has been toned down to a more reasonable amount.
• Ulduar
  • Flame Leviathan: Damage dealt by the vehicles now scales with the player's item level.
  • Constrictor Tentacle's damage has been reduced to a more reasonable amount.

Dungeons

• Mogu'shan Palace
  • Kargesh Highguard's Hurl Shield ability should now work properly.
• The Stonecore: High Priestess Azil's Force Grip ability has been temporarily disabled.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Utgarde Pinnacle: Skadi the Ruthless should require 3 harpoons to knock them off their mount once more.

Scenarios

• [Requires a realm restart.] Arena of Annihilation: Reduce the damage of Little Liuyang's Fireball to a more reasonable amount.
• Brewmoon Festival: Resolved an issue where Li Te's Water Shell was not popping when they are brought to a Waterspout.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Warsong Gulch: Capturing a flag should award reputation once more.
• Resolved an issue that could cause Mages and Hunters in an Arena match to incorrectly drop out of Invisibility or Camouflage.

Items

• Bloodsoaked Chitin Fragment's Bloodseeker's Fury effect has been toned down to a more reasonable amount.
• Dripping Willow's damage-over-time effect should no longer remove Frost Fever from the target.
• Soothing Talisman of the Shadopan Assault now restores a more reasonable amount of Mana.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Twin Blades of Azzinoth's set bonus now gives a more reasonable bonus to Haste.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitor's Electrical Charge effect should no longer be dealing an excessive amount of damage.
• Resolved an issue that could cause Raid Finder, Heroic, and Mythic items from Siege of Orgrimmar to become Normal quality items.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where players were taking more damage than intended while under a mind control effect.
• Resolved an issue where Boosted Characters were unable to learn some Talents.
• Resolved an issue where favorited mounts in the Mount Journal may not display the favorite status properly.

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