Kaivax

May 1, 2024

Dungeons and Raids

• Aberrus (Awakened)
  • Fixed an issue that caused Thadrion to continually cast Unstable Essence after the encounter had concluded.
• Nokhud Offensive
  • Addressed a Primalist Thunderbeast issue where Thunderstrike’s target is not correctly reflected in the unit frame.

Items

• Amber Skitterfly should now appear in the Mount Collection for players who purchased it from the Trading Post.
• Legendary items can now be upgraded as intended on the Awakened track.
• Fixed a bug preventing legendary item upgrades from receiving appropriate stone/crest discounts.

Quests

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the world quest “Zaqali Elders” to fail to start.

Cataclysm Classic

• Archaeology digsites ...

Issues addressed:

• Some pet classes will have their pet action bar missing after relogging.
• New pets that hunters tame that are lower level than the hunter will not properly level up to match the hunter’s level automatically.
• Some pet classes may have their pet action bar missing after logging out in a non-rested area.
• Feral druid weapon normalization is not functioning properly, resulting in druids doing more damage than intended.
• Some spells are missing from players’ spellbooks, or located on the wrong page, or are appearing when they do not exist in Cataclysm.
• There is not currently a way to leave a random dungeon finder group via the UI
• Guild chat is not displayed as expected.
• ...

This is now fixed on all realms.

The first of two hotfixes went live about 30 minutes ago. The items can now be upgraded.

We have a second hotfix in the works that will apply the stone/crest discounts as expected.

We’ve identified this, erm, bug and developed a bugfix for it. We’ll have the bug mount appearing in Mount collections soon.

Tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. PDT, we will perform realm restarts on all Cataclysm Classic realms to pick up hotfixes, including a hotfix for talents appearing where they shouldn’t.

When you next log in thereafter, all of your talents will be reset, and will need to be reassigned.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

We have turned off Battlegrounds while we investigate and fix an issue.

Thank you for your understanding.

Cataclysm pre-patch 4.4.0 is now live, and we’re aware of and working on issues that are critically impacting guild chat.

We hope to have a solution deployed soon.

Until then, players can expect messages sent to guild chat will likely not be displayed.

We’ll confirm here when the fix is complete.

Cataclysm Classic patch 4.4.0 is now live in this region. What follows is a list of known issues that we’re working on. This list will be updated as issues are resolved or new high-priority issues are discovered.

4.4.0 Known Issues
Updated May 3

Achievements

• Petting Zoo does not deliver Nuts’ Acorn to players upon acquiring 100 unique pets.

Classes

• The Pet Action Bar does not have Assist (instead of Aggressive stance).
• Assist functionality does not appear to function for Warlocks and Hunters.
• Paladins’ Holy Power unconsumed by Word of Glory are not appearing on the Paladin Holy Power resource bar.
• Death Knight
  • Blood Presence is increasing the chance that the Death Knight takes a critical strike.
  • Frost ...

We’ve identified the bug causing this issue on the PTR, and we’re actively investigating solutions to address it in a future build.

We’re working on this as a priority issue. The fix is going to take some time to implement, however.

Thank you for your patience.

Early today, we deployed this hotfix to all realms:

• Reduced the Flightstone costs for Awakened and Special Awakened track Bullion items by 50%.

Thank you for your feedback!

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic Patch 4.4.0 Notes

New Player Races: Goblin and Worgen

The cursed worgen and the cunning goblins join the Alliance and Horde, each bringing their own unique edge to Azeroth. Create all-new charactersfor these races.Available classes for these two races are:

• Worgen: Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Death Knight, Mage, Warlock, Druid
• Goblins: Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Death Knight, Shaman, Mage, Warlock

New Race and Class Combinations

Players may now create characters with the following classes that were previously unavailable in Classic:

• Dwarf: Mage, Shaman, Warlock
• Gnome: Priest
• Human: Hunter
• Night Elf: Mage
• Blood Elf: Warrior
• Orc: Mage
• Tauren: Paladin, Priest
• Troll: Druid, Warlock
• Undead: Hunter

Class Updates: New Tal...

As Deathwing approaches, we want Classic progression players to know about some features from original Cataclysm (4.0.3a) that are going to differ in the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch (4.4.0).

Hunter Pets

Hunter pets will function differently in the 4.4.0 Cataclysm Classic Pre-patch than they did in original Cataclysm patch 4.0.3a.

In original Cataclysm, Hunter players were able to place 5 pets in their stable and summon them anywhere in the world.

Initially in patch 4.4.0, Hunter pets will work the same way they do in Wrath Classic. Hunters will continue to be able to summon 1 pet and will need to go to a Stablemaster to switch to a different one. We will update this Hunter functionality with the Cataclysm Classic expansion content launch (or sooner).

Additionally, original Cataclysm launched with Pet Aggressive stance, and Pet Assist stance later replaced Pet Aggressive stance in patch 4.2.0. We plan to have Pet Aggressive stance i...

Hello!

As we head towards our Cataclysm Classic launch in late May, we’re planning some special test weekends in the Cataclysm Beta.

May 3-6 – Cataclysm Raids Test 1

We’re opening the doors to the new raids that will launch shortly after the expansion, and your testing will help to ensure it’s a great experience.

• Take on the pit Lord Argaloth deep in the prison of Tol Barad.
• Battle the cult of the Twilight’s Hammer in Bastion of Twilight.
• Storm the personal lair of the Windlord in Throne of the Four Winds.
• Survive the gruesome draconic experiments and the reanimated Nefarian, son of Deathwing, in Blackwing Descent.

...

With scheduled weekly maintenance (tomorrow, April 30 in this region), we’ll make the following adjustments to classes in Season of Discovery:

Hunter

• Raptor Fury now increases the damage done of Raptor strike and Mongoose Bite by 10% per stack (was 15%).
• The Beast Mastery rune now increases pet damage by 10% (was 20%).

Shaman

• The Burn rune now also grants a significant bonus to spell power when Flametongue Weapon is imbued on your weapon.
• Rolling Thunder now has a 50% chance to trigger (was 30%).
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With hotfixes that are now live, we’ve made the following adjustments to Mythic+ dungeons:

Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr

• Timer increased by 1 minute.

Neltharus

• Chargath, Bane of Scales
  • Fiery Focus’s Fire damage reduced by 25%.

We’re currently working through two sets of issues with combat throughput and logging in Awakened raids.

The first is a damage scaling issue affecting passive spells such as:

• Evokers’ Obsidian Shards
• Rogues’ Caustic Spatter and Sanguine Blades
• Monks’ Bonedust Brew
• Druids’ Burning Frenzy

These spells are doing less damage than intended, and we have hotfixes coming for this issue as soon as possible.

The second is a bug with logging values on Blood Plague, Vampiric Touch, and other similar leech effects. They’re displaying higher than intended healing amounts in both the user interface and the combat log in Awakened raids.

We have confirmed that the actual amount of healing being done is correct, and this is purely a logging/UI issue. We intend to fix this with the 10.2.7 patch.

April 25, 2024

Season of Discovery

• Using an Unconscious Dig Rat no longer dismisses pets.
• Mage
  • Displacement no longer functions if the most recent use of Blink was on a different continent or in a different instance.

April 25, 2024

Classes

• Fixed a bug with damage dealt by Rip & Tear, Internal Combustion, and Tear Open Wounds in Awakened raids.

Dungeons and Raids

• Raid Finder now required item level 463 if the raid is Awakened.
• Brackenhide Hollow
  • Addressed an issue where Stinkbreath can turn while casting Stinkbreath.
  • Addressed an issue where Wilted Oak’s Necrotic Breath visual can be out of sync with the creature’s facing.

Items

• Veteran track items or items obtained from Awakened Outdoor Activities should now properly be able to be converted into Class Set items at the Revival Catalyst.
• Resolved multiple issues with Dragonflight Season 4 tier set items not functioning after equipping certain Season 3 set items.
• Dreambound gear caches from the Dreamsurge Coalesence vendor will now cor...