Changelog September 2014 (5.4.x)

6-04-2015, 09:58

Priest:

http://wowhead.com/spell=55691 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=32379 ability has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/item=79514 has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=105843 has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=33202 effect procs only from http://wowhead.com/spell=17 absorb.
Issue with http://wowhead.com/item=42404 not working if there was only one target in the area.
http://wowhead.com/spell=126135 spell workability has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=126135 healing effect affected by http://wowhead.com/spell=126133
http://wowhead.com/spell=126135 now has 50% priest’s hp. Issue with the well being friendly to the enemy – fixed. It doesn’t heal itself anymore. Hitbox has been significantly increased.
http://wowhead.com/spell=108921 now has 2.5% priest’s hp. It doesn’t fear twice. It doesn’t fear if the target is invisible.
http://wowhead.com/spell=15473 armor has been increased by 100%. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=121536 workability has been reworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=120644 workability has been reworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=120517 workability has been reworked.

Mage:

http://wowhead.com/spell=44448 effect now doesn’t proc from area of effect abilities.
http://wowhead.com/spell=86949 critical chance has been fixed.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=116011 workability has been reworked.

Druid:

http://wowhead.com/spell=22842 now will be affected by http://wowhead.com/spell=134735 effect.
http://wowhead.com/spell=102706 talent has been fully reworked. Treants workability has been fixed for all specializations.
http://wowhead.com/spell=102351 has been fixed. Now damage over time effect can crit.
http://wowhead.com/spell=106951 now can be used with http://wowhead.com/spell=5217.
http://wowhead.com/spell=1822 damage won’t depend on the target’s armor.
http://wowhead.com/spell=774 has been reworked.
Bonus damage from http://wowhead.com/spell=779 http://wowhead.com/spell=62078 bleed effects has been fixed.
Now http://wowhead.com/spell=114113 gives energy from http://wowhead.com/spell=52610.
http://wowhead.com/spell=135288 has been implemented.
Now http://wowhead.com/spell=33745 has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of http://wowhead.com/spell=33878.
Now http://wowhead.com/spell=77758 has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of http://wowhead.com/spell=33878
http://wowhead.com/spell=108373 talent has been implemented. All of the options have been fixed.
Energy regeneration out of cat form has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=17007 passive ability has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=22568 damage calculation has been fixed.
Additional energy now increases http://wowhead.com/spell=22568 damage.
Energy workability for Balance specialization has been reworked. Lunar and solar powers work correctly now.
http://wowhead.com/spell=24858 armor has been increased by 100%. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
http://wowhead.com/spell=127663 can not be interrupted by any silences or spell locks. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=102793 workability has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=114107 has been reworked for “Balance” specialization.
http://wowhead.com/spell=127663 now will give solar energy if you have lunar eclipse.
http://wowhead.com/spell=81062 while not in the Eclipse state, your spells generate double the normal amount of Solar or Lunar energy. http://wowhead.com/spell=78674
http://wowhead.com/spell=88747 workability has been reworked. The algorithm has been optimized.
http://wowhead.com/spell=145205 workability has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=145108 doesn’t put you in combat now.
http://wowhead.com/spell=78675 doesn’t let you to cast inside the beam.
http://wowhead.com/spell=93399 proc removal if you are already casting http://wowhead.com/spell=78674 – fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48500 now will heal after the next hit, not upon casting.
http://wowhead.com/spell=124974 has been fully implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=102791 has been fully reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=77764 now takes off slowing and immobilize effects.
http://wowhead.com/spell=114107 proc chance in Balance specialization has been fixed.

Paladin:

http://wowhead.com/spell=76669 will no longer be affected by http://wowhead.com/spell=134732 effect.
http://wowhead.com/spell=85804 talent effect now fades after using http://wowhead.com/spell=82326 and http://wowhead.com/spell=82327

Death Knight:

Now http://wowhead.com/spell=134732 doesn’t affect http://wowhead.com/spell=77513.
http://wowhead.com/spell=130736 now deals damage when the DoT fades.
http://wowhead.com/spell=108196 now restores 150% hp.
http://wowhead.com/spell=49576 now provokes enemies.
http://wowhead.com/spell=81141 now fades upon using http://wowhead.com/spell=43265
http://wowhead.com/spell=56835 has been fixed. Now after using http://wowhead.com/spell=45477, your Frost Rune count as a Death Rune.
http://wowhead.com/spell=49016 is a buff now.
http://wowhead.com/spell=73975 now absorbs the next healing received by the target.
http://wowhead.com/spell=108194 now you will be able to hit the target in melee zone.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48266, http://wowhead.com/spell=48263 and http://wowhead.com/spell=48265 won’t stop working when teleporting.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48266 now abilities give 20% more Runic Power.
http://wowhead.com/spell=108199 talent has been fully reworked.
When switching presences, all http://wowhead.com/spell=48266, http://wowhead.com/spell=48263 and http://wowhead.com/spell=48265 stacks will fade.
http://wowhead.com/spell=50371 now fades when changing specs.
Now when http://wowhead.com/spell=63560 is up on your pet, it won’t keep on gaining http://wowhead.com/spell=91342 stacks.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48721 will give 10 Runic Power regardless of how many targets will be affected by it.
http://wowhead.com/spell=119975 Rune cost has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=49039 talent mechanic has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=49530 now works only in unholy presence.
http://wowhead.com/spell=51462 talent mechanic has been fully reworked.
http://wowhead.com/item=43534 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/item=43544 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=73975 now replaces Death Rune correctly.
When you log in you will no longer get http://wowhead.com/spell=81326.
Pet’s http://wowhead.com/spell=47468 has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=77513 absorb effect will be increased by plagued blood proc.
http://wowhead.com/spell=49998 now reduces healing in rated battlegrounds.
http://wowhead.com/spell=123693 talent mechanic has been fully reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=146648 now reduces the cooldown.
http://wowhead.com/item=43827 now teaches you the ability.
http://wowhead.com/spell=127344 will no longer work on players that are alive.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48721 now gives Death Rune in unholy specialization.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48721 now increases damage dealt to targets that have http://wowhead.com/spell=55095 or http://wowhead.com/spell=55078 on.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48721 now reapplies diseases in blood specialization.
http://wowhead.com/spell=146650 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=45529 now restores one rune as a death rune.
http://wowhead.com/spell=81229 talent has been fully implemented.
Visual display of runes has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=108194 now silences the target if it has immune to stun effects.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48707 now restores the correct amount of Runic Power.
http://wowhead.com/spell=59309 now resets if the target has immune effects.
http://wowhead.com/item=104046 now Reap will no longer increase DK’s movement speed without the glyph.
http://wowhead.com/item=45799 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=49028 now copies DK’s abilities.
http://wowhead.com/spell=96279 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=63335 will no longer provoke enemies.
http://wowhead.com/spell=58620 is now affected by attack power.
http://wowhead.com/spell=58635 now reduces movement speed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=77606 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=77606 will have instant cast.
Spell damage calculation of http://wowhead.com/spell=77606 while casting spells has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=77606 procs for several spells have been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=48707 is now affected by http://wowhead.com/spell=134735 and PvP Power.
http://wowhead.com/spell=46584 pet has been fixed. Now it has proper stats and not only autoattacks. Moreover, damage taken from AoE effects should be reduced now.
http://wowhead.com/spell=42650 pet has been fixed. Now it has proper stats.
http://wowhead.com/spell=46584 pet settings have been fixed. Autoattack issue has been corrected.
http://wowhead.com/spell=46584 target selection has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=42650 target selection has been fixed. Also, they provoke enemies.
http://wowhead.com/spell=91107 now increases strength by 35%. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
http://wowhead.com/spell=50887 now increases attack speed by 45%. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=51052 workability has been reworked.

Shaman:

http://wowhead.com/spell=30884 and http://wowhead.com/spell=105284 mechanic effects have been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=73920 and http://wowhead.com/spell=51514 abilities now will also remove http://wowhead.com/spell=16188 effect.
http://wowhead.com/spell=51558 effect will no longer proc from AoE abilities.
http://wowhead.com/spell=118473 effect has been reworked.
Now every imbue effect will last 60 minutes.
http://wowhead.com/spell=8232 now deals 150% weapon damage (it used to be 100%).
http://wowhead.com/spell=30823 can now be used while stunned.
http://wowhead.com/spell=131554 PvP set bonus has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=117014 talent mechanic has been corrected.
http://wowhead.com/spell=108283 talent has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=53817 passive ability proc chance has been increased.
http://wowhead.com/spell=51490 can now be used while stunned.
http://wowhead.com/spell=114051 can’t be used while stunned anymore.
http://wowhead.com/spell=51505 now will always have critical effect; damage is increased by 50% if the target has http://wowhead.com/spell=8050 effect on.
http://wowhead.com/spell=16246 now has 20% bonus damage. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
http://wowhead.com/spell=117013 has been fixed. Pet stats affected by its owner have been corrected.

Rogue:

Poisons’ proc has been reworked (issue with http://wowhead.com/spell=2094 causing poisons to proc – fixed).
http://wowhead.com/spell=137586 talent has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=121471 can’t be used while stunned anymore.

Monk:

http://wowhead.com/spell=115078 will no longer fade if the target has some HoT effects on.
Issue with http://wowhead.com/spell=116670 bugging out – fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=125883 now fades if upon taking damage.
http://wowhead.com/spell=113656 now shares diminishing with http://wowhead.com/spell=119381.
http://wowhead.com/spell=148187 ability damage has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=113656 ability damage spreads evenly between targets.
http://wowhead.com/spell=113656 ability can no longer be interrupted by spell lock effects (for example, http://wowhead.com/spell=1766).
Disarm effects now reduces monk damage.
http://wowhead.com/spell=116023 passive ability has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/item=87898 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=122280 talent has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=137562 ability doesn’t heal the monk without http://wowhead.com/spell=146952 glyph.
http://wowhead.com/spell=115450 ability now doesn’t heal the target without http://wowhead.com/spell=146954.
http://wowhead.com/spell=116706 ability has been reworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=115464 workability has been reworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=121286 workability has been reworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=124336 workability has been reworked.

Warlock:

http://wowhead.com/spell=63320 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=56224 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=56231 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=63302 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=104316 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=58094 has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=63304 HoT effect has been corrected.
http://wowhead.com/spell=103964 crit chance has been fixed.
Several fixes and corrections have been applied to pet energy regeneration.

Hunter:

http://wowhead.com/spell=5118 and http://wowhead.com/spell=13159 will no longer cause daze effect from http://wowhead.com/spell=53209 ability.
http://wowhead.com/spell=19574 now takes off crowd control effects.
http://wowhead.com/spell=90361 calculation has been corrected.
Several corrections have been applied to http://wowhead.com/spell=109212
Issue with pet focus bugging out after the resurrection – fixed.
Haste buffs and haste rating’s influence on the pet has been implemented.
http://wowhead.com/spell=1130 duration has been reduced from 120 sec. to 20 sec. in PvP .5.4 Patch.
Pet size calculation that depends on its level – fixed. Pets will no longer be “baby size”.
Item - Hunter T16 2P Bonus has been fixed.
Item - Hunter T16 4P Bonus has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=781 ability can now be used while being out of combat.
If your pet is being cc’ed it will no longer be able to use following abilities: http://wowhead.com/spell=34026, http://wowhead.com/spell=120697, http://wowhead.com/spell=130392.
If your pet is being immobilized it will no longer use its base abilities on targets which are far from the melee zone radius.
http://wowhead.com/spell=109212 talent workability has been reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=138365 thunderhawk summon has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=53224 focus increase has been fixed.
Damage dealt by http://wowhead.com/spell=121818 ability outside of arena and battlegrounds will no longer be reduced by 75%.
From now on, when you use http://wowhead.com/spell=51753 while being out of combat it will last 6 seconds.
http://wowhead.com/spell=53260 ability has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=51753 now reduces magic damage taken by 10%. 5.4 Patch.
http://wowhead.com/spell=982 now has 2 seconds cast. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=132951 workability has been reoworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=135299 workability has been reworked.
(AreaTrg) http://wowhead.com/spell=109263 has been reworked.

Warrior:

http://wowhead.com/spell=23920 and http://wowhead.com/spell=871 visual and sound effects have been fixed.
Rage generation formula that depends on what stance you are in and what weapon you are using – reworked.
http://wowhead.com/spell=144502 bonus has been fixed.
Now after killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of http://wowhead.com/spell=103840 instantly.
http://wowhead.com/spell=114029 now removes root effects.
http://wowhead.com/spell=115946 has been fixed.
http://wowhead.com/spell=118000 now ignores enemy’s armor, the damage is being spread between the targets.
http://wowhead.com/spell=76838 ability damage has been fixed.

General:

Over time effects’ duration calculation mechanic has been reworked. Haste rating now influences those effects properly.
Bonus healing aura effects have been fixed (for example, http://wowhead.com/spell=51730).
Bosses’ armor value has been increased.
Implementation of Pandaren starting zone has been finished - http://wowhead.com/zone=5736. Numerous mechanic and quest fixes have been applied. From now on, this location will be more interesting to level in.
More than 12 crash reasons have been fixed.
Experience gained on x1 realm while being in a guild is now x1 instead of x0.25.
Guild experience cap has been removed.
Several pet bars have been fixed (mind control and other).
Totem icon display has been fixed.
Glyph mechanic has been reworked. Now they will affect several items and spells’ visuals properly.
HP bar display has been fixed. Absorb effects will be shown properly now.
Several corrections have been applied to magic display Корректировка отображения Магического лечения в характеристиках персонажа.
Issue with totem and pet dismiss button not working – fixed.
Stormwind-Ironforge deeprun tram has been fixed.
Several fixes have been applied to stealth effects.
Pet mechanic has been reworked. Now they can cast spells and attack in melee range simultaneously.
Battle pets’ list has been fixed (previously, it didn’t show all the companions that you can summon after getting a new one).
Character size while having some visual effects on has been fixed. For example, http://wowhead.com/item=8529.
Due to the fact that there are 540 items in the game, the administration have decided to increase base resilience value up to 77% and http://wowhead.com/spell=134735 up to 60%.
http://wowhead.com/spell=110310 effect now will always be applied to the players on Arena or Rated Battleground.
Issue with http://wowhead.com/spell=110310 not working at 99% - fixed.
Issue with mobs evading stuff – fixed.
All pets, guardians and summoned creatures have been reworked. Their stats are almost blizzlike.
Several workability corrections have been applied to autocast system for pets, guardians and summoned creatures.
Several mechanisms have been added to improve pet scripts and mob summon.
Autocast is currently disabled (too much old information in the data causing cast troubles).
New AI system has been implemented for uncontrollable pets.
NPCs’ haste rating now affects their attack speed.
Battle pets are still being implemented. Several corrections have been made.
Several stat corrections have been applied to the pets which previously were skipped.
Several calculation changes have been applied to some spells’ crit chance. Those spells didn’t have any critical hits before.
Bleeding effects’ system has been fixed. Armor reduction mechanic has been reworked.
Possible issue which used to cause lags in game while being in very populated places (raids, Stormwind or Orgrimmar raids).
Resource regeneration system has been implemented (mana, energy and so on). It’s blizzlike now.
HP regeneration while being out of combat is limited to 1% per second (used to be 1.5%).
More energy resources have been corrected (Chi and Holy).
NPCs will no longer have immune to such abilities as http://wowhead.com/spell=115798
Energy initialization system has been reworked. From now on, after changing between specializations your energy resources will work right away.
Resource regeneration system has been reworked and optimized for the second time.
Real Proc Per Minute (RPPM) new proc system has been implemented. Several changes have been applied to 5.4.x patch.
Several corrections have been applied to some spells’ crit chance (for example, http://wowhead.com/spell=86949).
PvP Power will no longer work in dungeons.
Slow cast effects now reduce the target’s casting speed by 10% instead of 25% if applied to a player. 5.4.2 Hotfix.
Pet and mob’s resource regeneration system has been reworked. Now it’s being affected by their haste rating.
New area of effect technology has been implemented CreateAreaTrigger(AreaTrg) update 29.09: It’s temporarily disabled due to the core freezes.
AoE new visual mechanic has been implemented. Several NPCs’ effects have been corrected. Now your AoE abilities will be red for enemies and green for allies. The same goes for druid’s mushrooms.

Achievements:

Battlegrounds:

http://wowhead.com/zone=3277 – reputation gained from capturing the flag has been fixed.

http://wowhead.com/zone=4710

Boss spawn confusion has been fixed.

Dungeons and Raids:
http://wowhead.com/zone=6738

http://wowhead.com/npc=71543 – script has been implemented.

Items:

http://wowhead.com/item=102249
http://wowhead.com/item=102248
http://wowhead.com/item=102245
http://wowhead.com/item=102250
http://wowhead.com/item=102247
http://wowhead.com/item=102246
http://wowhead.com/spell=147412
http://wowhead.com/spell=51510
http://wowhead.com/item=38301
http://wowhead.com/item=87216
http://wowhead.com/item=102463
http://wowhead.com/item=86588
http://wowhead.com/item=86589
http://wowhead.com/spell=87644
http://wowhead.com/spell=126492
http://wowhead.com/spell=105193
http://wowhead.com/spell=93644 is no longer a two seater mount.
Issue with upgraded legendary cloak not adding stats while having it on – fixed.
From now on, http://wowhead.com/spell=148008 effect will be affected by enemy’s resilience and your PvP power.
http://wowhead.com/spell=146194 effect now will be affected by hunter’s range attack power.
http://wowhead.com/spell=147226 now works on the whole Timeless Isle
http://wowhead.com/spell=147476 now works on the whole Timeless Isle
http://wowhead.com/spell=147055 now works on the whole Timeless Isle
http://wowhead.com/item=69209
http://wowhead.com/item=69210
http://wowhead.com/item=102246 cloak effect will no longer proc from AoE abilities if your target is another player.
http://wowhead.com/item=102249 cloak effect will no longer proc from AoE abilities if your target is another player.
http://wowhead.com/item=102245 cloak effect will no longer proc from AoE abilities if your target is another player.
http://wowhead.com/item=102247 cloak effect will no longer proc from AoE abilities.
http://wowhead.com/item=93900
http://wowhead.com/item=69897
http://wowhead.com/item=71466
http://wowhead.com/item=94604
Pet display has been fixed. Those pets which didn’t want to appear on the list have been fixed (for example, http://wowhead.com/item=104157).
http://wowhead.com/item=64399
http://wowhead.com/item=64402
http://wowhead.com/item=64398
http://wowhead.com/item=64401
http://wowhead.com/item=64400
http://wowhead.com/item=63359
Issue with “well fed” buff stats being too high – fixed (for example, http://wowhead.com/item=27666)
http://wowhead.com/item=54535
http://wowhead.com/item=90172
http://wowhead.com/item=103643 proc while being in combat with other players – fixed.
http://wowhead.com/item=103642 proc while being in combat with other players – fixed.
http://wowhead.com/item=103641 proc while being in combat with other players – fixed.
http://wowhead.com/item=102467 item effect will no longer let you attack players on PvE server with PvP status being turned off.

Other:

”Firelands’ hatchery” exit which is located in Mount Hyjal has been fixed.
Alliance and Horde’s fortresses have been added to http://wowhead.com/zone=6134. As far as I know, they are to appear after some quest chains. If anyone will give any deeper details, I will try to implement it.
Several textures have been added on Isle of Thunder.
Several corrections have been applied to http://wowhead.com/spell=20572
http://wowhead.com/spell=87840 movement speed has been fixed.

Quests: