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World of Warcraft Client Patch 2.4.2
World of Warcraft Patch 2.4.2
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Last updated on 05/13/2008
The latest patch notes can always be found at
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/
The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html
Druid
Talent:
(Rank 2) will now be properly unlearned when it is untalented.
Hunter
: This ability now grants an additional amount of mana each 5 seconds equal to 35% of the hunter’s level.
Boar
: This ability will no longer make
cast immediately after it generates excessive threat.
The pet ability
will no longer scale with pet Attack Power and now scales with the hunter’s Attack Power.
Dire Ravens
in Blade’s Edge Mountains now tameable.
: The range on this spell has been increased to 30 yards.
Tamed
Drywallow Snappers
now will know
(Rank 5) (instead of
(Rank 5).
Mage
Talent:
(Arcane) now reduces chance to be hit by 13/25% and the duration of
Rank 1
has been increased to 4 seconds.
Completing the quest "
Arcane Refreshment
" will now properly teach the spell
.
: Mounted creatures will no longer remain mounted while polymorphed.
will now do damage while a damage absorption shield is active.
New Teleport/
Portal: Theramore
and Teleport/
Portal: Stonard
spells are available at portal trainers in their respective locations. You must be level 35 to learn these new spells.
Paladin
and
will now work properly with castsequence macros.
: This ability now increases the damage dealt by
Crusader Strike
by 40%.
Talent:
(Ranks 1-3) will no longer improperly display daggers and staves as a weapon class in the tooltip.
Paladins that already have
Apprentice Riding
skill can now properly learn
Summon Warhorse
from the trainer.
Priests
will no longer be consumed while under the effects of
Cyclone
.
: This spell can no longer trigger effects that require the target to be struck with a critical hit.
now has the correct sound associated with it and can no longer be heard from large distances.
Power Infusion
will now consume the correct amount of mana when cast on yourself.
Rogues
Ability:
Blade Flurry
: This ability can no longer hit critters as its secondary targets and will now use a proper range calculation for all secondary targets.
Talent:
(Assassination) will no longer incorrectly appear multiple times in the combat log when used.
Shaman
Ability:
: Rank 6 damage has been increased very slightly.
Warlock
will no longer continue to do damage to another player after they have died.
Pets: Using a sacrifice effect to kill your own pet will no longer trigger effects that should only occur when killing an enemy.
Warrior
: This ability can no longer hit critters as its secondary targets and will now use a proper range calculation for all secondary targets.
PvP
Arenas
If a character’s personal rating is more than 150 points below the team rating, they will earn points based on their personal rating instead of the team rating.
If the average personal rating of the players queuing for a game is more than 150 points below the team’s rating, the team will be queued against an opponent matching or similar to the average personal rating.
Professions
All 23-hour profession cooldowns are now 20-hour cooldowns.
All 4-day cooldowns are now 3 days, 20 hours.
Enchanting
Removed the cooldown from
Void Shatter
.
Void Shatter
recipe now correctly requires 375 enchanting.
Engineering
The Engineering supply item
Delicate Copper Wire
will now properly fit into
engineering bags
.
Jewelcrafting
Brilliant Glass
no longer requires a forge.
Brilliant Glass
now has a small chance to make an epic gem.
Quick Dawnstone
,
Reckless Noble Topaz
,
Forceful Talasite
are now all available at the Quel’danas
gem vendor
.
Leatherworking
Completing the quest "
The Journey Has Just Begun
" will now properly teach how to make an
Onyxia Scale Cloak
.
Greatly reduced the reagent cost for
Glove Reinforcements
. Also reduced the skill gain range slightly.
Quests
The categories for the quests "
Wanted: Sisters of Torment
" and "
Wanted: The Signet Ring of Prince Kael’thas
" have been fixed to now properly read as Magister’s Terrace.
The
Shadowy Disguise
will no longer be applied to druids while they are in Moonkin or Tree of Life form for the quests "
Who Are They
?"
Jailor Eston
and
Jailor Marlgen
for the quest "
The Rescue
" should now respawn more frequently.
Dungeons and Raids
Black Temple
Illidan
will no longer despawn if a raid group wipes during his death speech.
Karazhan
Nightbane
’s
Charred Earth
ability will now properly deal Fire Damage.
Magister’s Terrace
Vexallus
is no longer immune to taunt on Normal difficulty.
Kael'thas
is no longer immune to taunt on Normal difficulty.
Wretched Skulkers
,
Wretched Husks
, and
Wretched Bruisers
will now reset properly.
Sunblade Imps
will now reset properly.
The doors in Heroic Magister’s Terrace will no longer respawn after a soft reset if a boss has already been killed.
Sunwell Plateau
will no longer remove
Dark Touched
in the Eredar Twins encounter.
Tempest Keep: The Eye
Void Reaver
’s Arcane orbs now generate combat log entries.
Items
Arcane Charges
now deal arcane damage.
Abilities and trinkets that trigger after killing an opponent that gives experience or honor will no longer activate after killing mobs during bombing quests.
Battlecast's Garb
should now properly grant pushback resistance in addition to interrupt resistance.
Borderland Fortress Grips
have had their stats updated.
Botanist's Gloves of Growth
have had their texture corrected.
Bow of Searing Arrows
and
Red Whelp Gloves
will no longer break crowd control effects.
Brann Bronzebeard's Lost Letter
: This item will no lonber display a damage range in its tooltip.
The
Cloak of Swift Mending
now has a level requirement (70).
Crusader's Scaled Battlegear
: The tooltip spelling has been corrected.
Darkmoon Card: Madness
: The durations of the buffs received from this item have been extended to 60 seconds.
Elixir of Demonslaying
: This elixir now grants ranged attack power against demons as intended.
Goblin Jumper Cables
are no longer a trinket item.
Hazza'rah's Charm of Healing
Haste rating reduced.
Items that enchant other items no longer have tradeskill requirements (
Mithril Spurs
,
Shield Spikes
,
Weapon Chains
, etc.).
The
Helm of Fire
has had its casting range reduced.
The
Magic Candle
has had its casting range reduced.
Many items sold by Consortium vendors are now bind on pick up:
Formula: Enchant Weapon - Major Striking
,
Design: Delicate Blood Garnet
,
Design: Shifting Shadow Draenite
,
Design: Sparkling Azure Moonstone
,
Design: Subtle Golden Draenite
.
Many items sold by Aldor reputation vendors are now bind on pick up:
Design: Smooth Golden Draenite
,
Design: Purified Shadow Draenite
.
Many items sold by the Shattered Sun quartermaster are now bind on pick up:
Naaru Ration
,
Design: Ember Skyfire Diamond
.
The Lower City reputation item,
Recipe: Flask of Chromatic Resistance
, is now bind on pick up.
Most Main-Hand weapons are now One-Hand weapons.
Naturalist's Preserving Cinch
have had their stats updated.
Nightfall
now has a chance to fail on targets over level 60.
Prince Kael'thas
will now drop
Primal Nethers
in Heroic
Magisters' Terrace
.
Ravager
: Judgements will no longer auto-refresh and break the effect from this item while its effect is active.
Reins of the Black War Elekk
spell and buff now correspond to the item name.
Renataki's Charm of Trickery
has had its energy reduced.
Rocket Boots Xtreme
and
Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite
now properly share the same cooldown.
The
Romantic Picnic Basket
will now display the blanket properly.
Shard of Azzinoth
no longer shares any cooldown with Shaman elemental totems.
The socket bonus modifiers of some items will now properly display the bonus healing.
The reduced cooldown of Shaman
provided by the 4 piece set bonus from the
Seer's Ringmail Battlegear
PvP armor will now apply properly.
Shattered Sun Pendant of Might
: The triggered effect from this item will no longer break
or other crowd-controlling affects. The visual on the Scryer version has been updated.
Shifting Naaru Silver: Using this item no longer puts players into combat.
Silithyst Dust
: The bonus from turning this item in no longer works for players above level 63.
The
Skyshatter Helmet
's gem socket bonus will now properly reflect the plus damage in the tooltip.
Shadowsong Panther
will no longer prematurely despawn.
Talasite Owl
: This trinket will now properly restore full mana as described.
Ten Storms Set
: The Chain Heal bonus from this set has been reduced by 5%.
Troll Male off-hand items are now the same size as the main hand item.
Tauren weapons while sheathed have had their graphic readjusted to their pre-patch (2.4.0) state.
The
Winterfall Firewater
buff
is no longer dispellable.
Wushoolay's Charm of Nature
Haste rating has been reduced.
User Interface
The guild log scroll bar will now properly display.
Black Lotus
will now show up under the Herb subcategory in the auction house.
Primal Nethers
will now show up under the Materials subcategory in the auction house.
Mailboxes can now be tracked on the minimap.
For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the
UI & Macros Forum
.
World Environment
Creature versions of the Polymorph spell no longer heal the affected target.
The dragons in
Blade's Edge Mountains
will no longer instantly knock you off your mount.
Mac
Fixed a bug causing ATI kernel panics; all spell effects should now be visible.
Weather effects are again visible on systems with ATI 2x00 graphics such as aluminum iMac.
Fixed a bug that precluded use of the FireWire iSight microphone with voice chat.
Symlinks can be used again for Interface and WTF folders and subfolders.
Cinematics playback is working again.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where secondary sound effects would not work with the Use Hardware option enabled in the Sound options of the User Interface.
Fixed an issue where attempting to use some instant cast spells with Auto-Dismount in Flight checked in the interface would fail.
Items that have multiple charges will now properly display the amount of charges.
Fixed an issue where chain damage spells were chaining to critters.
Female Draenei horns will now correctly protrude through certain plate helms.
The
Vengeful Gladiator's Rifle
will now play the proper sound when used.
The
Cursed Vision of Sargeras
now gives the buff, "
Sense Demons
" which can be canceled normally. Additionally hunters and druids are able to track two things at once while using the item.
It is no longer possible for pets to get stuck in place after exiting the Spectral Realm in the Kalecgos encounter.
Blood Elf Priest:
Consume Magic
will now require the buff to be active in order to work properly.
Undead and Blood Elf Priest:
will now properly reduce the melee damage of the attacker.
Fixed an issue where some spells had extraneous Floating Combat Text messages when using the Auras option.
Fixed an issue where sometimes debuff icons on a target did not scale properly to indicate the spells had been cast by you.
Create Soulwell
(Warlock) and
Conjure Refreshment Table
(Mage) will no longer be placed on cooldown without having completed the summon.
Looting a boss while a player is outside of the instance will no longer cause the corpse to despawn in 2 minutes if the player still has loot on the corpse.
Whirlwind
now has the correct sound associated with it.