On July 16th World of Warcraft introduced a series of small changes to Season of Discovery. The hotfix targets the overall performance of the game, the classes, items, and quests. Let's get into it:
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The most notable change in the hotfix is the new item Hand of Justice, available to buy from Pix Xizzix. Mages are the big winners of this hotfix, with a lot of changes that will make the game slightly easier for them.
Dungeon Changes
Demon Fall Canyon
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Possibly due to " Demonic Deceptions", the Owlbeasts of Winterspring have attended a guided meditation retreat, expanding their pineal glands.
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Zilbagob will now always be accessible when The Destructor's Wraith and Grimroot have been defeated.
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Item Changes
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A new item - Hand of Injustice. The item is available from Pix Xizzix, the Undermine Real vendor.
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New shield enchant - Law of Nature. It grants 30 spell power and 55 healing power. Available to learn for Enchanters. The pattern is available from Timbermaw Hold at Revered.
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New temporary shield enchantment - Conductive Shield Coating. It grants 24 spell power. Available to learn for Enchanters. The pattern is available from Thorium Brotherhood at Honored.
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Drinkable Stratholme Holy Water from Argent Dawn reputation will now recover 6618 mana over 30 seconds and will also grant 10 per Holy Water turned-in.
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The Pattern: Embroidered Belt of the Archmage can now correctly be consumed by Tailors.
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The Leather-Reinforced Runecloth Bag's materials have changed from requiring a Runecloth Bag to requiring the materials for the Runecloth Bag craft itself.
Quest Changes
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The quests More Greater Moonstones and More Moondragon Scales now have the correct item requirements to complete.
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WoW SoD players who were unable to fully access Mokvar and Deliana's Tier 0.5 exchange vendor options should now have full access if they have completed the following quests:
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An Earnest Proposition - Bracer
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Just Compensation - Belt, Gloves
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Anthion's Parting Words - Boots, Legs, Shoulders
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Saving the Best for Last - Helm, Chest
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A Nearby Kor'kron Elite and Ironforge Guard will also provide access to these vendor lists if Mokvar or Deliana are occupied.
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Class Changes
Druid
Nourish will now benefit from, and consume Omen of Clarity's Clearcasting effect.
Hunter
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If you have Lone Wolf engraved on your gear, spirit healers in battlegrounds will no longer resurrect your pet alongside you.
Mage
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Presence of Mind causes Chronostatic Preservation to instantly cast the Healing Portion of the spell, even if you did not have the buff active.
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Presence of Mind is not consumed if Chronostatic Preservation's buff was already present and a release of the heal is used. This means players will be able to Chronostatic Preservation pre-cast, use PoM, and release two Chronostatic Preservation casts back-to-back.
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Brain Freeze and Hot Streak will no longer overwrite each other and can now both exist on a character at the same time.
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Arcane Missiles will correctly have their cost reduced when Missile Barrage and Brain Freeze are active at the same time.
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If Hot Streak is gained while already casting Pyroblast, it will no longer be consumed. This can result in two free Pyroblasts back-to-back.
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Frozen Orb will no longer despawn early if cast near a wall.
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Arcane Barrage will now correctly interact with the Shatter talent when your target is Frozen or you have Fingers of Frost active.
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Frozen Orb will now benefit from the Shatter talent if the target is Frozen.
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Paladin
Inspiration Exemplar will no longer cause the player to stand up every tick.
Warlock
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Mark of Chaos will no longer fall off after 1 minute when Curse of Recklessness or Curse of Weakness is used.
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Rune of Infernal Armor now drops for players even if they haven't previously completed discovery for Rune of Shadowflames.
Priest
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Binding Heal will now correctly consume Surge of Light.
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Void Zone will no longer return a 'no path available' error.
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Warrior
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Rift Away can now be obtained at level 55.
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Khonsu's fall catcher mechanism for Thunder Stomped players should be slightly better at rescuing them.
Shaman
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Storm, Earth, and Fire's Earthbind Totem effect will now correctly hit every target instead of just one.
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Shamans will no longer gain charges of Lightning Shield from Rolling Thunder when the rune is not equipped.
And there you have it - all changes introduced in the recent WoW SoD Hotfix. Stay tuned for more World of Warcraft content.
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