by JR Cook - 11 years ago     show comments

It’s inevitable in software development whenever you release a large patch – there will always be zero day bug fixes in the wake. We’ve seen what happens with large zero day bugs like what affected Diablo with Patch 1.0.8 a couple weeks back. Fortunately though, the hotfixes needed to day in WoW weren’t on that big of a scale.

Here you can find the current hotfixes that have rolled out since the major patch released earlier today.

Patch Information

• 5.3 Escalation Round-up
• 5.3 Patch Notes
• 5.3 Known Issues
• Technical Support & Troubleshooting

May 21

• Classes
  • Druid
    • Talents
      • Force of Nature now summons Treants that have 40% of the Druid’s health, up from 10%.
        • Balance Druid Treants: Cast time for Wrath has been increased to 2.5 seconds, up from 2.0 seconds, and damage dealt has been increased by 25%.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Surging Mist will again properly grant Chi to the casting Monk when healing targets other than themselves while Glyph of Surging Mist is active.
  • Paladin
    • General
      • Divine Protection should now be usable while stunned.
  • Shaman
    • General
      • Fixed an issue for Restoration Shamans where Ascendance did not divide the amount healed by Restorative Mists among nearby allies properly.
• Quests
  • Path of the Last Emperor: Seer Hao Pham Roo should no longer be overlapping with Lorewalker Cho.
• Creatures
  • Galleon should now use the correct loot table while awarding loot.
• Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
  • Karazhan
    • Chess Event: Increased the delay between moves for enemy chess pieces.
  • Scenarios
    • Fixed an issue with characters not shape-shifting back into the correct race while under the effects of an illusion spell enabling them to participate in an opposing faction’s Scenarios.
• PvP
  • Conquest Quartermasters (Armsmaster Holinka and Roo Desvin) have been temporarily disabled while we work to resolve an issue with the Tyrannical Conquest achievement.
  • Big Zokk Torquewrench has been found by a search party and brought back from their extended leave of absence.
• Battlegrounds and Arenas
  • Deepwind Gorge has been temporarily removed from Rated Battlegrounds rotation while we work to resolve an issue affecting base capture.
• Battlefield: Barrens
  • Map markers for caravans that have been destroyed should now be properly removed from the world map.
  • Overturned caravans should now despawn properly.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a crash on startup for Macs with the GMA 950 chipset.