World of Warcraft hotfixes for January 5th

[Lindline]

Seems like Blizzard is trying to make up for not having any hotfixes this past week. Some heroic nerfs and some raid nerfs. Also, some item fixes. Just a ton of hotfixes today.

Enjoy the read Hopefully you guys benefit from the fixes a lot.



Hotfixes for January 5th

* The proc for the item, The Last Word, has been greatly increased to allow for more continuous uptime. * The NPC Margrave Dhakar in Icecrown will properly respawn if killed while doing the quest, The Flesh Giant Champion. * Wyvern Sting no longer triggers the extra shot effect from Zod's Repeating Longbow. * The Oculus had some additional changes made. The Planar Anomlies during the Eregos encounter will have a shorter duration and do reduced damage, some of the drakes above Varos?s platform have been removed, and the drakes controlled by players will move a little faster. * Players can now send a whisper to a player from another realm that is currently in their party. * The Invigoration buff from melee attacks using the Heartpierce dagger will now grant twice as much resources as before. It now grants 2 rage, 4 energy, or 120 mana every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. *The Lady Deathwhisper encounter has seen the following changes in the 25 player normal version: mana pool has been reduced, the health on all adds has been reduced, and Adherents will wait a little longer after spawning before they start casting. *Interrupting a fireball being cast by the Ymirjar Flamebearers in normal and heroic Pit of Saron will no longer make them instantly cast Hellfire. *The ghost waves at the beginning of both normal and heroic Halls of Reflection have undergone several changes that should make them easier to defeat such as preventing 2 mages or 2 mercenaries from spawning in the 5 mob pulls, a shorter duration of the spectral footman?s shield bash, and the spectral mage?s flamestrike having a longer cast time, shorter duration, and (in heroic) doing less damage.

PLUS This little tidbit about running Oculus.

To encourage players not to shy away from the many invigorating adventures to be had in The Oculus, we have applied a change to enhance the rewards players are provided when selected for this dungeon via the Random Heroic option in the Dungeon Finder. Once Ley-Guardian Eregos is defeated, one loot bag per character will be provided in his chest in addition to the current rewards. Each loot bag will offer players rare gems, two additional Emblems of Triumph, and a chance of being rewarded the Reins of the Blue Drake. These fine treasures could be yours should you honor your fellow party members by besting the challenges contained within The Oculus! Keep in mind, however, that these extra loot bags will only be awarded to each party member if Oculus is selected by the Dungeon Finder when players choose the Random Heroic option.

In light of this change, the Reins of the Azure Drake will now have a chance of dropping in both 10- and 25-player versions of The Eye of Eternity.

[EaTCarbS]

More reasons to do Oculus?!?!?!? NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Lindline]

You only need to do it till you get 5 blue drakes Should only be a couple hundred runs.