Blizzard's hotfix notes for 10 and 11 November bring the first real class tuning since launch: Enhancement Shaman takes a big cut, Hunter pets lose some health, Warlock demons get tougher and Affliction's Wrack is reworked. There are also profession, quest and dungeon fixes. These are the ones most players will notice, in our own words. Blizzard's post has every line.
Classes, 10 November
| Class | What changed |
|---|---|
| Shaman (Enhancement) | Stormstrike 150% → 100% weapon damage, cooldown 6 → 8 s. Maelstrom Weapon now 20% faster casts at every rank, but only 6 to 10 procs a minute. Mental Dexterity gives less attack power from Intellect. See the Enhancement nerf |
| Hunter | Pet health 150% → 115% of normal. Arcane Shot costs 11% of base mana. Beast Mastery's hawk hits about 80% harder. See the pet change |
| Warlock | Imp, Voidwalker, Incubus and Succubus base health up about 15%. Imp Firebolt hits harder at ranks 1 to 4 |
| Warlock (Affliction) | Wrack reworked: a 6-second channel with 30% less damage, during which your DoTs tick twice as fast. See the Wrack rework |
| Druid (Restoration) | Nature's Swiftness also makes Wild Growth instant |
| Shaman | Weapon imbues and weapon totems now work at the same time |
| Warrior (Arms) | Sweeping Strikes no longer loses charges when there's no second target |
Classes, 11 November
| Class | What changed |
|---|---|
| Paladin | Judgement is now a ranged attack: it uses ranged hit and no longer triggers melee effects |
| Paladin (Retribution) | Unsealed Fury no longer echoes off Windfury Totem attacks |
| Druid (Feral) | Rend and Tear now works on Pounce's bleed |
| Hunter | Volley no longer triggers procs or keeps channelling after you move |
| Priest | Gnome Priests can use Confounding Flash in Shadowform, and Twilight Focus works in Shadowform |
| Shaman | Flametongue Totem rank 2 works |
Where a change moved a spec up or down, our PvE tier list and PvP tier list already reflect it.
Professions
- Tailoring bags fixed: the Red Mageweave Bag (14 slots), Green and Black Silk Packs (12 slots) and Green and Red Woolen Bags (10 slots) now cost one more bolt of cloth each. See more bag space.
- Blacksmithing: Coarse Grinding Stones give skill-ups up to 90.
- Cooking: the Journeyman Campfire Kit needs Cooking 90 to place, down from 140.
- Enchanting: Lesser Spirit enchants for boots and bracers give Spirit as they should.
- Engineering: Iron Grenades are cheaper at the vendor.
- Some crafted armor sells for less to vendors.
Quests and the world
- Most quests from level 48 up now also reward gold.
- More Glade Vipers in the Riverglades for "Poison Tips", and more Nightbane worgen in Duskwood for "Worgen in the Woods".
- Several stuck quests fixed in Feralas, Arathi Highlands and the Western Plaguelands.
- Riverglades bosses Twilight Enforcer, Executioner Morg and the Twilight Forgemaster hit much less hard.
- All racial vendor mounts are now bind on pickup.
- The Item Restoration service is switched off for now while Blizzard looks into a bug.
Earlier fixes are in hotfixes 5 to 9 November. Problems Blizzard hasn't fixed yet are on known issues and hotfixes.