#3 - May 24, 2007, 3:44 a.m.
As far as I'm aware the only motes changes were Motes of Shadow, and they were removed from Demon classed mobs. It's possible that the fire was removed from specific mobs as well, but as far as I'm aware they weren't, I'll have to double check that.
Also, once again, the Essence drops do not replace or otherwise change the chance for motes to drop. They're an additional drop, not a chance to replace a mote.