6.0.3 Hotfixes: October 30

October 30

Hallow's End

• Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" now allows the user to ride on a mount while transformed.

Classes

• Resolved an issue where durations for periodic effects were not always being extended for the full amount when refreshed by another ability.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Necrosis’ damage has been increased by 67%.
    • Scourge Strike’s damage has been increased by 50%.
    • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 5% (down from 10%).
  • Talents
    • Defile should no longer be growing in radius and damage by more than the intended amount.
• Druid
  • General
    • Druids are no longer able to switch specializations while in Flight Form.
    • Druid shapeshift forms should now override the transformation from Fire-Watcher's Oath.
    • Wrath’s damage has been increased by 25%.
  • Balance
    • Starfall’s damage has been increased by 75%.
    • Starfire’s damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Starsurge’s damage has been increased by 25%. Additionally, resolved an issue where Starsurge may sometimes provide an incorrect Lunar or Solar Empowerment.
  • Restoration
    • Nature's Swiftness should no longer incorrectly allow Cyclone to be cast while in any shapeshift form.
  • Talents
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Nature's Vigil now heals and damages nearby targets for 20% of the healing done (down from 30%), but can now trigger from Multistrikes.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Adaptation now increases Combat Experience’s damage increase to 70% (down from 85%).
  • Beast Mastery
    • Kill Command’s damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Chimaera Shot’s damage has been reduced by 13%.
  • Talents
    • Focusing Shot now has a 2.5 second cast time (down from 3 seconds), and its damage has been increased by 25%.
• Mage
  • General
    • Conjured food no longer has a level requirement to use.
  • Arcane
    • Resolved an issue where notifications for Arcane Missiles charges may sometimes not display properly.
  • Frost
    • Frostbolt’s damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Talents
    • Cauterize should no longer be dealing more damage than intended to the Mage.
    • Alter Time should now work correctly for characters below level 77.
• Monk
  • General
    • Resolved an issue where Stance of the Fierce Tiger's movement speed increase was not working correctly for newly created Monks.
  • Brewmaster
    • Black Ox Statue should no longer be attacking targets.
  • Talents
    • Chi Explosion now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Smite critical hits should no longer incorrectly cause the target to be healed for a greater than intended amount through Atonement while also receiving a larger than intended damage shield that's granted through Divine Aegis.
  • Shadow
    • Mastery: Mental Anguish now increases damage by 3.125% per point (up from 2.5%).
  • Glyphs
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Glyph of Inner Fire and Glyph of Inner Sanctum should now be correctly removed as those glyphs no logner exist.
• Rogue
  • Combat
    • Killing Spree should no longer cancel or end prematurely if one of their targets is immune to damage.
• Shaman
  • General
    • Lava Burst's visuals should no longer be excessively large.
  • Elemental
    • Earthquake's visuals are no longer visible for friendly players.
    • Shamanism now increases Lightning Bolt's damage by 70% (up from 36%).
  • Enhancement
    • Fire Nova now has a maximum of 7 novas that can be triggered if more than 7 targets are affected by Flame Shock.
    • Maelstrom Weapon should no longer incorrectly persist after the Shaman has switched to a different specialization.
  • Talents
    • Echo of the Elements effect should now be correctly consumed during Ascendance.
    • Elemental Blast's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Molten Core should no longer incorrectly trigger its effect based on the casting Warlock's health
    • Resolved an issue where Soul Fire's damage was reduced by a greater than intended amount.
  • Destruction
    • Resolved a situation where interactions between Immolate, Fire and Brimstone, and Cataclysm could cause Immolate to deal less damage than intended.
  • Talents
    • Cataclysm now has a slight visual which can be seen by the Warlock's allies when it's being cast.
• Warrior
  • General
    • Heroic Leap should no longer allow the Warrior to ignore vertical terrain restrictions while in a Dungeon, Raid, or Battleground.
    • Whirlwind’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
  • Talents
    • Ravager’s damage has been reduced by 25%.
    • Slam’s damage has been reduced by 30%.

Quests

• Breaking the Emperor's Shield: Nakk'rakas should no longer despawn, allowing players to complete the quest.

Creatures

• Damp Shambler's Renewing Mists now heals for less.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

• Siege of Orgrimmar
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Paragons of the Klaxxi: Resolved an issue where Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver could not be looted.
  • Downfall Wing 4: Resolved an issue where Gnomish Gyrocopters may not be destroying Thresher Turrets for Alliance players.
• Throne of Thunder
  • Jin'rokh the Breaker's Ionization effect should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Icecrown Citadel
  • [Requires a realm restart.] The Lich King's Harvest Soul ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Trial of the Crusader
  • Anub'arak's Leeching Swarm should no longer be healing Anub'arak for an excessive amount.
• Dungeons
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Blackrock Caverns: Angered Earth should now spawn in when Rom'ogg Bonecrusher hits a player with Quake.
  • Razorfen Kraul: Groyat, the Blind Hunter's Drain Life ability should no longer damage or heal for an excessive amount.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Arenas
  • Tol'viron Arena should now correctly have Dampening.
• Battlegrounds
  • Deepwind Gorge: Status of the mine cart should now be updating correctly.
  • Isle of Conquest: Huge Seaforium Bombs no longer have a level requirement to interact with them.

Items

• Elixirs from the Cataclysm expansion should no longer be more powerful than their counterparts from Mists of Pandaria.
• Boiled Silkworm Pupa now provides a buff to Critical Strike instead of Hit.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Claws of Agony and Claws of Torment's 2-piece set bonus now gives a more reasonable amount of Haste.
• Manual Crowd Pummeler's on-use effect now grants a more reasonable increase to Haste.
• Technique: Glyph of the Executor no longer has an effect as the Glyph it teaches no longer exists.
• Zandalarian Hero Badge now provides a more reasonable amount of Armor.

UI

• Settings for SET ffxGlow should no longer be resetting when exiting the game client.

October 28

Quests

• Roll Club: Serpent's Spine should no longer cause players to float and allow them to complete the quest.
• Zarhym Altogether: Spirit Chests looted during the weekly quest no longer contains gold.

World Environment

• World Defense chat channel should be joinable once again.
• Alliance characters taking a flight path to Shattered Beachhead should now arrive safely at their destination (rather than falling through the world).

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Bonus Honor for winning a Battleground is now only awarded when queuing for a Random Battleground (it was incorrectly awarding the bonus Honor for any Battleground win).

World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.3: Hotfixes

For Patch 6.0.2 pre-Warlords expansion patch notes, please see: The Iron Tide: 6.0.2 Patch Notes.
For Patch 6.0.2 Hotfixes, please see: 6.0.2 Hotfixes.

Hallow's End

• Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" now allows the user to ride on a mount while transformed.

Classes

• Resolved an issue where durations for periodic effects were not always being extended for the full amount when refreshed by another ability.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Necrosis’ damage has been increased by 67%.
    • Scourge Strike’s damage has been increased by 50%.
    • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 5% (down from 10%).
  • Talents
    • Defile should no longer be growing in radius and damage by more than the intended amount.
• Druid
  • General
    • Druids are no longer able to switch specializations while in Flight Form.
    • Druid shapeshift forms should now override the transformation from Fire-Watcher's Oath.
    • Wrath’s damage has been increased by 25%.
  • Balance
    • Starfall’s damage has been increased by 75%.
    • Starfire’s damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Starsurge’s damage has been increased by 25%. Additionally, resolved an issue where Starsurge may sometimes provide an incorrect Lunar or Solar Empowerment.
  • Restoration
    • Nature's Swiftness should no longer incorrectly allow Cyclone to be cast while in any shapeshift form.
  • Talents
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Nature's Vigil now heals and damages nearby targets for 20% of the healing done (down from 30%), but can now trigger from Multistrikes.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Adaptation now increases Combat Experience’s damage increase to 70% (down from 85%).
  • Beast Mastery
    • Kill Command’s damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Chimaera Shot’s damage has been reduced by 13%.
  • Talents
    • Focusing Shot now has a 2.5 second cast time (down from 3 seconds), and its damage has been increased by 25%.
• Mage
  • General
    • Conjured food no longer has a level requirement to use.
  • Arcane
    • Resolved an issue where notifications for Arcane Missiles charges may sometimes not display properly.
  • Frost
    • Frostbolt’s damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Talents
    • Cauterize should no longer be dealing more damage than intended to the Mage.
    • Alter Time should now work correctly for characters below level 77.
• Monk
  • General
    • Resolved an issue where Stance of the Fierce Tiger's movement speed increase was not working correctly for newly created Monks.
  • Brewmaster
    • Black Ox Statue should no longer be attacking targets.
  • Talents
    • Chi Explosion now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Smite critical hits should no longer incorrectly cause the target to be healed for a greater than intended amount through Atonement while also receiving a larger than intended damage shield that's granted through Divine Aegis.
  • Shadow
    • Mastery: Mental Anguish now increases damage by 3.125% per point (up from 2.5%).
  • Glyphs
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Glyph of Inner Fire and Glyph of Inner Sanctum should now be correctly removed as those glyphs no logner exist.
• Rogue
  • Combat
    • Killing Spree should no longer cancel or end prematurely if one of their targets is immune to damage.
• Shaman
  • General
    • Lava Burst's visuals should no longer be excessively large.
  • Elemental
    • Earthquake's visuals are no longer visible for friendly players.
    • Shamanism now increases Lightning Bolt's damage by 70% (up from 36%).
  • Enhancement
    • Fire Nova now has a maximum of 7 novas that can be triggered if more than 7 targets are affected by Flame Shock.
    • Maelstrom Weapon should no longer incorrectly persist after the Shaman has switched to a different specialization.
  • Talents
    • Echo of the Elements effect should now be correctly consumed during Ascendance.
    • Elemental Blast's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Molten Core should no longer incorrectly trigger its effect based on the casting Warlock's health
    • Resolved an issue where Soul Fire's damage was reduced by a greater than intended amount.
  • Destruction
    • Resolved a situation where interactions between Immolate, Fire and Brimstone, and Cataclysm could cause Immolate to deal less damage than intended.
  • Talents
    • Cataclysm now has a slight visual which can be seen by the Warlock's allies when it's being cast.
• Warrior
  • General
    • Heroic Leap should no longer allow the Warrior to ignore vertical terrain restrictions while in a Dungeon, Raid, or Battleground.
    • Whirlwind’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
  • Talents
    • Ravager’s damage has been reduced by 25%.
    • Slam’s damage has been reduced by 30%.

Quests

• Breaking the Emperor's Shield: Nakk'rakas should no longer despawn, allowing players to complete the quest.
• Roll Club: Serpent's Spine should no longer cause players to float and allow them to complete the quest.
• Zarhym Altogether: Spirit Chests looted during the weekly quest no longer contains gold.

World Environment

• World Defense chat channel should be joinable once again.
• Alliance characters taking a flight path to Shattered Beachhead should now arrive safely at their destination (rather than falling through the world).

Creatures

• Damp Shambler's Renewing Mists now heals for less.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

• Siege of Orgrimmar
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Paragons of the Klaxxi: Resolved an issue where Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver could not be looted.
  • Downfall Wing 4: Resolved an issue where Gnomish Gyrocopters may not be destroying Thresher Turrets for Alliance players.
• Throne of Thunder
  • Jin'rokh the Breaker's Ionization effect should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Icecrown Citadel
  • [Requires a realm restart.] The Lich King's Harvest Soul ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Trial of the Crusader
  • Anub'arak's Leeching Swarm should no longer be healing Anub'arak for an excessive amount.
• Dungeons
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Blackrock Caverns: Angered Earth should now spawn in when Rom'ogg Bonecrusher hits a player with Quake.
  • Razorfen Kraul: Groyat, the Blind Hunter's Drain Life ability should no longer damage or heal for an excessive amount.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Arenas
  • Tol'viron Arena should now correctly have Dampening.
• Battlegrounds
  • Deepwind Gorge: Status of the mine cart should now be updating correctly.
  • Isle of Conquest: Huge Seaforium Bombs no longer have a level requirement to interact with them.
  • Bonus Honor for winning a Battleground is now only awarded when queued for a Random Battleground (it was incorrectly awarding the bonus Honor for any Battleground win).

Items

• Elixirs from the Cataclysm expansion should no longer be more powerful than their counterparts from Mists of Pandaria.
• Boiled Silkworm Pupa now provides a buff to Critical Strike instead of Hit.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Claws of Agony and Claws of Torment's 2-piece set bonus now gives a more reasonable amount of Haste.
• Manual Crowd Pummeler's on-use effect now grants a more reasonable increase to Haste.
• Technique: Glyph of the Executor no longer has an effect as the Glyph it teaches no longer exists.
• Zandalarian Hero Badge now provides a more reasonable amount of Armor.

UI

• Settings for SET ffxGlow should no longer be resetting when exiting the game client.

World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.3

Updated: 10-28-2014

Note: For the rest of the pre-Warlords expansion patch notes, please see The Iron Tide: 6.0.2 Patch Notes.

World Event: Iron Horde Incursion

• Characters that have completed the Iron Horde Incursion event can now visit a vendor near their faction's respective beachhead to purchase replacement quest rewards.
• Report to the King/Warning the Warchief: Characters with a healing specialization should now be able to select Ironmender's Totem as a quest reward.
• Thrall received a reminder that he is currently still on Azeroth.

Character Models

• Resolved an issue where certain helmets could incorrectly cause an Undead's jaw to disappear.
• Resolved an issue where skin color for Human models were not matching up with their original counterparts.

Classes

• Resolved an issue that could cause characters to remain disarmed for an extended period of time.
• Death Knight
  • Talents
    • Breath of Sindragosa now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
• Druid
  • Feral
    • Savage Roar should no longer incorrectly consume Omen of Clarity's clearcasting effect.
    • Resolved an issue where Rip refreshed through Ferocious Bite was not extending its duration for the full amount against targets that were below 25% health.
• Paladin
  • Protection
    • The passive ability Sanctuary, is now learned at level 10.
• Priest
  • Shadow
    • Resolved an issue where Shadow Priests in Shadowform were not displaying a targeting outline.
• Shaman
  • General
    • Chain Lightning, Flame Shock, Frost Shock, Lava Burst, and Lightning Bolt now costs 50% less mana.
  • Elemental
    • Earth Shock and Earthquake now costs 50% less mana.
• Warlock
  • Glyphs
    • Glyph of Ember Tap was causing Ember Tap to heal for more than intended. Additionally, the glyph now increases the healing of Ember Tap by 2% (down from 5%).

Creatures

• Gulp Frog no longer drops the Wilted Lilypad.
• Kor'kron Butcher Cleave ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Kor'kron Commanders with the Hemorrhagic Shadowstep ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.

Pet Battles

• Iron Starlette should no longer be excessively noisy when their owner is on a mount.

Quests

• A Villain Unmasked: Resolved an issue where Samuelson Unmasked was dying too quickly to grant quest credit.
• Basilisk Butcher: Basilisk Meat should be dropping again.
• Borrowed Brew: Resolved a number of audio issues with the quest.
• Get Kraken!: Resolved an issue where North Sea Kraken was dying too quickly to grant quest credit.
• Warforged Seal: Added a safeguard to prevent characters from completing the quest if they already have the maximum amount of Warforged Seals.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

Raids

• Looting bind-on-equip items should no longer automatically bind it to the character on Personal Loot mode.
• Resolved an issue where Guild Raid groups were not receiving credit towards Guild challenges on Mythic difficulty.
• Dragon Soul
  • Spine of Deathwing: Blood of Deathwing should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Firelands
  • Shannox: Rageface's Face Rage ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Blackwing Lair
  • Razorgore the Untamed received a buff to increase his survivability.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Battlegrounds
  • For players queued for Random Battlegrounds, the losing team should be receiving 45 Honor again.

Professions

• Resolved an issue where Windwalker Monks were unable to craft more than one item at a time using the "Create All" button.

Items

• Fire-Watcher's Oath should correctly have a 100% chance to grant Bloody Coins on PvP kills once more.
• Living Root of the Wildheart's bonus armor provided by Ursine Blessing for Guardian Druids has been toned down to a more reasonable level.

UI

• PlayMusic API should now work correctly and be able to play MP3s once more.
• PlaySound API should now work correctly and be able to play MP3s once more.
• Resolved an issue where quest headers in the Quest Log may become stuck in a collapsed state.
• Game settings and macros for characters with names that contains an extended ASCII character should be saving correctly once more for users on Mac OS.
• Resolved a number of situations where the mouse cursor can disappear on Mac OS.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where multi-passenger vehicles entering your character's viewing area could cause them to be booted to the character selection screen.
• Resolved a client crash that can occur if a character logs out after copying a calendar event.
• Resolved a Lua error when selecting monitor 3 on systems with multiple video cards.
• Resolved a Lua error from using Command+M on the Credits screen on Mac OS.
• Resolved an issue with the skybox flashing on systems with multiple video cards.