The MMO Gamer

World of Warcraft: Patch 2.4 Live

Blizzard released Patch 2.4 today. The patch notes for 2.4 can be found here. Patch Notes 2.4

Notable Changes in Patch 2.4:
-Improved UI changes
-Resilience now affects mana drain effects (boo)
-Intellect now affects mana regeneration
-Weapon SKills are gained quicker from 1-59 (Yay, time to level my alts)
-Daily Quest increased to 25 (Blizzard’s attempt to destroy the gold selling services)
-Many class skills no longer breaks CC (ex. Avenger’s Shield, Cleave,…)
-Diminishing returns on honor for kills removed
-PvP Honor Points are calculated and available to use instantly
-Added Honor Mark turn in for honor points, 1 mark from each Battlegrounds (Finally!)
-Alterac Valley: Horde now start closer to Frostwolf Keep (let’s see how this goes)
-Warsong Gulch: Flag carriers now recieve 50% more damage after 10 minutes and 100% after 15 minutes (Die Druids!!). Additionally, flag carriers can be tracked now after 45 seconds after picking up the flag
-Changes to game physics to fix wall climbing (Undocumented)

-New 2.4 Items: Claw of Molten Fury & Fist of Molten Fury added to Hyjal loot table (Undocumented)
-Philosopher’s Stone now a trinket item (Undocumented)
-New PvP Mounts: Swift Warstrider and Black War Elekk (Undocumented - wish they added the White Warstrider a few PTR patches back to Patch 2.4)

-Druid: Cyclone reduced from 30 yards to 20 yards
-Druid: Lifebloom’s final heal effect reduced by 20% (boo, this my favorite heal)
-Druid: Regrowth mana cost reduced by 20%
-Druid: PvP set bonus changes Balance and Restoration
-Druid: Moonkin and Tree Form now auto shift out when trying to mount (Undocumented)

-Hunter: Improved Mend Pet first talent point increased from 15% to 25%, while second talent point still at 50%

-Mage: New Talent - Molten Shield - cause your Fire Ward to have a 10/20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active. In addition, your Molten Armor has a 50/100% chance to affect ranged and spell attacks
-Mage: Arcane Explosion damage cap increased by 50%
-Mage: Icy Veins no longer increase Freezing effect but now avoid pushback while casting

-Paladin: Seal of Blood no longer cause spell pushback
-Paladin: Resilience added to all Retribution PvP set items (Why didn’t Blizzard add them in before??)

-Priest: Chastise now is instant cast and roots the target for 2 seconds instead of disorients
-Priest: Mass Dispel now affects up to 10 targets instead of 5
-Priest: Power Infusion now increases spell haste by 20% and reduces the mana cost of all spells by 20% for 15 second

-Rogue: Puncturing Wounds, replaces Improved Backstab, increases your critical strike chance with Backstab by 10/20/30%, and the critical strike chance with your Mutilate ability by 5/10/15%
-Rogue: Cheat Death properly reduces damage (Undocumented - bugged reduced 90% from incoming damage then absorbs another 90% for 99% total - GOOD!! Damn, Cheat Death)

-Shaman: Shamanistic Rage is now a physical ability not a Magic spell (no more dispels)
-Shaman: Healing Grace talent now reduces the chance your spells will be dispelled by 10/20/30%
-Shaman: Stormstrike has a new icon (YES!!!)

-Warlock: Demonic Knowledge now increase your spell damage by an amount equal to 4/8/12%, down from 5/10/15% (Didn’t think there’s a patch without a Warlock nerf did you??)
-Warlock: Emberstorm now also reduces the cast time of your incinerate spell by 2/4/6/8/10%

-Warrior: Improved Hamstring is now affected with diminishing returns in PvP
-Warrior: Whirlwind critical strikes with the off-hand weapon can now trigger Flurry and Rampage
-Warrior: Fixed Spell Reflect sit spam bug (Undocumented)

New Faction: The Shattered Sun Offensive
Shattered Sun Offensive Reward Items
New Badge Reward Items (World of Raids) Obtainable from Smith Hauthaa after Phase 3 of the Sun’s Reach
Epic Gems are obtainable in 2.4 from Shaani with 15 Badges

Note: The Shattered Sun Offensive dailies in Outlands will yield Shattered Sun Supplies which contains a random green and, if lucky, Badge of Justice!!

New Armor Set Items!!
2.4 Tier 6 Armor Set Items
Reputation PvP Set Items(aka Welfare Gear for the New 70) (YAY!! Now I will not get 1 shot in PvP…it will take 2 shots to kill my new alt)