The 1.6 patch is now on the test realms

[MongoJerry]

The down side is, previously you could res a released corpse from an infinite distance if you could establish line of sight.  Now, released or unreleased you are limited to 30 yards.

You didn't need line of sight, either. I resurrected people using Mind Vision around various curves, hills, and corridors many a time.

Even with this, I'm glad the bug is getting fixed.  I've still never had to res someone from farther away than 30 yards until the fight is over anyway.  Now, the pallies that are told to sit out of combat just for ressing purposes may feel differently, but for me, it really won't change a thing.

I'm glad they changed it, too, but I recognize it for what it is: A massive change for large raids. It's standard procedure for our guild to have an out-of-combat rezer sit out during difficult Molten Core boss fights and rez people from a distance as they die. Removing this ability will make those boss fights much much harder. (It's effectively removing it, because it's likely that the oocr will likely get hit by something if the person had to get that close to the dead body). I'm glad for that, though, because I never liked the oocr concept. It always seemed like a bandaid for sloppy play.