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- World of Warcraft Client Patch (2004-11-07)

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 Racial Traits

 &nbsp;Racial traits are now available for all races. &nbsp;Each race receives at 

 &nbsp;least 4 traits (several passive and at least one active trait per 

 &nbsp;race). &nbsp;Undead racial traits have changed to be more consistent with 

 &nbsp;the new traits and Undead players are now considered Humanoid targets 

 &nbsp;rather than Undead targets. &nbsp;The following is a full list of traits:



 Dwarf &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Stoneform: Activate to gain immunity to poison, disease, and bleed 

 &nbsp;Gun Specialization: Increase Gun Skill

 &nbsp;Frost Resistance: Increase Cold Resistance

 &nbsp;Treasure Finding: &nbsp;Activate to see treasure chests on mini map - 

 &nbsp;lasts until canceled - no cooldown



 Gnome &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Escape Artist: Activate to break out of a Root or Snare effect 

 &nbsp;Expansive Mind: Increase Intelligence

 &nbsp;Arcane Resistance: Increase Arcane Resistance

 &nbsp;Engineering Specialist: Increase skill bonus to Engineering



 Human &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Perception: Activate to increase stealth detection radius 

 &nbsp;The Human Spirit: Increase Spirit 

 &nbsp;Diplomacy: Bonus to faction point gain

 &nbsp;Sword Specialization: Increase Sword skill



 Night Elf &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Shadowmeld: Activate while immobile and out of combat to enter 

 &nbsp;stealth mode

 &nbsp;Quickness: Dodge chance increased

 &nbsp;Wisp Spirit: Become a wisp when dead with movement speed increase 

 &nbsp;Nature Resistance: Increase Nature Resistance



 Orc &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Blood Fury: Activate to increase Strength

 &nbsp;Hardiness: Increase resistance to stun & knockout effects

 &nbsp;Command: Pet melee damage increased

 &nbsp;Axe Specialization: Increase to Axe skill



 Tauren &nbsp;

 &nbsp;War Stomp: Activate to stun opponents

 &nbsp;Endurance: Max Health increased 

 &nbsp;Cultivation: Increase skill bonus to Herbalism

 &nbsp;Nature Resistance: Increase Nature Resistance



 Troll &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Berserking: Activate when "Wounded" to increase melee & 

 &nbsp;spellcasting speed 

 &nbsp;Regeneration: Increase health regen bonus

 &nbsp;Beast Slaying: Increase damage bonus to Beasts

 &nbsp;Throwing Weapon Specialization: Increase Throwing Weapon skill.



 Undead &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Will of the Forsaken: Activate to become immune to fear, sleep, 

 &nbsp;and charm effects 

 &nbsp;Cannibalize: Increase health regeneration while consuming a corpse 

 &nbsp;Underwater Breathing: Underwater breath increased 

 &nbsp;Shadow Resistance: &nbsp;Increase Shadow Resistance





 New Raid Encounters

 &nbsp;Rumors of Onyxia, an enormous black dragon, have been heard through

 &nbsp;out Azeroth. Be sure to bring many brave warriors for she wonât

 &nbsp;take kindly to intruders in her lair. Both factions will need to

 &nbsp;complete unique, and challenging quests to gain access to the

 &nbsp;Onyxia encounter. &nbsp;**During the beta testing there will be a 

 &nbsp;temporary placeholder vendor who sells keys to Onyxiaâs lair for 

 &nbsp;testing purposes. 



 &nbsp;Discovered in the heart of Blackrock Mountain beyond the Depths, 

 &nbsp;lies the Molten Core. &nbsp;Within the Molten Core lives a multitude of 

 &nbsp;ancient and powerful evil. &nbsp;Adventurers be ware, for the dangers found 

 &nbsp;within the Molten Core are many and takes many forms.



 &nbsp;**Raid loot is being worked on and temporary loot has been placed in 

 &nbsp;raid encounters 





 New Kodo mounts!

 &nbsp;There is but one creature in all of Kalimdor that possesses the 

 &nbsp;strength and stamina to bear a tauren rider into battle: the 

 &nbsp;majestic kodo beast. Swifter and slightly smaller than their 

 &nbsp;wild cousins, kodo mounts nevertheless demonstrate the same 

 &nbsp;resilience and fearlessness found in their untamed brethren, traits 

 &nbsp;that serve them well when bearing their equally resolute riders. It 

 &nbsp;is said that only the most virtuous of tauren can win the affection 

 &nbsp;of a kodo war mount, for these mighty beasts only serve those that 

 &nbsp;approach them with honor and respect in 

 &nbsp;their hearts.



 &nbsp;Tauren players will no longer have the Plainsrunning ability, due 

 &nbsp;to the availability of Kodo mounts! &nbsp;Tauren players can purchase the 

 &nbsp;Kodo mount at Bloodhoof village.



 &nbsp;**Currently there is an active bug that prevents players from 

 &nbsp;purchasing mounts from different races regarding of reputation, this 

 &nbsp;bug will be addressed in the next patch.





 General

- Higher level dungeon monsters (level 30+) have had their experience 

 &nbsp;values increased.

- Experience needed to gain levels from level 30+ has been increased 

 &nbsp;(to compensate for the dungeon monster change).

- On death, all eqipped items will lose 10% durability.

- Durability loss through fighting has been decreased (mainly to 

 &nbsp;accommodate the new penalty for dying)

- The penalty for using a Spirit Healer has been changed - there is no 

 &nbsp;longer any experience loss, instead all items (equipped and 

 &nbsp;inventory) will take 100% durability loss and the character will gain 

 &nbsp;resurrection sickness for a duration that scale according to level.

- Spells that activate (proc) on kill will work on all players, but only 

 &nbsp;monsters that would give experience points.

- All spears are now polearms.

- Polearm proficiency can now be learned by Hunters, Paladins, 

 &nbsp;Warriors.

- Spear proficiency has been removed.

- Minimum range on abilities now account for size of target and 

 &nbsp;attacker.

- Armor can't be swapped out while in combat. &nbsp;Other equipment 

 &nbsp;such as weapons and accessories can still be swapped out.

- Shift-click item info linking has been added to the auction 

 &nbsp;interface.

- You now get a 10% discount at high reputation for buying items, 

 &nbsp;item repair, training costs, and taxi flights.

- Line of sight calculation takes into account creature size.

- Creatures should be more adept at chasing players.

- Spawn animations for game objects are now visible.

- Skills will not increase from use while dueling or engaged in 

 &nbsp;PvP.

- Texture linear filtering is turned on for the user interface.

- Escort NPCs will assist players more often.

- Escort NPCs and guards will no longer follow enemy players 

 &nbsp;around.

- NPCs which are performing work emotes will pause them and turn to

 &nbsp;you when you interact with them.

- The Reanimated Corpse actually falls down now when it plays dead.

- New graveyards have been added to many zones.

- Players will not be able to train and purchase non-race specific 

 &nbsp;mounts. &nbsp;In the next patch, we plan to implement a system in which 

 &nbsp;players can obtain mounts from other races once they have reached a 

 &nbsp;certain level of reputation with that race.





 Quests

- Onyxia Key Quests for both the Horde and Alliance are in and 

 &nbsp;fully functional.

- Eastern and Western Plaguelands have dozens of new quests.

- Tirion Fordring's questline is now complete.

- New PvP, Raid, and PvP Raid quests are live.

- Quests for Molten Core have been added.

- The completion of a quest may now result in a reputation 

 &nbsp;adjustment of a faction or a group of factions.

- More quests added to Desolace, including several Horde 

 &nbsp;specific quests.

- Horde quests added to Ashenvale, ranging from levels 19-30.

- Hemet Nesingwary and his companions now like Horde players in 

 &nbsp;addition to Alliance players.

- More quests added to Stonetalon.

- More quests added to Blackfathom Deeps. &nbsp;Blackfathom has been 

 &nbsp;moved to Ashenvale and now has Horde quests.





 PvP

- Mind Control and Hunter's Mark flag you for PvP when used on 

 &nbsp;enemy players.

- Healing and buffing NPCs will not flag you for PvP unless those 

 &nbsp;NPCs are in combat.

- NPCs no longer tap creatures they are fighting.





 Talents

- Paladin talents are now available.

- Hunter talents are now available.





 Auctions

- The current high-bidder's name no longer displays in the auction 

 &nbsp;interface.

- Each time a bid is made on an item, a small amount of time is 

 &nbsp;added to the remaining auction duration.

- Items you are the high bidder on will be indicated as such in the 

 &nbsp;interface.





 Professions

- Leatherworking is now complete, you can make up to 300 

 &nbsp;leatherworking skill items.

- Enchanting is now complete, you can perform enchantments that 

 &nbsp;require up to 300 enchanting skill.

- Engineering is now complete, there are engineering recipes that 

 &nbsp;require up to 300 engineering skill.

- Epic player crafted items that require raiding are now available.

- Skeleton Keys added to blacksmithing. &nbsp;Smiths can now open locks 

 &nbsp;(though the keys are consumed)

- Expert and above skill tiers for secondary skills are no longer 

 &nbsp;available on trainers, you need to find the books to teach you them. &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Expert level is on a vendor somewhere in the world, artisan level 

 &nbsp;requires a quest to be completed.

- Elixirs no longer stack with player spells that improve the same 

 &nbsp;attribute

- Enchanting recipes generally require more reagents for 200-250 

 &nbsp;skill items

- Limited Invulnerability Potion Re-added to Alchemy, but at a higher 

 &nbsp;level than it was previously.

- Leatherworking recipes added to let light leather be turned into 

 &nbsp;medium leather, medium leather into heavy and so on. &nbsp; 

- Light leather requirements for some 15-20th leather level items 

 &nbsp;reduced to allow for faster skillup in that range.

- Leatherworking Scorpid Recipes now require 2x the scorpid scales, 

 &nbsp;but scorpids now drop the scales 4x as frequently.

- Light leather now only takes 3 scraps to make instead of 4.

- Starting Leatherworking recipe items improved.

- Medium and Heavy leather now sells for less to vendors.

- Pick pocketing now has a chance of getting you a locked Junkbox, 

 &nbsp;which is a locked item that generally has money in it.

- Ironweb Spider Silk now drops more often and some Tailoring 

 &nbsp;Recipes require less.

- The ingredients required to make some gnomish engineering items 

 &nbsp;were changed.

- Elixirs effects reduced somewhat for the higher level elixirs.

- Dark Iron Armor stats have been changed.

- Living Essence and Essence of Undeath drops decreased.

- Silk and Mageweave cloth now sell for less to vendors.

- All remaining profession trainers who train a single recipe 

 &nbsp;have been turned into vendors.

- Catseye Ultra Goggles and Catseye Elixir reduced in effectiveness.

- Requirements to make blacksmithing recipes annihilator and 

 &nbsp;invulnerable mail increased.

- Artisan Level Fishing, Cooking, and First Aid quests are in the 

 &nbsp;game. Trainers will no longer train artisan level in the 

 &nbsp;aforementioned professions. Players must complete quests to gain 

 &nbsp;artisan levels.





 Pets

- Pets, summons and guardians are not susceptible to charm.

- Pets should be much better at chasing moving targets.

- Pets and summons will use their combat abilities as often as 

 &nbsp;possible.

- When your pet or demon learns new spells and abilities they will 

 &nbsp;show up on the pet action bar.

- Charmed creatures will no longer use their summon spells while 

 &nbsp;charmed.

- The pet action bar is greyed out while the pet is confused or fleeing

- Imps no longer run around aimlessly if you turn off auto-cast for 

 &nbsp;their firebolt.





 Druid

- Removed facing direction requirement from Entangling Roots, Faerire 

 &nbsp;Fire, Hibernate, and Soothe Animal.

- New Spell: Rebirth (Level 20).

- New Ability: Feline Grace (Level 40).

- Bear Form abilities that target one or more enemies now generate 

 &nbsp;additional threat.

- Enrage: Cooldown increased.

- Growl: Now gives the target enough threat to attack you, cooldown 

 &nbsp;added.

- Hibernate: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- Mark of the Wild: Ranks 5, 6, and 7 now require reagents.



 Hunter

- Glimpse of Instincts: Removed.

- Outdoorsmanship skill line renamed Survival.

- Ranged Combat skill line renamed Marksmanship.

- Removed facing requirement from Hunter's Mark and Scare Beast.

- Aspect of the Cheetah: Speed increased.

- Aspect of the Pack: Speed increased.

- Concussive Shot: No longer causes additional threat, duration and 

 &nbsp;cooldown slightly increased, mana cost reduced.

- Disengage: Effect boosted, cooldown added.

- Hunter's Mark: Duration increased, dispels itself if the Hunter dies.

- Mongoose Bite: Damage increased, mana cost increased.

- Scare Beast: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- Wing Clip: Slow effect now scales with level.

- Feign Death: Duration increased.

- New Spell: Track Beasts (Level 1).

- New Spell: Track Humanoids (Level 10).

- New Spell: Track Undead (Level 18).

- New Spell: Track Hidden (Level 24).

- New Spell: Track Elementals (Level 26).

- New Spell: Track Demons (Level 32).

- New Spell: Track Giants (Level 40).

- New Spell: Track Dragonkin (Level 50).

- New Spell: Distracting Shot (Level 12).

- New Spell: Aspect of the Wild (Level 46).



 Mage

- Blink should work much more reliably and will not stop your movement.

- Removed facing requirement from Counterspell, Detect Magic, and 

 &nbsp;Polymorph.

- Polymorph: Now dismounts the enemy target, increased the chance of 

 &nbsp;breaking early.

- Blizzard: Deals its damage in more frequent intervals.

- Arcane Intellect: Ranks 4 and 5 now require reagents.

- Teleport: Now requires a reagent.

- Portal: Now requires a reagent.

- Slow Fall: Now requires a reagent.



 Paladin

- Retribution Aura: Moved to level 16.

- Judgement: Moved to level 50, renamed Holy Wrath.

- Removed facing requirement from Hammer of Justice and Turn Undead.

- Cleanse: Moved to level 42, mana cost increased.

- Holy Light: Causes less threat, heal effect and mana cost increased.

- Purify: Mana cost increased.

- Turn Undead: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- Holy Strike: Removed.

- Crusader Strike: Removed.

- Seal of Reckoning: Removed.

- Healing Aura: Removed.

- Dominance Aura: Removed.

- Wisdom Aura: Removed.

- Redemption: Removed.

- Resurrection: renamed Redemption, no longer useable in combat.

- **All Seals renamed Blessings. &nbsp;Several new spells have been added, 

 &nbsp;which now use the naming convention "Seal".

- New Spell: Seal of the Crusader (Level 12).

- New Spell: Seal of Justice (Level 22).

- New Spell: Seal of Light (Level 30).

- New Spell: Seal of Wisdom (Level 38).

- New Spell: Flash of Light (Level 20).

- New Spell: Judgement (Level 10).

- New Spell: Blessing of Might (Level 8).

- New Spell: Blessing of Wisdom (Level 14).

- New Spell: Blessing of Light (Level 40).

- New Spell: Concentration Aura (Level 22).

- New Spell: Divine Intervention (Level 30).

- Resistance Aura: Split up into 3 new spells...Shadow Resistance Aura 

 &nbsp;(Level 28), Frost Resistance Aura (Level 32), and Fire Resistance Aura 

 &nbsp;(Level 36).

- Seal of Fury has changed significantly.

- Seal of Righteousness has changed significantly.

- Blessing of Sacrifice: Moved to level 46, now transfers a flat amount 

 &nbsp;of damage per hit, and has replacements.

- Blessing of Salvation: Moved to level 26, duration increased, cooldown 

 &nbsp;removed, effect reduced.

- Blessing of Freedom: Moved to level 18.

- Blessing of Protection: Moved to level 10.



 Priest

- Resurrect spells now use the same timer as when reclaiming your corpse. &nbsp;

 &nbsp;When a player is resurrected, they will have to wait for a set amount 

 &nbsp;before they can click the accept button.

- Resurrect now teleports you to the location at which the spell was cast, 

 &nbsp;not to the caster's present location.

- Removed facing requirement from Mind Control, Mind Soothe, Shackle 

 &nbsp;Undead and Shadow Word: Pain.

- Resurrection: No longer useable in combat.

- Levitate will now be cancelled if any damage is taken, now requires a 

 &nbsp;reagent.

- Power Word: Fortitude: Ranks 4, 5, and 6 now require reagents.

- Mind Control: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- Shackle Undead: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- New Spell: Desperate Prayer (Level 10). &nbsp;(Dwarf/Human only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Starshards (Level 10). &nbsp;(Night Elf only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Touch of Weakness (Level 10). &nbsp;(Undead only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Hex of Weakness (Level 10). &nbsp;(Troll only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Fear Ward (Level 20). &nbsp;(Dwarf only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Feedback (Level 20). &nbsp;(Human only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Elune's Grace (Level 20). &nbsp;(Night Elf only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Devouring Plague (Level 20). &nbsp;(Undead only.) &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Shadowguard (Level 20). &nbsp;(Troll only.) &nbsp;(Quest)



 Rogue

- Vanish will now cancel spells in progress and missiles in flight if 

 &nbsp;they are being cast at the vanished player.

- Poisons: Should now be resistable.

- Removed facing requirement from Blind and Pick Pocket.

- Lockpicking: No longer auto-ranks. &nbsp;It must be used to improve.

- Sap: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- New Poison: Wound Poison (Level 32).

- New Ability: Safe Fall (Level 40).



 Shaman

- Removed facing requirement from Purge.

- Rebirth: Renamed Ancestral Spirit, no longer useable in combat.

- Water Walking: Now cancelled if any damage is taken, requires reagent.

- Water Breathing: Now requires a reagent.

- Earth Shock: Now causes additional threat.

- Healing Stream Totem: Heals in smaller, more frequent intervals 

 &nbsp;(roughly the same total over time).

- Mana Spring Totem: Restores mana in smaller, more frequent intervals 

 &nbsp;(roughly the same total over time).

- Rockbiter Weapon: Now also makes your melee attacks cause additional 

 &nbsp;threat.

- Windfury Weapon: Much more responsive.

- Windfury Totem: Much more responsive.



 Warlock

- Only party members can participate in rituals.

- Voidwalkers will wait for enemies in the area before casting Suffering.

- Target of summoning ritual must already be in the same instance if 

 &nbsp;caster is in an instance.

- Summoning gives a confirmation dialog to person being summoned.

- Ghosts can no longer be summoned.

- A bug has been fixed in the calculation of total mana for Warlock pets.

- Lash of Pain (Succubus): no longer requires the succubus to be behind 

 &nbsp;the target.

- Seduction (Succubus): Mana cost reduced, increased the chance of 

 &nbsp;breaking early.

- Soulstones: Now soulbound when created, are consumed to store the 

 &nbsp;target's soul. &nbsp;When that target dies, he may resurrect himself any 

 &nbsp;time up until release. &nbsp;Cooldown added.

- Removed facing requirement from Banish, Corruption, all Curses, 

 &nbsp;Enslave Demon, and Fear.

- Demon spells are now available as Grimoires from the Demon Trainers in 

 &nbsp;the world. &nbsp;Purchase the Grimoire and read it while the appropriate 

 &nbsp;demon is summoned to teach it the spell.

- Enslave Demon once again requires a soul shard, increased the chance 

 &nbsp;of breaking early if cast repeatedly on the same target.

- Howl of Terror: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- Fear: Increased the chance of breaking early.

- Rain of Fire: Duration, mana cost, and damage slightly reduced, deals 

 &nbsp;its damage in more frequent intervals.

- New Spell (Imp): Phase Shift (Level 12).

- New Spell: Summon Felhunter (Level 30). &nbsp;(Quest)

- New Spell: Inferno (Level 50). &nbsp;(Monster Loot)

- New Spell: Curse of Doom (Level 60).

- New Spell: Ritual of Doom (Level 60). &nbsp;(Monster Loot)



 Warrior

- Inner Rage: Removed.

- Pummel: Removed.

- Heroic Strike: Now available in all Stances, damage increased on some 

 &nbsp;ranks, decreased on others.

- Sunder Armor: Now available in all Stances.

- Shield Bash: Now available in all Stances.

- Hamstring: Now available in Battle and Berserker Stance.

- Rend: Now available in Battle and Defensive Stance, damage slightly 

 &nbsp;increased on some ranks.

- Recklessness: Moved to level 50, moved to Berserker Stance, can be

 &nbsp;cancelled early, now causes the Warrior to take extra damage instead 

 &nbsp;of decreasing armor.

- Bloodrage: Available in all Stances, cooldown increased.

- Cleave: Moved to level 20, available in all Stances, damage reduced.

- Mocking Blow: Moved to level 16, damage increased, replaced more 

 &nbsp;frequently.

- Shield Wall: Moved to level 28.

- Slam: Available in all Stances, damage reduced, casting is pushed back 

 &nbsp;when hit.

- Thunder Clap: Damage increased.

- Defensive Stance: Now reduces damage taken and damage caused instead 

 &nbsp;of increasing Defense skill.

- Intimidating Shout: Moved to level 22, no longer causes the targeted 

 &nbsp;enemy to run in fear, but will cower in fear. &nbsp;The cowering effect is 

 &nbsp;broken by damage.

- Warrior abilities that target one or more enemies now generate 

 &nbsp;additional threat.

- Taunt: Now gives the target just enough threat to attack you. &nbsp;

 &nbsp;Cooldown added.

- Berserker Rage: Moved to level 32.

- New Ability: Retaliation (Level 20).

- New Ability: Execute (Level 24).

- New Ability: Intercept (Level 30).

- New Ability: Whirlwind (Level 40).





 Mac

 &nbsp;Shader based options are still disabled on the Mac client and are 

 &nbsp;awaiting release of driver bug fixes from Apple and GPU vendors. We will 

 &nbsp;release a patch to re-enable shader based graphic effects in Mac WoW when 

 &nbsp;that becomes feasible





Bug Fixes

- Monsters with extra dodge chances have been corrected.

- Abilities that activate off critical hits work off critical hits from 

 &nbsp;abilities as well (Blood Craze, Enrage).

- Blessing of salvation correctly affects healing over time spells.

- If you tame the leader of a herd of Kodo with the Kodo Kombobulator the 

 &nbsp;whole herd won't follow you.

- If you close the disenchanting loot pane without looting the item, the 

 &nbsp;Dust or Essence or Shard is automatically looted for you. &nbsp;(You no 

 &nbsp;longer destroy the enchanted item if you close the loot pane with the 

 &nbsp;results of the disenchantment)





 Miscellaneous

- Vocal emotes now display a normal emote to the chat window, instead of 

 &nbsp;the "Player says..." text. &nbsp;Voice Emote Audio is unchanged. &nbsp; 

- There is now a checkbox to turn off audio emotes.

- Many boxes and crates ready to be looted have been added around the 

 &nbsp;world.

- Many new rare vendors selling weapons/armor/potions have been added 

 &nbsp;around the world.