The instant cast was felt to just be too effective against feral druids, and so the previous cast time reduction to 'instant' was reverted through a hotfix back to 1.5 sec. If we had made the change through the patch instead of a hotfix it would have required a new build to be generated, additional testing on that build, and likely a week long delay for the release of this patch. The downside when hotfixing an ability is that the tool tip won't be updated to correctly display any changes made to the ability.

 

 

We just implemented a hotfix for all realms that makes Archimonde's doomfires no longer be able to move right through him after they spawn. Their movement should now be much more consistent with the previous patch's behavior, and melee should have a bit easier time dodging the doomfires as a result of the change. There have been other reports of odd behavior in the encounter since the 2.4.2 patch, but this is the only problem we've been able to verify locally. We'll continue to monitor reports of unusual behavior in this encounter, and investigate further as needed.

We also hotfixed a bug in the Eredar Twins encounter that prevent a Hunter's Feign Death ability from working if Lady Sacrolash was alive.

 

 

 

Caster weapons were not changed intentionally.

 

 

 

There is still a bug with Growl that is allowing it to scale with some pet attack power buffs as well as the hunter's attack power. This will be fixed in a future patch, until then enjoy the extra threat from these buffs.

 

 

 

As I have stated many times before Growl scales correctly with Hunter attack power. It has been verified with internal tools multiple times by myself and other testers both in 2.4.2 and 2.4.1. It may not scale at a rate that you like but it does scale at the rate the developers currently want (and no I can not reveal that rate).

Right now Growl is ALSO scaling inappropriately with attack power buffs applied to your pet (such as Blessing of Might) this is a bug that is currently in your favor, it will likely be fixed in a future patch so enjoy it while you can.

 

 

 

Although this wasn't originally an intended change, the developers felt it was "too awesome" and decided to keep it.
 

 

 

• [Medallion of the Horde] & [Medallion of the Alliance] are now available for 40k honor.
• [Borderland Fortress Grips] buffed (new version).
• [Naturalist's Preserving Cinch] buffed.
• [Hazza'rah's Charm of Healing] nerfed.
• [Renataki's Charm of Trickery] nerfed.
• [Wushoolay's Charm of Nature] 

  Hazza'rah's Charm of Healing Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Classes: Priest Requires Level 60 Use: Grants 400 (40% @ L60) spell haste rating and reduces the mana cost of your healing spells by 5% for 15 sec. (3 Min Cooldown) Confessor's Raiment (0/5) The All-Seeing Eye of Zuldazar Hazza'rah's Charm of Healing Zandalar Confessor's Wraps Zandalar Confessor's Bindings Zandalar Confessor's Mantle (2) Set: Increases healing done by up to 22 and damage done by up to 8 for all magical spells and effects. (3) Set: Increase the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells by 5 yds. (5) Set: Reduces the casting time of your Mind Control spell by 0.5 sec.

  - Now grants 70 spell haste rating - down from 400, and reduces the mana cost of Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Healing Touch and Tranquillity by -5% for 15 seconds.
• [Nightfall]

  Nightfall Binds when equipped Two-HandAxe 187 - 282 DamageSpeed 3.50 (67.0 damage per second) Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 60 Chance on hit: Spell damage taken by target increased by 15% for 5 sec.

  - Has a chance to fail on targets above level 60
  
• [Shard of Contempt]

  Shard of Contempt Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 44 (11.16 @ L70). Equip: Chance on hit to increase your attack power by 230 for 20 sec.

  's proc has been renamed from "Heroism" to "Disdain".

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