Patch 4.0.1 (undocumented changes) | |||||
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Release date | 2010-09-23 | ||||
Initial version | 13033 (PTR) | ||||
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General
- Emblems of Triumph and Frost have been converted to Justice Points. Emblem vendors in Northrend now sell the same items for Justice Points.
Classes
- The price of dual specialization is reduced from 1000 gold to 100 gold.
Druid
- [Cat Form] requires level 8, down from level 20.
- [Cyclone] cast time increased to 2 seconds, up from 1.5 seconds.
- [Entangling Roots] range increased to 35 yards, up from 30 yards.
- [Faerie Fire] range increased to 35 yards, up from 30 yards.
- [Insect Swarm] range increased to 40 yards, up from 35 yards.
- [Moonfire] range increased to 40 yards, up from 35 yards.
- [Starfire] range increased to 40 yards, up from 35 yards.
- [Thorns] now lasts 20 seconds, down from 10 minutes; damage increased by 1,400%.
- [Wild Mushroom] is now limited to 3 mushrooms, down from 5.
- [Wrath] range increased to 40 yards, up from 35 yards.
Hunter
- Starter pets:
- [Kill Command] triggers the pet's GCD. This may be a bug; however, it is not listed in the known issues thread.
- You will be notified when your pet dings. The animation is almost the same as when your character dings.
Paladin
- [Hammer of Wrath] and [Holy Wrath] have new icons.
- [Seal of Light] and [Seal of Wisdom] have been merged into [Seal of Insight].
- [Seal of Vengeance] has been renamed [Seal of Truth].
- The various resistance auras have been merged into the single [Resistance Aura].
- New abilities: [Word of Glory], Diving Light, [Holy Radiance], [Guardian of Ancient Kings], [Inquisition].
- [Seal of Command] has been removed as a spell. Instead, its talent improves other seals and gives the former Seal of Command's cleave effect to [Seal of Righteousness].
- [Divine Storm] now does extra damage based on the accumulated amount of Holy Power.
Warlock
- Warlocks now start with an imp minion.
Dungeons
- The reward of killing a boss in a WotLK Dungeon at Heroic difficulty is 16 Justice Points.
- Completing a dungeon will no longer be rewarded with Justice Points or Emblems.
- Completing a weekly raid quest will be rewarded with 137 Justice Points.
Professions
Quests
- The Horde and Alliance versions of the pre-Cataclysm event quest chain are now available, starting with Earthen Ring emissaries in faction capitals.
- If you must kill a mob or talk to an NPC, the picture of the mob or NPC will be clearly displayed.
User interface
- Buttons for popup windows (talents, PvP, dungeon finder, etc.) now display the level at which they become available.
- The graphics settings window has been revamped.
- Zone names displayed when moving between zones are now closer to the top of the screen.
- On the border of the Minimap a yellow arrow points to the closest quest area. In the Objectives frame the number of that quest has a yellow (instead brown) background.
- If quest items can be looted, they will be displayed with a yellow border in the loot window.[1]
- You can now activate multiple tracking abilities (Class Trainer, Auctioneer, Mailbox, etc.) simultaneously and the minimap uses appropriate icons to distinguish them from each other; however, it still uses generic yellow dots for [Find Minerals] and [Find Herbs].
- Mounts and companion pets have been moved to the spellbook.
- Tooltips of mobs and objects displays quest progression of partymembers when in a party and the quest has been shared.
- The character screen now displays the character's talent specialization if one exists.
- The background behind the character on the character screen is now greyed.
World environment
General
- Earthen Ring Emissaries have appeared throughout major cities, warning about the recent elemental disturbances.
Stormwind City
- Citizens on the streets discuss the recent earthquakes.
- Worried Citizens are gathered in Stormwind Keep.
- The Alliance leaders (Magni Bronzebeard, Gelbin Mekkatorque, Tyrande Whisperwind, Velen, Jaina Proudmoore) stand in Varian Wrynn's throne room discussing the recent worrying events.
- Every once in a while, an event will start, with a few phases. In the first, you fend off elementals while building a barricade. In the second, you go to the 7 districts of stormwind and defeat elementals to close rifts that spawn in each district. Once all rifts close, the event finishes and stormwind is saved.
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