 Patch 4.0.1 (undocumented changes) | |||||
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| Release date | 2010-10-07 | ||||
| Initial version | 13164 | ||||
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Classes
- The price of dual specialization is reduced from 1000 gold to 100 gold.
Druid
[Bear Form] requires level 15, up from level 10. It is a spell that can be purchased instead of the quest chain.
[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.
- Warlock pets have been renamed.
Mounts
- All mounts now scale with riding skill - level 20 60% mounts will now move at 100% speed with epic riding.
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
- Herbalism and Mining give XP. The higher level the char is, the lower the received XP will be.
- Tiffany Cartier no longer exchanges Titanium Powder for Dalaran Jewelcrafter's Tokens (POSSIBLY A BUG)
- Master Riding is available from Northrend Riding trainers at a cost of 5000, allowing all flying mounts to scale to 310% speed. Characters that already have a 310% speed flying mount are given this skill automatically and free of charge. Note that reputation discounts apply to the trainers in the Northrend starting areas!
- [Cold Weather Flying] is now available to all characters at level 68 for 500.
- [Nitro Boosts] no longer increase crit rating, but can now be used alongside other enchants.
Items
- Some former Guardian Elixirs are now Battle Elixirs.
- Scrolls are now considered Battle Elixirs, and will overwrite existing Battle Elixirs.
- All books that formerly taught class spells are now poor-quality items with no function.
- [Tome of Cold Weather Flight] has been removed.
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.
- Quest:Spirits of Auchindoun no longer grants any bonus honor.
User interface
- On the Character Select Screen, characters now perform an attack animation appropriate to their class every 30 seconds.
- Character stats are on a separate display that must be revealed on the right of the character screen.
- 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], [Find Herbs], and [Find Fish].
- 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.
- New Guild UI and cap of 1000 members have been implemented.
- Mobs for a quest you are on get a mandatory name over them regardless of the user's preference setting for mob names. The preference setting is honored as soon as you have killed the required number of mobs.
- There are also numerous spelling and grammar errors in talent and skill tooltips.
World environment
Dun Morogh
- Operation: Gnomeregan has been removed. The outside of Gnomeregan is now being prepared for the gnomes' relocation.
Durotar
- Zalazane's Fall has been removed. Zalazane and his minions have been removed, and the Echo Isles are now being prepared for the trolls' relocation.
- Quest:Cleanup on Isle E. has been added.
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