WoW 5.05 Patch Notes

Patch 5.05 has landed and it’s got a nice little swag of bug fixes, including as promised the CPU usage / overheating bug and some class balance changes as well for Druids, Hunters, Paladins and Warlocks.

Here’s the patch notes in all their glory for you:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT PATCH 5.0.5

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

CLASSES

• Many tooltips have been corrected to account for recent class balance adjustments.
• Druid
  • The 25% speed increase granted by Cat Form should no longer stack with the speed increase of Dash.
• Hunter
  • All hunter aspects have been removed from the global cooldown, and they again share a 1 second category cooldown
• Paladin
  • Holy Shock’s base damage has been reduced, and its spellpower coefficient has been increased.
• Warlock
  • Havoc’s cooldown has been reduced from 45 to 25 seconds.
  • The missile effect of Chaos Wave should no longer display erratically when cast on a moving target.

BUG FIXES

• Well of Eternity
  • The spell graphic for Arcane Bomb during the Queen Azshara encounter has been reduced to a reasonable size.
• Ulduar
  • The Silence and Pacify effects from Conservator’s Grip are now removed from players once they step within the appropriate area radius of a Healthy Spore mushroom.
• Dragon Soul
  • Player pets should no longer experience pathing issues when attacking Deathwing’s Arm Tentacles.
  • Congealing Bloods now move at slower base speed.
• Master Looters can again assign loot to players in other groups within a raid.
• The Refer-A-Friend Summon should again function as expected.
• Worgen players on pre-Cataclysm accounts should be able to accept and complete all Gilneas quests.
• Players should again be able to teleport out of the Firelands Hatchery in Hyjal if they have completed Aessina’s Miracle.
• Players should be able to use the new Fishing spell where appropriate.
• Crossing coalesced zone boundaries should not duplicate profession recipes.
• Players should no longer inappropriately receive the “Requires master riding skill” or “Requires artisan riding skill” errors when attempting to mount certain mounts.
• Items in the Auction House UI should no longer display in reverse order when sorted.
• The PvP node capture bar should be back in expected locations such as Wintergrasp, Tol Barad and Venture Bay.
• Players should no longer be placed into battlegrounds that they have downvoted while queueing for a Random battleground.
• Flying over Wintergrasp when no battle is active should no longer cause a forced dismount.
• Accepting a quest that flags you for PvP combat should no longer prevent you from accepting further quests.
• As he deserves, Crithto should now be attackable by both Alliance and Horde players.
• Resolved a Mac issue related to CPU usage.
• [Taiwan and China only] Fixed an issue that was preventing the white Murloc pet Terky from appearing in the Pet Journal.