Patch 0.42.0

1 Apr

Note To Admin: Do not confuse these for the 0.24.0 patch notes. Not ready for release! - Kes

Our Beetah 3 release is quickly approaching! Below please find a list of the changes since Beetah 2.5 that affect all players.

General Changes

Mailboxes will now keep a record of every mail you receive, for all of eternity.
The online player with the most gold is now forced to purchase and operate general chat.
Repair vendors now charge a flat fee for their services that scales with your level. Any extra gold paid is stored for later, in case you’re broke and need to repair.
The Gnome and Goblin teams at the Shimmering Flats raceway are now offering packages to “elevate your mount” in appearance and function. Basic package price is 1000g with dozens of available add-ons. Resulting mount is not guaranteed to be either tasteful or street legal.
The Westfall Watchers spring training started on Wednesday. Their first match will be against the Southshore Sluggers on April 4th at Westfall Fields arena. The first Forsaken Flyers match vs. the Arathi Avengers has been rescheduled due to plague, again.
Duels now require players to select another character to act as their second. Non-white dueling gloves are now allowed.
Dwarf characters can now only be named after variations of characters from J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Silmarillion.
New legendary armor pieces can be acquired from random drops in game; collect unlimited Epoch Power to improve these iconic items!
Armor types now have an associated weight. At the upper end of the scale this means that a full plate-wearing Warrior will walk up to 25% slower.
The Bank of Azeroth is now offering a credit card! No late fees, no penalty rate, no annual fees, introductory APR of 5.5% for 24 months on balance transfers and 12 months on purchases*. APR of 18.5% after the promotional period expires. Approval required. Trolls need not apply.
Perfect for those last minute holiday planners, players can now take a super discounted flight path to a random destination! By random we mean, literally anywhere on the map, as your griffon or wyvern crash lands on top of Blackrock Mountain or in the middle of the Veiled Sea. No refunds.
Characters who reach level 50 can now begin a legendary quest chain by speaking to their faction leader. This chain, which has 4,357 steps, will take players through every corner of the world, every dungeon, every raid, every battleground and every arena. After spending thousands of gold and many months of labor, the player is rewarded by removing the 4 hour cooldown on the Darkmoon Faire buff.
Black Lotus spawns in the world will now attempt to flee if you pick them.
Tired of seeing the same old flightpaths? We've completely reworked each flightpath in the game so that the angle and view are shifted just enough to give all of Azeroth's traveling inhabitants the feeling that they are headed to an all new destination. That's not all, each flightpath has been fleshed out to ensure that the player sees every single detail of the passing terrain, which means that for the same reasonable traveling cost, you'll purchase a ride that's twice the length, and in some cases three and even four times as long!
Number keys can no longer activate character abilities. In many cases, this gave certain players a slight advantage over those that used their mouse to activate their abilities.
Jumping while mounted will now automatically dismount you.
Night Elves will now lose a small percentage of experience after jumping.
Armor types now have an associated weight. At the upper end of the scale this means that a full plate wearing Warrior will walk up to 25% slower.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where class balance was perfect, giving players nothing to complain about.
Fixed an issue that allowed any variant of Legolas in hunter character names.
Fixed an issue where Night Elf players who jump flipped three times in a row would get disconnected. Now they are properly banned.
Rewrote various Blizzard quests to better underscore their link to the real final boss of Warcraft, Zovaal.
Removed all British English spellings of words like colour and honour, and replaced them with the American English equivalent.
- Dev Note (Kes): The larger player base uses American English, as does Blizzard. Updating for consistency.
Removed all American English spellings of words like color and honor, and replaced them with the British English equivalent.
- Dev Note (Kaytotes): It’s my server.
Fixed a bug where bug reports went into general triage. They are now all delivered directly to Magic, with sound and vibration notifications.
Fixed a bug that allowed the creation of Gnomes.

Class Changes

Druid
- New ability: White Claw - disorients you and frustrates your enemies. It shows up everywhere, even though you’ve never once heard anyone say that they like it.
- Rip now deals additional damage to player armor in PvP.
- Soothe Animal can now be used on players when they are under the effects of Blood Fury or Berserking, and on all Tauren.
- Hibernate is now a self-buff that removes the effects of both Long Winter and Really Tired.
Hunter
- New ability: Aspect of the Aspects - Instant - The hunter takes on the aspects of the dragon aspects, increasing cryptic responses by 250% and granting a high chance of applying Confusion to the hunter’s target. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
- Aimed Shot, Steady Shot, Wyvern Sting, and Rapid Fire will now no longer trigger until the hunter can see the whites of their target’s eyes.
- Frost trap no longer affects Frost mages and Explosive trap no longer affects Fire mages.
- Feign Death can now be triggered when the hunter is in conversation with their in-laws.
Mage
- New ability: Polymorph Self - Instant - Assume the appearance of an innocent sheep for 30 seconds. They'll never know.
- Cone of Cold now adds [Tigule’s Chocolate Ice Cream] x 4 to your inventory when cast.
- Mage players now need to select their prepared spells every time they complete a long rest, and spend 5 minutes in game time memorizing those spells before venturing into the world.
- Dampen Magic can no longer be used to dampen another player’s enthusiasm for the game.
- Saying you’re putting down a portal to Stormwind but actually dropping a portal to Theramore unlocks the achievement “Why Do They Fall For This Every Time?”.
- Blink now forcibly makes the player close their eyes each time it's used.
Paladin
- Avenger’s shield has been updated to the post-Infinity War appearance.
- Repentance will now cause the target to confess their sins.
- Exorcism now also protects the caster from the effects of Emesis.
- Blessing of Kings can now only be cast on targets that have been RPing as a member of the nobility.
Priest
- Mana Burn now delivers a scathing /yell depending on how much of the target’s mana was burned.
- Lightwell has been replaced with a new ability: Lightspeed - 2 second cast - Increases the velocity of the target and target’s party up to a maximum of Warp 9.6.
- When Power Infusion is cast on your top performing caster dps it now casts a separate lesser copy on all the under-performing caster dps to help them parse better.
- Mind Flay now also protects the caster from the Wrath of Bobby.
Rogue
- The Poison menu has been redesigned to be more interactive and comprehensive, introducing a host of new poisons including Arsenic, Old Lace, Greg’s Cooking, Whatever Is In Lightbulbs, and Fortnite.
- Sap will now break at the most inopportune times.
- New Ability: Punkin’ Chunkin’ - Replaces your Throw with a pumpkin that explodes on impact, dealing damage equal to your weapon’s top end to all mobs in the radius.
- Any Subtlety rogue that doesn’t notch at least 100 HKs a week will be shot on sight by all city guards.
Shaman
- Poison Cleansing, Disease Cleansing, Mana Spring and Healing Spring totem have been combined into a single Poisease Manling totem with all effects combined. Shaman in your raid will never put it down.
- Windfury, Strength of Earth, and Stoneskin totem have been combined into a single Wind Strength Skin totem with all effects combined. Its effects have been reduced to party-wide and the shaman in your party will never put it down.
- Mana Tide and Totem of Wrath are now baseline abilities. Shaman in your raids will still never put them down.
- Shaman in Ghost Wolf can now see beyond the Veil. The duration of Ghost Wolf has been reduced to five minutes to prevent insanity.
Warlock
- All warlocks will now be affected by a buff called Hide in Plain Sight, which allows you to walk around with impunity while summoning demons and using fel magic in a world that just survived decades of war against demons and fel magic.
- Rain of Fire will no longer cause forest fires.
- Imps have been updated to have new voice lines like “That shadow priest is such a poseur.” / “The Cure is a really good band.” / “I’ve read every Ann Rice novel.” / “You ARE the main character.”
- Curse of Doom will now use the first thoughts of the target after being cursed to devise an appropriate method of death when it expires.
Warrior
- Tier tokens now have an appearance option to be hulking pieces of armor, or invisible, for a more barbaric aesthetic.
- Speccing into Anger Management will now be required for warriors generating excess rage, and using Retaliation will now prompt a visit from HR.
- 5/5 Booming Voice will now increase the volume of your outbound inputs on Discord.
- Protection warriors will now be able to use Dungeon Finder to make groups instantly.
Death Knight
- Whoops, this isn’t supposed to be here.

New Secondary Profession: Colourist

- This profession specializes in item dyes, metal overlays, and other cosmetic changes.
  - Speak to Rob Boss in Hillsbrad Foothills to start the prerequisite quest to become a Colourist.
  - New Colouring Stations have been added to capital cities. They feature calming music and your choice of chamomile-based teas.
  - Pairs well with Cooking, Herbalism, Woodworking, and Inscription.

New Zone: Pandaria

Did you love Mists of Pandaria but found an entire expansion was just too much? Never fear, we’ve condensed everything you loved about MoP into a single mini-zone. Fight for the treasures of the Timeless Isle while weeding your garden. Climb Kun-lai Summit while passing the Trial of the White Tiger. Slay the Sha of Anger while fishing with Nat Pagle. It’s all there, on top of one another, for your convenience. Black Market Auction House not included.

New Dungeon: Well of Endless Litanies

Introducing our first procedurally generated dungeon! Dive into the pixelated waters of the well of Endless Litanies. Follow the creepy music to its source. How do you know when you’ve found it? That’s the twist - you don’t!

New Playable Races: Vrykul and Kvaldir, Ogres, Vulpera and Mechagnome

Horde Players will now be able to select Vrykul as a race on the character select screen. Vrykul can be priests, mages, or warlocks.
Alliance Players will now be able to select Kvaldir as a race on the character select screen. Kvaldir can be warriors, hunters, and rogues.
We’ve heard your demands for underwater content, so both races will start in a new zone - Kylandia - featuring an ancient temple along a volcanic fissure, deep under the waves of the Veiled Sea in near total darkness! Players will need to acquire an undersea lamp through the introductory quest to avoid bumbling around in circles, being eaten by the Grue or accidentally falling into The Chasm Below. Hunters will be able to tame a new Loosejaw Dragonfish pet that comes with its own light source, usable only in Kylandia.
Two-headed Ogres are now available for both factions! You and another player will randomly be paired together to control a single character in a selfless act of devotion to share your existence in World of Warcraft.
Hailing from the Deserts of a long lost land these scrappy little tikes have joined their only logical faction, The Horde.
In replacement of Gnomes you can now find the definitely different MechaGnomes. Have a friend on hand to provide you an oil change!

New Race Class/Combos