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Please find below a list of the latest changes to the 2.4 Patch, which is currently live on the PTR:

General

• Resilience: Now reduces the magnitude of mana draining effects by the same amount that it reduces critical strike damage. The Tooltip has been revised to reflect this.
• The Daily Quest limit has been increased to 25.
• The benefits of drinking out of combat have been delayed. It will now take five seconds before the full benefit of the mana regeneration will come into effect.

Hunter

• Hunters will no longer spin around if they cast Aimed Shot or Steady Shot while facing away from their target.

Mage

• Arcane Explosion: The damage cap for area of effect damage on this spell has been increased by approximately 50%.

Paladin

• Holy Shock: The healing, damage, and mana cost of this spell have all been increased.

Warlock

• Drain Mana: This ability no longer increases in power from bonus spell damage effects. Base points of the effect increased by 50%.

PvP
Arenas

• Queue times for arena matches have been reduced. Players will now be able to enter matches faster than previously.
• Players feared outside of the Arena (through the world or outside the arena walls) will now be teleported back to the center of the arena map.

Dungeons and Raids

• Badges of Justice have been added to all raid bosses who did not previously have them!

Zul’aman

• Jan?alai will now only teleport players to him if they are too far away.

Sunwell Isle - Magister’s Terrace

• There is now a teleport orb located behind Kael?thas that will become active when he dies and will allow players to teleport out of the Magisters? Terrace.

Items

• Druid Balance PvP Sets: The bonus movement speed for Bear, Cat, and Travel Form has been removed and replaced with a new bonus to Wrath and Starfire.
• Druid Feral PvP Sets: The bonus movement speed for Bear, Cat, and Travel Form no longer applies to Travel Form.
• Druid Restoration PvP Sets: The bonus movement speed for Bear, Cat, and Travel Form has been removed and replaced with a new bonus to Healing Touch.
• The Gladiator?s Thunderfist 4 piece set bonus has been reduced from 70% to 50%.
• Nether Vortex are no longer Bind on Pickup and can no wbe purchased from G?eras for 15 Badges of Justice!
• Paladin Healer Gladiator Sets: The set bonus changing Hammer of Justice cooldown has been changed to a set bonus increasing the amount healed by Holy Shock.
• Primal Nether are no longer Bind on Pickup!
• Resilience has been added to all Retribution Paladin PvP gear.
• Added Shattrath Flask of Pure Death and Shattrath Flask of Blinding Light to the reputation flask vendors in Shattrath.
• Shattrath Flasks now work inside the Sunwell Plateau raid instance.
• Vengeful Gladiator?s Waraxe: The weapon delay has been reduced.

World Environment

• The Ratchet bank now has access to the Guild Vault.
• A mailbox has been added to the inn in Darnassus.

Bug Fixes

• Leaving a 2v2 arena team and creating a new 2v2 team while on a 3v3 arena team will no longer result in incorrect rosters listed for each team.
• Joining a second arena match before a previous arena has closed will no longer result in personal rating not updating correctly.
• Attempting to promote an arena team member to Team Captain while that member is offline will no longer result in a “Player not found” error.
• Disbanding an arena team while inside an arena battle will no longer cause the arena UI to become corrupted until logout.
• The Arena Team Petition Window will now automatically close when the Arena Captain is out of range or offline.
• Switching arena teams after playing a game will no longer cause the PvP tab to incorrectly display your old team’s rating.
• There is now a chat message given when logging in after attaining a new title.
• Spells that require targeting circles will now be castable on textures that would previously disallow their use.
• Alterac Valley quests will now properly show a golden ! or blue ? for players above level 65.
• Archimonde’s Grip of the Legion will no longer target pets.
• There is no longer an area in Serpentine Cavern where using Field Repair Bot 74A will cause it to fall through the ground.
• There is no longer an area in Coilfang Steamvaults where ground targeting AOE effects cannot be cast.
• Spells that require targeting circles will now be castable on textures that would previously disallow their use.
• The proc from Black Bow of the Betrayer will no longer break crowd control effects such as Scatter Shot.
• Vengeful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Hood and Vengeful Gladiator’s Satin Hood will now display Troll Tusks.
• Thori’dal, the Stars’ Fury will now display its bow animations correctly.
• The Legion Ring boundary markers no longer occasionally disappear.
• Monthly quests will now properly reset at midnight server time.
• Fixed an area in Netherwing Fields in Shadowmoon Valley where players on flying mounts could be dismounted and were unable to mount.
• It is no longer possible for players to use guild banks in opposing faction cities.
• The Clockwork Rocket Bot can no longer be buffed.
• Players with moderator status in custom channels will now properly lose moderator status when kicked by the channel owner.
• Mobs no longer regenerate health during the stun effect from the Goblin Rocket Launcher.
• Sending mail to a non-existent character will now result in players getting the message, ?Cannot find mail recipient?.