Blizzard
November 1PaladinRogueClass Halls- You should no longer see a new dungeon mission if you are currently on a mission-related quest to clear a dungeon. This does not apply to the Return to Karazhan mission.
Dungeons and RaidsItemsPlayer versus Player- Class Adjustments
Death Knight
(Frost) Strength in PvP has been reduced by 10%.
Developers' Notes: A number of bug fixes and class tuning adjustments have pushed Frost damage too high.
(Unholy)
Apocalypse damage is no longer reduced in PvP.
- Developers' Notes: We no longer feel that a reduction is necessary.
Demon Hunter - (Havoc) Agility increased by 5%.
- (Havoc) Stamina increased by 10%.
Developers' Notes: With time, players have become more accustomed to Demon Hunters and how to counter them. This should bring back their damage and general survivability to help them compete.
Hunter - (Survival) Stamina has been increased by 15%.
Mage - (Frost) Intellect has been reduced by 10%.
Monk - (Windwalker) Agility has been reduced by 10%.
- (Windwalker) Heavy-Handed Strikes now causes Fists of Fury to only stun when cast (was with each tick of Fists of Fury).
- (Windwalker) now increases damage by 25% with the Spiritual Focus artifact trait (was +30%).
Developers' Notes: Windwalkers are able to maintain an extremely high uptime against their targets in PvP, and their raw damage capability was just too high for a spec that's so difficult to get away from.
Shaman - Forked Lightning will no longer ignore line of sight.
- Forked Lightning will no longer strike dead targets.
- Lava Burst now deals full damage in PvP (was doing 80% of normal damage).
- (Elemental) now deals an additional 100% damage (was an additional 150%).
Warrior - Hamstring damage has been increased considerably, and now lasts for 12 seconds in PvP.
- (Arms) Strength and Stamina increased by 10%.
- (Fury) Strength and Stamina increased by 10%.
Developers' Notes: Patch 7.1 put Hamstring back on the global cooldown, and while we still feel that that's the correct choice for that ability, we understand that this change had a major impact on PvP Warriors' damage rotation, as well as Hamstring's overall uptime. To compensate, we've increased Hamstring's duration so that it needs to be applied less frequently, and massively increased its damage to help make it feel worthwhile to use.
Warlock - (Destruction) Entrenched in Flame duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
- (Destruction) now increases Chaos Bolt damage by an additional 100% (was 150%).
- (Destruction) Shadowburn now deals 20% less damage in PvP.
Developers' Notes: 7.1 introduced some new talents to Destruction Warlocks to increase their control and incentivize the use of cast time spells like Chaos Bolt. These talents were overtuned initially, but we want to keep Chaos Bolt as the best damage value for a Soul Shard.