Cataclysm Hotfixes – Updated Jan. 5

Blue Posts (Source)

January 4-5

General

Mix Master (guild achievement) is now awarded at 1,000 flasks, down from 10,000, and Better Leveling Through Chemistry (guild achievement) is awarded at 3,000 flasks, down from 25,000. It turns out we overestimated these numbers just a smidgen. More information can be found here.

The 7th and 8th guild bank tabs will now let players withdraw and deposit items after the guild master is changed.

All six of the guild battle standards have had their experience and honor gain buffs increased to 5/10/15%, up from 2/4/6%, and they last for a duration of 10 minutes.

Haste buffs no longer reduce the effectiveness of haste on resource regeneration rates (energy, focus, etc.).

“Smart” food ended up not being so smart. Players who have small amounts of dodge rating as a vestige of some item bugs in the past will no longer get a dodge buff when they eat “smart” food like Cataclysm feasts if they are not plate tanks. Other classes and specializations will get their dominant primary stat.

Blackwing Descent

As creature pulls in Blackwing Descent can be very condensed, they now have a slightly higher chance of dropping epic loot.

Professions

Alchemy

Crafting the four Northrend flasks (Endless Rage, Pure Mojo, Frost Wyrm and Stoneblood) no longer counts toward the guild achievements Mix Master or Better Leveling Through Chemistry.

Flasks made by the Cauldron of Battle and the Big Cauldron of Battle are no longer soulbound.

Both cauldrons now last 10 minutes. Please note the tooltips will not be updated until a client-side patch is applied.

The Big Cauldron of Battle now has 20/30 charges instead of 17/25. Please note the tooltip will not be updated until a client-side patch is applied.

Engineering

All eight of the Engineering discoveries are now able to be learned through crafting the Overpowered Chicken Splitter at max-level Engineering.

The Invisibility Field no longer causes the Dazzler backfire effect. Additionally, the Invisibility Field effect does not carry over into Arenas and cannot be used in Arenas.

Fishing

Giant Catfish now drop more frequently and Hardened Walleye now drop a little less frequently while on the appropriate daily quests.

Skinning

Dragonkin in Grim Batol can now be skinned.

Creatures can no longer be skinned more than once.

The Baradin Crocolisk can be skinned without issue and the Crocolisk Hide, used in the quest “Swamp Bait”, is no longer multi-drop.