The Patch 5.3: Escalation was released earlier today, and a wave of hotfixes has been rolled already. Community Manager Rygarius posted the hotfix notes here.
May 21
- Classes
- Druid
- Talents
- Force of Nature now summons Treants that have 40% of the Druid’s health, up from 10%.
- Balance Druid Treants: Cast time for Wrath has been increased to 2.5 seconds, up from 2.0 seconds, and damage dealt has been increased by 25%.
- Force of Nature now summons Treants that have 40% of the Druid’s health, up from 10%.
- Talents
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Surging Mist will again properly grant Chi to the casting Monk when healing targets other than themselves while Glyph of Surging Mist is active.
- Mistweaver
- Paladin
- General
- Divine Protection should now be usable while stunned.
- General
- Shaman
- General
- Fixed an issue for Restoration Shamans where Ascendance did not divide the amount healed by Restorative Mists among nearby allies properly.
- General
- Druid
- Quests
- Path of the Last Emperor: Seer Hao Pham Roo should no longer be overlapping with Lorewalker Cho.
- Creatures
- Galleon should now use the correct loot table while awarding loot.
- Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
- Karazhan
- Chess Event: Increased the delay between moves for enemy chess pieces.
- Scenarios
- Fixed an issue with characters not shape-shifting back into the correct race while under the effects of an illusion spell enabling them to participate in an opposing faction’s Scenarios.
- Karazhan
- PvP
- Conquest Quartermasters (Armsmaster Holinka and Roo Desvin) have been temporarily disabled while we work to resolve an issue with the Tyrannical Conquest achievement.
- Big Zokk Torquewrench has been found by a search party and brought back from their extended leave of absence.
- Battlegrounds and Arenas
- Deepwind Gorge has been temporarily removed from Rated Battlegrounds rotation while we work to resolve an issue affecting base capture.
- Battlefield: Barrens
- Map markers for caravans that have been destroyed should now be properly removed from the world map.
- Overturned caravans should now despawn properly.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash on startup for Macs with the GMA 950 chipset.