Patch 6.2 Hotfixes: August 3 - August 14

6.2
August 15th by Rygarius

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0. Hotfixes are updates made without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require a realm restarte to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Previous 6.2 Hotfix Blogs

August 14


Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Hellfire High Council
  • Dia Darkwhisper's Darkness now lasts 15 seconds.
  • Dispelling Dia Darkwhisper's Mark of the Necromancer during Nightmare Visage should no longer incorrectly cause Burden of the Necromancer to deal more damage.
  • Dia Darkwhisper will no longer cast Mark of the Necromancer during her final cast of Reap.

Fel Lord Zakuun

  • Fel Lord Zakuun no longer targets non-players with Wake of Destruction.
     

PvP

Ashran

  • Players waiting to be resurrected at the center graveyard will now be teleported to their faction's base if the center graveyard becomes neutral.
     

Class

Paladin

Holy
  • Mastery: Illuminated Healing should now correctly have its damage absorption reduced by Dampening.
     

August 11


Quests

Nagrand

  • Challenge of the Masters: Warlord Dharl of the Thrice-Bloodied Blade should no longer get stuck in evade mode.
     

Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Hellfire High Council
  • Dia Darkwhisper should now use her Mark of the Necromancer and Reap abilities more consistently.
Xhul'horac
  • Omnus's Singularity damage can now be reduced by damage reduction effects on Normal and Heroic difficulty. Note: A separate hotfix is in the works for this to also apply to Raid Finder difficulty.
     

August 7


Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Fel Lord Zakuun

  • Wake of Destruction should no longer multistrike and should not scale with the caster's damage modifiers.
     

Items

  • The following battle standards are no longer usable in a rated PvP environment.
    • Hand of the Prophet Battle Standard
    • Vol'jin's Headhunters Battle Standard
    • Order of the Awakened Battle Standard
    • Saberstalkers Battle Standard
       

August 6


Garrison

  • Seer Kazal is now easier to locate in Horde Garrisons during the appropriate bonus events.

Garrison Campaign

  • Destroying the Competition: Players that have abandoned and reacquired the quest should now be able to complete it.
     

PvP

Ashran

  • Increased the respawn timer for Ancient Artifact.
     

Bug Fix

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to be unable to teleport or log out after being dismounted from a multi-passenger mount.
     

August 5


Garrison

Followers

  • Talonpriest Ishaal's Last Rites ability should now correctly be considered a stun effect. The effect lasts 3 seconds when used against other players, and shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.
     

Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Hellfire High Council
  • Dia Darkwhisper's Mark of the Necromancer now deals 20% less damage. Additionally, applications of Mark of the Necromancer can no longer be delayed.
     

Items

  • Sanctus, Sigil of the Unbroken's on-use ability has been doubled in effectiveness and now grants 50% to Versatility (up from 25%) on the base ring.
     

August 3


Garrisons

Naval Missions

  • An Expert Captain threat can now be fully countered by 2 Pandaren Crews or 2 assist ship equipment (Ammo Reserves, Automated Sky Scanner, Extra Quarters, Noisemaker Mines, and Sonic Amplification Field).
     

Quests

Legendary Ring Quest Line

  • Master vs. Commander: Fixed an issue that could cause legendary naval missions needed to obtain a Draenic Sea Chart to not show up correctly.
     

Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

General
  • Corrected an issue where bonus roll loot tables for Tyrant Velhari and Fel Lord Zakuun got swapped on Raid Finder difficulty.

Kilrogg Deadeye

  • Health of adds for the encounter have been reduced by roughly 20% for raid groups with 10 players on Normal and Heroic difficulty. This should help with the difficulty experienced by smaller raid groups losing their DPS when sending players down into the death phase. The health of adds scales back up and should be roughly unchanged from before as raid group size increases.

Gorefiend

  • Players who die to Digest or from fatal damage while in the stomach phase in the Gorefiend encounter should now be able to be resurrected once their bodies are teleported back outside.
     

PvP

Ashran

  • Fixed an issue that could incorrectly cause player pet health to increase while in the center lane in Ashran.
     

Items

  • Reduced the chance to obtain bonus Felblight.
     

Achievements

  • Naval Siege Specialist: Fixed an issue where certain naval siege missions wasn't granting credit towards the achievement.
     

Classes

Monk

Armor Sets
  • Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Mistweaver Monks now also works on friendly non-player targets as well.