February News

February 13, 2011

Download and seed full Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a by clicking here. Torrent downloader is here.

Latest updates are now active on all realms. See Changelog for a list of fixes.

 

February 9, 2011

Warsong Grand Tournament preview is here. Prizes include 4x Razer Naga: Molten Special Edition.

Blood Prince Council will be active on each realm after next restart or crash.

 

February 6, 2011

Molten website design has been improved and facelifted.

Anti-DoS measures have been enabled shortly after an attempted DoS attack.

 

February 5, 2011

Stability of latest updates is confirmed as 4 realms reached 1 day uptime at the same time.

Latest updates and important fixes are now active on all realms. Changelog is here.

Blood Prince Council encounter is now active on Neltharion, and on other realms after 48 hours.

Source: https://www.molten-wow.com/

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Molten Team: 100% of fixes by Molten (available only to Molten)
Trinity: 0% of fixes by Trinity open source, available to all private servers (open source changelog is here)

CLASSES
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• Death Knight
  
  • [Heart Strike] will now deal correct damage to the additional targets

• Hunter 
  • [Sniper Training] is fixed
  • [Animal Handler] is fixed  
  • [Explosive Shot] ammunition consumption has been corrected
  • Corrections to attack power bonus of certain hunter pets

• Rogue
  • [Item - Rogue T10 2P Bonus] is fixed
  • [Item - Rogue T10 4P Bonus] is fixed
  • Effects which add combo points triggered by finishing moves have been fixed

• Shaman
  • [Chain Lightning] will now deal reduced damage after each jump
  • [Chain Heal] will now heal for less after each jump
  • [Feral Spirit]: attack power and armor of spirit wolves has been corrected

 

DUNGEONS & RAIDS
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• Icecrown Citadel
  • Blood Prince Council encounter is now active on all realms
  • Blood Prince council loot has been corrected 
  • Blood Prince Council respawn timers have been corrected
  • Blood Prince Council encounter will now restart properly after a wipe
  • Blood-Queen Lana'thel scripts are undergoing internal testing

• Trial of the Champion
  
  • [Shield-Breaker] spells have been fixed

• Advanced Dungeon Finder
  • Correction to individual grouping
  • Improvement to matchmaking algorithm
  • Corrections to improved matchmaking based on players' equipment level
  • Miscellaneous corrections and typo fixes

GENERAL-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• All spells and abilities with a chain-effect on multiple targets now work correctly
• Starting dates of events (Children's Week, Hallow's End, Harvest Festival, Love is in the Air, Lunar Festival, Midsummer Fire Festival, Winter Veil, Noblegarden and Pirates Day for year 2011 has been corrected according to retail calendar 
• [Shadowmourne] proc chance has been corrected
• [Warsong only] [Dire Bear Form] can now be learned from the Druid Trainer
• [Warsong only] Arena Point distribution (flush) has been reduced to every 3 days
• Achievement [Realm First! Magic Seeker] has been temporarily disabled
• Achievement [Higher Learning]: players will now be able to redeem [Kirin Tor Familiar]
• [Manual: Heavy Frostweave Bandage] drop rate has been corrected
• [Black Bruise] has been fixed
• [Black Bruise] has been fixed
• Code optimizations to melee damage bonus calculation
• Strange Winged Globlin has been assigned to Love is in the Air event

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• [Kickin' Nass and Takin' Manes] has been corrected
• [Lunar Fireworks] for Lunar Festival event is fixed
• [The Forgotten Heirloom]: [Furlbrow's Pocket Watch] respawn timer has been corrected
• [The Horn of Elemental Fury] respawn timers have been corrected
• [Something Stinks] racial requirement has been corrected
• [Bladespire Kegger] is fixed
• [Getting the Bladespire Tanked]: Bloodmaul Brutebane Stout Trigger model has been corrected
• [Bladespire Kegger]: Bloodmaul Brutebane Stout Trigger model has been corrected

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• 6 crash fixes
• 4 exploit fixes
• Code optimizations, typo corrections and structure updates

  

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Molten Team: 94% of fixes by Molten (available only to Molten)
Trinity: 6% of fixes by Trinity open source, available to all private servers (open source changelog is here)

CLASSES
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• Death Knight
  • [Killing Machine] proc chance has been corrected
  • [Dancing Rune Weapon]'s damage and speed have been corrected
  • [Dancing Rune Weapon] will now despawn if the target dies before spell duration ends
  • [Dancing Rune Weapon] can no longer be cast if a friendly target is selected
  • Ebon Gargoyle will now benefit from Death Knight's haste
  • Ebon Gargoyle will no longer switch from the target that received the debuff
  • More Ebon Gargoyle optimizations

• Druid
  
  • Dire Bear and Swift Flight forms will now replace Bear form and Flight form on the shapeshift bar

• Rogue
  • Scaling effect for all ranks of [Instant Poison] is fixed
  • Scaling effect for all ranks of [Wound Poison] is fixed
  • Scaling effect for all ranks of [Deadly Poison VII] is fixed
  • Scaling effect for all ranks of [Anesthetic Poison] is fixed

• Paladin
  
  • [Judgements of the Just] is fixed

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• Icecrown Citadel
  • Blood Prince Council encounter has been scripted

• Pit of Saron
  
  • Ice Wall blocking the passage to Scourgelord Tyrannus has been temporarily removed

• Coilfang Reservoir
  
  • The Lurker Below spawn position has been corrected, allowing players to engage it in combat
  • The Lurker Below will now drop gold loot as intented

GENERAL-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• Armor penetration formulas have been corrected according to official 3.3.5a formulas
• Armor reduction and damage reduction cap have been corrected according to official 3.3.5a formulas
• Resilience formulas have been revised according to official 3.3.5a formulas
• Precise calculation of armor penetration rating has been implemented
• Critical damage calculation formulas have been corrected according to official 3.3.5a formulas
• Critical strike damage reduction from resilience mechanics have been revised according to 3.3.5a retail
• Players will no longer stay "in combat" after the creature is dead
• [Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings] is fixed
• [Purified Lunar Dust] has been corrected
• Scaling effect of [Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon] is fixed
• Scaling effect of [Brunnhildar Great Axe] is fixed
• Darkmoon Faire automatic schedule for the next 3 months has been corrected
• Grishna Falconwing's [Bestial Wrath] will now correctly target Grishna Raven

QUESTS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• [A Visit With The Ancestors] has been fixed
• [Diplomatic Measures] (Alliance) now has a proper follow-up quest
• [Diplomatic Measures] (Horde) will now have correct prerequisites
• [The Grand Melee] has been corrected
• [A Plague Upon Thee] has been fixed
• [Ruthless Cunning] will now have correct prerequisites
• [Armaments for Deception] will now have correct prerequisites
• [Returning the Favor] will now have correct prerequisites
• [Body of Evidence] will now have correct prerequisites
• [At The Enemy's Gates] daily quests have been fixed
• [A Blade Fit For A Champion]: Maiden of Ashwood Lake will now have a correct gossip to award player with Ashwood Brand
• [Whispers of the Raven God] has been fixed
• [A Visit With The Ancestors]: Laughing Skull Clan Ruins trigger has been corrected
• [The Demoniac Scryer] has been fixed
• [A Blade Fit For A Champion]: [Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm] has been fixed
• [Kickin' Nass and Takin' Manes]: Nass will no longer be spawned twice when accepting the quest

 

  CORE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• 3 Crash fixes
• 3 Exploit fixes

JANUARY 2011 (SUMMARY)

CLASSES
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• Death Knight
  
  • [Night of the Dead] is fixed
  • Ebon Gargoyle's damage has been corrected 
  • Risen Ghoul will now benefit from each additional point of master's stamina
    
  • Risen Ghoul will now benefit from owner's haste  
  • Risen Ghoul will now benefit from each additional point of master's stamina 
  • Risen Ghoul will now benefit from owner's haste  
  •  [Glyph of Chains of Ice] is fixed
  • [Raise Dead]'s cooldown has been corrected 
  •  [Glyph of the Ghoul] is can now be used only by Death Knights 
  •  [Glyph of Death Grip] is fixed
  •  [Death Grip]'s pull effect will no longer affect bosses
• Druid
  • [Starfall] will now no longer hit players in stealth, invisibility or not in line of sight  

• Hunter 
  
  • [Ferocious Inspiration] is fixed 
  • [Monstrous Bite] is fixed
  • [Misdirection] is fixed
  • [Lock and Load] has been corrected
• Mage   
  
  • [Ignite] will no longer be removed by [Ice Block]
  • [Glyph of Polymorph] will now also remove draining effects 
  • [Mirror Image] has been corrected
• Priest 
  
  • [Improved Spirit Tap] can now proc from [Mind Flay] crits  
  • [Mind Sear] will no longer inflict damage to the target itself
  • [Glyph of Pain Suppression] is fixed

• Rogue 
  
  • [Cold Blood] miss and parry mechanics have been corrected

• Shaman 
  
  • [Glyph of Healing Stream Totem] is fixed
  • Totems summoned by spells such as [Call of the Elements] will now properly trigger all their effects 

•   Warlock 
  • [Improved Succubus] is fixed
  • [Improved Felhunter] is fixed
  • [Glyph of Shadow] is fixed
  • [Glyph of Felhunter] is fixed  
  • [Fel Vitality] is fixed
  • [Improved Health Funnel] will now properly reduce damage taken by the pet
  • [Improved Demonic Tactics] is fixed 
  • [Unholy Power] is fixed

 

DUNGEONS & RAIDS
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• Icecrown Citadel
  • Professor Putricide's respawn time corrected
  • Professor Putricide: only one Abomination can be active at a time now and will now despawn at Phase 3
  • Professor Putricide: [Eat Ooze] corrected
  • Professor Putricide: oozes and Gas Clouds are immune to Taunt and will chase the target player
  • Professor Putricide: further corrections and improvements to the 10-man and 25-man encounter
  • Rotface: [Ooze Flood] will work properly on 25-man mode now
  • Festergut's [Gas Spore] will only be applied to players now
  • Rotface's Little Oozes will now be immune to [Taunt]
  • Professor Putricide's [Slime Pool] damage range corrected
    
  • Professor Putricide encounter has been scripted and implemented

• Trial of the Crusader
  
  • [Feign Death] will no longer cause issues in resetting the encounter
  • Players will no longer be saved for killing Gormok the Impaler 
  • Players will no longer be saved for killing Dreadscale and Acidmaw
  • Fjola Lightbane's [Touch of Light] and [Touch of Darkness] fixed

• Vault of Archavon
  
  • Toravon the Ice Watcher's [Frozen Orb] scripts improved
  • Toravon the Ice Watcher's [Permafrost] has been corrected
  • Underground NPCs in Vault of Archavon have been removed
    
  
• Ulduar
  
  • Flame Leviathan's [Tar] is fixed
  • [Cancel Stone Grip] necessary for Kologarn encounter has been implemented
  • XT-002 Deconstructor's [Gravity Bomb] is fixed
  • General Vezax has been scripted and implemented
  • Ignis the Furnace Master script improvements
  • Script optimization and cleanup

• Obsidian Sanctum
  
  • Script optimization and cleanup

• Naxxramas
  
  • Gluth's zombie spawn points have been corrected
  • Patchwerk's [Hateful Strike] will now hit the main tank if no other target is available

• Trial of the Champion
  
  • Shaman Champion will now use [Heroism] ability with a proper cooldown
   
• Halls of Lightning 
  
  • Issue with the doors has been corrected

• Forge of Souls
  
  • Bronjahm's [Corrupt Soul] will no longer summon an additional Corrupted Soul Fragment
  • Devourer of Souls will no longer be immune to diseases
  • Devourer of Souls's [Well of Souls] is fixed
  • Devourer of Souls will now summon the void zone with the correct model
  • Bronjahm will no longer cast [Corrupt Soul] on pets and totems

• Pit of Saron
  
  • Corrections and improvements to Forgemaster Garfrost encounter
• Zul'Gurub
  • High Priest Thekal will no longer die inbetween his two phases
  • High Priest Thekal will now be lootable after death
• Advanced Dungeon Finder
  
  • Enhanced matchmaking and compatibility have been significantly improved
  • Deserters will now receive [Dungeon Deserter] debuff as intended
  • Vote Kick system implemented and enabled
  • Queue цфшештп time estimation has been corrected
  • [Luck of the Draw] has been implemented
  • Waiting time estimation is now based on the dungeon that the player is queued for
  • Clients will no longer crash when directly to the instance after a realm crash
  • Proposal time for joining a dungeon proposal has been corrected
  • Do not teleport while in vehicle or charming
  • Players with [Dungeon Deserter] debuff will now receive a proper denial message
  • Players can no longer join groups which have pending invitations
  • Additional lock types for a better matchmaking have been implemented

 

GENERAL
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• Dungeon and raid reset system rewritten and implemented to prevent random instance saves
• One-Handed Weapon Specialization damage for all classes corrected
• PvP mode can no longer be toggled off in contested territories
• Battlegrounds will now start with equal amount of faction members
• [Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth] is fixed
• Pet stats tab will no longer show incorrect negative values
• Pet's spell cast time will now be affected by player's talents (not reflected in tooltips)
• [Enchant Weapon - Blood Draining] is fixed
• Strand of the Ancients: Battleground Demolisher will now have proper immunities
• Group members will no longer be displayed offline after teleporting to a different zone
• [Pygmy Oil] use effect has been implemented
• [Frost Lotus] will now have a chance to drop from other Northrend herbs
• [Improved Faerie Fire] crit chance increasing effect has been implemented
• Goregek the Gorilla Hunter's now has proper stats
• Rohan the Assassin's spawn location and walking path has been corrected
• Mana Beast will no longer award experience
• Large Spotlight (invisible NPC) will no longer attack players
• Premium Members spamming channels will also be muted automatically by anti-flood
• [Warsong specific] Arena Chart System has been implemented
  
• [Warsong specific] Enchanting vendor's main-hand weapon enchanting is fixed
• [Coin of Ancestry] achievement progress is fixed
• [Reign of the Dead]'s internal cooldown has been fixed
• [Reign of the Dead] will no longer scale with spell power as intended
• [Reign of the Unliving]'s internal cooldown has been fixed
• [Reign of the Unliving] will no longer scale with spell power as intended
• [The Lightning Capacitor] will no longer scale with spell power as intended
• [Thunder Capacitor] will no longer scale with spell power as intended
• [Drakuru's Elixir] will now correctly summon Image of Drakuru at each brazier
• Drakuru will now have a gossip option to replace Drakuru's Elixir if player lost it
• Southshore Stink Bomb Counter is now invisible as intented
• [Luck of the Draw] will now be applied for The Shattered Halls when using Dungeon Finder
• Image of Drakuru's spawn position has been corrected
• [Lasherweave Garb]'s [Item - Druid T10 Restoration 2P Bonus] is fixed
• [Malefic Raiment]'s [Dot Heals] is fixed
• Fixed boat models, demolisher respawn time and achievement [Storm the Beach] for Strand of The Ancients
• Cooldown of [Enchant Weapon - Black Magic] is fixed
• Evade bug has been fixed
• Players can now switch realms without having to relog completely
• Dregmar Runebrand's immunities have been added
• Fishing loot for The Violet Hold has been added
• Brother Keltan has been spawned on Orgrim's Hammer airship

 

QUESTS
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• [Cold Hearted] is fixed
• [The Heart of the Storm] is fixed
• [And Now, the Moment of Truth] is fixed
• [Emergency Protocol: Section 8.2, Paragraph C] is fixed
• [You've Really Done It This Time, Kul] has been corrected
• [The Grand Melee] has been corrected
• [No Place to Run] has been corrected
• [The Shadow Tomb] respawn timers have been corrected
• [Battle of Hillsbrad] respawn timers have been corrected
• [Cold Hearted]: Freed Proto-Drake's flight speed has been corrected
• [Cold Hearted]: Brunnhildar Prisoner respawn timer has been corrected
• [Cleansing Drak'Tharon] has been temporarily disabled until a proper fix is implemented 
• [Glyph Chasing] is fixed
• [The Taste Test] is fixed
• [Sacrifices Must be Made] is fixed
• [Going Bearback] is fixed
• [Flown the Coop!] is fixed
• [Chicken Party!] is fixed
• [In Service of the Unholy] is fixed
• [Into Occupied Territory]: respawn timers have been corrected
• [Demon Dogs], [Blood Tinged Skies] and [Carrion Grubbage] must now be completed to obtain [Redemption]
• [In Eranikus' Own Words]: Umbranse the Spiritspeaker faction has been fixed
• [The Kessel Run] has been corrected
• [Atop the Woodlands]: Lieutenant Ta'zinn's spawn location has been corrected
• [Return To Angrathar]: phased spells applied are now limited to Angrathar the Wrathgate zone
• [Cold Hearted]: Brunnhildar Prisoner script has been implemented
• [Massacre At Light's Point] has been corrected
• [A Blade Fit For A Champion]: [Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm] can now be applied while under the effect of [Warts!]debuff
• [Helboar, the Other White Meat]: [Purified Helboar Meat] can no longer be obtained in loot as intended
• [Inoculation] is fixed
• [The Sapphire Queen] is fixed
• [Gambling Debt] is fixed
• [You've Really Done It This Time, Kul] is fixed
• [Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton] is fixed
• [A Blade Fit For A Champion] is fixed
• [Mischief in the Making]'s prerequisites have been corrected
• [Mending Fences] is fixed
• [Blow it Up!] is fixed
• [Book of the Ancients] has been corrected
• [The Lost Spirits] is fixed
• [A Fall From Grace] has been corrected
• [The Black Knight's Orders] is fixed
• [Return to the Earth] is fixed
• [Deepmoss Spider Eggs] has been corrected
• [Blessing of Incineratus] is fixed
• [A Rough Ride] prerequisites have been corrected
• [Kartak's Rampage] is now available to Horde players
• [Tools of War] is now available to Horde players
• [Secret Strength of the Frenzyheart] is now available to Horde players
• [The Feast of Winter Veil] has been corrected
• [Prison Break] is fixed and will now have correct prerequisites for Alliance
• [Strength of One]: corrected respawn times
• [Testing the Vessel]: [Wildkin Muisek Vessel] is fixed
• [Bring Down Those Shields]: dummy spells implemented
• [Bombing Run]: corrected respawn time of Fel Cannonball Stacks
• [A Fall From Grace]: [Scarlet Raven Priest Image] is now limited to New Hearthglen
• [The Prophecy of Akida]: Bristlelimb Cage will now automatically close after being used
• [The Kessel Run]: Gossip will only be displayed while on quest
• [The Storm King's Vengeance]: Algar the Chosen will now be flying on his mount as intended
• [Return to the Earth]: corrected respawn time of Ruby Keeper
• [The Tear of the Moons]: corrected respawn time General Twinbraid's Strongbox
• [Into The Maw of Madness]: Mistress Natalia Mar'alith will now have correct faction and no loot
• [Bring Down Those Shields]: dummy spells implemented

 

CORE
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Significant code optimization for a higher population support
21 crash fixes
9 exploit fixes
2 memory leaks successfully identified and fixedExplicitly remove all other auras with the same id when applying [Animal Blood]
Fixed bad Z coordinate for Spell::EffectBind
Implemented SPELL_EFFECT_WMO_CHANGE
Fixed CMSG_CAST_SPELL log spam
Fixed facing adjustment for some vehicles
Fixed some cases that caused creatures falling off boats, etc
Code cleanup, typo corrections
Code cleanup, typo corrections and general maintenance 

Source: https://www.molten-wow.com/changelog/