Yea, I did kind of wonder just why it mattered so much. Thought I'd missed something.

patchnotes August / 12 / 2009


Sparkles the Lost

A poor lost turtle has appeared on the shores outside or Lord Tsang’s Tomb. Are there any travelers brave enough to help him with his dilemma?

Sparkles is a new overland raid encounter targeting 24 level 55 players.



Sorcerer

− Seradon’s Falling Comet can no longer be modified by refresh haste


Psionicist

− Transcendence line of forms will now add the rune effect right away when you first enter the form. If you leave the form a 60 second countdown will start that indicates how long it will be before you can receive the run buff again. This timer counts down while in any form allowing you to continue the refresh while in a different form.


Items

− Fixed some issues with items in Vi’Rak


Misc.

− Double XP has been turned off.

Patch September / 3 / 2009

− General

Silence abilities will now interrupt casting on players.
Fix for buffs that ignore caps not always putting players over the caps, based on what order the buffs were cast in.
Fix for buff order mattering when calculating out your total stats. Now your buffs will always give the maximum benefit, regardless of order they’re cast in.
Fix for some NPC reactions not always hitting the player they’re reacting to and instead hitting the NPCs offensive target.
Removed the last clothing option from the customization slider.
Fixed a bug where the sorcerer mez Sleep could proc on cast as well as some other mezes.
Added a toggle in the interface options to lock your hotbar buttons in place. This is for players who were trying to click buttons but ended up dragging them off the bar.
Fixed a few server crashes.
Fixed some of the bad server lag issues. There are still some being addressed, but the majority of them should be resolved now.


Sorcerer

Seradons falling comet now caps out at 2x damage instead of 10x damage. The previous change to haste on the comet has been removed.


PVP

The cap for PVP damage per hit has been reduced to 20%.
Changed the way DoTs work in PVP so that they're also affected by the per hit caps. Previously DoTs got around the cap.


Pantheon

The T2 Vol Anari trial now updates properly
Quest: Power of Corruption will now drop the essence. NOTE: If you are already on this quest, you will need to abandon and re-take the quest.
Haelifur worshippers will now be able to turn in the Essence of the Fireworks Connoisseur.
Quest: The Rescue (Phase 2) will now spawn the elder on the upper floor again.
Quest: The Maw of Tyranny (Phase 2): The waves should now despawn on reset.
Fixed an issue with not being able to turn in 1 Sacrificial Offering to Vothdars altar.
Admiral Jagistur Cairn’s HP has been lowered slightly.