Patch 2.0.3 (undocumented changes)

This article lists all undocumented changes for patch 2.0.3. All documented changes should be listed on the main article.

• Riding Skill (150) cost reduced from to.
• There is no longer a Shoot Crossbow, Shoot Gun, or Shoot Bow, there is only 'Shoot.'
• World of Warcraft no longer works at all on laptops with Intel 915gm video chip sets.
• Hippogryphs and Gryphons now make noises when flying.
• Wildhammer faction removed.
• Spirit Healers now appear on Minimap while dead.
• All Abilities that cost a % of base mana have had their mana cost reduced.
• Gadgetzan now has snipers on the roofs to stop people from rooftop camping.
• Sylvanas now has a normal dialogue even when she isn't offering a quest. Before, she had no dialogue when you clicked on her.
• Hemet Nesingwary moved from Stranglethorn Vale to Nagrand. In his place is now his son, Hemet Nesingwary Jr.
• The Twin Emperors received a model update that included shoulder pads.

• Not all characters received a talent reset.
• When stealthed, there is now an indicator above the heads of mobs that can see through stealth.
• When in Aquatic Form, the view has changed to an above-the-water angle, instead of the previous below-the-water angle.
• Barkskin now has a 2 minute cooldown.
• Tree of Life changes: Now has a dancing and eating animation. Backward movement animation fixed. No longer makes a bear roar when shifting into the tree. Changes to casting animations.
• Bears make Kitty sounds when performing Mangle (Bear).

• Flare now has a longer time before it actually appears on the ground, but brings targets out of stealth just the same.
• Feign Death reaction time slowed down. Doesn't kick in until animation stops.
• Snake Ability 'Poison Spit (pet ability)' tweaked. Less damage, over less time, and with a longer cooldown.
• Mousing over your own stats now tells how much your pet's stats are improved.
• The Pet Info tab now provides the same detailed information that the character tab provides.
• The hunter pet ability "Gore (BC Classic)" is now in game and can be learned from boars.
• All pet attack speeds have been normalized to 2.0.
• Hunter's Mark no longer has a casting animation.
• Feign Death no longer shakes off pets.
• Hunter no longer grows in size when under the effect of The Beast Within, he/she just gets red.

• Netherwind shoulder graphics have returned to normal and have a higher particle rate than before the original change.
• Polymorph resist rate increased.
• Arcane Missiles now does 25% less damage costing 15% less mana.

• Crusader Strike cooldown increased to 10 seconds, from 6 seconds.
• Vengeance talent is now 10% for 5 points, from 15%.
• Mana cost reduced for Judgment, Cleanse and Redemption
• Coefficients upped for Consecrate and Avenger's Shield

• Holy Fire's graphic is now back to the original.
• Holy Specialization is now correctly displayed in the spell section of the character pane.
• Inner Focus now gets used up when casting Divine Spirit or Prayer of Spirit.

• Not all characters received a talent reset.
• Venomous Totem changed/nerfed.
• Improved Backstab (Classic) switches places with Improved Slice and Dice (rogue talent) in the Combat tree.
• Improved Sap switched places with Elusiveness (rogue talent) in the Subtlety tree.
• Improved Sap now costs 2 points for a 100% chance to return to stealth.
• Auto-Loot now works with Pick Pocket.
• Blinding Powder has a new icon.
• When stealthed, there is now an indicator above the heads of mobs that can see through stealth.
• Every rogue now has their own Deadly Poison debuff slot on monsters, instead of 1 for all.

• You can now speak to NPCs in Ghost Wolf form.
• Rockbiter ability now adds a set amount of dps (rank 4 is +9 dps). It also no longer procs on every hit.
• Casting shaman weapon buffs no longer have an animation.
• Totemic Call added.

• Demon Armor (Classic) spell cost reduced 45%.
• 10% damage reduction on Corruption & Curse of Agony.
• 50% damage reduction on Curse of Doom.
• Curse of Doom proc (summoned Doomguard) no longer despawns the current Warlock pet.
• Mousing over your own stats now tells how much your pet's stats are improved.
• The Pet Info tab now provides the same detailed information that the character tab provides.
• Warlock pet spells now scale with gear and talents (instead of only melee attack power).

• The graphical effect on a mob when Devastate is used has been greatly increased in size.

• Quest items can now be removed from your bank upon completion of the quest (no longer has to be in your character's backpacks).
• Wildhammer repeatable turn in quest Troll Necklace Bounty (repeatable) removed.
• The drop rate of Arcane Crystals was boosted.
• Thorium Shells are now green at 300 Engineering (was orange at 300 eng.).

• High Warlord's Offhands cost reduced to 20 Marks of Honor (down from 40).
• Level 70 Rings doubled in honor cost.
• Mage HWL/GM Robe cost reduced to 30 AB Marks (down from 60).
• Tauren can now ride the Black War Raptor.
• They put the 1-minute 'gong' reminder back in to battleground queues.
• In the Battleground Stat screen, ranks are no longer displayed. Instead, icons representing the class of the character are now shown.
• Unused Battleground tokens can now be used to purchase Level 61 Healing and Mana potions. 2 Marks per potion.
• Estimated honor is now showing up correctly.

• Design: Citrine Pendant of Golden Healing is now Bind on Pickup.
• Unsmelted mineral ores (Copper, Iron, Thorium, etc) now stack up to 20, up from 10.
• New level 1 cooking recipe "Spice Bread" available at cooking trainers.
• New cooking ingredient "Simple Flour" sold at cooking vendors.
• Charred Wolf Meat has had it's trivial level increased (still green at 84).
• Gold Ore received a new icon.
• Many enchantments that were previously dropped recipes can now be trained at the Master Enchanter in Uldaman.
• New Armorsmith recipes added (Earthforged Leggings, Windforged Leggings)
• New Dragonscale Leatherworker leg pattern added to Dragonscale trainer.

• Epic shields have had their armor and block values increased by 15%.
• Enchantments on items have now been returned to their original green color (were white for a while).
• Thunderfury's proc now sounds like Thunder Clap.
• Steam Tonk Controllers got a new icon and now work properly for Hunters and Warlocks.
• Kodos now have their 'space bar animation' back, where they look side to side and roar.
• Helm of Valor now displays facial hair when worn. Causes some clipping issues, could be a bug.
• The Zergling's chomping sound that was introduced in the previous patch was taken out.
• Steam Tonk Controller icon changed to look like a remote control
• Tabard of Frost and Tabard of Flame are now epic.

• 'Elite' quests renamed to 'Group' quests.
• Initiating Auto-Attack on a target shows an animation where the targeting circle gets bigger and then shrinks.
• Before the patch, if you locked your toolbars, you could still move icons around using Shift + Left Click. That doesn't work now.