WotLK Classic Hotfixes Feb 7th – Retribution Buffs

Author: lettara
Date: February 7, 2023
Updated: February 7, 2023
Expansion: WotLK Classic

In an attempt to balance one of the weakest classes in WotLK Classic, Blizzard will be implementing two buffs to Retribution Paladins on the next weekly restart:

New glyph recipe added to inscription requiring 390 skill: Glyph of Reckoning. “Your Hand of Reckoning spell no longer taunts the target and can be used on targets immune to taunt effects.” This glyph will appear on inscription trainers.
Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption now apply stacks of their debuffs (Holy Vengeance and Blood Corruption respectively) when using melee abilities such as Divine Storm and Crusader Strike.

In effect, Ret Paladins should see a sizeable DPS increase now that they can safely include Hand of Reckoning in their rotation and stack Holy Vengeance faster.

Blizzard has stated that their goal is to “Give Retribution paladins a slight bump to bring them roughly on-par with Fury Warriors right now.”

This is the second balance change made to classes in Wrath of the Lich King, following Unholy Death Knight Ebon Gargoyle nerfs earlier this tier.

Sanq – (Source)

Hey all! Here are today’s hotfixes.

February 6, 2023

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

Daily quests now reset at 7:00 a.m. realm time, in order to coincide with all other daily resets.
Fixed an error when exchanging Emblems with Usuri Brightcoin.
Classes
- Paladin
  - Retribution
    - [With weekly restarts] New glyph recipe added to inscription requiring 390 skill: Glyph of Reckoning. “Your Hand of Reckoning spell no longer taunts the target and can be used on targets immune to taunt effects.” This glyph will appear on inscription trainers.
    - [With weekly restarts] Seal of Vengeance and Seal of Corruption now apply stacks of their debuffs (Holy Vengeance and Blood Corruption respectively) when using melee abilities such as Divine Storm and Crusader Strike.
Dungeons and Raids
- Ulduar
  - Fixed an issue where some players randomly received full resources (i.e. mana) unexpectedly in Ulduar.
Items and Rewards
- Fixed an issue where certain gloves would display a texture on a character’s upper arms.