Warlords of Draenor players receive apologies from WoW executive producer plus a series of Hotfixes

The recent launch of World of Warcraft’s fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor, hasn’t been as smooth as players would have anticipated. Numerous complaints of excessive queues when attempting to log into the game have been reported, while the new Garrison feature requires further attention, as many players were unable to progress through the storyline. In the light of these events, WoW executive producer, J. Allen Brack came forward and apologized for these issues on official forums and announced that subscribers will be getting five free days of Warlords of Draenor playtime to make up for these inconveniences. “I know how much everyone was looking forward to this expansion, and once you were able to get in and start having fun, all the comments I’ve seen indicate that this is one of our best yet. But the quality of the content does not excuse the subpar launch experience we delivered, and I apologize for that,” he stated. All might not be well in Azeroth, but it’s getting significantly better, as Blizzard introduced a huge number of hotfixes for the recently released patch 6.0.3. Here are just a few:

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

• Barracks: Training dummies have been temporarily removed from the Garrison.
• Barracks Level 2: Bodyguard followers accompanying the player are now more likely to assist with the player’s current target.
• Mine Level 2: Preserved Mining Picks obtained from mining carts should now work correctly.
• Resolved an issue where players could get stuck on a flight path while attempting to fly into their Garrisons.

Followers

• [Requires a realm restart.] Hulda Shadowblade should now be correctly awarded to players that have completed the quest, Standing United.

Classes

• Warlock
  • Talents
    • Grimoire of Supremacy’s summoned Terrorguards and Abyssals should now correctly have the Avoidance ability.

Quests

• Articles of the Fallen: Players that have already completed To the Garrison should now be able to see Kal’gor the Honorable to complete the quest.
• Battle in Ashran: The quest now requires players to obtain 100 Artifact Fragments and go to Shadow Hunter Ukambe (Horde) or Scout Valdez (Alliance) to complete the quest.
• Battle of Thunder Pass: Dying or leaving the area during the middle of the Battle of Thunder Pass event should no longer prevent players from completing the event.
• Bled Dry: Cages can now be opened by multiple players simultaneously.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Bushwhacker: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• Challenge of the Masters: Warlord Dharl of the Thrice-Bloodied Blade should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
• Draenor’s Secret Power: Completion of this quest is now required before being able to move onto the next step of the Legendary quest chain.
• Fate of Karabor: Players joining a version of this quest that’s already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• Honor Has Its Rewards: Resolved an issue where Farseer Drek’Thar may sometimes not accept quest turn-ins.
• Last Steps: Players joining a version of this quest that’s already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• Sol Sisters: Sol-Shaper Krashyx should no longer get stuck in evade mode.
• The Battle for Shattrath: Players joining a version of this quest that’s already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• The Debt We Share: Players that are mounted should now be able to receive completion credit for this quest.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Infested: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• The Iron Wolf: Added another way for characters to obtain The Iron Wolf invasion quest for characters that upgraded to a Tier 3 Garrison before completing the main Frostfire questline.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Razorbloom: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Voice of Iyu: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.

Blizzard points out that some of these hotfixes will take effect as soon as they are introduced, while others will require a realm restart. Please visit the Battle Blog to check out the full list of hotfixes and to find out more about Warlords of Draenor.