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This update's a teeny-tiny little one, honestly without a whole lot to talk about. Paladin's continue to get changes to their Lay on Hands spell, which you may or may not have seen Blizzard waffling about on the official forums. The latest version of the spell -- which once was rumored to remove the ability to cast on yourself altogether -- now merely causes Forebearance in the same case. If you cast it on any other players, including fellow Paladin (say a healer casting it on a tank), it should operate as normal. According to Blizzard, this is to keep the class from stacking it with other life-saving maneuvers in certain, troublesome situations. It looks like they putting a big fat nerf on The Oculus, as well, no doubt in response to players complaining about having to run it more often using the new Dungeon system. I can't say I've ever found the instance to be particularly hard, just weird and kind of annoying. Unfortunately, they're doing nothing to really change the way the dragons and mounted combat work. Instead, they're just plain old making it easier by cutting down on the damage output and health of both bosses and trash mobs. Not the right move, if you ask me, but I suppose it would take more effort than they're willing to put in at this stage to rectify the overarching problems with the dungeon. [caption id="attachment_8353" align="alignright" width="300" caption="3000g is a bit steep for a used hole, isn't it? She sells an expensive 24-slot bag, to boot!"][/caption] Oh, also make sure to check out Haris Pilton's new 24-slot bag, the "Portable Hole" (oh, the jokes that could be made about debutantes and their holes)! Nice throwback to role-playing's pedigree, though. Anyway, here the full notes (even if there's regrettably not much beyond what I've described above):

Dungeons & Raids Oculus

• Many bosses and creatures have had their total health reduced.
• Several bosses and creatures have had cooldowns on specific abilities increased, effect durations reduced, and damage on some of these abilities reduced.
• Ring-Lord Conjurers and Sorceresses now hang out in packs of 4 instead of packs of 5.
• Vehicle scaling on the drakes based on the rider’s item level has been increased to make them more powerful.

Paladin

• Divine Intervention: This ability now also removes Exhaustion and Sated from the target. In addition, the cooldown on this ability has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Cannot be used in Arenas.
• Lay on Hands: This ability will place Forbearance on the paladin if used on his or herself. It will not place Forbearance on others.

Items

• Haris Pilton now sells a new 24-slot bag! She has stubbornly decided to remain in Shattrath City, so those interested should seek her out there.

Bug Fixes

• The Bug Fixes section has been updated with tons of minor fixes, check the full patch notes for more information.