Blizzard Reclassifies Paladin Judgement as Ranged Attack, Fixes Tailoring Bag Slots & Nerfs Riverglades Over-Tuning
In the November 11 hotfix for WoW Forever, Blizzard reclassifies Paladin Judgement as a Ranged Attack to prevent melee proc abuse, expands undersized Tailoring bag recipes including Red Mageweave and Silk Packs, eliminates 1,000-damage buffs in Riverglades, and pauses Item Restoration.
Blizzard Entertainment has pushed a targeted set of live hotfixes to World of Warcraft: Forever, implementing a fundamental ruleset change to Paladin Judgement, repairing bugged Tailoring bag capacities across three tiers of containers, fixing Hunter Volley proc loops, and squashing extreme monster damage spikes in Riverglades.
Paladin Judgement Reclassified: Ranged Hit & No Melee Double-Dipping
The headlining combat modification in the November 11 update addresses Paladin Judgement. Historically triggering melee weapon procs and benefiting from melee hit chance, Judgement has now been formally designated as a Ranged Attack. Under this new categorization, Judgement will no longer trigger melee-only on-hit enchants or weapon procs, and its accuracy will now calculate against the Paladin's Ranged Hit chance.
In tandem with this adjustment, Retribution's 'Unsealed Fury' was retuned to eliminate an unintended feedback loop with Shaman Windfury Totems. Prior to the fix, Holy Strike could activate Windfury Totem attacks which subsequently triggered unintended echoes through Unsealed Fury, creating immense burst anomalies.
Tailoring Bag Expansion: Red Mageweave, Silk Packs & Woolen Bags
Economy and profession enthusiasts received a welcome fix regarding mid-tier inventory storage. Several crafted Tailoring containers were inadvertently launching with undersized slot capacities compared to classic baselines. Blizzard has updated their capacity and slightly realigned cloth bolt crafting requirements:
Hunter Volley Fixed, Riverglades Nerfed & Item Restoration Paused
Hunters saw an urgent fix for Volley: the channeled AoE spell was erroneously triggering weapon and item procs on every single tick, while also continuing to channel even after the player began moving. Both bugs have been eliminated, restoring intended channeled spell behavior.
In the open world, players venturing into Riverglades faced lethal mob encounters due to a major tuning typo on the Twilight Forgemaster's 'Mark of Flames' ability—which was increasing damage dealt by an eye-watering 1,000. Blizzard slashed this bonus down to a reasonable 50, alongside substantial damage reductions to Executioner Morg and the Twilight Enforcer's 'Smash'.
Finally, Blizzard confirmed that the automated Item Restoration service has been temporarily disabled across web and account portals while engineers patch an edge-case item delivery bug.