Precision is gone, and off-hand Rage is back at half

Blizzard’s Oct 2 Warrior post lists two dozen changes. The server hotfix that went out with it, read from the game’s cache on build 70245, makes two more that no post mentions. Game files · build 70245

Precision is gone

Precision was a 3-rank Fury talent in row 5: +1/2/3% chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks. Blizzard’s Sep 30 deep dive introduced it. The Oct 2 hotfix deletes its place in the Fury tree, so you can’t take it anymore. Game files · build 70245

That’s 3% hit a Fury Warrior can no longer get from talents. Furious Precision, new in the same hotfix, gives 4/7/10% hit, but only to off-hand attacks and only with an off-hand weapon equipped. A two-hander Warrior has no talent hit left at all. Game files · build 70245

Off-hand Rage is back, at half strength

Blizzard’s Oct 1 notes say Dual Wield Specialization “no longer provides a 20/40/60/80/100% increase to your Off-Hand weapon’s Rage generation”, and build 70170 removed it. Blizzard · Oct 1

The Oct 2 hotfix puts it back:

• Off-hand Rage at 5/5 none (build 70170) → now +50%
• The early beta builds gave +100% at 5/5. Classic’s version had no Rage part at all, only off-hand damage.
• The off-hand damage part stays at 5/10/15/20/25%.
• The off-hand hit chance it gave in build 70170 moved to Furious Precision, which the Oct 2 post does list.

So a 5/5 Dual Wield Specialization now reads: “Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 5/10/15/20/25% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 10/20/30/40/50%.”

The swap that was announced

The Sep 30 deep dive still puts Bastion in row 5 and Focused Rage in row 6 of Protection. Blizzard’s Sep 24 notes had already announced the swap, and the Oct 2 hotfix carries it out, so in game Focused Rage sits in row 5 and Bastion in row 6. Blizzard · Sep 24

Sources

1. Blizzard, Warrior updates (Oct 2)
2. Blizzard, Development Notes (Oct 1)