Blizzard’s 10 November hotfixes add gold to most quests of level 48 and up and pull EnhancementShaman back toward Windfury. AfflictionWarlock's Wrack is redesigned.
Anyone leveling past 48 gets gold from most quests; repeatable and trivial quests are left out. EnhancementShamans lose some damage and Intellect scaling in exchange for a Windfury-centered design that can run weapon imbues and weapon totems together.
Most quests of level 48 and higher now also reward gold. Blizzard says Forever does not include the late-Classic conversion of experience to gold for level 60 quests, and it did not want players to save quests near the cap and turn them in all at once for a big profit. The goal is to make high-level quests worth finishing as players level toward 60 and once they get there, like the rest of questing. Quests with valuable item rewards, repeatable quests, and ones that give little because they are quick, easy or trivial are left out.
Blizzard says the beta changes to Enhancement, together with the Shock and Lightning Bolt changes aimed at Elemental, pushed Enhancement too far toward Spell Power and Intellect gear and away from Windfury, which it wants at the heart of the specialization. It is changing this now because of what it means for gearing in the upcoming raid. Stormstrike drops to 100% weapon damage with an 8 second cooldown, Mental Dexterity converts less Intellect to Attack Power, and Maelstrom Weapon gives a flat 20% reduced cast time and Mana cost per application. Its chance to activate now rises with rank, and its tooltip shows the chance for your main hand weapon’s speed. Weapon imbues and weapon totems can now be used together for all Shamans.
Wrack is rebuilt. It does 30% less damage, no longer raises the damage of your periodic effects, and instead channels for 6 seconds while Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony tick twice as often. The skipped time is kept when the channel ends. Soul Siphon now counts only those three effects, up to a 36% maximum. Warlock pets get about 15% more base Health, and the Imp’s early Firebolt ranks hit harder.
Hunter pets had 150% of normal health by mistake and now have 115%. Arcane Shot and Summon Hawk cost 11% of base Mana at every rank, and the Hawk pet’s melee damage is up about 80%.
With realm restarts, the Auction House minimum deposit drops to 1 copper, unread mail no longer shows as from 'Stormwind Auction House', and mail that arrived in about 2 minutes now takes the intended 60. Racial vendor mounts become Bind-on-Pickup, several vendor prices fall, and a handful of profession recipes and tools are corrected. Nine quests are repaired or retuned, players are no longer sent to the wrong graveyard on death, and Pyrewood Village spawns at dawn and dusk again.
Mana cost is now 11% of base Mana for every rank, so all ranks cost the same and the cost rises gradually with level. Cost at levels 6 and 60 is nearly the same as before and slightly lower in between.
Now shows the Shaman's chance to activate it, based on the main hand weapon’s speed. With 5 points and a 3.6 speed weapon it shows 60%; with a 2.0 speed weapon, 33%.
Now channels for 6 seconds, dealing Shadow damage every 1 second. While it channels, Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony deal damage 100% faster, so they tick twice as often, and the time skipped is kept after the channel ends or is interrupted; Bane of Agony still lasts its full 24 seconds.
The Shaman quest reward now has 16 Strength and a faster weapon speed.
16 Intellect, 3.2 speed
16 Strength, 3.6 speed
Changed
Crafted armor sell prices
Vendors pay less for some crafted armor from Leatherworking, Tailoring and Blacksmithing. The adjusted items are all Bind-on-Pickup items meant to be crafted once, for yourself.
A condition mismatch sometimes stopped them giving lures to eligible players; fixed. Blizzard knows of other open Fishing Rack issues, including other 'There is no loot' errors.
Most quests of level 48 and higher now also reward gold. Quests with valuable item rewards, repeatable quests, and quick, easy or trivial quests are not included.
Buff
Call of Water
The events of the final quests did not play out consistently; fixed.
Fixed
Chief Engineer Scooty
Sovik did not offer the quest after his gossip option was chosen; fixed.
Kaivax
Enhancement 
Shaman back toward Windfury. 
Affliction 
Warlock's 
Wrack is redesigned.
Maelstrom Weapon is reworked
Hunter 
Arcane Shot and 
Summon Hawk cost 11% of base Mana at every rank
Trolls give no experience
Soul Siphon. 
Lightning Bolt changes aimed at 
Mental Dexterity converts less Intellect to Attack Power, and 
Siphon Life, 
Corruption and 
Bane of Agony tick twice as often. The skipped time is kept when the channel ends. 
Omen of Clarity
Druid
Nature's Swiftness
Wild Growth instant.
Beast
Paladin
Redoubt
Vampiric Embrace healing; fixed.
Priest
Holy Nova
Windfury Weapon and 
Windfury Totem together, so attacks can activate both.
Drain Soul and 
Bane of Havoc
Destruction
Sweeping Strikes
Charges are kept when the swing finds no second target.
Warrior
Leatherworking, 
Tailoring and 
Blacksmithing. The adjusted items are all Bind-on-Pickup items meant to be crafted once, for yourself.
Holy Power
Alchemy
Cooking skill needed to place it now matches its recipe requirement.
Enchanting
Engineering
Fishing Racks
Herbalism
Marksmanship
Balance
Restoration
Protection
Shadow
Holy
Arms
Holy