April 16, 2024
Season of Discovery
- There are now Emerald Warden guard NPCs present near Nightmare Incursion questgivers and quartermasters.
- The Atal’ai Mojo consumables are now Unique (2), allowing two to be carried and used.
- There is now a 2.60 speed version of the off-hand weapon Serpent’s Striker, available from Zalgo the Explorer on Yojamba Isle in exchange for the 1.50 speed version of the item.
- The drop rate of Nightmare Seeds in Sunken Temple has been increased by roughly 50%.
- Sigil of Living Dreams no longer requires a Nightmare Seed.
- Players should no longer occasionally gain no bonus blood when near Kha’damu and affected by Feast of Blood.
- Players will now gain the Honorless Target effect whenever they enter or leave a Nightmare Incursion portal.
- Rainbow Generator should now appear for troll, tauren, night elf, and all other races.
- Grizzwerks Defense Industries has achieved record growth thanks to the efforts of adventurers across Azeroth, and Grizzby is now pleased to offer runes to heroes without requiring quests from them.
- Druid
- Starsurge no longer consumes Clearcasting procs from Omen of Clarity.
- Skull Bash rune moved to the Hands slot (was the Leg slot).
- Lacerate rune moved to the Leg slot (was Hands).
- Lacerate threat increased substantially.
- Hunter
- Chimera Shot no longer refreshes Serpent Sting at 1 less damage per tick.
- Mage
- Impact can now be triggered by the damage from Molten Armor.
- Deep Freeze will no longer deal damage to players who are temporarily Immune to stuns.
- Deep Freeze can no longer be overwritten by an Impact stun, unless the new stun would be longer than the remaining duration on Deep Freeze.
- Developers’ notes: Previously if you Deep Froze a target, and they were then hit with an Impact stun, you could accidentally overwrite a 5-second stun with a 2-second stun. Now you can’t overwrite it unless Deep Freeze is under 2 seconds.
- Paladin
- Light’s Grace rune moved to the Bracer slot (was Helm).
- The mana return of Seal of Martyrdom has been increased significantly.
- Eye for an Eye now works on damage-over-time crits.
- Priest
- Eye of the Void can no longer engage in melee combat.
- Eye of the Void’s spells now all have a 35 yard range.
- Surge of Light’s instant cast effect will no longer be consumed if Surge of Light was gained while casting Smite or Flash Heal.
- Martyrdom now works to prevent pushback on Void Zone casts.
- Rogue
- Focused attacks now generates 3 additional energy (was 2).
- Shaman
- The Internal Cooldown for Overcharged has been increased to 3 seconds.
- Warlock
- Life tap now grants mana return to warlock pets.
- Unstable Affliction’s damage has been increased by roughly 120%.
- Warlocks with Metamorphosis active and the Master Demonologist talent will now gain increased threat generation when they summon an Imp or Felguard (was decreased threat generation).
- Warrior
- Victory Rush heal increased to 30% of the Warrior’s health (was 10%).