The War Within Hotfixes - 16 October

Community General Discussion
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it rewards 500 badges the first time on your account.

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Aren’t you supposed to be encouraging players to return to the game? I’ve resubscribed after not playing since late BfA/early Shadowlands (left before the first patch because it took so long), and that was in part because of my excitement for the Warband feature, and catch-up mechanics. Instead of abandoning the game because of real life getting in the way at times, and feeling serious FOMO when I didn’t have time for things, it was refreshing to see that I could keep up with my fellow players at my own pace. And this is with a 20th Anniversary event on the horizon that, if a player wants to buy everything on offer (and currently doesn’t own ANY of it), they’d be needing to spend of 35,000 Timewarped Badges.

How does this jive with your supposedly newfound philosophy of respecting players’ time? The people with 20+ alts hoarding badges will still be more than capable of doing so, this will just prevent more casual players from keeping up.

A fairer fix may be to keep the cost of the Timewalking vendors high (as they’re on a regular rotation and expansion specific), but to greatly lower the costs for the upcoming event. Because however many weeks long it may be, 35,000 is an OBSCENE figure.

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October 8, 2024

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Blood
      • San’layn: Vampiric Strike damage increased by 30%.
      • San’layn: Infliction of Sorrow now deals 20% of the remaining disease damage to the enemy when it extends its duration (was 15%).
      • San’layn: Infliction of Sorrow now deals 130% of the remaining disease damage to the enemy when it consumes it (was 100%).
      • San’layn: Visceral Strength now grants 12% Strength for 12 seconds (was 8% Strength for 8 seconds).
      • San’layn: Frenzied Bloodthirst now increases the damage of Death Strike by 6% per stack (was 5%).
  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • Aldrachi Reaver: Wounded Quarry damage increased by 100%.
      • Aldrachi Reaver: Warblade’s Hunger damage increased by 100%.
      • Aldrachi Reaver: Reaver’s Glaive damage increased by 15%.
    • Vengeance
      • Mastery: Fel Blood effectiveness increased by 20%.
      • Shattered Souls healing per soul increased to 7% of recent damage taken (was 6%).
      • Soul Barrier base absorb value increased by 50% and absorb value per soul increased by 100%.
  • Druid
    • Feral
      • Wildstalker: Chance for Bloodseeker Vines to grow on a single target is unchanged, but slightly increased when Rip and Rake are on multiple targets.
      • Wildstalker: Bursting Growth damage increased by 10%.
    • Restoration
      • All healing increased by 5%. Does not affect PvP combat.
      • Cenarion Ward healing increased by 40%.
  • Evoker
    • Augmentation
      • Blistering Scales grants allies 20% of your armor (was 30%).
    • Devastation
      • Flameshaper: Consume Flame damage increased by 25%.
      • Flameshaper: Engulf damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Preservation
      • Flameshaper: Engulf healing increased by 20%.
      • Flameshaper: Consume Flame healing reduced by 50%.
  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • Basilisk Collar damage bonus per damage over time effect reduced to 2%/4% (was 5%/10%).
      • Kill Command damage increased by 18%.
      • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 8%.
        • Developers’ notes: We’ve adjusted the values for the baseline buff up, to better reach our target goals. Our intended tuning change for Beast Mastery is intended to be relatively neutral for single target, while increasing AoE performance, which was behind where it should be.
    • Survival
      • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Now increases Wildfire Bomb damage by 8% (was 5%).
      • Nerub-ar Palace 4-Set Bonus: Now increases Raptor Strike/Mongoose Bite damage by 20% on targets affected by Wildfire Bomb (was 10%).
  • Mage
    • Hero Talents
      • Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 15%.
      • Frostfire: Frostfire Infusion damage increased by 50%.
      • Frostfire: Frostfire Empowerment damage bonus increased to 60% (was 50%).
      • Frostfire: Frost Mastery now grants 2% Mastery (was 1% Mastery).
  • Monk
    • Hero Talents
      • Master of Harmony: Stored Vitality causes an additional 40% healing and damage (was 25%).
    • Brewmaster
      • Mastery of Harmony: Coalescence now causes Aspect of Harmony to increase damage and healing taken by 20%.
      • Master of Harmony: Chi Wave and Chi Burst deals 100% increased damage (was 50%).
      • Master of Harmony: Overwhelming Force increased to 20% (was 15%).
      • Master of Harmony: Balanced Stratagem increases damage to 5% (was 3%).
    • Mistweaver
      • Mastery of Harmony: Fixed an issue that caused Coalescence to not increase the healing taken during Aspect of Harmony.
      • Master of Harmony: Coalescence now causes Aspect of Harmony to increase damage and healing taken by 20% (was 30%).
        • Developer’s note: After fixing a bug that prevented Coalescence healing taken effect from functioning, we found that we needed to reduce its effectiveness a bit.
      • Aspect of Harmony now stores 30% of healing done (was 20%).
    • Windwalker
      • Conduit of the Celestials: Celestial Conduit now scales its damage with Mastery: Combo Strikes.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Lightsmith: Awakening now causes Blessing of the Forge to spawn a Sacred Weapon when extending the duration of Avenging Wrath.
      • Lightsmith: Hammer and Anvil’s healing effect radius increased to 20 yards (was 5 yards).
      • Lightsmith: Hammer and Anvil’s healing increased by 150%.
      • Lightsmith: Divine Guidance effect increased by 50%.
      • Fixed a bug causing Dawnlight to not have its healing reduced beyond 5 targets.
      • Dawnlight healing increased by 30%.
        • Developers’ notes: We’re correcting the bug with Dawnlight and compensating with a buff to its healing to keep its value in raid close to its current performance, while giving it increased performance in 5 party group content.
    • Protection
      • All ability damage increased by 6%.
      • Word of Glory healing increased by 20%.
      • Light of the Titans now heals over 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).
      • Faith in the Light duration increased to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
      • Lightsmith: Sacred Weapon damage and healing increased by 30%.
      • Lightsmith: Forge’s Reckoning damage increased by 30%.
      • Lightsmith: Blessed Assurance increases the damage of your next Crusader Strike/Hammer of the Righteous/Blessed Hammer by 200% (was 100%).
      • Lightsmith: Divine Guidance damage and healing increased by 50%.
      • Lightsmith: Hammer and Anvil damage increased by 40%.
      • Lightsmith: Sanctification grants 2% increased primary stat (was 1%).
    • Retribution
      • Templar: Shake the Heavens lasts for 10 seconds (was 8 seconds).
      • Templar: Sanctification duration increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
      • Templar: Final Reckoning now increases the damage of Hammer of Light by 30% (was 15%).
      • Templar: Hammer of Light main target damage increased by 25%.
      • Templar: Hammer of Light secondary target damage increased by 75%.
      • Templar: Light’s Deliverance now triggers at 50 stacks (was 60).
      • Templar: Undisputed Ruling grants 15% Haste for 8 seconds (was 12% Haste for 6 seconds).
      • Templar: Wrathful Descent now deals 125% of the Empyrean Hammer damage to nearby enemies (was 100%).
      • Templar: Empyrean Hammer now benefits from Penitence and Burn to Ash.
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Mind Blast damage increased by 10%.
      • Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 10%.
      • Void Bolt damage increased by 10%.
      • Shadowy Apparition damage increased by 10%.
      • Voidweaver: Entropic Rift damage increased by 10%.
      • Voidweaver: Void Blast damage increased by 20%.
      • Voidweaver: Collapsing Void damage increased by 10%.
      • Voidweaver: Void Flay damage increased by 10%.
      • Voidweaver: Inner Quietus now increases Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain damage by 25% (was 20%).
  • Rogue
    • Hero Talents
      • Deathstalker: Follow the Blood effect now requires 2 targets afflicted with Rupture (was 3 targets).
    • Assassination
      • Caustic Spatter poison damage dealt to nearby targets reduced to 40% (was 45%).
      • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Chance to trigger Vile Tincture increased.
      • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Vile Tincture’s poison damage buff now correctly affects Envenom, Kingsbane, and appropriate Hero Talent effects.
      • Nerub-ar Palace 4-Set Bonus: Thrombotic Tincture now correctly applies upon gaining 5 stacks of Vile Tincture (was 6 stacks).
      • Developer’s note: We expect these changes to result in a net increase in overall damage, weighted heavily towards single target.
    • Outlaw
      • All ability damage increased by 4%.
      • Dispatch damage increased by 6%.
      • Precise Cuts bonus to Blade Flurry damage per missing target increased to 4% (was 2%).
    • Subtlety
      • Black Powder damage increased by 35%.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Earthen Harmony now causes Earth Shield to reduce damage taken by 3% (was 5%). Does not affect PvP combat.
      • Acid Raid damage reduced by 20%.
  • Warlock
    • Demonology
      • Pact of the Ered’ruin Doomguards deal 20% increased damage.
      • Grimoire: Felguard now increases the damage of the summoned Felguard by 60% (was 45%).
      • Felguard damage increased by 10%.
      • Gloomhound’s Gloom Slash damage increased by 20%.
  • Warrior
    • Hero Talents
      • Colossus: Arterial Bleed causes Colossal Might to increase the damage dealt by Deep Wounds and Rend by 3% per stack (was 2%).
      • Colossus: No Stranger to Pain increases total damage ignored by Ignore Pain by 20% (was 15%).
      • Mountain Thane: Lightning Strikes damage increased by 25%.
      • Mountain Thane: Ground Current damage increased by 25%.
      • Mountain Thane: Thorim’s Might causes Lightning Strikes to generate 3 Rage (was 5).
      • Mountain Thane: Thorim’s Might increases Revenge, Raging Blow, and Execute damage by 25% (was 15%).
      • Slayer: Culling Cyclone bonus Bladestorm damage reduced to 10% (was 20%).
      • Slayer: Opportunist now increases the damage and critical strike damage of your next Overpower or Raging Blow by 20% (was 30%).
    • Fury
      • Nerub-ar Palace 2-Set Bonus: Bloodthirst increases the damage of your next Rampage by 15% (was 10%). Does not affect PvP combat.
      • Nerub-ar Palace 4-Set Bonus: When Raging Blow resets its own cooldown, the damage of your next Bloodthirst is increased by 20%, stacking up to 2 times (was 10%). Does not affect PvP combat.
      • Mountain Thane: Crashing Thunder causes Thunder Clap to generate 8 Rage (was 5).
      • Mountain Thane: Strength of the Mountain increases Bloodthirst and Rampage damage by 30% (was 20%).
    • Protection
      • Mountain Thane: Thunder Blast generates 8 Rage (was 10).

Items and Rewards

  • Zekvir’s Lair no longer rewards Great Vault credit.
  • Addressed an issue with “Special Assignment” World Quests rewarding additional Great Vault credit.

Player versus Player

  • Crests now drop from Rated PvP activities. Weathered Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 1 activities. Carved Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 2, Challenger 1, and Challenger 2 activities. Runed Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Rival 1 and Rival 2 activities. Gilded Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Duelist and Elite activities.
  • Battleground Blitz
    • In Eye of the Storm, the first bases will spawn 20 seconds after the match starts (was 15 seconds), and after a flag is turned in, active bases will alternate after 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Death Coil damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Virulent Plague damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Frost Fever damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Blood Plague damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • All ability damage increased by 4% in PvP combat.
      • Immolation Aura damage increased by 13.6% in PvP combat.
  • Druid
    • Feral
      • Ferocious Wound (PvP Talent) now decreases maximum health by 3% per stack (was 5%).
    • Restoration
      • Tranquility healing increased by 30% in PvP combat.
      • Mana regeneration now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Hunter
    • Survival of the Fittest now provides 25% damage reduction in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Survival Tactics (PvP Talent) now has a 2 second duration (was 3 seconds).
    • Hero Talents
      • Dark Ranger: Smoke Screen now applies Survival of the Fittest at 50% effectiveness in PvP combat.
      • Sentinel: Don’t Look Back effectiveness reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  • Mage
    • Frigid Winds is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
    • Arcane
      • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 35% in PvP combat (was 20%).
      • Arcane Orb damage increased by 40% in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Fire
      • Pyroblast damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
      • Fireball damage increased by 150% in PvP combat (was 100%).
      • Scorch damage increased by 300% in PvP combat (was 200%).
      • Ignite damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
      • World in Flames (PvP Talent) now increases Flamestrike damage by up to 50% (was 100%).
      • Glass Cannon (PvP Talent) now decreases health by 30% (was 15%) and increases the damage done by Scorch, Fireball, and Ignite by 20% (was 30%).
  • Shaman
    • Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Elemental
      • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Chain Lightning damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Tempest damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Restoration
      • Healing Wave healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
      • Healing Surge healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Warlock
    • The effectiveness of Demon Skin’s armor bonus is no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
    • Demonic Resilience now reduces the damage taken by your primary pet by an additional 67% in PvP combat.
    • Affliction
      • Malevolent Visionary damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
      • Shadowbolt Volley damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
      • Soul Harvester: Wicked Reaping damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
      • Soul Harvester: Soul Anathema damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
      • Soul Harvester: Demonic Soul damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Demonology
      • Demonbolt damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
  • Warrior
    • Defensive Stance now reduces damage taken by 15% in PvP combat (was 10%).
    • Arms
      • Execute damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Mortal Strike damage increased by 55% in PvP combat (was 35%).
      • Master and Commander now reduces the cooldown of Rallying Cry by 120 seconds (was 90 seconds) and increases its effect by an additional 10% (was 15%).
    • Protection
      • Execute damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
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As of this morning a critical bug is affecting the Controlled Destruction talent for Fire mages, making the spec obscenely weak in single/low target scenarios.

It was previously bugged and provided 50% amp to Ignite, which was scheduled for a fix in the anniversary patch down to 25% (but we’d get compensations elsewhere for single target),
HOWEVER AS OF THIS MORNING IT IS PROVIDING ONLY A 5% AMP, and this was not stated in any hotfix, it can’t even be seen in spelldata!

This is literally making fire unplayable in raid.

FIX IT.

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A Please would work well just at the end of this

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Player versus Player

  • Crests now drop from Rated PvP activities. Weathered Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 1 activities. Carved Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 2, Challenger 1, and Challenger 2 activities. Runed Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Rival 1 and Rival 2 activities. Gilded Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Duelist and Elite activities.

Please confirm if Rated Blitz is not meant to provide these crests, as they currently don’t drop from this Rated Activity

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Can confirm, ignite is bugged rendering fire useless in mythic raid.
Please fix asap, I don’t want to be benched and refuse to play Arcane.
Ty.

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October 9, 2024

Dungeons

  • City of Threads
    • Void puddles will no longer spawn if the boss is immediately reset during the Coaglamation fight.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Echoing Shade and Nx’s Duskbringer to instantly deal damage instead of fading at the end of the Fangs of the Queen encounter
  • The Dawnbreaker
    • When modified by Xal’atath’s Bargain: Devour, the amount of healing Rasha’nan can receive has been adjusted to be more appropriate for the encounter.

Player versus Player

  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • Templar: Fixed a bug preventing recent PvP tuning from taking effect.
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Sorry just seen this, could you link that to me please?

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October 14, 2024

Achievements

  • The achievements Vox Arachni, True Strength, and The Grand Tapestry should now trigger as expected.

Classes

  • Mage
    • Fire
      • Corrected an issue with Controlled Destruction’s damage bonus to Ignite.
  • Warlock
    • Demonology
      • Fixed an issue where Ruination and Infernal Bolt could not be interrupted.

Delves

  • Defeating Zekvir in his Lair now rewards Crests and Valorstones once per character per week.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking
    • Fixed an issue where Titan Prison Fragment cannot be looted if Yogg-Saron was already killed this week.
  • The Dawnbreaker
    • Rasha’nan will no longer continue fighting the player after being brought below 60% health.
    • Resolved an issue causing Encroaching Shadows to be removed by immunity effects.
  • Siege of Boralus
    • Resolved an issue causing Fiery Ricochet to not apply its damage over time if a target was far away.
    • Resolved an issue that caused Sighted Artillery to not target players farther away from Dread Captiain Lockwood.
  • Stonevault
    • Resolved an issue causing summons such as Auto-Hammers from destroying Volatile Spikes on E.D.N.A
  • Nerub-ar Palace
    • Queen Ansurek
      • Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
      • Gloom Blast damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
      • When calculating applications of Frothy Toxin, only living players are now counted towards the maximum possible application amount on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • On Mythic difficulty:
        • Queen Ansurek’s health reduced by 5%.
        • Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 26.7%.
        • Silken Tomb health reduced by 20%.
        • Wrest damage (Intermission) reduced by 25%.
        • Grasping Silk maximum size reduced by 10%.
        • Shadowgate cast time increased by 20%.
        • Gloom Blast damage reduced by 25%.
        • Acolyte’s Essence periodic damage reduced by 15%.
        • Essence Scarred duration reduced by 50%.
        • Royal Condemnation damage reduced by 10%.
        • Summoned Acolyte health and Dark Barrier shield amount reduced by 15%.
        • Royal Shackle health reduced by 15%.

Player versus Player

  • Resolved an issue that allowed Battleground Blitz to grant progress towards the Vicious Skyflayer mount while below the required rating.
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The three spider achievements aren’t triggering as expected.

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Another single target nerf to an allrdy mediocre single target spec. good job and thanks

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October 15, 2024

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • An issue causing Subduing Grasp to be applied to the current target rather than the Death Grip target has been resolved.

Dungeons and Raids

  • When Xal’atath’s Bargain: Oblivion is active, Oblivion Crystals now move towards a player if they fail to find an enemy in combat.
  • When Xal’atath’s Bargain: Voidbound is active, the player buff effects are now 20% Versatility and 30% Cooldown Reduction (was 50% Cooldown reduction and 15% increased healing received).
  • The Necrotic Wake
    • The effects of Bloody Javelin no longer stack.
    • Zolramus Gatekeeper’s Wrath of Zolramus periodic damage reduced by 25%.
    • Skeletal Monstrosity’s enemy forces contributions increased by 20%.
    • Surgeon Stitchflesh’s health reduced by 20%.
    • Stitchflesh’s Creation’s Festering Rot damage reduced by 30%
  • The Stonevault
    • Skarmorak’s health reduced by 10%.
    • Skarmorak is now stunned for 4 seconds (was 2 seconds) after Fortified Shell is broken.
    • Skarmorak’s Crystalline Eruption damage reduced by 15%.
    • Void Speaker Eirich’s health reduced by 10%.
    • Increased the cooldown of Entropic Reckoning.
  • Nerub-ar Palace
    • The Silken Court
      • Mote duration before explosion increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
      • Void Degeneration and Burning Rage now kill the player at 4 stacks (was 3).
      • Fixed an issue with Anub’arash not casting Spike Storm if in the very middle of the room when it burrows.

Quests

  • “Emissary of War” should now progress its criteria when players complete a Season 1 Heroic dungeon.
  • Fixed an issue where Nerub-ar Finery for “The Finer Things” would continue to drop after reaching the intended weekly cap.
    • Developer’s note: Players with an unintended surplus of Finery will not be able to turn in the extras.
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When will you delete BM Hunter from the game?

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The “Sparks of War” weekly quest still resets after a relog.

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When will you fix protection paladin?

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October 16, 2024

Quests

  • Granted Nerub-ar Finery to characters who were put into an incorrect state after killing a Mythic raid boss before a previous hotfix was applied to the quest “The Finer Things”. If you’re not seeing the change on the affected character, log in and out of the game.
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Can you also look into the ball boss in Dawnbreaker?
The damage from that orb + the heavy AOE that that boss does right after is insane! will be a dead key for me during tyranical.

Also interupt/silence for Discipline/Holy Priests when?

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Not a single change for holy priests, the weakest m+ healer, who brings nothing to the table except for strong castable single target heal.

Your introduction of so called “hero” talent crippled us as a spec, we are worse than we used to be even in S2 Dragonflight since the start of this expansion. Not a single tuning here and 0 changes for the next big patch, is this sort of a joke?

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How about fixing PvP Crest Drops for Rated Blitz, or are we not classing this as “Rated PvP Activities”? Even though Blitz provides the same titles/achievements as Arena