The War Within Patch 11.2.5 Development Notes

In Development Patch 11.2.5 Public Test Realm
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Hello testers! Legion Remix has returned to the 11.2.5 PTR for testing. Please see the below with all the changes in this week’s build:

LEGION REMIX

  • On PTR Only
    • Bronze Brannbeard now offers an option to skip to max level and the end of the Skies of Fire (phase 1) experience.
    • Bronze Brannbeard now offers more free gear and mementos.
    • Bronze Brannbeard now appears at Krasus’ Landing as well as the Infinite Bazaar.
  • XP
    • Added two Perfected Epoch Mementos (+10% Warband XP each) to introductory quest rewards.
    • Added two Perfected Epoch Mementos (+10% Warband XP each) for the first character in your Warband to reach level 40 and 80 respectively.
    • Increased the rate of Resonant Epoch Mementos (+1% Warband XP each) from Infinite Research quests.
    • At level 70, players now gain Moratari’s Infinite Wisdom, increasing XP gains by 250% permanently for that character.
    • Increased XP gained from raid bosses and Infinite Research raiding quests.
    • Heroic World Tier now increases XP gained from kills by 500% (was 100%).
  • Rewards
    • Increased Bronze and Epoch Mementos from raid bosses.
    • Raid bosses now drop a number of Fragmented Mementos of Epoch Challenges based on their difficulty.
    • Quests can now drop an additional Corrupted Thorn of the Dream (and similar items in later phases).
    • Empowered enemies in the Heroic World Tier now have a chance to drop Corrupted Thorn of the Dream (and similar items in later phases).
    • Rares and Rare Elites now have a chance to drop Corrupted Thorn of the Dream (and similar items in later phases) on their first kill each day.
    • Significantly increased the rewards from completing the Withered Training scenario for the first time each day.
    • Added new quests “Infinite Research: Special Assignment” which are offered every 10 levels and provide 4 additional pieces of gear, of which 1 is guaranteed to be Epic.
    • Greatly increased Bronze earned from enemies in Heroic World Tier.
    • Increased drop rate of Epoch Mementos from enemies in Heroic World Tier.
  • Combat
    • Significantly increased player power scaling relative to enemy scaling in Normal World Tier, Normal dungeons, and LFR raids.
      • Developers’ notes: These changes aim to increase the value provided from acquiring better gear and more artifact power.
    • The Limits Unbound artifact trait no longer diminishes in efficacy with subsequent ranks; this trait now grants a consistent level of power per rank for all ranks.
    • Reduced the cost to purchase your second active artifact ability by 20%.
    • Eternus’s Ambition now grants 20% class resource upon entering combat while under the effects of Nostwin’s Impatience.
  • Dungeons and Raids
    • Greatly reduced overall enemy health by at least 40% and damage by at least 50% across all dungeons and raid difficulties.
    • Trial of Valor and its introductory questline are now included in the Skies of Fire phase.
    • The Bolstering affix now increases allies’ health by 10% (previously: increases allies’ damage by 20%).
  • Heroic World Tier
    • Rares in the Heroic World Tier are now always empowered.
    • Significantly reduced the health of enemies summoned from Beacon of Chaos.
    • Increased the radius of Imperious by 25%.
    • Reduced the duration of suppressing Fel Raiser by 20%.
    • Reduced the damage of Corruption of the Engorged by 33%.
    • Increased the duration of Corruption of the Engorged by 66%.
    • Corruption of the Engorged is now magic-dispellable.
  • Timewarped Obelisks
    • Offering of Brutality damage increased by 250%.
    • Offering of Brutality’s final explosion now deals an additional 10% damage for each stack of Brutality.
    • Offering of Restoration now also grants 20% Leech.
    • Significantly increased the damage and attention span of Offering of the Pact’s Fel Trickster.
    • Offering of the Void can now trigger from any ability (was only critical hits), deals 100% increased damage, and has a larger radius.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue causing artifact traits to not scale appropriately for Warriors, Hunters, and Rogues; these classes should see a significant increase in power from artifact traits as a result.
    • Fixed an issue where keystone dungeon rewards did not scale proportionally to the increased difficulty.
    • Fixed an issue where Artifactium Sand was not dropping at the expected rate.
    • Fixed an issue where healing could cause more threat than intended.
    • Fixed an issue where leveling up would switch your flight style to Steady Flight.
    • Fixed an issue where leaving the timeline could cause excessive dislocation.
    • Fixed an issue where Eternus was not administering her own trials.
    • Fixed an issue where converting your Timerunner would give insufficiently powerful gear.
    • Fixed several issues where quest progression was blocked due to timeline shenanigans.
    • Fixed several issues with Druid travel forms.
    • Fixed many other miscellaneous issues.

ITEMS

  • The following D.I.S.C. Belt abilities have had their damage and stat effects reduced by 20%:
    • Charged Bolts
    • Critical Chain
    • Spark Burst
    • Static Charge
    • Electric Current
    • Charged Crystal