With the Alpha open we can now have a first look at how the profession system will work in practice! So we’ve taken a look at how professions will work in Dragonflight and what Blacksmithing has to offer us.
As the Alpha and datamining continue we get more information on Dragonflight. Below is a roundup of new information and you can, of course, expect spoilers:
Dracthyr Racial Abilities
- Glide – Reduce your falling speed. You can activate this ability with the jump key while falling. (Instant, 1.5 sec cooldown) (Icy-veins)
- Soar – Muster your strength and launch into the air. Cooldown begins when you land. (1.5 sec cast, 5 min cooldown) (Icy-veins)
- Tail Swipe – Lash out with your tail, knocking enemies within 6 yds into the air. (Instant, 1.5 min cooldown) (Icy-veins)
- Visage – Switch between your Dracthyr and Visage forms. Your Visage puts your part at ease, significantly increasing out of combat health regeneration. (Instant) (Icy-veins)
- Wing Buffet – With a powerful flap of your wings, knock away enemies in front of you (Instant, 1.5 min cooldown) (Icy-veins)
- Awakened (Passive) – Increase your mastery by 2.5%. (Icy-veins)
- Discerning Eye (Passive) – Increases your Perception by 50. Perception increases the radius of tracking Mining and Herbalism nodes, and the chance of finding additional rare materials while gathering. (Icy-veins)
- Familiar Skies (Passive) – You fly 20% faster on continents that you have fully explored. (Icy-veins)
- Languages (Passive) – Common/Orcish, Draconic (Icy-veins)
Dracthyr Evoker
- They will be able to use the following weapons: Axes, Daggers, Fist Weapons, Maces, Staves and Swords (Icy-veins)
- Preservation Evokers (healers) will excel at big bursts of healing and supporting the group with hybrid and utility abilities (Taliesin & Evitel)
Talent System
- One of the goals is to add build diversity to classes (The Starting Zone)
- Not all builds have to go all the way to the bottom of the talent tree (The Starting Zone)
- Obviously it’s Alpha and there is a lot of tuning that still needs to be done. (Common sense & The Starting Zone)
- They are actively discussing the scenario where you can pick a talent that modifies an ability that you haven’t picked in the tree (The Starting Zone)
World/Outdoor Gameplay
- The increased view distance is currently only in the Dragon Isles (Taliesin & Evitel)
- The activities to progress on the reputation renown tracks will differ per faction. For Tuskarr you might have more fishing related quests while for the Centaur you’ll have to hunt. (Taliesin & Evitel)
Dungeons/Raids/Mythic+
- Brackenhide Hollow is a Gnoll themed dungeons with decay magic. (Taliesin & Evitel)
- Brackenhide Hollow is a dungeon that takes place outside in the world and is The Azure Span leveling dungeon (Taliesin & Evitel)
- The Azure Vaults is the max level Azure Span dungeon (Taliesin & Evitel)
- You travel down (vertically) deeper into The Azure Vaults as you progress through the dungeon (Taliesin & Evitel)
- They are quite happy with mega dungeons, they’re almost like 5 player raids and gives them a chance to tell a different story from the expansion’s main story (The Starting Zone)
- They’re having conversations around the loot of mega dungeons so that they remaing interesting before they join the M+ pool (The Starting Zone)
Professions
- 30 minute Phials are replacing Flasks in DF. They will cost roughly have the crafting mats and have more varied effects. (Wowhead)
- Potions remain mechanically the same, however there will now also be a potion cauldron! (Wowhead)
- Some potions and phials are toxic, meaning they have a bigger positive effect than regular potions but in turn have negative consequences too (Wowhead)
- A form of meta gem will come back for Jewelcrafting (Taliesin & Evitel)
- There are 3 new equipment slots for your professions, a tool + 2 accessories. While you’re crafting at a work station you will swap your look to using those items (Taliesin & Evitel)
- They really want Professions to be a pillar of content, for it to be a viable way of playing the game next to Raids/M+/PvP (The Starting Zone)
- Crafted PvP gear will have the maximum PvP ilvl in PvP situations. iLvl upgrades will be mainly for PvE content (The Starting Zone)
Dragon Riding
- Gameplay will change mostly during endgame content (customizations, talent tree), during leveling it will stay mostly the same (Taliesin & Evitel)
Achievements/Collections
- Datamining indicates we’ll get new transmog sets to unlock some previously unavailable recolors of past raid armor sets (The Lost Codex)
Misc
- While not much if anything will be encrypted during the Alpha/Beta for the leveling experience, at max level there will be surprises that are unlikely to be tested publicly. (Taliesin & Evitel)
- They were happy with how the Creation Catalyst played out but are having conversations about how long into a patch such a system should be activated (The Starting Zone)
Full Interviews/Sources:
Icy-veins Dracthyr Evoker Racials and Weapon Skills
Wowhead Phials Article
Wowhead Potions Article
Wowhead Potions Toxic Effects
Taliesin & Evitel Dev Interview
The Starting Zone Dev Interview
The Lost Codex Transmog Set Datamining
Previous Recaps:
WoW: Dragonflight Alpha Launch – Interview/Information Roundup
The Alpha for Dragonflight has officially begun!
Below is a roundup of new information, of course you can expect spoilers:
Alpha
- The Alpha will focus on different parts of the game every week (Official Bluepost)
- Week 1 will focus on the zone The Azure Span, the new race and class, Dragonriding, the new UI, Death Knight, Hunter, Druid, Priest and Rogue Talents, and the professions Alchemy and Blacksmithing. (Official Bluepost)
- Week 2 will focus on the new zone The Forbidden Reach. (Official Bluepost)
- Week 3 will focus on the new zones The Forbidden Reach and Waking Shores (Official Bluepost)
- Week 4 will focus on the new zones The Forbidden Reach and Thaldraszus (Official Bluepost)
- Week 5 will focus on the new zones The Forbidden Reach and Ohn’ahran Plain (Official Bluepost)
- Week 6+ are expected to have all zones playable (Official Bluepost)
- They’ve baked a lot of time into the Alpha/Beta schedule to iterate and process feedback (Wowhead)
Dragonflight Release
- They feel comfortable about a 2022 release, they have all zones ready for testing on the Alpha (Wowhead)
World/Outdoor Gameplay
- A preview was released of the first zone on the Alpha – The Azure Span
- Each of the zones will have their own world content progression (4 Zereth Mortises). You don’t have to do them to gain player power. (MrGM)
- Azure Span might be the largest zone in WoW History (MrGM)
- They are looking at Timewalking for outdoor content (MrGM)
- The maps for all 4 zones are already available (Wowhead)
- Renown will be used for each zone as an enhancement of reputations (Towelliee)
Dungeons/Raids/Mythic+
- Temple of the Jade Serpent and Court of Stars are likely candidates to be dungeons for M+ season 1 (MrGM)
- Ion wouldn’t be surprised if Shado-Pan Monastery will be a M+ dungeon sometime during DF (Towelliee)
- Legion M+ Timewalking will not exist in DF (MrGM)
- With the rotation of new dungeons every M+ season, the seasonal affixes will be more simple (Towelliee)
- BfA Timewalking is likely for DF (MrGM)
- The first raid is called Vault of the Incarnates and will contain 8 bosses (Icy-veins)
- They are looking at re-adding group loot to Raids only (Wowhead)
- They are looking at a scaling buff over time through gear (like in Uldir) to soft nerf raids over time (Towelliee)
- The 8 DF dungeons are: Brackenhide Hollow, Halls of Infusion, Neltharus, Ruby Life Pools, Taz’algeth Academy, The Azure Vault, The nokhud Offensive and Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr (Towelliee)
Professions
- They are still figuring out if Work Orders will be server wide or region wide. Will likely start off server wide (MrGM)
- You get a new bag slot specifically for a new profession materials bag. Kind of like the reagent bank but on your character’s inventory (Wowhead)
- Most crafting professions will require crafting tables spread throughout the zones and in the main city to craft recipes (Official Blogpost)
- Gathered reagents can stack up to 1000, up from 200 (Official Blogpost)
- Consumables such as potions can stack up to 200, up from 20 (Official Blogpost)
- Prospecting and milling are getting UI updates and will have recipes to unlock for each expansion (Official Blogpost)
- To recraft items you will need the Artisan’s Mettle crafting reagent (Official Blogpost)
- Tailors will be able to make 34 slot bags and 36 slot reagent bags for the new reagent bag slot (Wowhead)
- When crafting the best gear (mythic level) it will mostly be Bind on Pickup (Towelliee)
Dracthyr Evoker
- The talent trees have been datamined (Wowhead)
- They will join the Monk, Rogue, Warrior tier token (Wowhead)
- Dracthyr will show your shoulders and belt transmog. In your visage (human) form your entire transmog will be visible (Wowhead)
- It is very unlikely that Evokers will ever have a tank spec, they have been designed as a caster/ranged class (Towelliee)
Dragon Riding
- The progression system will be account wide (Wowhead)
- Dragon Riding is best learned by seeing it, Taliesin & Evitel have a good video to explain the gameplay
Cross Faction/Region Play
- Philosophically they are moving more towards an interconnected world where server doesn’t matter much (MrGM)
- Cross Faction guilds will not be available at the launch of DF, but is likely to be a subject over the course of the expansion (MrGM)
Story/Lore
- To confirm once again, DF will have a more grounded narrative compared to the last couple expansions (MrGM)
- Hemet Nesingwary is on the Dragon Isles but is retired
- Sindragosa will make an appearance
Achievements/Collections
- New achievements are being added for 500 mounts, 500 toys, 1250 Pets, 1500 Pets, 1750 Pet and 2000 Pets (Wowhead)
- Many new mounts have been datamined including a Fox Wyvern, Slugs and a new lava Mammoth (Wowhead)
- Blizzard agrees that the reward for the 500 mounts achievement should not be a yeti (Bluepost)
- MMO-Champion has datamined the first list of new achievements
Misc
- They hope to continue the encryption of content present on the PTR so that players can be unspoiled when new content comes out (MrGM)
- They are looking into raising the limit of 50 characters on an account to a higher amount (MrGM)
- They hope to add the vast number of character customization to other races in the future as well (Wowhead)
Full Interviews/Sources:
Alpha Schedule Bluepost
Dev Interview MrGM
Dev Interview Towelliee
Dragon Isles Dungeon Journal Preview Towelliee
Taliesin & Evitel Dragon Riding
Official Professions Blogpost
Icy-veins Raid Boss Preview
Wowhead Collection Achievements Datamined
Wowhead Tier Token Datamining
Wowhead Group Interview
Wowhead Bags Datamining
Wowhead New Mounts Datamining
Wowhead Maps Datamining
Wowhead Dungeon Loading Screens Datamining
MMO-Champion Achievements Datamining
Blizzard has announced you can earn the Fearless Spectator title by watching Warcraft esports in the coming weeks on Youtube! Additionally a surprise patch 9.2.7 has hit the PTR and the first change they have announced is that some categories of items such as consumables and crafting materials (e.g. herbs) on the Auction House will become region wide auctions!
Quote from: Blizzard
Viewers will have the chance to earn the new Fearless Spectator title while watching the upcoming Global Finals for AWC and MDI!
The WoW® Esports Shadowlands Global Finals are almost upon us! To celebrate the end of both Arena World Championship (AWC) and Mythic Dungeon International’s (MDI) Shadowlands seasons, we are offering viewers the chance to earn the exclusive Fearless Spectator in-game title. All you need to do is create a Blizzard account and link it with your YouTube account, then sit back and earn the title as you watch the top dungeon-running and pvp teams battle for their respective championships across three amazing weekends!
On July 8, the action begins when the top eight MDI teams from around the world battle for their share of the $300,000 (USD) prize pool and the title of MDI Shadowlands 2022 Global Champion. This will be followed by two hard-fought weekends of Arena action: first up is the AWC Grand Finals, which will see the top four teams from both the Americas and Europe battle to claim the Regional championships and a share of the $300,000 prize pool; followed by a brand-new cross-region tournament in which the top four teams from both regions will compete to see who are the dominant PvPers in Shadowlands!
We’ll share more details on each finals and the new cross-region tournament in the coming weeks, but until then make sure to read ahead for exactly how to connect your accounts in order to earn the Fearless Spectator title during the upcoming broadcasts. We’ll see you in the Shadowlands for one final season showdown!
Earning the Fearless Spectator Title
On one of the eligible YouTube Gaming channels, watch two total hours to receive the exclusive title. Time watched is cumulative across all three weekends, so even if you can’t watch for the full two hours in one sitting your time will still count toward earning the title
Watch Two Total Hours Across:
- MDI Global Finals: July 8 – 10, 2022
- AWC Grand Finals: July 16 – 17, 2022
- AWC Cross-Region Tournament: July 23 – 24, 2022
Eligible Channels
Connecting Your Accounts
Before you can receive rewards, you’ll need to link your YouTube and Blizzard Battle.net accounts. Here’s how:
- Log in or create an account on YouTube.
- Navigate to Account Sharing under “Connected Apps” in Settings.
- Select “Connect” next to Battle.net
- Follow the simple prompts to finish connecting accounts.
- When connecting accounts, be sure that you’re currently logged into the Blizzard account on which you’d like to receive your Drops.
- Click here for a full set of official rules for the WoW Esports Fearless Spectator Title.
Stay tuned for more details on all of the events to come, and remember to subscribe to the Warcraft YouTube channel to receive notifications when each broadcast starts. Go with honor!
9.2.7 PTR Development Notes
Quote from: Blizzard
World of Warcraft Version 9.2.7 PTR
AUCTION HOUSE UPDATE: REGION-WIDE COMMODITIES
- Auction Houses across all realms on a given region will now share commodity listings (gems, herbs, flasks, consumables, etc.). Items that aren’t commodities –- like armor and weapons –- will continue to be realm-specific.
- Developers’ note: The Auction House you know and use today should look and feel exactly the same; it’ll just have way more buyers and sellers available to you for commodities. We’d love for players to hop on the PTR, copy over their characters, and help us test the Auction House across the entire PTR region. We might schedule a specific time in a few weeks for everyone to hop on at the same time to help stress it, details tbd.
USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY
- A new chat channel for searching or advertisement of services like raiding, dungeons, or PvP activities has been added: Trade (Services).
- Developers’ note: The trade channel that’s been in the game for 18 years will continue to exist, but we wanted to add a new channel to direct messages about the request and advertisement of services like raiding, dungeons, or PvP activities. If you’re looking to buy or sell these kind of services, this is the channel for you! If you’re not interested in those, you can leave the channel and avoid the noise, or move it into its own chat tab. We believe that with this new distinction, you’ll be able to keep Trade chat for the traditional buying and selling of items and professions, and not other chatter.
Season 4 is closer than you may have thought! Blizzard just announced that Season 4 will start on the first reset of August! Season 4 will contain the experimental Fated Raids system as well as a Mythic+ season that will include the mega dungeons we’ve seen in the last 3 expansions as well as 2 WoD dungeons!
Quote from: Blizzard
Greetings Champions.
Shadowlands Season 3 is coming to a close, and our experimental Season 4 will begin with the weekly reset the week of 2 August.
Here’s what to expect with the Season 3 end:
Shadowlands Season 3: PvP
- The current season of Shadowlands PvP content will end at 10:00 p.m. the night before maintenance in each region (August 1 at 10:00 p.m. PDT for North America realms / 2 August at 22:00 CEST for European realms).
- With the season’s end, it will no longer be possible to earn PvP seasonal rewards, titles, or Shadowlands Season 3 rankings.
Shadowlands Season 3: Mythic+
- The current season of Mythic+ content will end with the start of regional maintenance on 3 August. With the season’s end, ratings that qualify for the 0.1% “Cryptic Hero” title and achievement will be recorded.
- The “Cryptic Hero” title will be rewarded during the following weeks after the season ends, so be to wait to change factions until after you have received the title.
Good luck battling to a glorious finish of the season!
The pre-order for Dragonflight has become available and includes different pets, a mount and transmogs depending on the type of pre-order you buy! Most interestingly Blizzard seems to be aiming for a release before the end of this year despite the fact that we haven’t even gotten a public Alpha test yet! Check out all the details below:
Quote from: Blizzard
World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight is now available for pre-purchase in-game and through the Blizzard Shop!
As long-dormant forces begin to stir in their sacred homeland, the dragons of Azeroth—at times both allies and adversaries of the mortal races—call on the heroes of the Alliance and Horde to help reckon with the looming threats and ancient mysteries on the verge of awakening.
Take Wing to a New Beginning
Join forces with the dragonflights of Azeroth as they return to the Dragon Isles, a lost realm of magic and wonder. There await the dracthyr evokers, an all-new playable race and class of humanoid dragonkin who stand ready to join the ranks of the Horde and Alliance.
Dragonflight is now available for purchase in three digital editions: Base, Heroic, and Epic.
Base edition Contents
- The expansive Dragonflight experience.
- Drakks pet (as a pre-purchase bonus item*)
Heroic Edition Contents
- The expansive Dragonflight experience.
- Murkastrasza pet
- Tangled Dreamweaver mount
- Dragonflight-level (level 60) character boost**
- Drakks pet (as a pre-purchase bonus item*)
Epic Edition Contents
- All content from the Heroic Edition
- Wings of Awakening (back-slot with 5 color variants)
- Diadem of the Spell-Keeper: A crown once worn by Sindragosa herself, this head-slot transmog radiates with the magical energies of the blue dragonflight.
- Timewalker’s Hearthstone Effect
- 30 Days of game time
- Drakks pet (as a pre-purchase bonus item*)
Whether you’re just returning to World of Warcraft or inviting a friend along, the Complete Collection can help you get right into the action.
Complete Collection – Heroic Edition
- Every base expansion to date.
- Shadowlands Heroic Edition, including Ensorcelled Everwyrm flying mount (grants a quest for the Vestments of the Eternal Traveler transmog set.)
- The complete Dragonflight experience.
- Two Character Boosts (Shadowlands Character Boost to Level 50 and Dragonflight Character Boost to level 60)
- 30 Days of Game time
- Tangled Dreamweaver flying mount
- Murkastrasza pet
- Drakks pet (as a pre-purchase bonus item*)
Complete Collection – Epic Edition
- Every base expansion to date.
- Shadowlands Heroic Edition, including Ensorcelled Everwyrm flying mount (grants a quest for the Vestments of the Eternal Traveler transmog set.)
- The expansive Dragonflight experience.
- Two Character Boosts (Shadowlands Character Boost to Level 50 and Dragonflight Character Boost to level 60)
- A total of 60 Days of Game time
- Tangled Dreamweaver flying mount
- Murkastrasza pet
- Wings of Awakening (back-slot with 5 color variants)
- Diadem of the Spell-Keeper: A crown once worn by Sindragosa herself, this head-slot transmog radiates with the magical energies of the blue dragonflight.
- Timewalker’s Hearthstone Effect
- Drakks pet (as a pre-purchase bonus item*)
All bonuses from the Heroic and Epic Editions are unlocked immediately upon pre-purchase. All new race & class, the Dracthyr Evoker available at or before launch.
Dragonflight Expansion Features
- Discover the Dragon Isles—Journey to the new level cap of 70 and explore the primordial wonder and ancient secrets of the Dragon Isles across four new zones: the roiling Waking Shores; the vast Ohn’ahran Plains; the stark Azure Span; and ancient, majestic Thaldraszus.
- New Race/Class Combo— Menace your foes (or empower your allies) as a Dracthyr Evoker, WoW’s first ever race/class combo. Design both humanoid and draconic forms, pick between the Alliance and Horde, and venture forth as a healer (Preservation specialization) or ranged damage-dealer (Devastation specialization) that harnesses the collective might of all dragonkind.
- Soar Through the Skies—Dragonriding, an all-new method of aerial movement, allows you to take to the skies atop a Dragon Isles Drake, which you will befriend in each of the four new zones as you level up. Customize your drakes as you progress, collecting more appearance options and unlocking new abilities that will enable them to fly farther and faster.
- New Talent System—With this overhaul, you’ll be able to make creative and flavorful talent choices at every level without compromising your effectiveness.
- New Profession System Updates—Crafters rejoice! We’re introducing player-driven work orders, new profession equipment, an all-new specialization system, and more to help you become the artisan renowned through the realm.
- New Hud UI—Get ready for a fully updated and customizable Heads Up Display (HUD) User Interface (UI) that’s been created with contemporary displays in mind, designed to be effective, attractive, and accessible.
Pre-purchase World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight or the Complete Collection now to unlock a trove of items to aid you in your coming adventures.
Get the Dragonflight Collector’s Edition
Prepare to step into the Dragon Isles with this limited-edition Epic Edition Collector’s Set, featuring a trove of rare and wondrous items to aid you on your journey into a new land.
- Dragonflight Five-Pin Collector’s Set: Add iconic representations of Azeroth’s five primary dragonflights to your pin collection–red, green, black, blue, and bronze.
- Art of Dragonflight- Hardback Art Book: Explore the visual development of the Dragon Isles, a remote realm of Azeroth that has remained hidden since the Great Sundering 10,000 years ago.
- Alexstrasza Mousepad: Emblazoned with the powerful visage of the Life-Binder herself, standing proud in both her dragon and high elf forms.
Epic In-Game Content
- Drakks pet (as a pre-purchase bonus item) and Murkastrasza pet: Explore the Dragon Isles alongside your diminutive, new draconic companions.
- Tangled Dreamweaver mount: Take wing with the Tangled Dreamweaver as you soar across the Dragon Isles and beyond.
- Wings of Awakened: A back-slot transmog, which includes 5 color variants, one for each of the major Dragonflights.
- Diadem of the Spell-Keeper: A back-slot transmog, which includes 5 color variants, one for each of the major Dragonflights.
- Timewalker’s Hearthstone Effect: Ride the sands of time back to an inn you’ve previously visited with this unique cosmetic effect for your Hearthstone.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight PC/Mac Game Key
You’ll also receive an Epic Edition digital key to unlock the full version of Dragonflight and 30 days of game time. The Dragonflight Collector’s Edition is available to pre-order now on the Blizzard Gear Store now.
Upgrading From Base Edition, Heroic Edition, or Epic Edition to Collector’s Edition
If you’ve purchased a digital copy of Dragonflight from our in-game shop or Blizzard shop, and want to upgrade to the Collector’s Edition, we will automatically credit you the cost of the digital copy in Blizzard Balance—as long as you enter the Collector’s Edition key before 11:59 p.m. PDT on December 31, 2023. When you enter the key from your Collector’s Edition, the credit will automatically kick in based on the original transaction on your account.
Remember, you will need to enter the Collector’s Edition key before 11:59 p.m. PST on December 31, 2023, as automatic Blizzard Balance credits will be turned off at that time.
Please note, if you originally bought a lower-priced edition and then upgraded to a higher-priced edition, you will be credited based on the original purchase only. Here are the specific scenarios:
Epic Edition > Collector’s Edition
If you originally bought the Epic Edition of Dragonflight and pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition, your Blizzard Balance credit will be for the price you paid for the Epic Edition.
Heroic Edition > Epic Edition > Collector’s Edition
If you bought the Heroic Edition, upgraded to the Epic Edition at a later date, then pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition of Dragonflight, your Blizzard Balance credit will be the price you paid for the original Heroic Edition.
Heroic Edition > Collector’s Edition
If you originally bought the Heroic Edition of Dragonflight and pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition, your Blizzard Balance credit will be the price you paid for the Heroic Edition.
Base Edition > Heroic Edition > Collector’s Edition
If you bought the Base Edition, upgraded to the Heroic Edition at a later date, then pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition of Dragonflight, your Blizzard Balance credit will be the price you paid for the original Base Edition.
Base Edition > Heroic Edition > Epic Edition > Collector’s Edition
If you bought the Base Edition, upgraded to the Heroic Edition and then the Epic Edition at a later date, then pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition of Dragonflight, your Blizzard Balance credit will be the price you paid for the original Base Edition.
World of Warcraft®: Dragonflight™ will be available on or before December 31, 2022. To learn more, visit the expansion’s official website at https://dragonflight.blizzard.com.
*Drakks pet as a pre-purchase bonus item offer ends with the launch of Dragonflight.
**In-game items and Character Boost not available in World of Warcraft® Classic.
A new patch means a new batch of bugs that will make their way to the servers, and thus the hotfixes have started coming in again! We start this set of hotfixes with some scaling fixes in Mythic+, Dark Iron Dwarf heritage quest accessibility fixes and Cross Faction being temporarily closed for Rated PvP!
Hotfixes: June 1, 2022
Quote from: Blizzard
June 1, 2022
Classes
- Mage
- Resolved an issue that caused Mage Portals to Oribos to not appear while phased.
- Warlock
- Affliction
- Malefic Wrath (Runecarving Power) will once again be able to stack up to 3 times.
- Affliction
Dungeons and Raids
- Sepulcher of the First Ones
- Resolved an issue that was caused Mythic difficulty to not appear as an available option in the Premade Group Finder.
- Tazavesh: So’leah’s Gambit
- So’leah
- Resolved an issue that would cause So’leah to path erratically after Power Overwhelming.
- So’leah
Developer’s note: It turns out that prior to 9.2.5 some creatures and abilities were not scaling with Mythic+ Keystone level as intended. A bug fix with the patch corrected the scaling, but also unintentionally increased the health and damage of those creatures. The adjustments below for Halls of Atonement, Theater of Pain, and Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder are intended to offset this increase in difficulty and bring affected creatures back in line with player expectations.
- Halls of Atonement
- High Adjudicator Aleez
- Pulse from Beyond damage reduced by 66%.
- High Adjudicator Aleez
- Theater of Pain
- Mordretha
- Deathwalker Health reduced by 60%.
- Death Bolt damage reduced by 40%.
- Death Bolt cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
- Fixed an issue where Deathwalkers were treated as players for the purpose of crowd control duration.
- Mordretha
- Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
- Zo’phex
- Health reduced by 5%.
- Security Measure damage reduced by 66%.
- Armed Security damage reduced by 60%.
- Zo’phex
Items and Rewards
- Players who unlocked Dark Iron Dwarf Heritage Armor on one character can now unlock the Dark Iron Dwarf Heritage Weapons and mount on a different character.
Rated PvP Temporarily Closed to Cross-faction Groups
Quote from: Blizzard
In order to address issues we’re seeing with cross-faction PvP, we’re in the process of disabling the ability for cross-faction groups to enter the rated PvP queue. This will require that we re-start all realms.
We’ve been working on these issues as a priority, but we expect that the fix is going to take more than a few hours for us to develop, test, and deploy.
We’ll let you know as soon as we’ve got a fix and are ready to re-enable rated cross-faction PvP play.