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Category: Dragonflight

Hotfixes: August 7-10, 2023

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August 10, 2023

Classes

  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • Fixed an issue that caused Lifebloom to be castable in Moonkin Form when talented into Undergrowth.
      • Fixed an issue that caused multiple stacks of Clearcasting to be consumed at once when talented into the Rampant Growth and Undergrowth and when talented into the Rampant Growth and Power of the Archdruid.
  • Mage
    • Frost
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ice Floes to be consumed by Flurry and Frost Bomb’s detonation.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Burst of Life talent to not function.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Fixed an issue that caused Light of Dawn to consume both Divine Purpose and Shining Righteousness if active at the same time.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Brackenhide Hollow
    • Fixed an issue where Wilted Oak’s Stomp ability could stun pets.
  • Grimrail Depot
    • Nitrogg Thundertower
      • Fixed an issue where Blackrock Mortar could do excessive damage.
  • Neltharus
    • Chargath
      • Fixed an issue that would cause Chargath’s Dragon Strike to fail.
      • Chargath will no longer cast Fiery Focus if exceptionally fast players Fetter him before he would begin casting the ability.
  • Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
    • Emberon
      • Fixed an issue where Emberon’s abilities were immediately available to cast after Purging Flames, rather than having an initial cooldown time.
  • Mythic+
    • Fixed an issue where Priests in Spirit of Redemption form when a Mythic+ dungeon is completed would not be eligible to trade their Keystone, even if they met all other eligibility requirements.

Player versus Player

  • Mage
    • Arcane
      • Fixed an issue that caused Touch of the Magi to not benefit from the damage dealt by Ring of Fire.
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Fixed an issue causing this week’s Shadow Word: Pain damage adjustment to apply to PvP combat.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

  • Shaman
    • Fixed an issue where Greater Fire Elemental was not casting Fire Nova on targets of a certain size.

August 7, 2023

Classes [With Weekly Maintenance]

  • Except where noted, all changes will be offset so that they do not apply to PvP.
  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Epidemic damage increased by 8%.
      • Bursting Sores damage increased by 12%.
  • Druid
    • Guardian
      • Thrash damage reduced by 8%. This change will also affect PvP combat.
      • Raze damage reduced by 8%. This change will also affect PvP combat.
  • Evoker
    • Augmentation
      • Developers’ notes: Augmentation Evoker is adding a significant amount of damage to their party while also providing strong utility and survivability. For this week, we’d like to reduce some of the damage contributions from their buffs to help bring them more in line with other classes.
      • Breath of Eons accumulates 10% of damage done by allies with your Ebon Might (was 15%).
      • Fate Mirror’s chance to proc has been reduced to 10% (was 15%).
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Multi-Shot damage increased 8%.
      • Explosive Shot damage increased 10%.
      • Trick Shots increases the damage of your next Aimed Shot or Rapid Fire by 70% (was 65%).
  • Mage
    • Fire
      • Flamestrike damage decreased by 10%.
      • Flame Patch damage decreased by 10%.
      • Conflagration damage decreased by 10%.
      • Meteor damage decreased by 10%.
      • Phoenix Flames damage decreased by 10%.
      • Living Bomb damage decreased by 10%.
    • Frost
      • Comet Storm damage decreased by 6%.
      • Blizzard damage decreased by 8%.
      • Frozen Orb damage decreased by 8%.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • All healing reduced by 5%.
      • Light’s Protection now reduces damage taken by 10% (was 16%).
      • Overflowing Light now creates an absorb shield for 30% of Glimmer of Light’s overhealing (was 50%).
      • Tyr’s Deliverance now increases healing taken from Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock by 15% (was 25%).
      • Blessing of Summer now causes attacks to deal 25% additional damage as Holy (was 30%).
      • Fading Light now creates an absorb shield for 3% of the healing or damage done from Holy Power generators (was 10%).
      • Righteous Judgment now has a 30% chance to activate Consecration (was 50%). This change will also affect PvP combat.
      • Consecration damage reduced by 25%. This change will also affect PvP combat.
    • Retribution
      • Divine Storm damage increased by 8%.
      • Wake of Ashes damage increased 10%.
      • Consecration damage increased 12%.
  • Priest
    • Vampiric Embrace now heals a nearby ally for 40% of any single-target Shadow spell damage dealt (was 50%). This change will also affect PvP combat.
    • San’layn now reduces the cooldown of Vampiric Embrace by 30 seconds (was 45 seconds). This change will also affect PvP combat.
    • Discipline
      • Developers’ notes: Discipline Priest is not performing as well as we’d like, so for this week we’re increasing their Atonement healing. In a future patch, we are working on redesigning some of their talent options and making tuning adjustments there as well.
      • Atonement heals for 40% of damage done (was 36%). This change will also affect PvP combat.
    • Holy
      • Rhapsody now stacks every 1 second (was 2 seconds) and causes Holy Nova to deal 20% increased damage per stack (was 10%). This change will also affect PvP combat.
      • Rhapsody now highlights Holy Nova while at 20 stacks. This change will also affect PvP combat.
    • Shadow
      • Vampiric Touch damage reduced by 20%.
      • Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 15%.
      • Shadowy Apparition damage reduced by 15%.
      • Healing from Vampiric Embrace is no longer reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Rogue
    • Outlaw
      • All ability damage increased by 5%. This change will also affect PvP combat.
      • Auto attack damage increased by 5%. This change will also affect PvP combat.
  • Warrior
    • Ravager damage increased 8%.
    • Thunderous Roar damage increased 8%.
    • Fury
      • Improved Whirlwind increases your next single target abilities by 55% (was 50%).

Dragonriding

  • Fixed an issue where the Renewed Proto-Drake first granted to new accounts learning dragonriding didn’t appear to be usable after learning.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
    • The Forgotten Experiments
      • Fixed an issue causing the periodic damage of Unstable Essence to not apply correctly.
  • Neltharus
    • Fixed an issue where Burning Chains could sometimes fail to damage enemies.
    • Fixed an issue where a single Burning Chain could sometimes damage enemies multiple times.
    • Magmatusk
      • Fixed an issue where Magmatusk could sometimes turn unexpectedly while casting Lava Spray.

Items

  • Fixed an issue where the Prophetic Stonescale was preventing death from any amount of lethal damage taken. It now only prevents death from damage less than or equal to the highest amount it can restore.
  • The drop rate of catch-up Splintered Sparks of Shadowflame has been greatly increased for PvP content.
  • Fixed an issue that caused catch-up Splintered Sparks of Shadowflame to not drop as often as intended from certain Rated PvP activities.

Hotfixes: August 3, 2023

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August 3, 2023

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Death Knights’ Dark Simulacrum will no longer affect or be consumed by Evokers’ empower spells.
  • Evoker
    • Preservation
      • Fixed an issue where Flow State would not increase the cooldown recovery rate of Emerald Communion.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Fixed a bug that caused Castle Nathria to be offered in Raid Finder at level 70.

Pet Battles

  • Fixed an issue preventing players of the same faction from starting Pet Battle Duels.

Player versus Player

  • Death Knight
    • Fixed an issue that allowed Dark Simulacrum (PvP Talent) to be consumed by Evoker’s empower spells.

Trading Post

  • Fixed a bug that caused some frozen items to not be properly displayed as frozen.

User Interface and Accessibility

  • Fixed an issue that removed favorited Crafting Order recipes when logging out.

Patch 10.1.7 PTR Development Notes 2 August 2023

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Hello everyone!
Here is what you can find with this week’s Fury Incarnate PTR update:

EASTERN KINGDOMS CUP

  • Soar through Eastern Kingdoms skies with the dragonrider racing event, Eastern Kingdoms Cup. Challenge 16 races across Eastern Kingdoms in Normal, Advanced, and Reverse variations to earn Riders of Azeroth Badges to exchange for rewards with Maztha.
    • Head to the Holiday Enthusiast outside Valdrakken’s bank to pick up the initial quest.

CLASSES

  • MONK
    • Mistweaver
      • The locations of Mists of Life and the Nourishing Chi / Calming Coalescence choice node have swapped.

DUNGEONS AND RAIDS

  • DAWN OF THE INFINITE
    • The mega-dungeon has been split into two separate dungeons on Heroic difficulty: Galakrond’s Fall and Murozond’s Rise.
    • Players can use Dungeon Finder or walk into the instance to access Heroic difficulty.
    • The original Mythic difficulty will continue to exist for players who prefer that challenge.

New Class Sets Coming to the Trading Post!, Wrap Up the Summer with the August Trading Post

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Beginning with the month of September and each month through December, the Trading Post will be introducing new transmogs sets and new transmog weapon sets specific to each class.  Each armor set comes with three pieces: helm, shoulder, and belt, and each weapon set comes with 3 weapons to match each discipline—with the exception of Druids having 4 and Demon Hunters with 2.

You’ll be able to purchase these items with any class character to add to your transmog collection. Keep in mind that only the intended class will be able to use the armor set transmogs and weapon set transmogs. Armor sets will be available to purchase for 450 Trader’s Tender each, and weapon sets will be available to purchase for 500 Trader’s Tender each. Here’s what you can look forward to in the months ahead.

September

Armor Sets

  • Paladin: Plate of the Light Avenger
  • Priest: Silks of the Unnamed Cult
  • Rogue: Blood Onyx Uniform

Paladin Weapons

 

Armaments of the Light Avenger: Club of the Light Avenger (1-Hand Mace), Hammer of the Light Avenger (2-Hand Mace), Kite of the Light Avenger (Shield)

Priest Weapons

 

Secrets of the Unnamed Cult: Scepter of the Unnamed Cult (1-Hand Mace), Libram of the Unnamed Cult (Off-Hand), Staff of the Unnamed Cult (Staff)

Rogue Weapons

 

Blood Onyx Blades: Blood Onyx Shortblade (1-Hand Sword), Blood Onyx Serrated Edge (Dagger), Blood Onyx Impaler (Dagger)

October

Armor Sets

  • Death Knight: Webbed Saronite Exoskeleton
  • Demon Hunter: Nathreza Blasphemer’s Flames
  • Druid: Ashamane’s Vestment of Rebirth

Death Knight Weapons

 

Webbed Saronite Weaponry: Webbed Saronite Eviscerator (1-Hand Sword), Webbed Saronite Greataxe (2-Hand Axe), Webbed Saronite Devourer (2-Hand Sword)

Demon Hunter Weapons

 

Nathreza Blasphemer’s Glaives: Nethreza Blasphemer’s Wingglaive (Warglaive), Nathreza Blasphemer’s Warglaive (Warglaive)

Druid Weapons

 

Ashamane’s Blessings of Rebirth: Ashamane’s Claws of Rebirth (Fist Weapon), Ashamane’s Blade of Rebirth (Dagger), Ashamane’s Crescent of Rebirth (Staff), Ashamane’s Jewel of Rebirth (Staff)

November

Armor Sets

  • Warlock: Jewels of the Alluring Call
  • Monk: Possessed Watcher Guise
  • Warrior: Savage Champion’s Trophies

Monk Weapons

 

Possessed Watcher Arsenal: Possessed Watcher Fan (Fist Weapon), Possessed Watcher Bloom (Staff), Possessed Watcher Keg (Staff)

Warlock Weapons

 

Instruments of the Alluring Call: Flayer of the Alluring Call (Dagger), Effigy of the Alluring Call (Off Hand), Caduceus of the Alluring Call (Staff)

Warrior Weapons

 

Savage Champion’s Aggression: Savage Champion’s Gladius (1-Hand Sword), Savage Champion’s Disemboweler (2-Hand Sword), Savage Champion’s Thorns (Shield)

December

Armor Sets

  • Evoker: Scales of the Silver Hoarder
  • Hunter: Hornstrider Warrior’s Camouflage
  • Mage: Battle Magister’s Regalia
  • Shaman: Imminence of Krag’wa’s Executor

Evoker Weapons

 

Treasure of the Silver Hoarder: Saber of the Silver Hoarder (1-Hand Sword), Flames of the Silver Hoarder (Off Hand), Flight of the Silver Hoarder (Staff)

Hunter Weapons

 

Hornstrider Warrior’s Preference: Hornstrider’s Warrior’s Pride (Bow), Hornstrider’s Warrior’s Harpooner (Gun), Hornstrider Warrior’s Serrator (Polearm)

Mage Weapons

 

Battle Magister’s Enchantments: Battle Magister’s Scimitar (1-Hand Sword), Battle Magister’s Scepter (Off Hand), Battle Magister’s Shard (Staff)

Shaman Weapons

 

Tools of Krag’wa’s Executor: Hatchet of Krag’wa’s Executor (1-Hand Axe), Talons of Krag’wa’s Executor (Fist Weapon), Safeguard of Krag’wa’s Executor (Shield)

Make sure you plan accordingly and save your Trader’s Tender for the sets and weapons you want to collect most!

Wrap Up the Summer with the August Trading Post

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The days of summer may be winding down, but you can still heat things up with a variety of hot new items in ravishing red or cool things down with some tranquil blue items in the Trading Post*. You’ll stand out with this month’s signature item—the Bones of the Bloodhunter ensemble.

Earn an additional 200 Trader’s Tender through a variety of activities during August to help you purchase the items you want most.

Visit T&W** (Tawney and Wilder) just outside the Mage District in Stormwind or the Zen’shiri Trading Post next to Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar to check out all the latest items*** they have available.

Here’s What’s in Stock for August

This Month’s Bonus Reward

Ensemble: Bones of the Bloodhunter

Complete activities to fill the bar at the top of the Traveler’s Log found in the Adventure Guide (Shift-J)***, and you’ll receive this month’s bonus reward— the Bones of the Bloodhunter Ensemble. This set includes eight pieces (head, shoulder, chest, waist, legs, feet, hand, cloak) to wear all together or to mix and match to create your own unique look.

Hotfixes: July 27-28, 2023

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July 28, 2023

Achievements

  • Embers of Neltharion should now properly display all required criteria.

Classes

  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery and Survival
      • Fixed an issue where Ebon Might from an Augmentation Evoker did not properly increase the damage of Kill Command.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
    • Improved the visibility on Whisper in the Dark’s Umbral Torrent to better match its area of effect.
    • Echo of Neltharion
      • The Normal and Heroic difficulty encounter should no longer respawn if players have previously cleared the encounter and skip defeating Magmorax.
  • Dawn of the Infinite
    • Fixed an issue that could cause some enemies’ damage and heal absorb effects to be much weaker than intended.
      • Developers’ note: An issue was recently introduced that caused certain absorb effects in Dawn of the Infinite to be weaker than expected. This change restores these values to roughly what they were just before the patch. We don’t anticipate any significant issues with dungeon difficulty as a result, but we’ll keep a close eye on it.

July 27, 2023

Classes

  • Evoker
    • Augmentation
      • Oppressing Roar no longer increases the duration of Breath of Eons while talented into Perilous Fate.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Neltharus
    • Burning Chains no longer affect creatures outside of the Smoldering Barracks.

Professions

  • Blacksmithing
    • Fixed an issue where the Shadowed Impact Buckler had a higher crafting difficulty than intended.

Quests

  • The turn-in for “Hochenblume Harvest” should now only take the expected 5 Hochenblume.

Prime Gaming Loot: Get the Silver Pig Pet, Hotfixes: July 26, 2023

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We’re teaming up with Amazon Prime Gaming* for a special offer. For a limited time, Prime Gaming subscribers can obtain a fortuitous WoW** pet and sterling companion.

Starting 25 July, 2023 at 17:30 GMT+1 until 24 August, 2023 at 17:29 GMT+1 Prime Gaming subscribers can claim a Silver Pig pet.

Claim Offer

Hotfixes: July 26, 2023

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July 26, 2023

Dungeons and Raids

  • Dawn of the Infinite
    • Fixed an issue where where players protected by Cloak of Shadows or Aspect of the Turtle could still be hit by Displacement and expelled from the Bronze Temple.
  • Neltharus
    • Resolved an issue that would sometimes cause Chargath to take no actions after casting Fiery Focus.
    • Fixed a bug that allowed Qalashi Warden’s Volcanic Guard to sometimes change direction.

Player versus Player

  • Items
    • Paracausal Fragment of Doomhammer damage reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
    • Paracausal Fragment of Shalamayne damage reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
    • Paracausal Fragment of Frostmourne Pillar of Frost damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.
  • Death Knight
    • Resolved an issue causing Festermight to not gain its full benefit when bursting Festering Wounds with Doomburst talented.
    • Resolved an issue causing Death Coils from Improved Death Coil to not burst Festering Wounds on secondary targets with Doomburst talented.

Toys

  • After completing the Daycare Derby achievement, players can take the toy reward from their mail and use it to add to their toy box as expected.

Patch 10.1.7 PTR Content Update Notes 25 July 2023

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The Fury Incarnate PTR has been updated. See the changes below:

CLASSES

  • DRUID
    • Restoration
      • New Talent: Master Shapeshifter – Your abilities are amplified based on your current shapeshift form, granting an additional effect.
        • Bear Form – Ironfur grants 30% additional armor and generates 2,500 mana (at level 70).
        • Cat Form – Rip, Ferocious Bite, and Maim deal 60% additional damage and generate 10,000 mana (at level 70) when cast with 5 combo points.
        • Moonkin Form – Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge deal 30% additional damage and generate 2,500 mana (at level 70).
      • New Talent: Grove Guardians – Summons a Treant which will immediately cast Swiftmend on your current target. The Treant will cast Nourish on that target or a nearby ally periodically. Lasts 15 seconds. Maximum 3 charges. Replaces Nourish.
      • Wild Synthesis has been updated – If talented into Grove Guardians, now causes your Treants from Grove Guardians to also cast Wild Growth immediately when summoned, healing allies within 40 yards over 7 seconds.
      • Embrace of the Dream is now a 1 point talent and its healing has been decreased by 20%.
      • All healing reduced by 2%. Does not apply in PvP combat.
      • Deep Focus has been removed.
      • Forest’s Flow has been removed.
  • MONK
    • Mistweaver
      • New Talent: Energizing Brew – Mana Tea now channels 50% faster and generates 20% more mana.
      • Mana Tea has been redesigned – For every 25,000 mana (at level 70) you spend, you gain 1 stack of Mana Tea, with a chance equal to your critical strike chance to generate 1 extra stack. Activate to consume 1 stack of Mana Tea per 0.5 seconds to restore 3,000 mana (at level 70) and reduces the mana cost of your spells by 50% for 1 second per stack of Mana Tea consumed after drinking. Can be cast while moving, but movement speed is reduced by 40% while channeling.
      • Lifecycles has been redesigned – Vivify has a 25% chance to cause your next Rising Sun Kick or Enveloping Mist to generate 1 stack of Mana Tea. Enveloping Mist and Rising Sun Kick have a 25% chance to cause your next Vivify to generate 1 stack of Mana Tea.
      • Mastery of Mist is now a baseline effect for Renewing Mist.
      • Invigorating Mists has moved to Mastery of Mist’s previous location.
      • Mana Tea has moved to Invigorating Mists previous location.
      • Spirit of the Crane has been removed.
  • PALADIN
    • Holy
      • Tower of Radiance has been redesigned – Flash of Light and Holy Light now generate 1 Holy Power.
  • PRIEST
    • Angel’s Mercy has been redesigned – Now reduces the cooldown of Desperate Prayer by 20 seconds.

DRAGONRIDING

  • CHALLENGE COURSE
    • Challenge courses are now available in the Azure Span.
  • Infinite Scales Drakewatcher Manuscripts that drop from the Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon have been renamed to Visage of the Infinite and now include: Scales, Hair Color, Horn Color and Eye Color instead of just scales. Players who have already earned the Infinite Scales will automatically unlock the Infinite themed Hair, Horn and Eye colors within the Rostrum of Transformation.

EVENTS

  • HALLOW’S END
    • Ghouls, goblins and seekers of haunted mementos, Hallow’s End approaches, and with it, new content! We’re looking for some additional testing for this year’s Hallow’s End holiday event that’s now available on the PTR for the next two weeks. Be sure to hop in and submit feedback.
      • Developers’ note: Dates reflected on PTR do not reflect the actual holiday date. Looking forward to scaring, er sharing, this experience with you!
    • New Headless Horseman dungeon encounter – Increase the difficulty of the encounter by adding new mechanics by speaking to the Wicker men at the dungeon’s entrance. The curses are not party wide and afflict only those who enable them.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

  • DRUID
    • Restoration
      • Master Shapeshifter has been removed as a PvP talent option.

USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY

  • PING SYSTEM
    • Ping System settings have been added to the Options panel.
    • Ping radial wheel categories have been reordered.
    • Format for Ping chat lines have been updated.