Hotfixes: December 17,19,20, 2018, Blizzard Holiday Sales

December 20, 2018

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Fixed an issue preventing Death and Decay from functioning properly when cast in the same area by multiple Death Knights.

Player versus Player

• (Requires restarts) Adjusted matchmaking to help alleviate high queue times at high ratings.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Melee damage dealt by Abominations summoned by Raise Abomination reduced by 25%.
    • Attack speed of Abominations summoned by Raise Abomination reduced by 25%.
    • Necrotic Strike now absorbs 7% of the target’s maximum health in healing (was 8%).
• Druid
  • Balance
    • Starsurge damage reduced by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Arcanic Pulsar (Azerite Trait) effectiveness reduced by 60% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was previously reduced by 50%).
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Lightning Lasso now lasts 5 seconds (was 6) and deals 40% of the target’s maximum health in damage (was 48%).
    • Lava Shock (Azerite Trait) effectiveness reduced by 60% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was previously reduced by 50%).
    • Stormkeeper now increases Lightning Bolt damage by 125% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 150%).

World Quests

• Alliance players should now be able to reliably hide in Conveniently Empty Baskets during Assaults in Vol’dun.

Hotfixes

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December 19, 2018

Classes

• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Casting Renewing Mist on a target in combat will now also immediately place the Monk in combat.
• Paladin
  • Relentless Inquisitor (Azerite Trait) now benefits from free casts caused by Divine Purpose or Empyrean Power (Azerite Trait).
  • Retribution
    • Crusade now benefits from free Divine Storm casts caused by Empyrean Power (Azerite Trait)
• Priest
  • Holy
    • Guardian Spirit should no longer activate from damage that cannot kill the target (such as a Brewmaster’s Stagger).

Dungeons

• The reputation and questing requirements to enter the Siege of Boralus and Kings’ Rest dungeons have been removed.
• The Battle for Azeroth Dungeons weekly event should now display the proper rewards.
• Temple of Sethraliss
  • The visuals for Galvazzt’s Galvanize beam should now be more responsive.

Player versus Player

• The PvP quest “Against Overwhelming Odds” can no longer be completed while in a raid.
  • Developers’ Note: The intent of this quest is to incite aggression amongst players on the under represented faction throughout war mode. Allowing it to be completed in a raid focused too much of that aggression in one place in one large group. This change spreads the fight out into more parts of the world.
• The weekly PvP Call to Arms quests can no longer be completed while in a raid, and do not count kills on players below level 120 or with the Honorless Target debuff active.
• Resolved an issue that prevented players from earning the non-seasonal Challenger, Duelist, Rival, and Gladiator titles from Battle for Azeroth: Season 1 rank achievements.
• Isle of Conquest
  • Siege Vehicles and Bombs no longer deal damage to enemy commanders.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Fixed an issue that caused Last Surprise (Azerite Trait) to deal less damage than intended when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Druid
  • Fixed a bug that caused Lively Spirit (Azerite Trait) to grant less Intellect than intended when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Restoration
    • Fixed an issue that caused Early Spring to consume additional mana when casting Wild Growth.
• Hunter
  • Survival
    • Fixed an issue that caused Latent Poison (Azerite Trait) to deal less damage than intended when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Mage
  • Arcane
    • Time Anomaly will now correctly grant Arcane Charges when it activates.
• Monk
  • Windwalker
    • Alpha Tiger (PvP Talent) now properly affects Fist of Fury’s duration.

Achievements

• Winter Veil
  • Alliance players can now properly target High Overlord Saurfang for the “BB King” Achievement.
  • Crashin’ Thrashin’ Flyers can once again damage each other. Ride into the Danger Zone!

Professions

• Inscription
  • Fixed an issue causing some Holy Paladins to see the Glyph of Winged Vengeance visual regardless of whether the glyph was active or not.

World Quests

• Darkshore
  • Several World Quests in Darkshore have had their respawn rates adjusted.

Quests

• Players who have completed the Tyrande’s Ascension storyline on at least one character can now see the Portal to Darkshore on other level 120 characters.
• Using Sky Shards to remove Alani the Stormborn’s Nimbus Shroud will now immediately tap Alani.

Pet Battles

• Smoochums is once again using the correct cat model.

Hotfixes

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December 17, 2018

Classes

• Note: These changes will be applied with weekly restarts in each region.
• Druid
  • Feral
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 7%
• Mage
  • Frost
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 3%

Items

• Heart of Azeroth
  • (Fury Warrior) Reverted an unintended reduction to the damage of Reckless Flurry.

Dungeons

• Siege of Boralus
  • Viq’Goth
    • Call of the Deep should no longer damage players who are currently mounted in the cannon.

Player versus Player

• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Fixed a bug that caused Way of the Crane to heal for more than intended on a critical strike.

Quests

• The Alliance War Campaign quest “The Big Boom” can now be completed while the world quest “Zem’lan Rescue” is active.