Mamytwink Dev Interview – Hellfire Citadel the last WoD raid
Cory Stockton, lead game designer, did another interview. This time with Mamytwink. Below is a summary of new information, with the most important piece being Hellfire Citadel is most likely going to be the last raid instance for Warlords of Draenor.
- They’re working on fixing Tanaan Jungle phasing issues.
- Once fixed you will no longer hear the yell of rare mobs from other shards/phases.
- As less players play in Tanaan at the same time, the amount of shards/phases will get reduced.
- They hope to continue to improve the tech so that more players can be in the same zone at the same time.
- They want to keep server identities, they allow for moments that make you feel connected to the realm you’re on.
- Hellfire Citadel is currently planned to be the last raid instance for WoD.
- HFC is not tuned around everyone having the legendary ring.
- They want Mythic dungeons to be beneficial to not just alts, but main characters too.
- A second level of warforged will make it’s way to mythic dungeons
- To make Timewalker dungeons more rewarding they might also reward a normal mode HFC cache for completing the 5 timewalker dungeons quest.
Patch 6.2 Hotfixes – July 1
Quote from: Blizzard
Here you’ll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0. Hotfixes are updates made without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require a realm restarte to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.
The latest batch of hotfixes are listed below. Previous hotfixes have been compiled by category to provide a quick summary of all hotfixes that have been applied since the start of World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0.
Tags may be added to some hotfixes to denote a special condition.
- [Requires a realm restart] means the hotfix will not take effect until after a scheduled rolling restart or maintenance.
- [Hotfix in testing] means the hotfix is in early stages of testing and may not be implemented just yet. However, the change is important and is posted to provide as much advanced notice as possible.
Patch 6.2.0 Information |
July 1
Garrisons
- Work orders for tier-2 and -3 small plot buildings now work as normal if the player skipped completing the tier-1 tutorial quests.
Shipyard
- Most long Naval Missions have been reduced to a time of 18 hours or less.
- For Naval Missions currently underway, mission times will not change.
- The duration of Raid-type Naval Missions has been reduced from 2 days to 4 hours. They will continue to immediately respawn if not completed.
- Gold and Apexis Crystal rewards for Naval Missions that reward those currencies have been increased.
- For Naval Missions currently underway, gold and Apexis Crystal rewards will be larger when the Mission is completed.
- Oil costs for most missions have been increased.
- For Naval Missions currently underway, Oil costs will not change.
- The amount of Oil you receive from the Oil Rig has been doubled.
- While in a raid group, players can now progress through “Upgrading The Fleet” and “Naval Domination” and increment quest credit as well as turn in the quest once completed.
- Ship Blueprint: Battleship now requires ‘friendly’ faction standing to be obtained.
- We continue to insist that the Shipyard grant players resting XP.
Quests
- Felbound Wolf now count towards the demons slain count for the quest “Demonslayer of Tanaan”.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing Fel Pylons from always spawning during the quest “Assault on the Temple of Sha’naar”.
- Alliance players who accept the Gorgrond breadcrumb quest from the Adventure Guide are now given the flight point to Gorgrond.
- Completing the quest “Rumble in the Jungle” should now award the King of the Jungle buff, as intended.
Items
- Soul Capacitor now deals 50% damage against players and player controlled creatures.
- Hunter’s Seeking Crystal should no longer take you to rare enemies you’ve already killed.
- Empowered Apexis Fragments are now Bound to Battle.net Account, allowing them to be mailed to other characters.
Dungeons and Raids
- Entering or leaving a Timewalking dungeon no longer removes tracking auras.
Hellfire Citadel
Socrethar the Eternal
- Sargerei Dominator now always properly shields Soul of Socrethar after becoming active.
Archimonde
- Archimonde will now heal for 5% of his maximum health if Nether Banish hits fewer than 3 players.
Achievements
- Players can now earn the guild achievement “Kazzak Guild Run”.
Creatures and NPCs
- A Grom’kar Deadeye in Fang’rila who was respawning too fast has been taught to chill out for a while after being killed.
- The bonus roll option for Supreme Lord Kazzak now resets weekly.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing players from looting both Soulslicer and The Blackfang on the same day.
- Call to Arms NPCs no longer taunt bosses such as Supreme Lord Kazzak. They still have and use Taunt on other types of creatures.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where mail with attachments could not be returned to original sender.
- Fixed an issue where in-game mail from Blizzard Customer Support could not be deleted.
- Attempting to apply Naval Equipment to a Ship (e.g. Felsmoke Launcher) will now display a blue outline around valid slots where the equipment can be applied.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the Adventure Journal to display alerts too frequently.
- Fixed an issue where some items that cost Alternate Currency (Mogu Rune of Fate, Ironpaw Token, etc) could not be purchased from vendors.
- Fixed an issue for Mac users where in-game resolution would not be saved properly when switching between Fullscreen and Windowed mode.