New Services Advertisement Policy, Hotfixes: August 15, 2022, It’s Time for The Great Push and WoW Variety Show!

This week the 9.2.7 update introduces the new chat channel: Trade (Services). The Trade (Services) chat channel is used for searching and advertising services like raiding, dungeons, or PvP activities, keeping the original Trade chat channel available for traditional buying and selling of items and profession services.

With the separation of trade services into its own chat channel, a new policy will take place. Any boosting, carrying, or other similar services offered for gold that’s advertised outside of the Trade (Services) chat channel will be considered spam and the proper actions will be taken, so be sure to switch your service advertisements to the new chat channel when it becomes available after this week’s regional maintenance.

August 15, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • [With realm restarts] Enemy health reduced by 5% in Fated Heroic and Fated Mythic difficulties.
    • Developers’ note: We feel this health reduction will smooth over some of the roughest edges in the raid without devaluing the experience.
• Mythic+
  • Affixes
    • Shrouded
      • Nightmare Clouds will now despawn more quickly when Nathrezim Infiltrators are captured.
  • Grimrail Depot
    • [With realm restarts] Grimrail Technician’s 50,000 Volts cast time increased to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
  • Iron Docks
    • [With realm restarts] Charging Slash is now only cast by Grom’kar Footsoldiers.
    • [With realm restarts] Grom’kar Footsoldier’s Charging Slash damage reduced by 35%.
    • [With realm restarts] Ogron Laborer’s Thundering Stomp damage reduced by 25%.
    • [With realm restarts] Thunderlord Wrangler’s Throw damage is now reduced by armor.
    • [With realm restarts] Rampaging Clefthoof’s health reduced by 15%.
    • Grimrail Enforcers
      • Resolved an issue where the enemies would fail to cast abilities in specific locations within their encounter area.
  • Return to Karazhan: Lower
    • [With realm restarts] Arcane Warden’s Volatile Charge damage reduced by 40%.
    • [With realm restarts] Skeletal Usher’s Flashlight damage reduced by 20%.
    • [With realm restarts] Skeletal Usher’s health reduced by 25%.
    • [With realm restarts] Spectral Patron’s Uppercut damage reduced by 20%.
    • [With realm restarts] Phantom Crew’s Hammer Down now has a 1.5 second cast time (was instant) and increases damage taken by 25% (was 50%).
    • Resolved an issue that caused Blood Death Knight’s Dancing Rune Weapon to strike unintended targets with Blood Boil through floors.
    • The Opera Hall: Beautiful Beast
      • [With realm restarts] Coggleston’s Dent Armor now has a 1.5 second cast time (was instant).
      • [With realm restarts] Silver Fork’s Bloody Jab initial damage reduced by 20%.
    • Maiden of Virtue
      • [With realm restarts] Holy Bulwark absorb reduced by 10%.
    • Attumen the Huntsman
      • [With realm restarts] Intangible Presence damage reduced by 50%.
  • Return to Karazhan: Upper
    • [With realm restarts] Wrathguard Flamebringer’s Cleave and Strike damage reduced by 20%.
    • [With realm restarts] Wrathguard Flamebringer will no longer cast Slide.
    • Shade of Medivh
      • [With realm restarts] Guardian’s Image’s Shimmer damage reduced by 25%.
    • Mana Devourer
      • [With realm restarts] Energy Discharge damage reduced by 30%.
    • Viz’aduum the Watcher
      • Shadow Phlegm damage increased by 150%, travel speed reduced by 100%, and radius reduced to 4 yards (was 6 yards).
  • Tazavesh: Soleah’s Gambit
    • [With realm restarts] Invigorating Fish Stick cast time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).

Items and Rewards

• [With realm restarts] Enforcer’s Stun Grenade Versatility increased by 96%.
• [With realm restarts] Fleshrender’s Meathook Intellect increased by 17%.
• [With realm restarts] Kihra’s Adrenaline Injector Agility increased by 17%.
  • Developers’ note: Updated several Warlords of Draenor Mythic+ trinkets to modern standards.

Showtime! Everything you need to know to watch The Great Push, beginning on August 19, and the WoW© Variety Show on August 24.

 

The Great Push, Shadowlands Season 4: August 19 – September 4

Following the epic culmination of the Mythic Dungeon International 2022 season, we’ve turned our attention to Shadowlands Season 4 with the return of The Great Push. Teams from around the world battled through Mechagon and Karazhan in the Proving Grounds, with the top 6 teams in each region advancing to the main event. Over the next two weekends, they will compete in regional qualifiers with XX teams facing off in a final three-day global contest for their share of the $210,000 (USD) prize pool. The action begins Friday, August 19 at 10 a.m. PDT / 7:00 p.m. CEST, live on YouTube & Twitch.

Details

• Venue: Online – YouTube.com/Warcraft & Twitch.tv/Warcraft
• Dates: Friday, August 19 – Sunday, September 4, 2022
  • Americas Qualifiers: August 19 – August 21
  • Europe Qualifiers: August 26 – August 28
  • Global Finals: September 2 – September 4
• Broadcast Start Time: 10:00 a.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Prize Pool: $210,000 (USD)
• Format: Teams have 5 hours each day and their highest Keystone for each dungeon at the end of the weekend will be combined to determine standings
• Brackets: Follow the brackets & dungeons live as they are unveiled on Raider.IO
• Language Streams on YouTube:
  • English – YouTube & Twitch
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish (EMEA)

 

WoW Variety Show: August 24

Lights, camera, action! The WoW Variety Show is ready to roll on August 24, live on Twitch! A combination of celebrity contestants and registered participants will compete in three activities: a leveling race with players facing surprising challenges as they progress through the levels, a scavenger hunt, and a race through Azeroth to close the show. The WoW Variety Show goes live at 5:00 p.m. PDT / 8:00 p.m. EDT with your hosts, Taliesin and Evitel! Follow WoW Esports on Twitter to catch the unveiling of the celebrity contestants closer to the show.

Details

• Venue: Online – Twitch.tv/Warcraft
• Date: August 24, 2022
• Broadcast Start Time: 5:00 p.m. PDT / 8:00 p.m. EDT
• Format: Three Activities during the show: Levelling, Scavenger Hunt, and Race through Azeroth
• In-Game: Played on North American servers

 

Stay Connected

Tune in this weekend to YouTube.com/Warcraft and Twitch.tv/Warcraft and follow along for more updates on the WoW Esports Twitter. Good luck and have fun!