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Confirming that the issue was resolved at about 11:30 a.m. PDT, and we’re seeing all realms with players logging in as expected.

Have a good day!

We’re continuing to work on this priority issue. We don’t have an ETA for a fix yet.

At the beginning of the Alterac Valley bonus weekend in Classic Era, we had a bug that prevented some bonus Honor from being properly awarded. That bug was fixed 1-2 days into the weekend (depending on your region).

As a result, we’re extending AV weekend on all Classic Era realms, so that it will continue to run until the Warsong Gulch weekend starts on Friday.

Take no prisoners!

September 18, 2023

Player versus Player [with scheduled weekly maintenance]

• Evoker
  • Disintegrate damage increased by 33% in PvP combat (was 20%).
  • Developers’ notes: Devastation’s killing power outside of cooldowns is lower than we’d like, so we’re increasing Disintegrate damage further to help Devastation in PvP. In future patches, we would like to further expand on this effort and move damage out of Dragonrage and into other areas.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Penance healing is increased by 35% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Volcanic Surge now increases the damage of Lava Burst by 45% (was 55%) and Lightning Bolt / Chain Lightning by 50% (was 35%).
    • Restoration
      • Riptide healing is no...

We’re investigating this, and we will take appropriate steps to address it as soon as possible.

September 15, 2023

WoW Classic Era

• [With Realm Restarts] Fixed a bug affecting bonus Honor awarded for Alterac Valley.
• Completing “Fish in a Bucket” no longer rewards gold.
  • Developers’ notes: This change was originally made in patch 2.0.10 and works well in Classic Era/Hardcore, as the original quest provided an uncontested, single-faction, infinitely repeatable, low risk gold reward that does not comport with the nature of the rest of the game.

September 15, 2023

Dragon Racing

• Adjusted Gold and Silver times for the Flashfrost Flyover Reverse Challenge race. These were inadvertently set too high.

Professions

• Engineering
  • Engineers can now purchase Sprocket Containers from Hobart Grapplehammer in Legion Dalaran at a cost of 50 Leystone and 10 Felslate each.

Rewards

• Fixed a bug that caused Zaqali Elders’ loot to drop at a lower item level than intended.

WoW Classic Era

• [With Realm Restarts] Fixed a bug affecting bonus Honor awarded for Alterac Valley.
• Completing “Fish in a Bucket” no longer rewards gold.
  • Developers’ notes: This change was originally made in patch 2.0.10 and works well in Classic Era/Hardcore, as the original quest provided an uncontested, single-faction, infinitely re...

With scheduled weekly maintenance (on September 19 in this region), we intend to make the following tuning adjustments for Player versus Player activities.

Player versus Player

Evoker

• Disintegrate damage increased by 33% in PvP combat (was 20%).
  • Developers’ notes: Devastation’s killing power outside of cooldowns is lower than we’d like, so we’re increasing Disintegrates damage further to help Devastation in PvP. In future patches, we would like to further expand on this effort and move damage out of Dragonrage and into other areas.

Priest

• Discipline
  • Penance healing is increased by 35% in PvP combat (was ...

Random Dungeon Finder will be re-enabled for testing over the next couple of hours.

Please note that in order to resume testing it, you’ll have to log out of the PTR and update your game client after the fix goes out. Testers who stay logged in from before the fix is deployed will not be able to queue for dungeons.

Thank you!

We’re underway with today’s Brawl with the Blues. Please leave your feedback from this test session here.

As a reminder, to join us in testing solo-queue rated BGs, use the Group Finder (hotkey: i), select Brawl: Battleground Blitz on the ‘Player vs. Player’ tab, and then click ‘Join Battle’.

We’ve deployed an update to the 3.4.3 PTR.

Build: 51384

Icecrown Citadel Testing

As with the last round of raid testing, all bosses and wings of Icecrown Citadel are available on both Normal and Heroic difficulties in 10 and 25 player raid sizes. The raid will become available today (September 15) at 2:00 p.m. PDT and will remain available until Wednesday (September 20) at 11:00 a.m. PDT.

ICC Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• The doors leading into Icecrown Citadel are now open and players should be able to zone in normally once the raid unlocks.
• The Volatile Experiments in the Professor Putricide encounter should now properly create Gas Clouds.
• The Unbo...

In order to deal with a critical bug, we’ve disabled Random Dungeon Finder functionality on the 3.4.3 PTR.

We’ll let you know when we’ve got a fix for it in place.

With a hotfix, we’ve just made the following update on all Classic Era realms, including Hardcore realms:

• Completing “Fish in a Bucket” no longer rewards gold.

This change was originally made in patch 2.0.10 and works well in Classic Era/Hardcore, as the original quest provided an uncontested, single-faction, infinitely repeatable, low risk gold reward that does not comport with the nature of the rest of the game.

We’ll continue to monitor for situations like this one and if necessary, we’ll take further steps to promote player interactions and Classic gameplay.

Thanks to everyone who have shared their thoughts so far on Battleground Blitz. We’ve seen a lot of feedback here and elsewhere that we’d like to respond to and hopefully provide some additional information about the game mode for clarity.

Arathi Basin and Deepwind Gorge

As indicated in a screenshot in the initial preview, there are objective timers for these maps to indicate when bases will be reset and this functionality is implemented on PTR. Currently, these timers are located under “Objectives”, which may be initially minimized for some players. Placing them under objectives will allow players to utilize Edit Mode and move them on their UI as best fits.

Okay hear me out–

It looks like it’s actually, really, definitely going to be available until 3:00 p.m. PDT tomorrow, Thursday, September 14.

We’re hosting a PvP Brawl with the Blues event focused on Battleground Blitz on the Guardians of the Dream PTR on Friday, September 15 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm PDT.

To prepare for this test session, make sure you’ve followed the following steps:

1. Open the Battle.net App, and select the WoW playscreen.
2. In the game version drop-down menu, select Public Test Realm (DF 10.2.0) and Install.
3. The Play button should tak...

September 12, 2023

WoW Classic

• Fixed a bug that prevented the NPC Tyrion from turning back into a quest-giver at the conclusion of the quest “The Attack!”
• Hardcore Realms
  • The Coarse Dynamite thrown by civilian dwarf NPCs at Dun Modr should no longer cause players to become PvP flagged.
  • Developers’ notes: These specific NPCs had a very small chance to hit you and flag you, so it may as well be zero chance. Nonetheless, we do not intend to make changes to the general behavior of enemy faction guards in Hardcore. Players who wish to avoid being flagged for PvP should avoid enemy faction settlements and quests labeled “PvP” in the Quest Log.

September 12, 2023

Achievements

• Fixed an issue that was preventing players from being properly granted the baseline Challenger, Rival, and Duelist

WoW Classic

• Fixed a bug that prevented the NPC Tyrion from turning back into a quest-giver at the conclusion of the quest “The Attack!”
• Hardcore Realms
  • The Coarse Dynamite thrown by civilian dwarf NPCs at Dun Modr should no longer cause players to become PvP flagged.
  • Developers’ notes: These specific NPCs had a very small chance to hit you and flag you, so it may as well be zero chance. Nonetheless, we do not intend to make changes to the general behavior of enemy faction guards in Hardcore. Players who wish to avoid being flagged for PvP should avoid enemy faction settlements and quests labeled “PvP” in the Quest Log.

Something has been plaguing me for days, and now I can finally point my thinking cap to the right place (-198, -84).

There was definitely a bug preventing the matchmaker from launching Battleground Blitz on the PTR.

This is now resolved.