Linxy

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07 Jul

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Here are the hotfixes that went live in Wrath Classic today:

JULY 6, 2023

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

  • Dungeons and Raids
    • Utgarde Pinnacle and Utgarde Keep
      • Glaciate and Icy Path will no longer kill players when they are affected by King Ymiron’s Screams of the Dead during Defense Protocol Alpha or Beta.
      • Fire Blast now does 6% max hp damage per second, instead of 10% during Defense Protocol Beta.
      • Fire Blast will now get casted much sooner after Glaciate during Defense Protocol Beta.
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Hello everyone. Here are today’s hotfix notes:

JULY 6, 2023

Classes

  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Wild Mushroom and Fury of Elune will now deal their damage even if the target is out of line of sight of the Druid.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Mythic+
    • Affixes
      • Fixed an issue that caused Incorporeal Beings’ Destabilize effect to apply to targets not in combat with players when charmed.
    • The below Mythic+ changes were applied on June 30:
    • Brackenhide Hollow
      • Hackclaw’s War-Band
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27 Jun

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One additional PTR note for the week:

ITEMS AND REWARDS

  • Gear created at item level 441 or 444 can now be upgraded using the new Myth upgrade track instead of being above the upgrade system entirely.
    • The Myth track is a new track that goes from 441 (Myth 1/3) to 444 (Myth 2/3) to 447 (Myth 3/3). Gear cannot be upgraded above Myth 3/3.
    • This change is retroactive for all gear obtained in Season 2. Any Season 2 gear that was created at item level 441, 444, or 447 will now display its upgrade level along the Myth track and can be upgraded at any item upgrade vendor.
    • Upgrading gear along the Myth track requires Flightstones and an Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest for each upgrade. The usual discount rules apply here (if the character has a higher level piece of gear in the same slot, no crest is needed; if any character on the account has a higher level piece of gear in the same slot the Flightstone cost will be ha...
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Hello! Here’s this week’s Fractures in Time PTR notes:

CLASSES

  • Developers’ note: We’re continuing to playtest the mana economy for hybrids and feel the changes are not as limiting on off-healing as we’re intending with our upcoming changes, so we’re making some adjustments to all specializations affected by our changes.
  • DRUID
    • Balance
      • Mana regeneration is now 1% per second (was 1.3%).
    • Feral
      • Mana regeneration is now 1% per second (was 1.3%).
    • Guardian
      • Mana regeneration is now 1% per second (was 1.3%).
  • EVOKER
    • Scarlet Adaptation stores 40% more total power.
    • The amount of damage Scarlet Adaptation adds to Living Flame now matches the amount stated in the tooltip. For Devastation, this damage will still be amplified by M...
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23 Jun

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This doesn’t apply to regular drops, only the legendary, and you aren’t missing out by doing lower difficulties first.

If a character defeats the encounter on Heroic first, then they will have a low chance to get the item and they are covered for the week. Normal and LFR will not offer chances of receiving the item that week.

If a character defeats the encounter on Normal first, they will have a very low chance to get the item. Then for the rest of that week, Heroic will still offer a very low chance at receiving the item, but LFR will not.

Your chances are the same with these three options in a given week:

  • Doing just Heroic
  • Doing Normal then Heroic
  • Doing LFR, then Normal, then Heroic
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Here are the notes for this week’s update to the Fractures in Time PTR:

CLASSES

  • EVOKER
    • Augmentation
      • Mastery: Timewalker grants Shifting Sands to 1 ally (was 2).
      • Prescience duration reduced to 18 seconds (was 20 seconds).
      • Black Attunement health bonus reduced to 4% (was 5%).
      • Aspect’s Favor increases Black Attunement to 10/16% (was 12.5/20%).
      • Ebon Might now increases all of the casting Evoker’s damage by 10%, instead of increasing Eruption’s damage by 20%.
      • Born in Flame has been redesigned – Casting Ebon Might grants Burnout immediately and every 3 seconds for 6 seconds, reducing the cast time of Living Flame by 100% (was Ebon Might caused Living Flame to be instant cast for its duration).
    • Preservation
      • All healing abilities increased by 2%.
      • Rewind now rewinds 40% of damage taken in the last 5 se...
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22 Jun

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The Hall of Fame for Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible has now been filled with the first 200 guilds to defeat Mythic Scalecommander Sarkareth. Congratulations to all players who earned a spot in the annals of raiding history this season!

There’s still a few more days left for those who are close to defeating Mythic Scalecommander Sarkareth to earn the coveted Hall of Fame: Scalecommander Sarkareth feat of strength achievement and title, but only the top 200 guilds will be listed in the official rankings. The Hall of Fame will close and Mythic cross-realm raiding in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible will begin with next week’s weekly maintenance.

Good luck Champions!


13 Jun

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Here are this week’s Fractures in Time PTR notes:

CLASSES

  • Developers’ note: We are lowering the effectiveness of all Primordial Stones that deal damage by 40% to increase gearing options for players. We are compensating specific specializations that are commonly using the Onyx Annulet ring for this damage loss. Alongside this, we are reducing the effectiveness of damage to healing spells to maintain similar healing outputs. This will result in an overall increase in Healer damage in content where the Onyx Annulet is not utilized, but we feel there is room for healer damage to increase in this space without overly incentivizing offensive play. See each class section for specifics.
  • DEATH KNIGHT
    • Ghouls summoned by Raise Dead now inherit 85% of the Death Knight’s health (was 50%).
    • Death Coil healing increased by 75%.
    • Blood
      • All ability damage increased...
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07 Jun

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The PTR notes have been updated with the following:

CHARACTERS

  • Characters level 10–60 that have not been logged into for 60 days will now have the option to receive a Welcome Back Gift on the character select screen. The Welcome Back Gift includes:
    • Select a specialization upon log in to become equipped with updated bags and gear that is appropriate to the character’s level and selected specialization. All previously worn items and bags can be collected from the mailbox.
    • Teleport to the character’s home city of Orgrimmar or Stormwind.
    • All quests in the quest log will be cleared to provide a clean slate. To continue your leveling journey, head to Chromie in Orgrimmar Embassy or Stormwind Embassy.
    • Developers’ note: The Welcome Back Gift time restriction has been lifted on the PTR for testing purposes.

06 Jun

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Hello! Here’s this week’s changes to the Fractures in Time PTR:

CLASSES

  • DRUID
    • New Talent: Rising Light, Falling Night – Increases your damage and healing by 3% during the day. Increases your Versatility by 2% during the night.
    • Improved Sunfire has been moved to row 3, connected to Sunfire.
    • Rising Light, Falling Night occupies Improved Sunfire’s previous location.
    • Restoration and Balance Druid starter builds have been updated.
    • Feral
      • Developers’ note: Dire Fixation is a new talent Feral Druids can take to focus on single target damage. The changes to Rampant Ferocity allow its value to be tuned independent of Ferocious Bite’s damage.
      • New Talent: Dire Fixation – Attacking an enemy with Shred fixates your attention on it for 10 seconds. You can fixate on a single target at once. Your attacks deal 5% increased damage to your fixated target.
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31 May

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Thank you for all your reports. Rest assured, we’ve investigated the reports and have confirmed that the Zaqali Elders are still dropping their loot. These items will not be displayed in the public loot log due to the particular setup of the world boss encounter having multiple NPCs in it.

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The PTR has been updated with the following:

NEW MEGA-DUNGEON: DAWN OF THE INFINITE

The Bronze Temple has lain dormant for millennia, awaiting a time when its dragonflight would return. But just as the bronze dragons have reclaimed their sacred temple, dark forces now threaten to overtake it. Will the infinites take hold of the Timeways and bring about the rise of Murozond? The champions of Azeroth must venture into time itself to ensure that the future remains a bright one.

  • The Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon is now available for testing and will remain open throughout the remainder of the PTR! Head to Temporal Conflux in Thaldraszus to find the entrance and challenge the eight-boss Mythic-only mega-dungeon.

CLASSES

  • DRUID
    • Developers’ note: We’re moving forward with our mana economy changes for hybrids, now for all hybrid DPS and tank specializations. To restate, ...
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26 May

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We reduced Mythic Zskarn’s health by an additional 10%, to a total 25% health reduction.


25 May

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Greetings raiders.

We will be addressing an emerging tactic that trivializes certain aspects of the Vigilant Steward, Zskarn encounter. We’re planning on implementing these changes live tomorrow, May 26.

We hope that these changes will encourage more interaction with the encounter’s existing mechanics, while maintaining its prior level of difficulty.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
    • Developers’ note: The Zskarn changes address an emerging tactic that trivializes certain aspects of the encounter. We hope these changes will encourage more interaction with the encounter’s existing mechanics, while maintaining its prior level of difficulty.
    • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn
      • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn health reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Dragonfire Golem health reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Zskarn will now Berserk on all ...
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23 May

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The Fractures in Time PTR has been updated with the following changes:

THE WARLOCK CLASS EXPANDS TO NEW RACES

The Warlock class is now available to Night Elves, Draenei, Lightforged Draenei, Pandaren, Kul Tiran, Tauren, Highmountain Tauren, Mag’har Orcs, and Zandalari Trolls in this week’s update.

CLASSES

  • DRUID
    • Balance
      • Astral Smolder duration is now 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).
    • Guardian
      • Untamed Savagery now also increases maximum Thrash stacks by 1 per rank.
      • Thorns of Iron moved to row 6.
      • Galactic Guardian moved to row 9.
  • EVOKER
    • Augmentation
      • Developers’ note: This week’s changes are intended to make it less trivial to achieve 100% uptime on Ebon Might, to ensure there’s room for player growth and mastery. Addit...
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13 May

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It should be safe to earn the achievement now and collect your reward. Anyone who’s earned the achievement prior to this fix will earn their reward early next week.


11 May

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World of Warcraft Version 10.1.5 PTR – Fractures in Time

This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for the content coming with the Dragonflight Fractures in Time update.

Dragonflight Fractures in Time Update Development Notes

NEW MEGA-DUNGEON: DAWN OF THE INFINITE

The Bronze Temple has lain dormant for millennia, ...

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28 Apr

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Hey raiders! Here is the schedule for this weekend’s raid test:

Friday, April 28

  • Raid Finder
    • Wing 3: Neltharion’s Shadow – Magmorax and Echo of Neltharion
      • Start – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
      • End – Monday, May 1 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Thank you so much for testing Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible!


21 Apr

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We’ve deployed the following changes to the PTR realms:

CLASSES

  • ROGUE
    • Outlaw
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 4-Set Bonus to deal less damage than intended.
  • SHAMAN
    • Enhancement
      • Vault of the Incarnates 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Consuming Maelstrom Weapon stacks increases your Haste by 1% per stack for 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).

ITEMS AND REWARDS

  • Algeth’ar Puzzle Box (Trinket) on-use effect duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds) and its Mastery bonus has been decreased by 38%.
  • Furious Ragefeather (Trinket) damage decreased by 10%.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

  • CLASSES
    • DEMON HUNTER
      • Havo...
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The following changes have been made to the PTR:

CLASSES

  • DEATH KNIGHT
    • Unholy
      • Fixed an issue with Gargoyle stutter casting when the cast time of Gargoyle Strike was lower than 1 second.
      • Gargoyle Strike damage reduced by 8%.
        • Developers’ note: Now that Gargoyle properly casts without stuttering when falling below 1 second cast times, we are reducing the damage of Gargoyle Strike to counter the extra casts.
      • Reaping damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%).
      • Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
      • Scourge Strike/Clawing Shadows damage increased by 15%.
      • Death Coil damage increased by 10%.
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – The duration of Death Dealer has been increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds).
  • DRUID
    • Balance...
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