The War Within Hotfixes - August 23

August 22, 2024

Classes

• Death Knight

  • Frost
    • Fixed an issue causing Razorice to not persist on the target applied via Arctic Assault when the Death Knight is not talented into Glacial Advance.
  • Unholy
    • Fixed an issue where the ghoul could fail to be resummoned upon dismounting.

• Hunter

  • Survival
    • Harpoon now pulls you to the edge of a target’s hitbox (was the center).

• Rogue

  • Fixed an issue that could remove the Rogue from Stealth if Vanish duration expired while Subterfuge effect was active.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Dispatch from triggering in intended circumstances with Crackshot talented.
  • Assassination
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Deathmark’s bleed damage from benefitting from Mastery: Potent Assassin

• Shaman

• Ice and Fire now affects Primordial Wave damage.

• Improved Flametongue Weapon now affects Primordial Wave damage.

• Nature’s Fury now affects Primordial Wave damage.

• Warrior

  • Arms
    • Mortal Strikes from Unhinged will no longer strike additional targets while Sweeping Strikes is active.
  • Fury
    • Bloodthirsts from Unhinged will no longer strike additional targets nor consume stacks of Whirlwind while Whirlwind is active.

Dungeons and Raids

• All dungeon enemy damage reduced by 7% in Mythic and Mythic+ difficulties.
• All dungeon enemy health increased by 10% in Heroic difficulties.
• The Tyrannical affix health increase on bosses reduced by 5%.
• Reduced the health and damage of all Battle For Azeroth raid bosses by approximately 40%.
• Reduced the health and damage of Shadowlands raid bosses by approximately 65%.

Player versus Player

• The maximum amount of Honor a player can accrue is lowered to 4000 for the duration of The War Within Early Access, and this amount will increase to 15000 with the end of Early Access.
• Rogue
  • Shiv (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 17%).
  • Echoing Reprimand (Talent) damage now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Assassination
    • Envenom damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 4%).
    • Mutilate damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 4%).
    • Kingsbane (Talent) period damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 8%).
    • Kingsbane (Talent) initial damage now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 32%).
  • Outlaw
    • Dispatch damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Sinister Strike damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
    • Mastery: Main Gauche damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
    • Blade Rush (Talent) damage is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
    • Combat Stamina (Talent) now increases Stamina by 12% in PvP combat (was 15% / base 5%).
    • Ace Up Your Sleeve (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Crackshot (Talent) effect now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 33%).
  • Subtlety
    • Eviscerate damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 5%).
    • Shadowstrike damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 8%).
    • Secret Technique (Talent) damage now reduced by 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).
    • Goremaw’s Bite (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
    • Flagellation (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Perforated Veins (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).

Professions

• All Dragonflight profession first craft experience bonuses no longer apply to player-characters at or above level 70.
• All Artisan’s Acuity has been removed from the first-time crafters’ bonus of trainer-taught recipes in The War Within.
• All Artisan’s Acuity has been removed from gathering journal discovery bonuses.
• An additional 150 Artisan’s Acuity has been added to the one-time reagent bag players receive from the quest “Crafting to Order”.

Quests

• Players can once again earn progress towards the achievement Back to the Depths! after completing “Summons from the Depths”.
• The Mechashark X-Steam has had high octane fuel added to it so you can complete “A Goblin in Shark’s Clothing”.