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The Burning Crusade Classic version 2.5.4 Public Test Realm (PTR) is now open for testing. Players may copy their character to the PTR or create a template character.

• The Zul’Aman 10-player raid is now available for testing.
  • Please see Nexus Lord Donjon Rade Jr. in the center of Shattrath while in a raid group to be ported to the Zul’Aman raid dungeon.
• Patch 2.5.4 contains an update to how data is exchanged between the client and server. This update should be completely invisible, but we would encourage players to utilize the in-game bug reporter (default hotkey: F6) to report any issues or irregularities that you might encounter, particularly regarding player stats, spells, abilities, items, looting, inventory, or any issues encountered during combat.

Thank you very much!

If you’re still not testing the PTR (Public Test Realm) with us, and you want to, we’ve made it easy to get started. Just follow these steps:

CREATE A PTR ACCOUNT:

• Log in to Blizzard Account Management.
• Select Games and Subscriptions.
• In the Starter Editions & Public Test Regions section, select Create PTR Account.
• Click the Create Account button.

JOIN THE PTR:

• Open the Blizzard Battle.net App and select World of Warcraft Classic from your Games list.
• In the selector above the Play button, change your Region / Account to Public Test Realm (Classic BCC).
• Click Install (or Update) to instal...

Welcome to the Burning Crusade Classic 2.5.4 PTR Discussion forum! This forum is here to provide you with a friendly environment where you can discuss the BCC Phase 4 test environment with other players.

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Below are today’s hotfixes:

MARCH 2, 2022

Characters

• Fixed an issue that prevented character transfers to Roleplay realms.
• Fixed a disconnect issue when inspecting another player in a Premade Group.

Classes

• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • The duration extension effect from summoning your Demonic Tyrant has had its radius increased to 100 yards (was 40 yards).

Creatures and NPCs

• Several Rare encounters in Zereth Mortis have had their maximum health reduced.
• Fixed an issue where occasionally one or both sigils would not appear, making it impossible to lower the barrier to engage Protector of the First Ones.
  • Developers’ note: In the event one or both sigils still does not appear when the rare respawns, the barrier will be automati...

We’re currently testing, and intend to deploy hotfixes that will fix bugs and adjust the difficulty of the Anduin encounter in Sepulcher of the First Ones:

Anduin

• Hopebreaker damage over time reduced by 10% in Heroic difficulty.
• Fixed a bug that caused Befouled Barrier to absorb 100% of healing received. Befouled Barrier should absorb 75% of healing in Heroic and Mythic difficulties, and 50% in Normal and Raid Finder difficulties.
• Grim Reflections health reduced by 20% in non-Mythic difficulties.
• Purging Light damage over time reduced by 20% in Heroic difficulty.

When Zul’Gurub opens on March 3 at 3:00 p.m. PST, a new challenge awaits you. Hakkar the Soulflayer will now offer bonus loot.

First, players will now always receive a Primal Hakkari Idol when Hakkar is defeated. In addition to the Idol, extra pieces of gear will drop when Hakkar is defeated, and Priests or Priestesses are still alive:

• When you leave a specific Priest or Priestess alive and defeat Hakkar, then there is a guaranteed chance that a piece of rare or epic loot from that boss will drop from Hakkar.
  • Example: If you kill Hakkar and High Priestess Arlokk is still alive, you’ll get a guaranteed piece of Arlokk’s loot from from Hakkar, such as Will of Arlokk or Panther Hide Sack.
  • Example: If you kill Hakkar and both Venoxis and Thekal are still alive, you’ll get two additional pieces of loot, one from each boss, such as Fang of Venoxis and even the Swift Zulian Tiger.

This gives you an additional chance at a speci...

Here are the changes that went live today:

MARCH 1, 2022

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Fixed an issue where Celestial Pillar (2-piece Set Effect) would not be activated if triggered too quickly.
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Reverted a change in Eternity’s End to Fallen Order’s (Venthyr Ability) Crane Adept’s Enveloping Mist cooldown and cast variance that caused Enveloping Mist to only be cast once per summon.
      • Developers’ notes: In 9.1, it was identified that the Crane Adept guardians summoned by the ability Fallen Order would cast an additional Enveloping Mist if players reached a certain amount of Haste. Generally, we try to avoid these “Haste Breakpoints” that introduce big jumps in power with arbitrary amounts of a particular stat. In 9.1.5, we shared that we intended to fi...

That’s essentially correct. For a brief time earlier today, the quest was incorrectly counting requirements. It was quickly fixed so that it works as intended with the overall change to make it a weekly quest.