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15 Mar

Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Dragonflight
  • Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary Event
    • Updates have been made to this event, including an extension to March 22, and bosses now spawn more often.
  • 10.2.6 Content Update
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    Nethaera on Forums - Thread - Direct

Couple minutes in this case. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/the-1026-content-update-arrives-march-19/

Mark your calendar for March 19 when the 10.2.6 content update goes live with a bold, new, limited-time event. You won't want to miss out on the fun. It's important to note that Dragonflight season 4 will go live several weeks after the release of the 10.2.6 content update. For heroes working toward the Amirdrassil Feats of Strength, you'll need to obtain ...

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14 Mar

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    Nethaera on Forums - Thread - Direct

What about “very soon”? Is that better at all?

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    Nethaera on Forums - Thread - Direct

Soon ™.

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

With hotfixes coming soon, we’re making the following adjustments to the Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary Event:

  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to complete the Whizbang encounter and not receive Trading Post credit for it.
  • Players can now collect missing cards by using the Hearthstone Gameboard toy to defeat others in a friendly game. It will continue to drop cards after the event ends.
  • The event duration has been extended by 96 hours, and is now scheduled to end on Friday, March 22.
  • For the remainder of the event, the boss portal will open every 30 minutes (was every 60 minutes).

Thank you very much!

[Updated 3/14] The event duration has been extended and will now end on Friday, March 22.

The tables are set, the tavern is bustling, and the musicians are playing your favorite tune. Join the party as Hearthstone celebrates 10 years of card-filled fun and adventure with a variety of events in Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. By logging in to Hearthstone, you can also earn the Fiery Hearthsteed mount in World of Warcraft.


Get the Fiery Hearthsteed

Players can try their hand at Hearthstone between March 11 and May 14 to earn the Fiery Hearthsteed mount* in World of Warcraft. Getting your hands on this unique flying mount is simple . ...

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12 Mar

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

That is exactly how it should now be working, following a hotfix that was deployed a couple of hours ago.

We’re continuing to investigate performance issues on some realms.

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

With a hotfix that is now live on all realms, Whizbang’s portal should now spawn simultaneously in all three locations, every hour.

This should continue for the duration of the Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary event.

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

March 12, 2024

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

  • Fixed an issue with Piercing Shots, Deep Wounds, and Ignite that causes them to sometimes do too much damage to players.
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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

March 12, 2024

WoW Classic: Season of Discovery

  • Class restrictions on Arathi Basin reputation armor rewards have been lifted on all Classic Era and Season of Discovery realms.
  • Fixed a bug causing Blood for the Blood Loa stacks to not be exchanged when the battle is not active.
  • Hunter
    • Steady Shot damage increased to 75% weapon damage (was 60%).
    • Rune of the Trapper icon should no longer be a question mark.
  • Mage
    • Living Flame movement speed adjusted to 86% of normal player movement speed (was 100%).
    • Living Flame duration reduced 10 seconds (was 20 seconds)
    • Living Flame cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 60 seconds).
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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

March 12, 2024

Classes

  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • Rejuvenation healing increased by 12%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Evoker
    • Preservation
    • Developers’ notes: Preservation has been underutilized lately, in part due to the range restrictions of the specialization. To help compensate for that, we’re increasing the healing and defensiveness of Preservation so they can traverse the battlefield more easily and safely.
      • Time of Need clone’s overall healing increased by 100%. Time of Need clone’s Living Flame healing increased by 16%.
      • Live-Giver’s Flame heals for 40/80% of damage done (was 35/70%).
      • Inherent Resistance reduces magic damage taken by 4/8% (was 2/4%) for Preservation Evoker.
      • Attuned to the Dream increases healing done and received by 3/6% (was 2/4%) for ...
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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

Today we previewed some changes we’re planning for Season 4.

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Dragonflight Season 4 brings with it a variety of changes, including new adjustments to dungeons, their progression, and rewards.


In the Player Feedback Loop

As a part of ongoing development in Dragonflight, the development team identified three issues to address based on community feedback regarding the dungeon system as it is:

  • Heroic dungeons are barely distinct from Normal dungeons at maximum level, and that distinction mostly only matters during a few days after players first reach max level.
  • "Mythic 0" dungeons rapidly lose relevance a few weeks into an expansion, once the M+ season starts, with occasional exceptions for the weekly event quest.
  • The only truly endgame dungeon mode (M+) currently revolves around a timer. This means that other than new mega-dungeons, there isn't really a place for endgame players who enjoy a more methodical dungeon pac...
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11 Mar

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

In our Americas, EU, and Asia regions this week, we’ve planned for an estimated 8 hours of downtime to do some critical server infrastructure improvements to our Network File System (NFS).

At this time, the 8 hour window is just an estimate, and we can’t determine in advance how much time it’s going to take with much certainty. While we hope that NFS updates won’t take the full 8 hours, we have to allow for the scenario where the update processes take much longer than expected.

We’ll let you know during maintenance tomorrow if it looks like it’s going to go long.

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

Today we’ve developed an additional adjustment and added it to the OP of this thread.

Player versus Player

Warlock

  • Call Observer health reduced to 6% of Warlock’s health (was 8%) and Laserbeam damage reduced to 8% of enemy health (was 10%).

This will go live with weekly maintenance tomorrow, along with all of the other adjustments.

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Join the party this week as Hearthstone celebrates their 10-year anniversary!


World of Warcraft Joins Hearthstone’s 10-Year Anniversary Festivities

Join in Hearthstone’s 10-year anniversary celebration beginning March 11. Players can log into Hearthstone to collect a new Fiery Hearthsteed mount in World of Warcraft for free!*

Players can also seek out special “Hearthstone” matches in capital cities from March 11 to March 18. Stick around long enough and you’ll face a special encounter where you can defeat iconic minions to add to your deck and earn other fun new Hearthstone-themed rewards! Lea...

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08 Mar

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

Feel free to let us know what you think here.

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

As always, we’ve closely monitored data on class performance as well as player feedback. With all of that in mind, we’ve developed the following adjustments to classes that are over- and under-performing in group content and PvP. These changes will go into effect with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region.

Classes

Druid

  • Restoration
    • Rejuvenation healing increased by 12%. Does not affect PvP combat.

Evoker

  • Preservation
  • Developers’ notes: Preservation has been underutilized lately, in part due to the range restrictions of the specialization. To help compensate for that, we're increasing the healing and defensivene...
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Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Dragonflight
  • Hotfixes
    • Several issues in Dragonflight Season 3 dungeons have been addressed.
Season of Discovery
  • Discoverer's Delight Experience Buff
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