World of Warcraft Dev Tracker

Over the first 24 hours of Season of Discovery, we made a few discoveries of our own that resulted in design changes. We expect that most players haven’t seen much of this yet, but want to note it for reference.

Season of Discovery

• Healing caused by Arcane Explosion reduced by 80%.
  • We did not intend for Mage healing to trivialize content.
• The Explosive Shot rune ability has been redesigned and its damage dramatically decreased. Each time it deals damage, it now damages all enemies within 8 yards of the primary target.
• Chimera Shot damage reduced to 85% weapon damage.
  • When it comes to output, Hunters are proving to be an outlier. With these changes, Explosive Shot should fill the AOE niche and Hunters should still be very strong, but also more in-line with the output of other classes at level 25.
• Adjustments have been made to the Ashenvale PvP event to allow it ...

As explained here yesterday, the maximum rank that can be achieved in Phase 1 of Season of Discovery is rank 3. Additionally:

• The Tidal Charm trinket does not drop from Prince Nazjak in Arathi Highlands in Phase 1 of Season of Discovery.
• The Arena Master and Arena Grand Master trinkets are not available in Phase 1.
• Runes that will become available in future phases cannot be obtained in the current phase.
• World chests located in high level zones will not ever spawn d...

Hey everyone! Here are today’s hotfixes to Dragonflight:

December 1, 2023

Dungeons and Raids

• Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
  • Fyrakk
    • Resolved an issue causing Fyrakk to become unlootable if killed during Shadowflame Devastation in Stage Two.
    • Resolved an issue causing Fyrakk’s energy bar to increase too quickly in Stage Three on Mythic difficulty.
• Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall
  • Iridikron
    • Timeline Transcendence’s 100% damage increase now also increases the damage of an affected player’s pets and summons even if they are not within Chromie’s bubble.
    • Timeline Transcendence no longer applies onto pets or summons.
• The Everbloom
  • Ancient Protectors
    • The visual effect for Dhulu’s Noxiou...

As we continue to closely monitor data on class performance as well as player feedback, 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

• Death Knight
  • Blood
    • Aberrus Class Set bonus: Heart Strike and Blood Boil deal 10% increased damage (was 20%) and have a 5% chance (was 10%) to grant Vampiric Blood for 5 seconds.
  • Unholy
    • Virulent Plague Damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Epidemic Damage increased by 12%.
    • Festering Strike damage increased by 20%.
    • Festering...

Check out the GETTING INTO SEASON OF DISCOVERY section here:

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We’ve deployed a fix for this issue, and are looking for any feedback on performance.

As others noted, we had a schedule conflict between these two brawls, so we put off Comp Stomp.

To compensate, we’re adjusting the whole rotation by two weeks. Comp Stomp will start on December 12, one week after the Anniversary event ends on December 7.

And then all should proceed apace.

As a temporary measure to prevent further service issues, we’ve locked the Crusader Strike realm to new players. Players who have already established their character on this realm should see no change to their ability to access the realm.

Crusader Strike is now labeled as “Locked” on the realm selection screen, and new players who wish to enjoy RP-PvP should select the Chaos Bolt realm.

Thank you!

We’re tracking a bug here and working to fix it as soon as possible.

Thank you.

November 30, 2023

Dungeons and Raids

• Black Rook Hold
  • Addressed an issue where Shadowbolt Volley debuff from Dantalionax can linger on players after he is defeated.
• Court of Stars
  • Fixed an issue where Gerenth the Vile’s Hypnosis Bat was incorrectly being cast on non-keystone difficulties.
• Dawn of the Infinite
  • Resolved an issue where players could incidentally enter combat with Chronaxis and/or Pendule enemies while on the traversal paths.

Items

• Fixed an issue allowing Smoldering Seedling to sometimes heal for more than intended.
• Fixed an issue where Ouroboreal Necklet would not trigger Ruby Serpent’s Ward from Acid Rain damage.

Player versus Player

• Crests earned from rated PvP activities have been incre...

As we’ve gradually increased the population caps on all Season of Discovery realms over the last three hours, it has become clear that interest in playing on the RP-PvP ruleset is high enough to justify an additional realm.

Please encourage your friends to join you on the Chaos Bolt realm for a roleplaying war with the other faction! We’ll see you there.

To answer a question we’ve seen from players who are planning to focus on ranking up in Season of Discovery — we’re adding caps to the rank you can achieve during each phase. We want to enable everyone to push rank at a reasonable pace without worrying about rushing to earn highly lucrative PvP rewards.

To start in the first phase of Season of Discovery, at level 25, the cap will be rank 3. Our current plan is to then increase the cap with each new phase, so that rank will cap at 9 for the first few weeks of level 60. Thereafter, we’re planning to increase the rank cap every few weeks along with the release of level 60 content such as Blackwing Lair, finally reaching rank 14 with the opening of The Temple of Ahn’Qiraj.

We’re looking forward to seeing the PvP action in Season of Discovery!