World of Warcraft Dev Tracker

Hey all! Here are today’s hotfixes.

June 13, 2023

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Wild Mushroom will now deal its damage even if the target is out of line of sight of the Druid.
    • Fury of Elune will now deal its damage even if the target is out of line of sight of the Druid.
• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • Eternity Surge will now deal its damage effect correctly if you are crowd controlled immediately after completing the empower cast.

Player versus Player

• Monk
  • Mistweaver...

The development team spends the majority of their time on the latest content which includes both brand new things and iterating on the latest additions to the game. That said, legacy content is something we cherish and do try to make some focused improvements on it when possible. In this week’s PTR update, a new update is available for testing:

• Players that have defeated Garrosh Hellscream in Siege of Orgrimmar may now skip directly to The Inner Sanctum on all characters on the account by reading the scroll hanging on the wall near Loremaster Cho at the entrance.
  • Developers’ note: Siege of Orgrimmar is a long, linear raid with a rare mount and plate shoulders held covetously by Garrosh Hellscream, its final boss encounter. We hope that the shortcut implemented here will allow players who’ve experienced this part of the story before to skip directly to the final showdown for a chance at earning those unique collectibles.

Hopefu...

We want to give everyone a heads-up on the upcoming changes to the Onyx Annulet, and its Primordial Stones, so that you can best prepare for the Fractures in Time update.

• Onyx Annulet - Primordial Stones that deal damage now deal 40% less damage.

We are lowering the effectiveness of all Primordial Stones that deal damage by 40% to increase the amount of gearing options for players going forward. We will be compensating specific specializations for this damage loss, and we have listed the current details in the PTR notes ...

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...

Hey all! Here are today’s hotfixes.

June 12, 2023

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Fixed a bug causing Astral Smolder to not deal appropriate damage to enemies with absorb shields.
  • Feral
    • Fixed a bug with Dreadful Bleeding causing it to increase Rip damage by less than intended.
• Hunter
  • Survival
    • Fixed an issue where Fury of the Eagle did fewer instances of damage than expected when under the buff effects of the Bloodseeker talent.

Dungeons and Raids

• Abe...

Hey all! Here are today’s hotfixes.

June 9, 2023

Classes

• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Fixed an issue where Radiant Providence from the Discipline Priest 4-piece set bonus would reset on when engaging a dungeon boss.
  • Holy
    • Fixed an issue where the duplicated Prayer of Mending from the Holy Priest 2-piece set bonus would cost twice as much mana.

To provide more transparency on the actions that get taken against exploitative accounts, here is a breakdown on the number of actions that have been taken over the course of the last month:

Total Exploitative WoW Account Actions Last Month: 167799

All of these actions are for cheating or exploitation which are primarily permanent bans or 6-month suspensions. This number does not include separate actions like character name or in-game language violations. We will continue to evolve our methods and act against these malicious accounts on a daily basis.

Thank you and we’ll see you in Azeroth.

-The WoW Classic Team