The War Within Hotfixes - December 20

Community General Discussion
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October 28, 2024

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Aldrachi Reaver: Fixed an issue where casting Soul Cleave on an immune target could result in applying an incorrect number of Reaver’s Mark stacks.
  • Hunter
    • Deathblow no longer incorrectly has a reduced chance to proc in PvP instances.
    • Pack Leader: An issue preventing Frenzied Tear from activating consistently has been corrected.
    • Marksmanship
      • Volley is now correctly visible to enemies in PvP instances.
    • Survival
      • Flare will now correctly play an animation for Survival Hunters.
      • Resolved an issue that was causing Wildfire Bomb to consume multiple stacks of Tip of the Spear per cast.
      • Pack Leader: Scattered Prey will now correctly increase Butchery’s damage for Survival Hunters.
  • Mage
    • Frostfire Bolt will now deal damage regardless of your line of sight with the target.
    • Frostfire Bolt now requires that you face your target to fire a projectile.
    • Dematerialize will now be consistently applied by the second stack of Nether Precision.
    • Frost
      • Death’s Chill will now properly function if Icy Veins is cast before a Raid or Mythic+ encounter begins.
        • Developers’ notes: Stacks acquired from Death’s Chill before the pull or before the Mythic+ dungeon is activated will still be removed.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Fixed an issue that caused Rushing Wind Kick to not consume Tea of Plenty.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Jade Empowerment’s damage increase to not function if an enemy dies while Crackling Jade Lightning is active.
    • Windwalker
      • Fixed an issue that caused Last Emperor’s Capacitor damage increase to not function if an enemy dies while Crackling Jade Lightning is active.
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue that caused Worthy Sacrifice to be able to activate onto player pets.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Steed of Liberty to grant allies full duration Blessing of Freedoms when talented into Unbound Freedom.
  • Rogue
    • Trickster: Fixed an issue that could allow So Tricky’s duration bonus for Tricks of the Trade to persist after changing talents.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Adjusted all Timewalking dungeon enemy health and damage to better scale with player power.
    • Developers’ notes: Our intention with these dungeons is for their difficulty to fall between the difficulty of a Normal and a Heroic dungeon at level 80. Our goal with changes like this is to provide a fairer, engaging challenge for all players while keeping to the principle that better gear makes you more powerful. We’ll continue to monitor dungeon difficulty to ensure Timewalking presents a satisfying level of challenge for all players.
  • The Stonevault
    • Resolved an issue allowing Blazing Shrapnel to still be cast if Dorlita dies while channeling Blazing Crescendo.

Events

  • Awakening the Machine
    • Addressed an issue causing Nullbots to become stuck evading.

Player versus Player

  • Fixed an issue where players were unable to queue for Eye of the Storm as a specific battleground in Quick Match.

WoW’s 20th Anniversary

  • Adjusted the damage, cooldowns, and range of Doomwalker’s abilities to make the encounter significantly less deadly to players.
  • Fixed an issue where “The Ancient Scroll” could be removed on logout.
  • Blackrock Depths
    • The Servant Emperor missive now appears on LFR difficulty after defeating General Angerforge.
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Marks pvp multipliers are still not addressed.

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Yeah losing 20% rapid fire and aimed shot node in dark ranger talent tree was bad enough, but also losing our PvP modifiers is ridiculous.

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Where is the fix for deathblow/withering fire/hunter’s prey pulling random mobs? This is a serious concern that is making Hunters a bane on M+ keys. It’s been a week and not even a comment that you’re aware of the issue.

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Err, what does that mean? It’s gonna go through walls? Please say “yes.” :joy:

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Frostfire bolt leaves a frostfire damage dot on the target, I suspect there were issues where these damage ticks were blocked due to LoS. I don’t think it will bypass walls though, lol

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Like a dozen legacy raids broke with the patch.

Are we gonna see a hotfix for them soon?

People are probably freaking out they can’t do their weekly lich king run at ICC.

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112

now finally understood.

there is only two possibility

blizz employers thinking they are ring of power writers. They think they are succesful if a lot of people talking about them. they dont care about positive or negative comments. they just think more comment=success

or

they are X trolls with premium mark. they getting paid more if receive more comments.

thats it.

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No one was asking for this though. This is a dev issue, blowing through them is the only fun they provide.

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Fixing the Ascendance bug will cause a significant nerf to single target, about 9%. We know in the past you guys said you want everyone to have their “Ah-ha!” moment or have a moment of power where everyone sees it. You guys absolutely nailed that with the new Ascendance entire from how it works to the model. Being a 3 min CD, it’s already long, having the 6 lava burst in one target makes the CD feel better to press. Going to 1 cast does nerf it’s power by a great deal. Please consider before changing it.

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I may not have asked for it, but I did want it. It’s not just a dev issue.

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You wanted Timewalking dungeons to take longer? What kind of masochist are you?

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It’s nice to play a game instead of just putting the tank on follow and cruising to the end.

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That’s still what it is, just marginally slower. Queued content has been and will remain extraordinarily easy. It is not designed to be difficult.

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At least I have to push an occasional button.

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Does anyone know if Firelands has been fixed yet?

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This new philosophy sucks. The main thing Timewalking had going for it was that you couldn’t (*) overgear it. Now 90% of level 80 characters overgear it and make it boring.

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Demonology is actually worse now after the buffs than before. Paladins, Monks, Rogues, DKs, are charge tunneling, CC chaining, and we can;t even get a cast off in Arena before they are on top of us. I’ve waited at the back of the arena, on the largest maps, and poof, casting 1 spell and dead. This is unreal how badly Blizzard screwed up this entire patch.

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They only fix dev issues. They don’t fix actual bugs.

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Where is the fix to my Dracthyr Warriors voice being broken :frowning: