WoW Hotfixes - January 8

Community General Discussion
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December 18, 2023

Classes

  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Resolved an issue causing the Death’s Torment buff from the Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope 4-piece set bonus to be removed at the start of dungeon encounters.
    • Warlock
      • Demonology
        • Hand of Gul’dan will no longer interrupt all nearby enemy players who are eating or drinking.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
    • Fixed an issue where Raid Finder: Fate of Amirdrassil could port you to the wrong location.
  • Blackrook Hold
    • Bonebreaking Strike no longer stuns pets.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise
    • Fireball, Serrated Arrows, and Serrated Axe will now clean up after the encounter ends.
  • The Everbloom
    • Fixed an Ancient Protectors issue where Dulhu’s Noxious Charge can fail to create Noxious Discharge if the target is directly under the boss.
    • Addressed an Ancient Protectors issue where Noxious Discharge can spawn above ground.
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Addressed a Heartsbane Triad issue where Sisters without the iris can quickly melee nearby targets upon being interrupted.
    • Addressed a Soulbound Goliath issue where Soul Thorns’ health is scaling with Fortified instead of Tyrannical.

Items

  • Flourishing Dream Helm now accepts PvP item-level optional reagents as intended.
    • Developers’ notes: As a reminder, the potency of this embellishment is reduced in PvP like other embellishments.

Season of Discovery

  • The Battle for Ashenvale will now progress about 50% faster than previously.
  • The reputation gain for participating in killing an enemy Keeper of the Grove or Blade Master has been increased to 400 (was 200).
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Shadowy Figure in Alterac Mountains to not be seen by players who should otherwise be able to see them.
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No mmr fix mentioned !!!

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now mmr fix, nice work! ty fo trash pvp u only support rank 1 pvp boosters its all what u doing after first 2 seasons shadowlands

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December 19, 2023

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Sigil of Flame damage reduced by 10%.
    • Havoc
      • Collective Anguish (talent) damage from summoned Fel Devastation reduced by 10%.
      • Ragefire (talent) damage stored from Immolation Aura critical strikes reduced to 30% (was 35%).
      • A Fire Inside (talent) chance to reset Immolation Aura reduced to 25% (was 30%).
  • Evoker
    • Devastation
      • Pyre damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Damage of all spells and abilities increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP.
    • Preservation
      • Resonating Sphere once again applies Echo to the first 5 allies it passes through (was 3).
      • Developers’ notes: Resonating Sphere was recently reduced as part of a broad AoE healing reduction pass. After watching the change play out, we’re not happy with the resulting gameplay – particularly in dungeons, where it doesn’t cover your whole party.
  • Mage
    • Arcane
      • Arcane Blast damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
    • Fire
      • Fire Blast damage increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Pyroblast damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Fireball damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Flamestrike damage increased by 12%
      • Intensifying Flame now increases Ignite damage by 25% (was 15%).
    • Frost
      • Frostbolt damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Ice Lance damage increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Flurry damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Glacial Spike damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
    • Developers’ notes: We continue to keep an eye on Windwalker damage, and feel they need a second incremental improvement to their relative performance. This round of tuning focuses on payoff for successfully executing the bonus effects of the Mystic Heron’s Discipline tier set, as well as increasing the damage of rotational Chi spenders in Rising Sun Kick and Fists of Fury.
      • Spinning Crane Kick damage increased by 20%.
      • Blackout Kick damage increased by 10%.
      • Rising Sun Kick damge increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Fists of Fury damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Blackout Reinforcement increased to 250% (was 200%).
      • Glory of the Dawn damage increased by 12%.
      • Dance of Chi-Ji bonus increased to 300% (was 200%).
    • Mistweaver
      • Unison now heals a second injured ally for 35% of the amount healed (down from 50%). Does not apply to PvP.
      • Enveloping Breath healing reduced by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Essence Font healing reduced by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • All ability damage increased by 3%.
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Psychic Link now causes direct damage spells to inflict 25% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch (was 15%).
    • Holy
      • All healing increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Prayer of Mending healing increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • All ability and melee auto-attack damage reduced by 3%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Earthquake damage increased by 50%.
    • Enhancement
      • Elemental Warding now reduces magic damage taken by 3%/6% (was 2%/4%).
      • Developers’ notes: This is aimed at improving Enhancement’s survivability in all content.
    • Restoration
      • Torrent now increases the initial heal of Riptide by 15%/30% (was 10%/20%). Does not apply to PvP.
      • Healing Surge healing increased by 17%. Does not apply to PvP.
      • Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 12%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Seed of Corruption damage increased by 10%.
      • Soul Rot now applies to up to 4 additional targets (up from 3).
      • Dark Harvest now increases critical strike and haste by 4% per target (up from 2.5%).
    • Destruction
      • Rain of Fire damage increased by 12%.
      • Cataclysm damage increased by 25%.
      • Immolation damage from Infernal and Blasphemy increased by 25%.
      • Immolate damage increased by 10%.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
    • Fyrakk The Blazing
      • Removed the first instance of Blaze from intermission on Mythic difficulty.
      • Increased the cast time of Searing Screams to 4 seconds (was 2) on Mythic difficulty.
      • Reduced the health of Screaming Souls by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Smolderon
      • Fixed an issue with Seeking Infernos that allowed threat information to be generated from them.
      • Reduced the number of Seeking Infernos that spawn each set to 3 (was 4).
      • Reduced the number of Flame Waves that spawn from Overheated targets to 4 (was 5) on Mythic difficulty.

Player versus Player

  • Gladiator’s Distinction (Trinket Set Bonus): Primary stat for DPS and tank specializations is now increased by 12% (was 20%) when in Arenas, Battlegrounds, and War Mode.
  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Stellar Flare backlash damage increased by 8%.
    • Feral
      • Regrowth healing is no longer reduced in PvP Combat (was reduced by 20%).
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Aimed Shot now deals 40% additional damage in PvP (was 25%).
      • Rapid Fire now deals 30% additional damage in PvP (was 20%).
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Mana regeneration is now reduced by 35% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  • Shaman
    • Enhancement
      • Healing Surge healing is now increased by 5% in PvP combat (was reduced by 12%).
      • Control of Lava (Flame Shock backlash damage) damage increased by 8%.
    • Elemental
      • Searing Flames now has a 40% chance to generate Maelstrom in PvP combat (was 100%).
      • Rolling Magma is now 60% effective in PvP combat.
      • Control of Lava (Flame Shock backlash damage) damage increased by 8%.
    • Restoration
      • Healing Tide Totem health increased by 30%.
  • Rogue
    • Subtlety
      • The Amirdrassil Class Set 2-piece bonus is now 30% effective in PvP combat (was 50%).
      • Eviscerate damage reduced by 7.5%.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 8%.
      • Dark Harvest is now 75% effective in PvP combat.
    • Destruction
      • Chaos Bolt damage is now increased by 70% in PvP combat (was 75%).
      • Shadowburn damage is now increased by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
      • Flashpoint is now 50% effective in PvP combat.

Season of Discovery

  • Mage
    • Living Flame now benefits from and consumes Arcane Blast.
  • Paladin
    • Avenger’s Shield’s movement slow is now properly considered a Snare and can be removed by effects that remove movement impairing effects.
    • Mana granted by Seal of Martydom to party and raid members has been increased. Seal of Martyrdom now grants all party and raid members 20% of damage the Paladin takes from the seal (was 10%).
  • Rogue
    • Blade Dance has been updated to grant 10% parry at all ranks, rather than increasing parry chance per combo point. The only effect of more combo points is now increased duration.
  • Shaman
    • Mana granted by Shamanistic Rage to party and raid members has been increased. Shamanistic Rage now grants party and raid members 20% of the mana gained by the Shaman (was 10%).
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No. Stop. This is cringe.

The boss is objectively easier after the other nerfs but if making changes like this isn’t a huge red flag that you need to flush these private auras down the toilet I don’t know what is.

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December 21, 2023

Characters

  • Apothecary Lee in Dalaran should now have his shoulders looking like they’re supposed to.

Quests

  • Players should now be able to speak with Vormu and turn in “Disturbance Detected: Black Temple”.

Season of Discovery

  • Druid
    • Lacerate base cost reduced 10 Rage (was 15).
    • Mangle (Bear) base cost reduced to 15 Rage (was 20).
  • Priest
    • Shadow Word: Death base damage increased by 103% and the bonus damage it receives from spell power has been increased by 50%.
  • Shaman
    • Shamanistic Rage now always grants 6% of the caster’s spell damage as mana, as intended.
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Just want to make sure the devs know this bug is either still not fixed or has returned. I have seen it multiple times in my keys this week.

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Yup this is still a bug. Imps are going rogue and pulling stuff.

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January 2, 2024

Items

  • Fixed an issue that was causing Ms. Xiulan’s Blackmarket goods to not be available in some regions.

Season of Discovery

  • Two additional Spirit Healers will be present during the Battle for Ashenvale in the northwest of the zone.
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Hotfixes

January 4, 2024

Dungeons and Raids

  • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
    • Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause a stuck black screen upon entering Fyrakk’s chamber.

Season of Discovery

  • Boon of Blackfathom no longer applies to pets.
    • Developer’s Note: We are essentially removing the ability for pets to get Boon of Blackfathom for now. Now that pets scale with stats, allowing them to get certain world buffs would effectively let them “double dip” on these effects and gain far more damage than intended. We’ll continue to review this as we move through the content phases and make adjustments to how world buffs interact with pets as needed.
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If we are going to continue to nerf Hunters (Not even the best DPS in raids) in PVE, while the community is solely complaining about hunters in PVP. I’m going to continue to be confused. Warriors and Rogues have mutli-role options and they don’t get touched while on top, but we are nerfing a 3rd ranking dps in PVE where no one is asking for their nerf? While continue to have no nerf to pvp, where everyone is asking for their nerf?

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Still no buffs for Feral I see.

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This hotfix news went up late.

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So you guys will rollback to classic /vanila Warriors/rogues 3 times more dps than other classes? We alteady in that ,phase 2 Will be even worse…

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These SoD changes never cease to surprise me. Just when you think it can’t get any dumber, it does!

Why bother making a completely new season when it’s gonna end up just like Era/SOM – play rogue/war to dps because everything else isn’t even close.

Are you THAT tonedeaf? Hunters aren’t even top damage dealers anymore, you are nerfing what is already dead instead of looking at Deep Wounds ticking for 1500 lol?

Rogues and Warriors are going to scale much harder into P2 and that’s what everyone is gonna want to stack in their raids, just like always.

CONGRATS SoD Team for absolutely destroying any reason to play this garbage anymore, not because of this specific nerf, but now realizing how incompetent you are at figuring out what’s actually going on in the game, it’s safe to say there’s no positive future for this season.

PS. Please keep your paws away from Wotlk/Cata, so at least that would remain playabale.

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I agree… I’m expecting Cataclysm to be as it was when it was first released… DO NOT add this SoD junk to it… Unless of course you edit runes to adhere to ones talent tree instead of gear… but even then, if the runes are universal and can be placed and use by anyone… leave cata alone.

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Keep calm guys. Yes it’s another hunter nerf, yes we’re already getting weaker as everyone is getting geared, no we will not scale into future phases, yes warrior deep wounds is bugged and it is an unintentional effect, but this one blizzard developer got ganked by a wind serpent in Ashenvale and the wind serpent had the boon of blackfathom so guys just be patient while this hotfix gets everything under control!

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You guys couldn’t bother to post this is in the SoD forums? Why was this announced so late? I was asking on twitter what was going on at least two hours before the hunter nerfs were confirmed.

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Sod now is Just 2019 classic with runes and level cap…

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the pets were op. Its obvious to anyone who plays the game.