WoW Hotfixes - January 8

Community General Discussion
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And this affects the default frames aswell not just addons?

If so then range checks for any ability are going to be very difficult.

Will I have to just spam a spell at a mob until it casts to know when I’m in range now?

Doesn’t seem to for DPS specs.

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I would imagine default frames are not affected. It could be a thinly veiled attempt to push people to them. Our raid will find out tonight, I guess. Most addon authors are reverting to the old style range check of using a friendly spell from the player’s current class to execute the check.

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My addons:
TomTom
Tidy Plates
TSM
Auctionator
DBM
GTFO
Details(when it’s not causing major lag)
Pawn
Simcraft(exports the info so no logging in and out to try stuff)
Altoholic

If the functionality of these could be added baseline to the game it would help alot.

Several should have been many years ago. Like Altoholic, TomTom , and GTFO.

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I just logged in and it is “Not” affecting my Vuhdo Frames. So miss spoke early. Thank God for that. I’ll still heal this season. :wink:

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The addon author probably made the update I referred to in order to account for the change. Glad it’s not gonna be a problem for healers after all, but I don’t really see the reason this change was made to begin with.

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November 17, 2023

Classes

  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Resolved an issue causing Earth Shock Overload from Mountains Will Fall to deal 6% less damage than intended.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
    • Council of Dreams
      • Fixed a rare timing issue where the Council members could finish casting Rebirth when the encounter should have ended.

Items

  • The Great Vault should now display consistent item levels when previewing raid rewards.

Player versus Player

  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • Resolved an issue that could cause unintended spells to be cast during Call of the Wild.
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Does this also fix the visual bug affecting the Dungeon rewards that Kaivax mentioned was in the works yesterday, or is this only for the raid row of rewards?

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Dawn of the Infinite

  • Resolved an issue that could cause Chromie to get stuck channeling on Blight of Galakrond during a Mythic Keystone run.

This bug is still happening, happened to my group this morning

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Why why blizzard dont fix rest shaman why we cant heal for crap in pvp
Why we always get nerf for nothing
Why we cant have fun in the game like monk,druid and priest why we last heal for 4 years alwas getting nerf came why

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Hi, today we had Superbloom Sprucecrown despawn mid-way through

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Probably the guilds that get fed gear for RWF and are over geared for it. Idiots.

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November 21, 2023

Achievements

  • Added Ivy as a reward for Don’t Let the Doe Hit You On the Way Out.

Classes

  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • Beast Cleave and Kill Cleave now log correctly when the Hunter is buffed by an Augmentation Evoker.

Creatures and NPCs

  • Fixed issue causing rare elites in The Forbidden Reach, Zaralek Cavern, and The Emerald Dream to not award credit to players in a raid group.
  • Unpulled rare elites in Forbidden Reach and Zaralek Caverns should now despawn after 15 minutes, unless players are in their immediate vicinity.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Developers’ notes: Through the first week of Season 3 Mythic+ dungeons, data and feedback suggest that Murozond’s Rise, Throne of the Tides, and Atal’Dazar are outliers in terms of difficulty. While Murozond’s Rise and Throne of the Tides are too difficult, Atal’Dazar is proving too easy and may affect player progression through the content in a negative way. Our adjustments aim to better align overall balance across the Mythic+ dungeon pool for Season 3.
  • Atal’Dazar
    • The required enemy forces count for Atal’Dazar has been increased.
    • Toxic Saurid’s Leaping Thrash no longer triggers Poisoned Claws on the target.
    • Dazar’ai Juggernaut’s Merciless Assault damage reduced by 25%.
    • Dazar’al Augur’s Wildfire periodic rate reduced to 1 second (was 2 seconds).
    • Dinomancer Kish’o’s Deadeye Aim damage reduced by 25%.
    • T’lonja’s Frenzied Charge is now avoidable but inflicts increased damage.
    • Monzumi’s Wild Thrash range increased to 100 yards.
    • Yazma
      • Yazma’s Wracking Pain can no longer be interrupted and is no longer a curse effect in Mythic Keystone difficulty.
    • Priestess Alun’za
      • Corrupted Blood inflicts damage every 2.5 seconds (was 3 seconds).
      • Spirit of Gold’s health increased by 33%.
  • Murozond’s Rise
    • Resolved an issue that could cause Double Strike and Triple Strike to cast on unintended players.
    • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper
      • Radiant Barrier damage absorb reduced by 15%.
      • Radiant Barrier refresh damage reduced by 25%.
      • Timestream Anomaly’s Untwist damage reduced by 20%.
      • Time-Displacement reduces the creature’s health by an additional 10%>
      • Time-Displacement on death damage effect reduced by 50%.
      • Increased the cooldown of Double Strike and Triple Strike.
    • Chrono-Lord Deios
      • Chrono-Lord Deios health reduced by 10%.
      • Infinite Corruption damage reduced by 20%.
  • Throne of the Tides
    • Reduced the total number of Unstable Corruption spawns and Unstable Corruption now spawn more consistently in the Abyssal Halls.
    • Vicious Snap Dragon’s Razor Jaws inflicts damage every 1.5 seconds (was 1 second).
    • Vicious Snap Dragon health reduced by 20%.
    • Gilgoblin Aquamage health reduced by 20%.
    • Gilgoblin Aquamage’s Aquablast cast time increased to 4 seconds (was 3.75 seconds).
    • Tainted Guardian’s Swell damage reduced by 15%.
    • Naz’jar Sentinel’s Crushing Depth heal absorb amount reduced by 15%.
    • Ozumat
      • Ozumat’s sludge’s Gushing Ink will now properly display its precast effect.
      • Blotting Barrage damage reduced by 15%.
      • Blotting Darkness inflicts damage reduced by 25%.
      • Neptulon’s Cleansing Flux duration increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
      • Foul Bolt now has an 8 second initial cool up.
      • Splotch spawn closer to the Ink of Ozumat.
  • Galakrond’s Fall
    • Risen Dragon’s Necrotic Outburst inflicts damage every 3 seconds (was every 2 seconds).
    • Coalesced Moment’s Tainted Sands no longer does damage immediately and its duration has been reduced to 7 seconds (was 9 seconds).
  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Oakheart’s Crushing Grip throw damage reduced by 15%.
    • Maddening Roar increases damage dealt by 20% per stack (was 25%).
  • Black Rook Hold
    • Felspite Dominator’s Sic Bats! will now command up to 4 bats to attack their target (was unlimited).
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Matron Alma’s Lingering Dread should prefer non-tank players.
    • Fixed an issue where Banquet Steward’s Dinner Bell was silencing pets.
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
    • Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
      • Reduced the number of Flash Fires that target players each cast by 1 on Heroic difficulty.
    • Fyrakk the Blazing
      • The extra action button that allows players to drop Seeds of Amirdrassil should now be more responsive.

Items

  • The cosmetic items offered by Talisa Whisperwind should now properly filter based on your armor and weapon proficiency.
  • Increased the item levels of Season 3 Duelist and Elite PvP gear from all sources.

Player versus Player

  • Resolved an issue that could allow players to leave the starting areas early in some Arenas such as Tiger’s Peak in Solo Shuffle.
  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Death Coil damage is now increased by 70% in PvP combat (was 90%).
  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • Inertia damage bonus reduced to 12% (was 18%) in PvP combat.
      • Elysian Decree damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
      • The Hunt initial and periodic damage reduced by 30% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
      • Throw Glaive damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
      • Essence Break damage bonus reduced to 50% (was 65%) in PvP combat.
      • Fel Barrage damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • Lifebloom periodic healing decreased by 12% in PvP combat.
      • Grove Guardians Nourish healing decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
      • Grove Guardians’ health decreased by 66%.
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Rapid Fire damage increased by 20% (was 40%) in PvP combat.
      • Guardians of the Dream 4-piece set now causes your next Rapid Fire to fire 40%
        additional bolts (was 60%) in PvP combat.
      • Arcane Shot damage increased by 35% (25%) in PvP combat.
      • Chimaera Shot damage increased by 35% (25%) in PvP combat.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Mana Regeneration now decreased by 25% (was 55%) in PvP combat.
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Increased damage of all abilities by 8% in PvP combat.
      • Mind Trauma’s duration reduced to 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
  • Mage
    • Blast Wave now snares by 50% for 6 seconds (was 70%) in PvP combat.
    • Arcane
      • Chrono Shift now increases movement speed by 25% (was 50%) in PvP combat.
      • Temporal Shield now heals for 60% of damage taken over 4 sec (was 100%) in PvP
        combat.
    • Fire
      • Ignite damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
      • Fireball damage increased by 30% (was 12%) in PvP combat.
      • Scorch damage increased by 100% (was 45%) in PvP combat.
      • Glass Cannon (PvP talent) now increases the damage of Ignite, Fireball, and Scorch by 40% (was 100%) and decreases maximum health by 15% (was 20%).
    • Frost
      • Flurry damage increased by 20% (was 8%) in PvP Combat.
      • Frozen Orb damage increased by 75% (was 30%) in PvP combat.
      • Frost Bomb (PvP talent) damage increased by 80%.
      • Ice Lance damage increased by 35% (was 15%) in PvP combat.
      • Comet Storm damage increased by 40% (was 15%) in PvP combat.
      • Freezing Winds now grants Fingers of Frost every 5 seconds (was 3 seconds) in PvP
        combat.
      • Frozen Orb damage now has a 5% chance to grant Fingers of Frost (was 10%) in PvP
        combat.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Rising Sun Kick damage decreased by 36% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
      • Blackout Kick (Teachings of the Monastery) damage decreased by 25% in PvP combat.
      • Tiger Palm damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
      • Ancient Teachings now transfers 275% of damage done (was 220%) in PvP combat.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Kingsbane initial and periodic damage now reduced by 20% (was 11%) in PvP combat.
    • Outlaw
      • Crackshot now causes Between the Eyes to Dispatch the target for 50% (was 75%) of
        normal damage when used from Stealth.
    • Subtlety
      • Perforated Veins damage bonus reduced to 40% (was 50%) in PvP combat.
      • Goremaw’s Bite damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Lightning Bolt now deals 67% increased damage in PvP combat (was 45%).
      • Chain Lightning now deals 15% increased damage in PvP combat.
      • Icefury damage is now increased by 85% in PvP combat.
      • Volcanic Surge now increases the damage of Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt by 30% (was 50%).

User Interface

  • In Group Finder, “Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope” has been shortened to “Amirdrassil” to make it easier to see the difficulty that groups are attempting.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Murozond’s Rise in Group Finder to default to Galakrond’s Fall.
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You’re gonna need to nerf the damage if it’s unavoidable now.

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Rank 1 titles!?

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Pretty odd - why make old rare farming more tedious ?

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But…why?

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Can you guys push this topic on the council? This just turn rare farming even worse for future new and returning players.

There’s a lack of insight on this kind of decision, We need a response from a Reward Dev with details about the benefit of this kind of action because it seems like a really bad idea…It’s like going backwards in Rewards and Rare farming.

Thanks Rajvi, Instead of being listened about rare grinds, this just make things worse, now you must camp without doing anything else not matter if its in another expansion…you can’t do other things otherwise the rare could spawn and then despawn for another 2-3 hour respawn…What’s this change?? D:

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I was on it the moment I was linked the article. You’ll have to excuse my garbled rage typing because nothing makes me angrier than something I’ve been working to get fixed suddenly get hotfixed to make it impossible to achieve for newer players or people who are still hunting certain items.

Please allow me time to properly collect my thoughts on the matter because I will likely be seething for a few days.

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So instead of, I don’t know, making them easier to kill for solo players, you’re just gonna make them more tedious to farm?

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I’m also mad about this change…I don’t get impacted at this moment but I usually think about the impact of new / returning players, besides that this kind of decisions could impact me in the future if Reward Devs are providing this kind of approach…10.2 has really great approach regarding mounts, most mounts have a bad luck protection in place, I got surprised about that but now this hotfix makes me wonder what’s their logic regarding rewards…

Do they think about collectors at all? Are we just a number that they need to push via time sinks?

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