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An Update on Bind-on-Equip items from Vault of the Incarnates 

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Lumy
Published on 2022-12-13 10:02 PM

An Update on Bind-on-Equip items from Vault of the Incarnates
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Hey folks, wanted to update you all on Raid Rewards changes we talked about a while back in this post during Beta. Unfortunately, due to a technical limitation, we had to pull Bind-on-Equip items being deterministic drops from the raid, as well as scaling with group size. While we’re still very much interested in making this happen in a future raid, there were too many risks involved for it to make it into Vault of the Incarnates. With these reversions, this is how BoEs work in the raid:

  • Bind-on-Equip items can come from regular enemies and Lieutenants like before, but have a higher chance to appear from LTs/Minibosses.
  • Enemies before the first boss, Eranog (as in enemies that can be killed from the ‘Bombing Run’ event & the Miniboss present), cannot drop Bind-on-Equip items.
  • As mentioned last week, on Mythic Difficulty only, Bind-on-Equip items are Bind-on-Pickup - this is temporary, and these items will change back a few weeks into the season.

As for everything else, we’re eager for your feedback on how Group Loot, scaling item level rewards & unique item rewards feel while raiding in Dragonflight! Good luck taking down Raszageth, and we’ll talk soon.
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Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finale - Raszageth's Demise 

by
Lumy
Published on 2022-12-13 09:03 PM

Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finale - Raszageth's Demise
The Incarnate Raszageth has met her end, but the storm she unleashed is not so easily quelled. Spoilers ahead!
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Dragonflight Season 1 Now Live! 

by
Stoy
Published on 2022-12-13 06:50 PM

Dragonflight Season 1 Content Update Notes

Dragonflight Season 1 Now Live!
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Dragonflight Season 1 is now live and brings a new raid, an updated rotation of challenging Mythic+ dungeons, and a new PvP Season. This season will also feature familiar exclusive rewards such as the Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements for raids, Keystone Master achievements, rewards for Mythic+, and Gladiator rewards for PvP.

Read on for more details, and prepare to take on all new challenges.

New Raid

Vault of the Incarnates
The Primalists breached the Titan prison used to hold the Incarnates for millennia. Within, Raszageth performs a foul ritual to unleash her siblings so together they can purge the world of the Titans' influence. The champions of Azeroth must assault this impregnable fortress and break their defenses to end this threat. While many could fall, defeat condemns all the realms to the Incarnates' reign of fire and blood.



Unravel the mysteries of the Vault of the Incarnates.

Raid Unlock Schedule:

  • Week of December 12: Normal, Heroic, and Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will open with the weekly maintenance for each region
  • Week of December 19: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 1 opens
  • Week of January 2: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 2 opens
  • Week of January 16: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 3 opens

Vault of the Incarnates is the first raid players will experience in Dragonflight, featuring eight all-new boss encounters. [Learn More]

Cross-Faction Mythic, Cross-Realm, and Hall of Fame Eligibility

Cross-faction Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will be available from the start. Hall of Fame entries will require at least 16 out of 20 raiders from the same guild and faction to be eligible for rewards. Cross-realm will unlock later in the season.

Four New World Bosses

Four new World Bosses are raging through the Dragon Isles and will be on a weekly rotation starting with Basrikron, The Shale Wing.



Basrikron, The Shale Wing




Bazual, The Dreaded Flame




Liskanoth, the Futurebane




Strunraan, The Sky's Misery

New Dungeon Rotation



Court of Stars dungeon returns in Dragonflight Season 1

Dragonflight Season 1 will feature a new dungeon rotation for Mythic+. Four dungeons from Dragonflight are included, and four returning dungeons from previous expansions. Here’s the full lineup:

  • Ruby Life Pools
  • The Nokhud Offensive
  • The Azure Vault
  • Algeth’ar Academy
  • Halls of Valor (from the Legion™ expansion)
  • Court of Stars (from the Legion™ expansion)
  • Shadowmoon Burial Grounds (from the Warlords of Draenor™ expansion)
  • Temple of the Jade Serpent (from the Mists of Pandaria™ expansion)

Mythic+ and PvP Season 1 will also begin the week of December 12 with regional maintenance. For Dragonflight, the item level of rewards from completing Mythic+ runs will not be capped on the first week, as Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will open simultaneously.

The Inspiration Catalyst used to turn non-set pieces of the appropriate slot into a new set piece of the same item level will be available later in Season 1.

New Seasonal Affix: Thundering

Enemies have 5% more health. While in combat, players are periodically overcharged with primal power from Raszageth's unending storm. This power comes with great risk, and failure to discharge it quickly can have stunning consequences.

Mythic+ Rewards

The following rewards can be obtained by completing Mythic Keystone Dungeons in Season 1:

  • Dragonflight Keystone Conqueror: Season 1 - Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 1500 during Dragonflight Season 1.
    • Reward: “The Thundering” title
  • Dragonflight Keystone Master: Season 1 – Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2000 during Dragonflight Season 1.
    • Reward: Mount: Hailstorm Armoredon
  • Dungeon Teleports
    • Earned for each dungeon by completing a +20 or higher in that dungeon.
  • Title awarded to players in the top 0.1% of Mythic+ rating in each region at the end of the season.
    • Reward: “The Thundering Hero” title

New PvP Season

A new PvP Season will also kick off, allowing heroes all over Azeroth a chance to obtain glory in the Arenas and Battlegrounds. The new item level caps for Honor and Conquest gear shake up as follows:

  • Crafted PvP gear is Crimson Combatant and has a PvP item level of 398
  • Honor PvP gear Crimson Aspirant and has a PvP item level of 411
  • Conquest PvP gear is Crimson Gladiator and has a PvP item level of 424

Rewards

  • Title: Crimson Gladiator
  • Mount: Crimson’s Gladiator’s Drake
  • Dragonriding Appearance: Highland Drake: Embodiment of the Crimson Gladiator
  • New Vicious mounts–Alliance and Horde-themed Sabertooth
  • New Weapon Illusion
  • New Pennant
  • New Tabard and Cloak

The Weapon Illusion, Pennant, Tabard, and Cloak will be updated and added in a future content patch before the end of Season 1.

To learn more about Dragonflight, visit Dragonflight.blizzard.com and check WorldofWarcraft.com/news for updates.

See you on the Dragon Isles!
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Dragonflight Season 1 Content Update Notes 

by
Lumy
Published on 2022-12-13 04:53 PM

Dragonflight Season 1 Content Update Notes
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Within Clan Nokhud's stronghold are their Proving Grounds, where the centaurs compete to be named the clan's greatest warrior. Compete for glory in this new Arena that has a unique gameplay layout, utilizing ramps, pillars and a middle wall to break your opponents' line of sight.


Arena Season 1

Dragonflight Season 1 introduces a weekly map pool rotation for Rated and Skirmish Arenas to keep matches exciting and fresh week to week.

POOL A POOL B POOL C
Nagrand Arena Nagrand Arena Nagrand Arena
Dalaran Sewers Ruins of Lordaeron Hook Point
Tiger’s Peak Tiger’s Peak Tol’Viron Arena
Enigma Crucible Empyrean Domain Ashamane’s Fall
Empyrean Domain Blade’s Edge Arena The Robodrome
Ashamane’s Fall Maldraxxus Coliseum Mugambala
Maldraxxus Coliseum Black Rook Hold Arena Enigma Crucible
Nokhudon Proving Grounds Nokhudon Proving Grounds Nokhudon Proving Grounds

The seasonal rewards for PvP include a new Arena title: "Crimson Gladiator", Crimson's Gladiator's Drake, Dragonriding Appearance: Highland Drake: Embodiment of the Crimson Gladiator, a new weapon illusion, pennant, tabard and cloak, achievements, and new Vicious mounts–Alliance and Horde themed Sabertooth.

Just like in Rated Battlegrounds and Arenas, Rated Solo Shuffle players can earn seasonal rewards and achievements, credit towards Vicious mounts, weekly Great Vault progress, and Conquest with rewards being based on the highest rating amongst all of a player’s specializations. Players will earn all seasonal titles and achievements that they would normally in Rated Arenas, with the exception of Gladiator and its associated reward, and the top 0.1% of Rated Solo Shuffle players will earn the title "Crimson Soloist."

The weekly Conquest cap will start at 1350 and increase by 550 per week.


Items and Rewards

  • Kyrakka’s Searing Embers effect now triggers more often.
  • Irideus Fragment's Mastery granted per stack has been reduced.
  • Tome of Unstable Power radius increased to 8 yards (was 5 yards).
  • Integrated Primal Fire cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes). Damage adjusted to compensate.


To view all content update notes, click here.

For World of Warcraft customer support, please visit our Support Site or our Customer Support discussion forum. If you’ve found a bug, please let us know about it in our Bug Report Forum.
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Arena Map Pools and Rotation, Dragonflight Hotfixes - December 12, 2022 

by
Lumy
Published on 2022-12-13 03:39 AM

Arena Map Pools and Rotation
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the introduction of Nokhudon Proving Grounds as a new Arena map in Dragonflight, we’ve hit 15 total Arena maps that are available when players queue up. We feel that this is a large number to have in the pool at once and waters down a map’s impact in an Arena experience. That being said, we think it will be interesting and fun to divide up the maps into a rotation to keep the pool dynamic for players.

We feel a weekly cadence ensures players will see their favorite maps frequently during a season. Additionally, the decision for 8-map pools was made to compact the rotation so players will be able to more easily refine strategy on certain maps with specific compositions within a week.

After working with a few combinations, the iteration we will be implementing for Dragonflight Season 1 will be a rotation of 3 buckets with 8 maps each, that captured all our current maps:

POOL A POOL B POOL C
Nagrand Arena Nagrand Arena Nagrand Arena
Dalaran Sewers Ruins of Lordaeron Hook Point
Tiger’s Peak Tiger’s Peak Tol’Viron Arena
Enigma Crucible Empyrean Domain Ashamane’s Fall
Empyrean Domain Blade’s Edge Arena The Robodrome
Ashamane’s Fall Maldraxxus Coliseum Mugambala
Maldraxxus Coliseum Black Rook Hold Arena Enigma Crucible
Nokhudon Proving Grounds Nokhudon Proving Grounds Nokhudon Proving Grounds

While discussing internally what the map pools should look like, there were various factors we looked at to divide the maps up to be as fair as possible. The factors we looked at within each pool included map size (large and small), map line of sight placement (symmetrical pillars, Z-axis, or other variants), and to keep the new map in each rotation, which in Season 1 of Dragonflight is Nokhudon Proving Grounds.

Note: The map pools will be available in Rated Arena and Arena Skirmishes only at this time, Rated Solo Shuffle and Solo Shuffle Brawl will not have rotating map pools.

We look forward to hearing about your experiences with this rotation in Season 1.

Dragonflight Hotfixes - December 12, 2022
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Blood
      • [With weekly restarts] Blood Fortification no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
  • Demon Hunter
    • [With weekly restarts] Fixed an issue that unintentionally permitted Fodder to the Flame's heal effect to crit.
    • [With weekly restarts] The Hunt now heals for 10%/20% (as Havoc/Vengeance) of damage dealt to the marked target for 20 seconds (was 25%/50% for 30 seconds).
    • [With weekly restarts] Charred Warblades now heals for 3% of Fire damage dealt (was 5%).
    • Havoc
      • [With weekly restarts] Essence Break damage reduced by 8%.
    • Vengeance
      • [With weekly restarts] Demonic Wards Rank 1 and Rank 2 passives have been removed, reducing Demonic Wards total damage reduction to 10% (was 20% damage reduction).
  • Druid
    • Guardian
      • [With weekly restarts] Ursine Adept no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
  • Mage
    • Frost
      • Fixed an issue that caused Frigid Winds to not correctly benefit Freezing Cold's snare.
  • Monk
    • Brewmaster
      • [With weekly restarts] Brewmaster's Balance no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • [With weekly restarts] Aegis of Light no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • [With weekly restarts] Vampiric Touch healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%).
      • [With weekly restarts] Devouring Plague healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%).
  • Rogue
    • [With weekly restarts] Leeching Poison leech bonus reduced to 5% (was 10%).
    • Assassination
      • [With weekly restarts] Poison Bomb chance to trigger reduced to 4/8% (was 5/10%).
      • Fixed an issue that prevented Cut to the Chase from benefitting from Echoing Reprimand's Animacharged combo points.
      • Fixed an issue that would cause Garrote to fail to apply to all targets if one target was immune, when cast with Indiscriminate Carnage.
    • Outlaw
      • [With weekly restarts] Dispatch damage increased by 5%.
      • [With weekly restarts] Pistol Shot damage reduced by 6%.
    • Subtlety
      • [With weekly restarts] Black Powder damage reduced by 5%.
      • [With weekly restarts] Fixed an issue that caused Secret Technique to interact incorrectly with Cold Blood.
  • Warlock
    • [With weekly restarts] Fel Synergy now causes Soul Leech to heal you for 15% of the absorption it grants (was 25%).
    • [With weekly restarts] Soul Leech now grants shields up to 5% of maximum health (was 10%).
    • [With weekly restarts] Demon Skin now increases Soul Leech’s absorption up to 10% of maximum health (was 15%).
  • Warrior
    • Fury
      • [With weekly restarts] Gushing Wound damage and healing reduced by 10%.
      • [With weekly restarts] Bloodthirst damage increased by 1%.
      • [With weekly restarts] Bloodbath damage increased by 1%.
        • Developers’ note: Bloodthirst and Bloodbath damage has been increased to compensate for the Gushing Wound damage reduction.
    • Protection
      • [With weekly restarts] Vanguard no longer reduces damage taken (was 5% damage reduction).
      • [With weekly restarts] Defensive Stance reduced to 15% damage reduction (was 20%). Damage reduction remains unchanged at 10% effectiveness in PvP.
      • [With weekly restarts] Demoralizing Shout now reduces damage taken by 20% (was 25%).
      • [With weekly restarts] Ignore Pain now ignores 50% of damage taken (was 55%).

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Nokhud Offensive
    • Fixed an issue causing the dragonriding tutorial message to appear in Maruukai after Balakar Khan had been defeated.
    • Nokhud Longbow’s Multi-Shot's damage reduced by 71%.
    • Nokhud Hornsounder health reduced by 12%.
    • Nokhud Hornsounder’s Rally the Clan frequency slightly reduced and its cast time slightly increased.
    • Unstable Squall no longer casts Violent Dispersion on death.
    • Nokhud Defender no longer casts Bloodcurdling Shout in Normal and Heroic difficulty.
    • Nokhud Defender’s Bloodcurdling Shout frequency slightly reduced.
    • Nokhud Thunderfist’s Deadly Thunder frequency slightly reduced.
    • Batak’s Bloodcurdling Shout frequency reduced.
    • Soulharvesters’ Shatter Soul will now spawn souls closer to the players targeted with the ability.
    • Granyth
      • Reduced the spawn rate of Nokhud Saboteur on Mythic difficulty.
    • The Raging Tempest
      • Primal Stormshield’s health reduced by 23%.
      • Primal Stormshield’s Stormshield frequency slightly reduced.

Player versus Player

  • [With weekly restarts] Medals of Honor can no longer be used if the honor it grants would put you over the honor cap.
  • [With weekly restarts] Victorious Contender's Strongbox is now available to Level 70 players from Seltherex in Valdrakken for 5,000 Honor.
  • Classes
    • Death Knight
      • Blood
        • [With weekly restarts] Blood for Blood increases the damage of Heart Strike by 30% (was 60%).
        • [With weekly restarts] Shattering Bone damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
    • Demon Hunter
      • [With weekly restarts] Sigil of Misery PvP duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
      • [With weekly restarts] Concentrated Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      • [With weekly restarts] Precise Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      • [With weekly restarts] Extended Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      • [With weekly restarts] Fodder to the Flame heal effect reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
      • Havoc
        • [With weekly restarts] Consume Soul heal effect when consuming a Demon Soul reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Essence Break damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Druid
      • Guardian
        • [With weekly restarts] Moonfire damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Thrash damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Brambles damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Rage of the Sleeper reflect damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] After the Wildfire healing reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Sharpened Claws increases the damage of Thrash and Swipe by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%).
        • [With weekly restarts] Tooth and Claw increases the damage of Maul by 20% in PvP combat (was 40%).
    • Mage
      • Fire
        • [With weekly restarts] Combustion can no longer be dispelled.
          • Developers’ note: We feel that the counterplay to Combustion, a major self-cast offensive cooldown, did not feel appropriate as it was easily dispelled. We are hoping with this change that it will prompt more creative solutions to counterplay the ability. We didn’t want to make this change previously, due to balance concerns, but now feel it is an appropriate time to bring it in line with other major cooldowns.
    • Paladin
      • Protection
        • [With weekly restarts] Word of Glory healing reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Light of the Titans healing reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Guardian of the Forgotten Queen cooldown increased to 5 minutes.
    • Priest
      • [With weekly restarts] Vampiric Touch and Devouring Plague healing are no longer reduced in PvP combat.
    • Rogue
      • [With weekly restarts] Soothing Darkness heal effect reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      • Assassination
        • [With weekly restarts] Hemotoxin (PvP Talent) healing reduction effect reduced to 35% (was 40%).
      • Subtlety
        • [With weekly restarts] The Rotten damage bonus for Backstab and Shadowstrike reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
          • Developers’ note: Shadowstrike was hitting too hard, leaving minimum room for counterplay for opponents and taking too much damage in a single stun.
    • Warrior
      • Fury
        • [With weekly restarts] Bloodthirst now restores 2% of your health in PvP combat (was 3%).
        • [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse now decreases healing taken by 3% per stack (was 5% per stack).
        • [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse now stacks up to 12 times (was 8 times).
        • [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse duration increased to 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).
        • [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse duration is no longer refreshed when adding stacks.
      • Protection
        • [With weekly restarts] Shield Charge damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
        • [With weekly restarts] Booming Voice now increases the damage you deal by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
  • Solo Shuffle
    • [With weekly restarts] With Season 1's start, the minimum PvP item level to queue for Rated Solo Shuffle is 408.

Professions

  • Jewelcrafting
    • [With weekly restarts] Stats granted by the Elemental Lariat's equip effect reduced by 5% and it can no longer have multiple bonuses up simultaneously. This change does not negatively impact proc rates or buff uptime.
      • Developers’ note: Many players have their sights set on the Elemental Lariat as one of their first Spark of Ingenuity crafts as it becomes available tomorrow. Upon further investigation, this turned out to be slightly stronger than intended and we have adjusted it to better match our expectations. We wanted to ensure these changes were in before players invested their valuable resources into acquiring it so everyone can make an informed decision about whether to create this item.

User Interface and Accessibility

  • Fixed an issue where hidden spells in Azmerloth were being printed in the combat log.

WoW Classic Era

  • Corrected an issue that caused PvP Rank to fail to be calculated for the week ending December 6.
    • Developers' notes: The December 6 calculations were recorded incorrectly, so we've reversed any decay incurred on December 6, and replaced it with rank points calculated using your best weekly ranking from the last 30 days. Additionally, players who began doing PvP the week ending December 6 (and therefore have no history to look at in the previous 30 days) have been granted 5000 rank points as compensation.
    • Sorcerer's note: The long-lost Eldritch incantation required to update PvP Rank was not meant for mortals to invoke.
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