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by Published on 2020-12-09 03:18 AM

Patch 9.0.2 Hotfixes - December 8, 2020
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker)
Achievements

  • Fixed an issue where completing the Paragon's Challenge during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Flapping Frenzy" could fail to grant credit for both the Flight School Graduate and Aerial Ace achievements at once.

Classes

  • Monk
    • Brewmaster
      • Resolved an issue that caused Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox's Stomp damage to be higher than intended when purifying Stagger damage with Purifying Brew.
    • Windwalker
      • Fixed the interactions between Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits and Mastery: Combo Strikes.
      • Your spirits now benefit from your Hit Combo (Talent) stacks, instead of maintaining their own.
      • Resolved an issue that prevented some damaging abilities cast by Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits from contributing to Xuen's Empowered Tiger Lightning.
      • Resolved an issue that prevented Touch of Karma damage from contributing to Xuen's Empowered Tiger Lightning.
  • Rogue
    • General
      • Resolved an issue that prevented the Rotbriar Sprout trinket's area of effect damage from breaking Sap.
    • Subtlety
      • Shadow Blades no longer benefits from increased damage taken effects twice.
  • Warlock
    • General
      • Subjugate Demon now cancels Grimoire of Sacrifice (Talent).
  • Warrior
    • General
      • Signet of Tormented Kings (Legendary Effect) no longer has a cooldown on how often its effect can occur.

Covenants

  • Fixed an issue where “Replenishing the Reservoir” could not be progressed while in a raid group.
  • Fixed an issue where professions and pet battle World Quests could fail to give credit for "Bolstering Bastion", "Rallying Maldraxxus", "Support the Court", and "Reinforcing Revendreth."
  • Fixed an issue where the world map marker would not display for the quest "Choosing Your Purpose."
  • Venthyr
    • Reduced the Ember Court weekly restock requirement of Infused Rubies to 20 (was 50).
    • Reduced the cost of the Blank Invitation (used to reroll a guest) to 8 Infused Rubies (was 15).
    • New Venthyr members completing their first Ember Court will now also see a Blank Invitation alongside the item opening their second guest slot.
      • Developers’ note: While players have had a lot of time to gather enough Infused Rubies for the first week, we want to give players a bit more freedom to customize their guest list and account for the other activities starting in Season 1 that will take more of their time.

Creatures and NPCs

  • Inquisitors in the Halls of Atonement area of Revendreth now correctly provide full reputation rewards to all players who attacked them, including the player who breaks the Inquisitor's immunity.
  • Aspirant Eolis should now still be able to be summoned if one player loots the Fragile Humility Scroll without using it.
  • Shadowlands World Bosses should now be properly supported by the Premade Group Finder.
  • The Broker fishing vendors has stopped hogging the cooking station and allowed the Broker cooking vendor and trainer to take their rightful spot.
  • Restricted the total number of additional Rotting Minions that World Boss Mortanis can spawn.

Dungeons and Raids

  • De Other Side
    • Resolved an issue where Dark Lotus would inflict too much damage when the Risen Cultist is player controlled.
  • Plaguefall
    • The slime tentacles in the gauntlet have moved to placements that better suit their purposes.

Items and Rewards

  • Instructor's Divine Bell trinket now gives the correct amount of Mastery.
  • Enchant Chest: Eternal Bounds now shows the correct Mana gain when applied to equipment.
  • The Cloudwalker's Coffer will no longer appear available to players that aren't yet eligible. This will reduce wasted journeys into the heights without rewards.

Player versus Player

  • The Engineering gadgets Momentum Redistributor Boots and 50UL-TR4P are no longer usable in rated arenas and battlegrounds.
  • Ambroria Dew can now be used in PvP arena and battlegrounds.
  • Corrected the amount of Honor credited toward the Great Vault for the first 3v3 win of the day.
  • N'Zoth no longer has an active communication link between Azeroth and Shadowlands, preventing Horde and Alliance Assassins in War Mode from hearing the whispers in Shadowlands...
  • The following Battle for Azeroth trinkets have had their effectiveness reduced by 60% while engaged in combat with enemy players:
    • Forbidden Obsidian Claw
    • Remote Guidance Device
    • Mirror of Entwined Fate
    • Rotcrusted Voodoo Doll
    • Razdunk's Big Red Button
    • Trunksy
    • Merektha's Fang
    • Cyclotronic Blast
  • The following Battle for Azeroth trinkets have had their effectiveness reduced by 55% while engaged in combat with enemy players:
    • Writhing Segment of Drest'agath
    • Aquipotent Nautilus
    • Tidestorm Codex
    • Invocation of Yu'lon
    • Grong's Primal Rage
    • Inoculating Extract
    • Bottled Lightning
    • Revitalizing Voodoo Totem
    • My'das Talisman
  • The following Battle for Azeroth trinkets have had their effectiveness reduced by 50% while engaged in combat with enemy players:
    • Idol of Indiscriminate Consumption
    • Shiver Venom Relic
    • Living Oil Canister
    • Mayor Striggs

The Maw: Eye of the Jailer

  • While in the Maw, harvesting Nightshade now increases the threat level of Eye of the Jailer and rewards Stygia.
  • Threat Level 5: Immediate Extermination now retains its stacks when you leave the zone and re-enter.
  • Stygia and reputation gains in the Maw are now only disabled when Immediate Extermination reaches 10 stacks, rather than when it is first applied to you. Push your luck a little further... if you dare!
  • Fixed a rare issue which could cause Eye of the Jailer to fail to reset if you were present in the zone during the daily reset.
  • Lingering Cloak of Ve'nari now applies to end-game players as they enter The Maw.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • Added three new Common self-healing powers: Bloodgorged Leech, Refilling Elixir of Life, and Orb of Replenishment.

World Quests

  • Bastion's resilience at the Temple of Courage has spurred the Maldraxxi assailants to increase their efforts, resulting in more available targets during the World Quest "Air Supremacy."
  • Players can no longer have more than 8 Neglected Souls at a time during the World Quest "Battered and Bruised."

WoW Classic

  • Naxxramas
    • To prevent an issue with the cage door remaining locked, Noth the Plaguebringer can no longer die while he’s preparing to teleport.
    • Fixed an issue where Heigan the Unclean's slow eruptions could sometimes overlap with the fast eruptions.

WoW Companion App

  • Fixed a crash affecting players on Android 10 and 11. Users will need to reset their settings.
  • Various bug fixes and improvements on Android.
by Published on 2020-12-08 02:40 PM

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Becomes Fastest-Selling PC Game of All Time
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment’s latest release achieves sky-shattering sales record with more units sold through as of first day of launch than any other PC game in history.

Player engagement in World of Warcraft reaches highest levels in a decade

IRVINE, Calif.—December 8, 2020—Starting November 23, World of Warcraft® players around the globe began their journey into the unknown reaches of Azeroth’s afterlife in Shadowlands, the game’s highly anticipated eighth expansion. Today, Blizzard Entertainment announced that as of the first full day of Shadowlands’ launch, more than 3.7 million units had sold through globally, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time industry-wide.

The previously announced industry record-holder, Blizzard’s own Diablo® III, sold through more than 3.5 million copies as of its first day of release. Today’s announcement confirms that Shadowlands has surpassed that milestone as well as any other reported sell-through achievement for the same time frame among all PC games historically.

In addition, World of Warcraft has continued to see strong engagement from the global community franchise-wide.

In the months leading up to the expansion’s release and the time since launch, the game reached and has sustained its highest number of players on monthly or longer-term subscriptions compared to the same period ahead of and following any WoW expansion in the past decade, in both the West and the East.

Players have spent more time in Azeroth year to date than in the same period of any of the last 10 years.
In addition, total player time in game this year to date has nearly doubled compared to the same period last year.

“It’s been a huge thrill to enter this whole-new dimension of the Warcraft universe together with millions of players around the world,” said J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “It’s been equally rewarding to see players enjoying all of the new features and content in Shadowlands—whether they’re exploring new aspects of their characters with the Covenants or setting foot in WoW for the first time with the new-player experience in Exile’s Reach—and there’s much more to come.”

The launch of Shadowlands is just the beginning of an adventure unlike anything ever before experienced in World of Warcraft, with much more in store for players in the weeks and months ahead. Starting today, Shadowlands Season 1 commences when the gates to the expansion’s first raid, Castle Nathria—the gothic stronghold of Revendreth—open in Normal and Heroic difficulties. Mythic Keystone dungeons will also become available, tempting Azeroth’s heroes with greater rewards for taking on increased challenges. This season’s dungeon affix, Prideful, turns heroes’ own sense of accomplishment against them in the form of ego-wrought manifestations. In addition, players will be able to put their skills to the ultimate test in Arenas and Battlegrounds as the expansion’s first Rated PvP season begins.


About World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Shadowlands is the eighth expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Launched worldwide starting on November 23, Shadowlands sends players to the unexplored expanse of Warcraft’s afterlife, where the machinations of Sylvanas Windrunner and the malevolent Jailer threaten the very balance of life and death. There, players will explore disparate realms of wonder and horror; forge a bond with one of the Shadowlands’ four ruling Covenants in exchange for otherworldly power; delve into the Maw to rescue wrongly tormented souls; and ascend the twisting Tower of the Damned in search of legendary gear to help them restore balance to the beyond.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is available digitally in multiple editions, including the expansion-only Base Edition ($39.99); the Heroic Edition ($59.99), which also comes with a Shadowlands-level character boost and Ensorcelled Everwyrm mount—additionally offering a quest to earn a new transmogrification set; and the Epic Edition ($79.99), which adds the Anima Wyrmling pet, Wraithchill cosmetic weapon effect, Eternal Traveler’s Hearthstone, and 30 days of game time.

To learn more about World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, and for additional details on the different editions available, visit the official World of Warcraft website at www.worldofwarcraft.com.
by Published on 2020-12-08 04:33 AM

Shadowlands Season 1 Survival Guide, Week 1 Item Level Cap

Patch 9.0.2 Hotfixes - December 7, 2020
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Adventures

  • The companion buff indicators now remain visible when swapping between the Companions and Adventures tabs on the Command Table.

Allied Races

  • (With realm restarts) Resolved an issue where some players were unable to create a new Allied Race character.

Classes

  • Druid
    • Casting Nourish will no longer incorrectly cancel Nature's Swiftness.
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Fixed an issue where Wild Spirits (Night Fae ability) was benefitting from the damage increase of the mastery stat twice.
      • Damage of Wild Spirits has been increased by 25% for Marksmanship Hunters.
  • Monk
    • Fixed an issue with Tear of Morning ( Runecarving ) that caused Enveloping Mists to not spread Renewing Mists.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Tear of Morning ( Runecarving ) to grant Vivify additional healing on targets without Renewing Mists.
    • Mistweaver
      • Resolved an issue with the interaction between having both Summon Jade Serpent Statue (Talent) and Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent active.
    • Windwalker
      • Resolved an issue that prevented Dance of Chi-Ji from triggering from Chi spent by Spinning Crane Kick.
      • Resolved an issue that prevented Xuen's Empowered Tiger Lightning from counting damage dealt by Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits.
  • Priest
    • Mindgames (Venthyr ability) will now display on nameplates to the casting Priest.
  • Rogue
    • Shadowy Duel (PvP Talent) will no longer sometimes cause the Rogue to be invisible to the target being dueled.

Covenants

  • Necrolord
    • The objectives for "Challenges in Maldraxxus" Venthyr Callings quest are now easier to locate on the map.
  • Night Fae
    • Players will no longer be able to use the Pinch of Faerie Dust item while they have the Faerie's Blessing from a Basket of Enchanted Wings.
    • Fixed an issue where Podtender ( Soulbind ) would sometimes stun the player after dying and releasing.
    • Podtender now displays an icon on raid frames while the player is rejuvenating in the wildseed .

Creatures and NPCs

  • (With realm restarts) Huntmaster Petrus now always spawns accompanied by Reza and Geza. Should he fall in battle, it's possible his pets might be left behind and open to making new friends.
  • (With realm restarts) Skuld Vit's barrier can now be bypassed by those with the right tricks.
  • Feenix Arcshine in Orgrimmar has learned the art of Arcane Momentum and will offer his training to fellow mages.
  • Battle for Azeroth creatures that increase their health as the player’s item level increases now stop scaling at a lower, more appropriate item level.
  • Gorm spawned near Decayed Husks will now respawn at a more appropriate rate.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Plaguefall
    • Margrave Stradama
      • Resolved an issue where players could inadvertently avoid Plague Crash while swimming in and around Margrave Stradama's plague jacuzzi.
  • Sanguine Depths
  • Fixed an issue with General Kaal where her door could become stuck and lock players out after a wipe.

Items and Rewards

  • Weapons sold for Conquest by Zo'sorg in Oribos will not require additional Achievements to purchase.
  • Corrected an issue that could allow crafted Common-quality base items for Runecarving to incorrectly affect tradability of items obtained in raids and dungeons.
  • Resolved an issue preventing Conduit item icons from matching in the Soulbind user interface.
  • Players now receive an understandable error when trying to add the Arboreal Gulper mount to their collection, if they are ineligible.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause some of the unique Revendreth consumables to be mailed to you when you already had one of them in your inventory.
  • Fixed a bug preventing Memory of the Arbiter's Judgment from being obtainable .

Player versus Player

  • (With realm restarts) The number of players on each side in Ashran has been increased to 30 (was 25).
  • Resolved an issue in The Maw that caused Player vs Player deaths to incur a larger Stygia penalty than intended.
  • Fixed a bug that was causing PvP trinkets’ spell visuals and sounds to not play.
  • Hunter
    • (With realm restarts) Aimed Shot no longer deals 10% increased damage in PvP situations.
    • (With realm restarts) Double Tap's extra Aimed Shot deals 50% reduced damage in PvP situations.
  • Paladin
    • (With realm restarts) Ringing Clarity (Kyrian) can now trigger up to 2 multi-casts in PvP situations (was 3).
    • (With realm restarts) Judgment (Kyrian) cast from Divine Toll deals 75% increased damage in PvP situations (was 100%).
    • (With realm restarts) Final Reckoning increases the damage of Holy Power abilities by 30% in PvP situations (was 50%).
  • Rogue
    • (With realm restarts) Reverberation's (Kyrian) increase to Echoing Reprimand (Kyrian) damage has been reduced by 30% when engaged in combat with enemy players.

Professions

  • (With realm restarts) Blacksmiths and Engineers can now use the anvil in Sinfall to craft their recipes.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • (With realm restarts) The Empowered enemies at the end of a floor have been made more threatening.
  • (With realm restarts) Wing bosses Binder Baritas and Watchers of Death have been made more threatening as they were previously too easy to defeat.
  • Frostbite Wand's effect now hits for a percentage of current health (was a percentage of maximum health).
  • Frostchipper's effect now hits for a percentage of current health (was a percentage of maximum health).
  • Vitality Guillotine's effect no longer reduces the health of a boss enemy. Its function is unchanged against rare and elite enemies .
  • Heart-Piercing Spine's effect now reduces targets to 70% health (was a r educ tion to 50% health ) .

World

  • The capitals Stormwind and Orgrimmar will once again no longer shard on Role Playing realms.

World Quests

  • Fixed an issue where unintended buffs would display during the Bastion World Quest "AHH! Real Monsters!"

  • Fixed an issue where one of the jumps would occasionally fail to work during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Up and Away!"

WoW Classic

  • Naxxramas
    • Spell Penetration bonuses no longer decrease the effect of Frost Resistance on Sapphiron's Frost Aura.
by Published on 2020-12-07 10:12 PM

PvP Rewards and Item Levels
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’ve seen several questions recently about how PvP progression will look over the next few weeks, and we have answers.

First and foremost, Honor is the new currency that was introduced with the Shadowlands Pre-patch. Players can earn Honor from honorable kills, Battlegrounds, Epic Battlegrounds, skirmishes, Arenas, and Rated Battlegrounds. Honor can be spent to purchase gear from Purveryor Zo’kuul in Oribos. This gear can be upgraded by Agressor Zo’dash for Honor. The upper limit of this kind of upgrade is determined by your Renown level, and players can hold a maximum of 15000 Honor.

Conquest is an additional PvP currency. Players can earn Conquest from Battlegrounds, Epic Battlegrounds, Arenas, and Rated Battlegrounds. Players can spend Conquest to purchase gear from Zo’sorg in Oribos. This gear can be upgraded by Agressor Zo’dash for Honor. The upper limit of this upgrade is determined by your current highest rating bracket in Arenas or Rated Battlegrounds:

  • Unranked - 200
  • Combatant - 207
  • Challenger - 213
  • Rival - 220
  • Duelist - 226

There is a cap on how much Conquest can be earned during a season. This cap increases by 550 each week. This means that during week 1, the cap is 550. During week 2, the cap is 1100.

  • If you earn 550 Conquest during week 1, you will then be able to earn 550 Conquest during week 2.
  • If you earn no Conquest during week 1, you will then be able to earn 1100 Conquest during week 2.
  • If you earn 400 Conquest during week 1, you will then be able to earn 700 Conquest during week 2.

Finally, you should not have to wait for Conduit upgrades. Conduits appear at higher rank on the vendor automatically when your rating increases.
by Published on 2020-12-07 06:45 PM

Shadowlands Season 1 Survival Guide
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Shadowlands Season 1 is now live and includes an all-new affix—Prideful—for Mythic Keystone Dungeons, powerful Conquest PvP gear, the new Castle Nathria raid, and more.


Castle Nathria


Located in the gothic heart of Revendreth, Castle Nathria is a 10-boss raid that takes you deep into the monolithic lair of Sire Denathrius. There, you’ll face off against unfathomable terrors as you race to uncover a sinister plot and fight to save the Shadowlands from a dark and twisted future. Inside, you will need to outmaneuver a bloodthirsty beast, save a wronged soul from a sinister fate, dance off against cavalier courtiers, and shatter the stone-skinned armies of Revendreth before serving justice to a power-hungry traitor.

Read about the bosses, rewards, and release schedule in our comprehensive Castle Nathria Raid Preview.

Mythic Keystone Dungeons Season 1

The new Mythic Keystone dungeon season is now available with opportunities for new rewards and the first seasonal affix for Shadowlands: Prideful. When this affix is active, your own ego may prove to be your downfall. As you defeat non-boss enemies, your vanity will eventually form a Manifestation of Pride. Defeating this Manifestation greatly empowers the party with Prideful, a buff that increases your damage, mana regeneration, and movement speed for one minute. You’ll want to prioritize your pulls to make the most of your Prideful buff so you can take on challenging enemies more easily.

Check out the Mythic Keystone Dungeon Leaderboards to see who’s staying on top of the clock.

PvP Season 1

Participating in PvP activities will reward you with Honor and Conquest currencies to purchase battle-ready, epic-quality gear from a PvP vendor within The Enclave in Oribos. You can also use Honor to upgrade your PvP gear to higher ranks and become even more formidable. Participants can earn a host of new rewards, including the Vicious War Spider and—for the highest rated players—the Sinful Gladiator’s Soul Eater mounts.

Keep an eye on the Player vs. Player Leaderboards during the season to follow who’s making waves at the top 5.

Reward Updates



Completing Season 1 activities will allow you to select a reward from the Great Vault. You can unlock up to nine different options for your weekly reward by completing objectives from Raids, Mythic Dungeons, and PvP. Be sure to visit the Great Vault in the Hall of Holding located inside Oribos to select your weekly reward and view the week’s objectives.

For PvP players, the weekly Conquest cap will start at 550 and increase by 550 per week.

Week 1 Item Level Cap
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Mythic Keystone dungeons and ranked PvP are opening with the beginning of Season 1 tomorrow, and there are a few aspects of the first week of the Season to highlight.

During this first week of Mythic Keystone dungeons, there is a cap on the increase of item level of end-of-run loot. That loot will stop increasing at Mythic Keystone +10 for this first week, which is item level 203. However, the Great Vault will be uncapped the following week, and loot from the Great Vault (on December 15 in this region) will reflect successful completions achieved during the week of December 8. The Great Vault will award item level 226 for completing Mythic Keystone +14, and other completion item levels can be viewed in the Mythic Keystone tab of the Dungeons and Raid window once the season begins.

For this first week of the Season in PvP, item-level upgrades of Conquest equipment are capped at item level 220, requiring Rival (rank 4). Starting with the second week, (again that’s December 15 in this region), item level upgrades of Conquest equipment are uncapped. There are no caps on the Great Vault’s PvP considerations. Duelists (rank 5) or higher will receive item level 226 equipment from the Great Vault.

Good luck out there!

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