World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Campaign

• Players should no longer be met with a “defeat” screen after loading into a mission.
• Audio levels for some dialogue have been adjusted.
• The animations, triggers, and cameras for some cutscenes have been tweaked.
• Disconnecting or logging out will no longer change the save file folder.
• Fixed a number of issues that would block progression or not give credit for completing missions.
  
  • Developer’s note: Updating a map for these types of fixes invalidates prior saves. This is similar to how replays from prior game client versions no longer work. Campaign progress will not be lost.

Custom Games

• Multiboards should no longer crash custom games.
• Joining lobbies for the same map no longer creates duplicate versions of the map.
  
  • Developer’s note: This also resolves disconnects from improper map names.

Gameplay

• The rendering of Classic mode has been updated.
• Resolved an issue with hitching when constructing buildings or training units for the first time.
• Fixed Ziggurat upgrade animation in Reforged mode.
• Adjusted animations and portraits for multiple units and buildings.
• Units completing training while off-screen again have voices.
• Starting locations are again obscured by the fog of war.

Interface

• Whispers now include the name of the sender.
• Locale settings for audio and subtitles can now be adjusted independently in Battle .net prior to launching the game.
• Non-Latin glyphs no longer overlap.
• A tooltip now displays when hovering over truncated text.
• Chat keeps up with the latest messages.
• Heroes on the match results screen are now contained by boundaries.
• All menus are now distinct between Classic and Reforged graphic settings.
  
  • Developer’s note: We’ve implemented a temporary solution to better inform whether you are playing in Reforged or Classic mode, by applying a sepia tone to the background images for Classic.

Darkmoon Arcade

• Previously unlocked Rune Matching difficulty levels no longer reset weekly; once a character has unlocked a difficulty level, it will remain unlocked.

Dungeons and Raids

• Ny’alotha, the Waking City
  
  • Carapace of N’Zoth
    
    • Resolved an issue where Fury of N'Zoth could gain Mycelial Infusion while transitioning into the Den of Transfusion on Mythic difficulty.
      

Items and Rewards

• Corrupted Items
  
  • Fixed an issue with some Corruption Effects scaling improperly during Timewalking instances.
    
  • Fixed an issue with Faralos, Empire’s Dream causing its Corruption Effect to not reliably hit large enemies.
    

System

• MacOS
  
  • Players who have experienced crashes or freezes on MacOS systems can now change the Particle Density visual effects setting to “Disabled”. This should improve performance on MacOS systems.
    

Update – 5:20 p.m. PST February 5

We have been reading your thoughts on the Corruption changes and have decided to hold them for regional restarts next week. We understand the impact they will make on your gear selection and agree that it makes more sense to do it at the start of a week.

Also during regional restarts, we plan to make some tuning changes to Mythic N’Zoth to better align the encounter with the changes that are being made to players’ Corrupted items.

Thank you all for your feedback on this.

Update – 11:30 a.m. PST February 5

Soon today, we’re going to make the following adjustments in a single hotfix:

• Echoing Void damage has been reduced by 50%.
  
  • Echoing Void no longer deals reduced damage in PvP combat.
• Deadly Momentum’s buff duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Void Ritual’s stat bonus per stack has been approximately doubled at each rank.
• Surging Vitality’s Versatility value has been increased by 10%.
• Avoidant now subjects you to 20% less Corruption at each rank.

We’d like to give everyone a heads up that we’re working on tuning adjustments to several Corruption Effects. While we don’t have exact amounts just yet, we have some certainty that in the next 24 hours, we will:

• Reduce the effectiveness of Echoing Void significantly.
• Increase the effectiveness of Void Ritual by a small amount.
• Increase the duration of Deadly Momentum, so that its buff doesn’t fall off.

At this time, we’re also considering:

• Reducing the damage done by Twilight Devastation.
• Increasing the effectiveness of other Corruption Effects.

Again, we intend to complete these changes in the next 24 hours, and we’ll let you know as soon as we’re set on final tuning numbers.

Thank you!