World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Classes

• Hunter
  
  • Fixed an issue causing Bestial Wrath to not deal damage if Bestial Wrath's charge would put the Pet out of range.

Dungeons and Raids

• Algeth’ar Academy
  
  • Addressed an issue where Crawth's Deafening Screech's debuff could persist after the encounter ended.
  • Addressed an issue where Alpha Eagle could start casting Gust while still in the air.
• Maisara Caverns
  
  • Resolved an issue causing Hollow Soulrender's Frost Nova to occasionally inflict damage at the incorrect location.
• Pit of Saron
  
  • Forgemaster Garfrost
    
    • Fixed an issue that could prevent Night Elf Vengeance Demon Hunters from being able to hide behind Saronite Ore.
• March on Quel'danas
  
  • Belo'ren, Child of Al'ar
    
    • Belo'ren's Stage Two health has been reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Ashen Benediction has been reduced to 5% per stack on all difficulties (was 10%).
    • Reduced the frequency of Guardian's Edict casts over the course of the encounter on all difficulties.
• The Voidspire
  
  • Corrected an issue where the Lightblinded Vanguard could fail to appear after using the raid skip.
  • Vaelgor & Ezzorak
    
    • Addressed an issue where the bosses could respawn atop the Devouring Stronghold instead of their arena.

Items

• Light's Preservation potion now provides more healing.

We’ve observed a significant number of Burning Crusade players entering dungeons and then participating in no meaningful gameplay, often while only one party member plays through the instance. When this is prominent, it can lead to detrimental economic effects, among other concerns, so we’re implementing a series of hotfixes to address it.

The Burning Crusade Classic

• Dungeons
  
  • Players must participate in combat to receive experience from dungeons.
  • The amount of loot dropped by non-boss enemies in high-level dungeons is now determined by how many players participate in the kill.

The vast majority of players who participate in dungeon groups as usual should see no difference after these updates.

These changes will go into effect with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region.

With scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, we’ll update the Midnight Falls encounter in March on Quel’danas.

Raids

• March on Quel’danas
  
  • L’ura’s health reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
  • Termination Matrix
    
    • Terminate applications reduced to 4 (was 5).
    • Terminate cast time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
  • Heaven’s Glaives
    
    • Blades per cast reduced to 5 on Heroic and Mythic difficulties (was 6).
    • Max duration reduced to 2 minutes on Heroic and Mythic difficulties (was 3 minutes).
  • Grim Symphony
    
    • Melody can no longer repeat the same Dark Rune twice.
    • Second cast now spins clockwise (was counter-clockwise).
  • Eclipsed heal absorb reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
  • Overkill Current damage reduced by 20% on Heroic difficulty.
  • The final cast of Criticality now triggers 2 Tears of L’ura per Dawn Crystal (was 3).
  • Dark Constellation precast time increased to 2.5 seconds on Mythic difficulty (was 2 seconds).