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by Published on 2024-12-12 12:05 AM

Mythic+ Improvements Coming Next Week in 11.0.7
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
In next week’s update, Siren Isle patch 11.0.7, we will make several adjustments to the availability of Gilded Harbinger Crests and to the acquisition of all Crest types through Mythic+ dungeons.

Gilded Crests and Mythic-track gear represent the pinnacle of available gear from a Season, and are meant to be rare, but we have seen feedback that both the availability of these Crests and the costs of crafting top-tier gear fell prohibitive.

Changes

  • Currency rewards from Mythic+ dungeons (Crests, Gold, Valorstones) now scale by keystone level, and completing a keystone outside of the timer now always deducts 4 Crests.

Difficulty Crest Type # Dropped, Timer Beaten # Dropped, Timer Expired
Heroic Weathered 10 n/a
Mythic Carved 10 n/a
+2 Carved 12 8
+3 Carved 14 10
+4 Runed 12 8
+5 Runed 14 10
+6 Runed 16 12
+7 Runed 18 14
+8 Gilded 12 8
+9 Gilded 14 10
+10 Gilded 16 12
+11 Gilded 18 14
+12 Gilded 20 16


  • Number of Gilded Harbinger Crests needed to purchase a Nascent Gilded Harbinger Crest reduced to 60 (was 90).
  • Number of Harbinger Crests needed to purchase trade-up bags reduced to 45 (was 90).
  • Harbinger of the Gilded achievement now requires item level 636 in every slot (was 639).

For players who are functionally finished with their gearing journey, the bar for the Harbinger of the Gilded achievement has been a bit too high, precluding the use of crafted gear and requiring luck to fill every slot. Lowering the threshold from item level 639 to 636 should add a little more flexibility and ensure that players who are completing the hardest content feel they can unlock the final Warband discount.

The changes to Crests awarded from Mythic+ have two main aims:

  • Ideally, challenge and reward should be directly correlated. Until now, players whose primary goal was optimizing Crest income were incentivized to run the lowest difficulty that awarded their desired Crest type, even if they were capable of completing much more challenging content. This had the secondary effect of making it much harder for players just entering the Gilded range to find groups for Mythic 8 keys, because they were often competing for slots with players who really belong in 10s, 12s, or even higher.
  • While it is important for all members of a Mythic+ group to have a shared interest in finishing a dungeon within the timer (rather than just the key-holder), dropping from a reward of 12 Crests down to 5 Crests when the timer was missed felt overly punitive. Currently in patch 11.0.5, for example, a group who fails to beat the timer in a Mythic +7 will receive more Crests for their effort than a group who crushes the timer in a Mythic +4.

We hope that a difference of 4 Crests strikes a better balance of incentivizing group effort, while still feeling rewarding.

Our goal with these changes is to help players who are attempting to push into the upper echelons of content, as well as those who have alts they’re looking to gear up to match the progress of their mains.

Thank you for all the feedback that helped shape these changes, and as always, we’ll be following closely to see how this reward structure plays out in 11.0.7.
by Published on 2024-12-11 07:37 PM

Anniversary Realms - Onyxia and Molten Core Opening Dates
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
On Anniversary Realms, Onyxia and Molten Core will open at:

Time Zone Time Date
Pacific 2:00 p.m. PST Thursday, December 12
Mountain 3:00 p.m. MST Thursday, December 12
Central 4:00 p.m. CST Thursday, December 12
Eastern 5:00 p.m. EST Thursday, December 12
Brazil 7:00 p.m. BRT Thursday, December 12
England 22:00 GMT Thursday, December 12
Central Europe 23:00 CET Thursday, December 12
Eastern Europe 00:00 EET Friday, December 13
Western Australia 06:00 AWST Friday, December 13
Eastern Australia 09:00 AEDT Friday, December 13
New Zealand 11:00 NZDT Friday, December 13


See you there!
by Published on 2024-12-11 06:05 PM

Everything Coming in Patch 11.0.7 Siren Isle
Blizzard has uploaded a new video on YouTube, breaking down the features of the upcoming patch for The War Within, which arrives on December 17th.

by Published on 2024-12-11 02:33 AM

WoW Hotfixes - December 10, 2024
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Dungeons and Raids
  • Nerub-ar Palace
    • The Silken Court
      • Stinging Swarm now releases only 4 Swarms (was 5), and having 4 stacks of Stinging Swarm now triggers Stinging Delirium on Mythic difficulty.
      • Stinging Swarm damage taken percent per stack increased to 25% (was 20%) on Mythic difficulty.
      • Decreased Shattershell Scarab melee damage by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Increased number of stacks of Void Degeneration and Burning Touch that trigger Touch of Death to 5 (was 4) on Mythic difficulty.
      • Being damaged by Web Bombs no longer create Motes on Mythic difficulty.

Season of Discovery
  • Elixir of the Ironside now grants 450 armor.
    • Developers’ notes: This makes it so that consuming an Elixir of Superior Defense alongside an Elixir of the Ironside has no added benefit.
  • Ahn’Qiraj
    • Some Obelisks for the Descent into Madness have been moved to more accessible, easily visible locations.
    • Huhuran's berserk should now correctly clear after she resets.
    • Obelisks that were not triggered should now be correctly unavailable after a boss is defeated. The Descent into Madness should now correctly shut off after a boss is defeated if their respective Obelisk is not interacted with.
    • The Gilded Scarab should now properly award loot when defeated.
    • The hard mode caches in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj raid will now contain keys for the instance's scarab coffers.
    • Master Loot and item trading work once again for Viscidus and Princess Huhuran in Ahn'Qiraj from the Caches of Wagering.
    • Ouro should now correctly respawn if he despawns during his burrow phase.
    • Reduced the health of Fankriss and his spawn, and Spawn of Fankriss damage reduced.
    • Increased the health of many of the creatures inside the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.
  • Druid
    • Fixed an issue where Druids were able to use Shred from in front of a target if they were very close to the target. It now properly always requires behind (unless they have the Season of Discovery set bonus that removes this restriction).
  • Rogue
    • The 3-piece Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj set bonus for Rogues will now correctly reduce the cost of Crimson Tempest.
  • Warrior
    • Revenge Rank 6 now correctly benefits from attack power.
by Published on 2024-12-10 01:12 AM

Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes - December 9, 2024

WoW Hotfixes - December 9, 2024
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Cataclysm Classic
  • Alysrazor now has additional safeguards in place to teleport her to the ground after being defeated and allow her corpse to be looted.

Season of Discovery
  • Ahn’Qiraj
    • New flasks from Ahn'Qiraj now stack to 20 (was 1). Older flasks stack to 5, unchanged.
  • Druid
    • Moonkin Form now grants 3 spell damage per level (was 2).
  • Priest
    • The Shadow T2.5 2-piece set bonus will now correctly launch a free Mind Flay when starting the first cast of Mind Flay.

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