March 9 Hotfixes, Blue Posts, Blue Tweets, Overwatch Interviews, Costumes Update

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Patch 6.1 Hotfixes - March 9
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Classes

Raids and Dungeons
  • Blackrock Foundry
    • General
      • Iron Taskmaster's Held to Task ability no longer plays the level up sound effect when used.
    • Kromog
      • Kromog's Stone Breath and Rune of the Grasping Hand now deal less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
  • [Requires a realm restart] The Everbloom: Addled Arcanomancer, Putrid Pyromancer, and Infested Icecaller should no longer incorrectly strike multiple targets.
  • Legacy
    • Throne of Thunder: Ra-Den's Murderous Strike should now be slightly less murderous, periodic damage dealt should no longer incorrectly scale up as the player was healed.

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue with the disenchant window that that may cause a player to be disconnected from the game.

Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Shadowmeld Bug
Shadowmeld's (Night Elf racial) functionality received a bug fix in Patch 6.1 to address a number of issues with the ability that wound up affecting its behavior in PvP combat. A hotfix is being worked on (it's not ready yet) that will restore Shadowmeld back to the way it worked (while keeping the bug fixes intact). (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Shadowmeld Bug
Don't you usually put bug fixes in the patch notes? You know, under the big Bug Fixes section, why wasn't Shadowmeld mentioned? Legitimately interested.
In that particular instance, the change was to make Shadowmeld work more consistently like Vanish or Invisibility where a number of bugs got fixed with those abilities. It was not anything that would be noticed or warrant a patch note because it was intended to not affect how the ability worked.

Update: The hotfix to return Shadowmeld back to it's pre-6.1 functionality after tomorrow's rolling restarts should be going in later tonight. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Patch 6.1 Undocumented Changes
Offloading some of the information I've been tracking down in no particular order.

Regarding Paladin's Hammer of Wrath concerns, I've verified that it was only a tooltip update in Patch 6.1 and there were no further changes to the ability. Also, the ability does not and should not be benefiting from Sword of Light as it's not a melee attack.

I noticed that Find Weakness for sub rogues has been nerfed in pvp for 6.1. Before the patch It was at 100% armor bypass now its at 50%, this change has only affected pvp. This was not posted in the patch notes.
Tooltip for the ability Find Weakness stated that it "Bypasses less armor on players.". Additionally, the ability itself no longer exists as of Patch 6.0.2 back on October 15, 2014.

Rogue - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/15682579#rogue
  • Find Weakness’ effects have been merged into baseline Ambush, Garrote, and Cheap Shot for Subtlety Rogues.
I Understand we want blizzard to be more open about stuff. But lets be honest it might sometimes be hard or insane to document every single little tweak ever. So trying to nitpick every little bit of something even with something that doesnt really affect gameplay in anyway other than aesthetics. lets not try to be too nit picky and just help blizzard understand where were coming from.
Thanks, I've been trying to investigate credible claims. A number of purported inaccuracies were actually noted in the patch notes or hotfix blog.

Re: Shadowmeld, Cretch appears to be referring to this: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/16528042667

Looks like it doesn't drop combat in 6.1. Is that just PVP Cretch or everywhere?
The Shadowmeld's (Night Elf racial) functionality received a bug fix to address a number of issues with the ability that wound up affecting its behavior in PvP combat. We're working on a hotfix that's undergoing testing but not ready to be implemented yet that will restore Shadowmeld back to the way it worked (while keeping the bug fixes intact).

Gladiator's sanctum work orders got stealth nerfed to be 20 bones per order instead of 10 when WoD launched

Show me your patch notes on that
Got clarification on that one, thanks for bringing it to my attention. The change has been updated in the 6.1 Patch Notes.

Gladiator's Sanctum
  • Work Orders for Gladiator's Sanctum shipments now cost 20 Broken Bones (up from 10). Additionally, shipments now award less gold but increased the chance of receiving an item or bonus Honor Points.
(Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Character / Items
I can not Favorite my PVP Mount (ex: Vicious War Stead)? Bug or intended and why please. #Warcraft
Those mounts are character specific and the favorite feature is account wide. (WarcraftDevs)

PvP
Any plans to fix the 2-6 sec delay on Execution Sentence in PvP? really kills the talent. (Holy, used as a heal)
We don't see this internally. (holinka)

Seems like the DRs for CC are now always 15 seconds rather than 15-20, feels like a huge buff for comps like RMD. intended change?
It is intended that it always resets after a fixed amount of time, but it should be 18 seconds; we'll get this fixed. (WarcraftDevs)
15 sec DR been the case since WoD release. Keep that in mind,to understand what classes you're about to nerf
No, it was fixed to be more exact in 6.1 (holinka)
20sec cd, 4sec duration, must have been 16sec DR the highest at all times.
It was somewhere between 15 and 15.4 seconds. It will now be 18 and 18.4 seconds. (holinka)

how are you guys feeling about RBG mmr? #1 player hasn't changed in months due to deflation. HotH/HotA 2102 rating
More players per team and longer matches results in less games played, and lower ratings compared to other brackets. (WarcraftDevs)
I guess even less player will play RBG now due to the recent mmr changes. who wants to spend years for 2k
Nothing changed with mmr (holinka)

Misc
I don't want to be all "back in my day" but holy crap to be a young game developer now...you be spoiled. (holinka)
isnt it harder ? I heard that getting into the industry is a pretty hard feat in itself nowadays.
The most important thing to demonstrate when looking for a game job is proving you can execute on an idea. Now you can. (holinka)

Breaking the silence. I won't post/respond about WoW much anymore because @WarcraftDevs is the better source - I answer questions there too (craig_amai)
Expect most of my future posts to be about gaming and design in general. And milkshakes. Unfollow as needed WoW lovers, I'll still <3 you. (craig_amai)
Hope you don't mind people addressing you anyway. With less people manning the account, it feels like the...
Always welcome to message, just know that I won't respond with any internal enlightenments here =) (craig_amai)

Overwatch Interviews
Another Overwatch interview provided some new information today. An interesting official response to the question of having a Field of View setting also came up again:


Originally Posted by Lylirra (Blue Tracker)
FOV is definitely an important element of many shooters, including Overwatch. For clarity, Overwatch currently has a fixed vertical FOV of 60. This means that at 16:9 (which most players use), you'll have a horizontal FOV of about 92.

To answer the "will there/won't there" question directly, though, there are no plans at this time to implement an FOV slider to the game. The rationale here is that we want to avoid creating a situation of "Haves and Have-Nots," where those who are aware of the slider are able to gain an advantage over those who aren't. Instead, we'd rather develop towards a unified FOV that feels good across the board. Aiming preferences, viewmodels, dizziness, nausea—these are all factors we considered when designing the current FOV and will remain sensitive and very open to as testing continues.

Hope that helps!

Costume Gallery Update
Blizzard has added three new costumes to the costume gallery.

This article was originally published in forum thread: March 9 Hotfixes, Blue Posts, Blue Tweets, Overwatch Interviews, Costumes Update started by chaud View original post
Published on 2015-03-10 03:27 AM
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Comments 31 Comments
  1. stgeorge78's Avatar
    It's sad that Blizzard has turned away from their community. I don't see a lot of youngsters getting into Blizzard games, it's an aging demographic that they need to hold onto and they are doing a worse job of it now than ever.
  1. mmoc800743ab5c's Avatar
    No FOV slider is a real mistake in an FPS.
    The weapon models are also huge taking up valuable screen space, can't imagine what they are thinking not allowing an FOV slider.
  1. DonVadim's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by aeuhe4yxzhds View Post
    lol at the fov issue, do people really get sick with HIGH (between 80-90 which was normal not too long ago) fov? What the hell is the reason companies keep setting it so low on PC games?
    For Blizzard's case you have got answer there:
    "we want to avoid creating a situation of "Haves and Have-Nots," where those who are aware of the slider are able to gain an advantage over those who aren't."

    They are basically afraid that if their game will get even slightly complicated, they won't be able to cater to the dumbest playerbase. They are going straight for the commercial success where more players = more money, so making sure even monkey can play their game is a viable strategy.

    However commercial success != quality game, but who cares when people will buy it anyway since it's "OMG BLIZZARD'S NEW GAME!!!!1" and it will be so plain and simple that even your dog could play it.
  1. lavafoxx's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Shudder View Post
    one of those women hating gamergate people.
    GamerGate is about journalistic integrity and nothing else. Anyone saying otherwise, is just trying to derail the issue.
  1. Jeys's Avatar
    This look very interesting to know . Thank you for the heads up.
  1. thetraveler12's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Wormcode View Post
    No FOV slider is a real mistake in an FPS.
    The weapon models are also huge taking up valuable screen space, can't imagine what they are thinking not allowing an FOV slider.
    We will find a way around that.

    - - - Updated - - -

    'those who are aware of the slider are able to gain an advantage over those who aren't'.

    What dipshit doesn't look at the option menu in an FPS on PC?
  1. Somarlane's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by thane View Post
    just saying... undead got their "underwater breathing" removed because the alliance thought it was "too OP!" same went for our "actual undead status", which got removed too...

    but elves can still hide anywhere they want. whatever guys. whatever.
    I thought that Forsaken were no longer classified as undead because paladin abilities against them were too strong in PvP...? I could be wrong, I was never much into PvP and my memory of the game becomes fuzzier the further I go back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zulandia View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Noix View Post
    yea but they cant use the same name.. it was rejected there was a post about it
    I'm pretty sure I recall a blue post that the company allowed them to continue using the name since the products were completely different. Could try and dig it up but no promises.
    Blizzard Entertainment can indeed still use the name. The issue was that Blizzard wanted a registered trademark for the name, which grants enhanced copyright protections or methods for redress of infringement than just a trademark. However, the name "Overwatch" already had a pending application by a different business in the same category (computer and electronics, to summarize). Blizzard's application was suspended because of the probability of confusion between the two products.

    Blizzard still has the ability to trademark (™) their intellectual property, they just can't stick the ® in front of it, at least for now. Naturally for a corporation the size of Blizzard Entertainment with valuable intellectual properties, a registered trademark is much preferred (see Considerations paragraph).
  1. mmocd8f86ed6f0's Avatar
    anyone else have problems understanding the questions in that video ?
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by lavafoxx View Post
    GamerGate is about journalistic integrity and nothing else. Anyone saying otherwise, is just trying to derail the issue.
    LOL! Found one. Sure it is
  1. mmocef71e99c15's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Desareon View Post
    I find it funny when women complain about how unrealistic armor looks on females characters, then you get women that create cosplay armor that is unrealistic...
    Yes, it is almost unfathomable that all women aren't exactly identical, all part of a nameless mass with no individual differences, right? Kind of breaks all our illusions, almost as if they were as diverse and multifaceted as us men - unthinkable, right! Before you know it they will even start cdemanding to be treated as individuals, who may not all have the same interests, opinions and perspective...
  1. Wayne25uk's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by thetraveler12 View Post
    we will find a way around that.

    - - - updated - - -

    'those who are aware of the slider are able to gain an advantage over those who aren't'.

    what dipshit doesn't look at the option menu in an fps on pc?
    theres an options menu!? Why wasnt i told! Ffs!
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