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There are some fun and useful items you can obtain prior to and during the Broken Shore scenario!
Pocket Fel Spreader
- Check Group Finder for a group that is farming the item.
- Use a Demon tracking mechanism (Spectral Sight, Track Demons, or Elixir of Detect Demon)
- Talk to the Doomsayers in Orgrimmar and Stormwind until you find one with a special dialogue option.
- Click the dialogue option and kill the Doomsayer when it turns into a demon.
- The item is not a guaranteed drop, but the drop rate and spawn rates have been hotfixed to be better.
- More hotfixes are still on the way to improve things.
Alliance
- After starting the Broken Shore quest line but before you leave to go to battle, visit Lenny "Fingers" McCoy in the harbor to grab Lucky Shirt.
- After entering the Broken Shore, you can obtain the item needed to get Alaina's Bonnet:
- During Stage 6 or 7 of the Broken Shore, pick up Charred Locket from Ashes of a Fallen Crusader.
- Head to Alaina Hearthsong in Eastvale Logging Camp in Elwynn Forest and give her the locket.
- Get far enough away to allow her to despawn and then return.
- Loot Alaina's Bonnet from the chest upstairs.
| Level | Type | Name | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmetic |  Alaina's Bonnet | - |
| 1 | Junk |  Lucky Rat's Tooth | 6 40 |
| 1 | Junk |  Old Lucky Coin | 1 28 |
| 1 | Junk |  Lucky Charm | 14 22 22 |
| 1 | Shirt |  Lucky Shirt | 80 |
Horde
- After starting the Broken Shore quest line but before you leave the dock to go to battle, visit Ravika in a hut right next to the dock to grab the old Patch 5.3 toys for a small amount of gold.
- Stop by Fo'rum the Postmaker and pick up some posts.
| Level | Type | Name | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmetic |  Griftah's Authentic Troll Shoes | 50 |
| 1 | Other |  Whole-Body Shrinka' | 25 |
| 1 | Other |  Sen'jin Spirit Drum | 10 |
| 1 | Other |  Xan'tish's Flute | 5 |
| 1 | Other |  Angry Post | 8 |
| 1 | Other |  Happy Post | 8 |
| 1 | Other |  Thoughtful Post | 8 |
Patch 7.0.3 Hotfixes - August 9
Classes
Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Event
Items
NPCs
Quests
UI
Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)- Horde Demon Hunters should now be able to open the Dungeon Journal after completing the quest Audience with the Warchief.
- Newly-created Demon Hunters should be able to be deleted despite having unread mail.
Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)- Stampede should now consistently work against other players.
Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)- Ice Floes will not be consumed by spells that are made instant by Hot Streak or Presence of Mind.
- Flamestrike does not consume Hot Streak when Hot Streak is gained during the cast of Flamestrike.
Event
- Powerful Legion Commanders in Legion Invasions may now drop Nethershards; the number of Nethershards awarded upon completion of individual Stages has been slightly reduced to compensate.
Items
- Non-Demon Hunters will no longer receive Demon Hunter Glaives from Legion chests.
- Glaive weapons can now be enchanted by players.
NPCs
- Illidari Darkdealers should be selling their goods to Horde player-characters.
Quests
- Players should no longer see duplicated conversation between NPCs during the quest "The Fallen Lion".
- The Dalaran (Northrend) cooking daily quest should once again randomize properly.
UI
- (Work in progress) Players should be able to promote other players to the Guild Master rank via right-click in the guild roster.
- (Work in progress) You can again successfully search for robes in the Auction House.
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)Demon Hunter Starting Level
Demon Hunters will start at 98 in the same way that Death Knights start at 55. (Official Forums)
Deleting Demon Hunter
We've just implemented a hotfix that will allow newly-created Demon Hunters to be deleted despite having unread mail.
Enjoy! (Official Forums)
Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)Glacial Spike Hotfix
Glacial Spike on its own is not a problem. It requires a good deal of setup including 5 frostbolts and a 3 second cast time to get off. We want something like that to have good payoff. The problem is the synergy between Deep Shatter, Ice Form and Glacial Spike. The intent of the Deep Shatter talent was to make your Frostbolts feel powerful. It wasn't intended to make Glacial Spike deal 2 million damage.
We've made a hotfix change to Deep Shatter. Icicles will no longer benefit from the extra damage from Deep Shatter. We think this change allows both Deep Shatter and Glacial Spike to feel powerful on their own.
Thanks to everyone who brought this issue to our attention through playtesting.
how is 300k a good pay off
I know where you are getting the 300k number from and it's possible there are more things at play than just the nerf. Our intention is that a Glacial Spike can hit in the 700-900k range at level 110 with proper setup. But when paired with Deep Shatter, it was possible for Glacial Spike to hit in the 2 million range. Since players have somewhere in the area of 2 million health, this is unacceptable. We like setup and high payoff, but we do not want spells that deal 100% of a player's health in battlegrounds and arenas.
If spells have a lot of setup and counterplay, we're comfortable with them doing damage in the 700k-900k range. If a spell has little counterplay but perhaps a long cooldown, we can see it hitting in the 400-500k range. Hopefully those numbers can serve as reference when giving feedback.
But to be clear, 2 million is way out of bounds and to suggest it is okay feels a bit disingenuous. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)Unstable Affliction Dispel Damage
There is a hotfix in testing to reduce the backlash damage of Unstable Affliction from 200% damage remaining to 120% damage remaining. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Blizzard at gamescom 2016
Blizzard will be at gamescom this year! Ion Hazzikostas appears a few times on the schedule with some streamers.
Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Classes
Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Will DHs be able to loot world boss mounts? They aren't listed in the journal as possible loot for them & no loot from Sha/Nal.
should be able to yes (Muffinus)
World Events
Praying for an answer: Dalaran over Karazhan on the 9th too?
Still in-transit during the week, pops in the week after. (Muffinus)
Does that mean there will be more questlines unlocked in the coming weeks? Or did I read that wrong?
.New quests every week leading up to launch, featuring Magni, Khadgar, Ulduar, Karazhan, and a mobile Dalaran. (Muffinus)
If Broken Shore is pre-patch, does this mean that "Legion Launch" is simply the teleport from old dalaran to new + onward?
Correct, 8/30 Launch Night begins with an in-game sequence showing Dalaran blink to the Broken Isles. (Muffinus)
If I can't play during the last week before Legion launch, will I miss the last quesline?
.You can go back and experience it at any time by talking to Archivist Elysiana in Dalaran in Broken Isles. (Muffinus)
Since you can skip the Broken Shores intro now, any plans on being able to get the gear from the quests that were skipped, too?
You can go back and do the skipped intro quests at any time. (Muffinus)
Servers
are you concerned that with all these servers merged, when Legion launches, the game will crash due to do many people?
Servers aren't merged, nor are they technically CRZ'd anymore, it's new tech that creates "shards" as necessary. (Muffinus)
Goal is much more stability and on-demand area creation/population stabilization. Had a few kinks to work out, but v. cool. (Muffinus)
PvP
Since people won't be able to get full artifact traits before tournaments, why allow artifacts at events then? @Holinka
"Tournament Rules" War Games grant fully powered up Artifacts. (holinka)
Lore
How was Sargeras able to possess Medivh? He's no banshee=O.
he can make planets dude he doesn't live by most class/unit ability rules (Muffinus)
Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)Will DHs be able to loot world boss mounts? They aren't listed in the journal as possible loot for them & no loot from Sha/Nal.
should be able to yes (Muffinus)
World Events
Praying for an answer: Dalaran over Karazhan on the 9th too?
Still in-transit during the week, pops in the week after. (Muffinus)
Does that mean there will be more questlines unlocked in the coming weeks? Or did I read that wrong?
.New quests every week leading up to launch, featuring Magni, Khadgar, Ulduar, Karazhan, and a mobile Dalaran. (Muffinus)
If Broken Shore is pre-patch, does this mean that "Legion Launch" is simply the teleport from old dalaran to new + onward?
Correct, 8/30 Launch Night begins with an in-game sequence showing Dalaran blink to the Broken Isles. (Muffinus)
If I can't play during the last week before Legion launch, will I miss the last quesline?
.You can go back and experience it at any time by talking to Archivist Elysiana in Dalaran in Broken Isles. (Muffinus)
Since you can skip the Broken Shores intro now, any plans on being able to get the gear from the quests that were skipped, too?
You can go back and do the skipped intro quests at any time. (Muffinus)
Servers
are you concerned that with all these servers merged, when Legion launches, the game will crash due to do many people?
Servers aren't merged, nor are they technically CRZ'd anymore, it's new tech that creates "shards" as necessary. (Muffinus)
Goal is much more stability and on-demand area creation/population stabilization. Had a few kinks to work out, but v. cool. (Muffinus)
PvP
Since people won't be able to get full artifact traits before tournaments, why allow artifacts at events then? @Holinka
"Tournament Rules" War Games grant fully powered up Artifacts. (holinka)
Lore
How was Sargeras able to possess Medivh? He's no banshee=O.
he can make planets dude he doesn't live by most class/unit ability rules (Muffinus)
Overwatch - The Last BastionA new Overwatch animated short will be revealed on stage and via live stream on the Blizzard gamescom hub at 18:00 CEST on Thursday, August 18.
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