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Burning Crusade Classic Summer Events, Hotfixes - June 21, 2021 

by
Lumy
Published on 2021-06-22 01:38 AM

Burning Crusade Classic Summer Events
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With Burning Crusade Classic launching only three weeks ago, we decided to postpone the Midsummer Fire Festival this year. It felt a little too soon to have players who might be taking their time feel the need to level up (or level up their alts) so they could make the most of Ahune, among other things. But we don’t want to skip a whole year, so we’ve decided to open the Midsummer Fire Festival in Burning Crusade Classic the week of July 20, 2021. It will return to its usual time coinciding with the real-world Northern hemisphere solar calendar in 2022.

Speaking of the week of July 20, there’s something else going on that week that we’re going to celebrate. The 2020 Summer Olympics is set to kick off that week, and we see that as the perfect opportunity to reintroduce the Spirit of Competition. This event only occurred once before in the history of WoW, to coincide with the 2008 Summer Olympics during the original Burning Crusade. We’re really looking forward to getting into the spirit again.

We’ll update the World of Warcraft blog with more details on both of these events in July.

Burning Crusade Classic Hotfixes - June 21, 2021
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Burning Crusade Classic

  • A new upgrade to Auction House service responsiveness was implemented for all realms.
  • Players who have completed the Trials of the Naaru without receiving the Tempest Key can now obtain one by speaking with A'dal in Shattrath City.
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Burning Crusade Classic Arena Match Making System 

by
Stoy
Published on 2021-06-21 06:31 PM

Burning Crusade Classic Arena Match Making System
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Over the first few days of ranked Arena play in Burning Crusade Classic, we’ve seen some feedback and inquiries from players that we’d like to answer with a brief explainer.

There are multiple PvP performance ratings used by the game. Every Arena team has a team rating that starts at 0 and increases as the team plays Arena matches together. Additionally, each player who is on a team has a personal rating that is calculated based on the results of the Arena matches they’ve played as a part of their team. If a player leaves a team, their personal rating associated with that team will be reset. If a player joins a team that has already played matches, the player will join with up to 1000 rating points of the team’s current team rating. These values are displayed in the PvP frame, and they are used to determine end-of-season awards and weekly points.

To keep players matching against opponents of similar skill, the game also calculates a matchmaking rating (MMR) for each character. After each match concludes, your MMR is updated to better reflect your skill level, and your team rating and personal rating are updated depending on the match result and the matchmaking calculations. This MMR follows your character from team to team, so when a player leaves a team and joins a new team, they will immediately face similarly skilled opponents, even if that new team starts at a team rating of 0.

Ultimately, the more games you play as part of the same team, the closer your personal rating will get to your MMR.
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Burning Crusade Classic Hotfixes - June 18, 2021 

by
Lumy
Published on 2021-06-19 02:25 AM

Burning Crusade Classic Hotfixes - June 18, 2021
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Burning Crusade Classic

  • [With regional restarts] Area 52 Bruisers are no longer shirking their job duties and will now intervene to break up nearby fights.
  • [With regional restarts] Fixed an issue where repeatedly clicking a Soulwell would unintentionally consume additional charges under certain conditions.
  • Fixed an issue where a Priest’s Prayer of Mending would persist on the target if it fails to find a new target to jump to, true to reference behavior.
  • Activating Prismatic Sphere's cooldown should no longer put enchanting materials on cooldown.
  • Fixed an issue where Socrethar was not made vulnerable by Voren'thal's Presence for “Turning Point.”
  • The Aldor will now come to your aid during the quest “Deathblow to the Legion.”
  • Fixed an issue where Halaa Battle Tokens were not granted as expected.
  • Fixed an issue where Warchief Kargath Bladefist could charge outside of his area and reset the encounter.
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Patch 9.1.0 PTR - Build 39069: Release Candidate 

by
Lumy
Published on 2021-06-18 09:14 PM

Patch 9.1.0 PTR - Build 39069: Release Candidate
Build 39069 is now live on the PTR realms!



Night Warrior Tyrande Whisperwind - New Model
The video playing in the background on the World of Warcraft Website has been updated, and now features a new Night Warrior model for Tyrande Whisperwind.



Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Guild Feats of Strength
Guild
  • Hall of Fame: Sylvanas (Alliance) (New) Among the first one hundred Alliance guilds worldwide to defeat Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficulty. Title Reward: Famed Bane of the Banshee Queen.
  • Hall of Fame: Sylvanas (Horde) (New) Among the first one hundred Horde guilds worldwide to defeat Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficulty. Title Reward: Famed Bane of the Banshee Queen.

Shadowlands Raid
Dungeons & Raids
  • Mythic: Sylvanas Windrunner Defeat Sylvanas Windrunner in the Sanctum of Domination on Mythic difficulty. 10 points. Title Reward: Breaker of Chains. 10 points.



Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Survival
  • Flanking Strike You and your pet leap to the target and strike it as one, dealing a total of [ 135% of Attack Power + 117% 135% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. Generates 30 Focus for you and your pet. Survival Hunter - Level 45 Talent. Survival Hunter - Level 45 Talent. 15 yd range. Instant. 30 sec cooldown.

Rogue (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Shiv (Assassination) Attack with your your poisoned blades, dealing [ 50% of Attack Power ] Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison.
  • Shiv (Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial) Attack with your off-hand, dealing [ 50% of Attack Power ] Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison.
  • Shiv (Crippling Poison) Attack with your off-hand, dealing [ 50% of Attack Power ] Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects, and applying a concentrated form of your Crippling Poison, reducing movement speed by 70% for 5 sec.
  • Shiv (Numbing Poison) Attack with your off-hand, dealing [ 50% of Attack Power ] Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your Numbing Poison, dispelling all enrage effects. reducing casting speed by 25% for 5 sec.

Subtlety
  • Smoke Bomb (New) Creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 5 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud. PvP Talent. PvP Talent. Instant. 2 min cooldown. 1 sec global cooldown. Requires Rogue. Requires level 10.

Runeforge Legendary Abilities
Rogue (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Guile Charm Take advantage of the natural ebb and flow of combat, causing your Sinister Strike to gradually increase your damage dealt by up to 15%. This maximum effect will last for 10 12 sec before fading and beginning the cycle anew.

Anima Powers
  • Claws of Sath'zuul When dealing damage to an enemy, they have Dealing damage has a chance to spawn a Sanguine Globule, temporarily granting nearby. Collecting the globule grants you increased leech and primary stat. Instant. for 10 sec. Instant.

Soulbind Abilities
  • Party Favors Once per day you can speak with Theotar in Sinfall to obtain The Mad Duke's Tea, which increase your pri by 3%, or your Haste by 3%, or your Critical Strike chance by 3%, or your Versatility by 3% for 60 min. 100 yd range. Drinking The Mad Duke's Tea increases your Haste, Versatility, Critical Strike Chance, or pri for 4 hrs. You can only have the effects of one of The Mad Duke's Tea at a time. 100 yd range.

Item Effects
  • Burden of Divinity (New)
  • Deliver Relic Submit your findings to Archivist Roh-Suir to generate 20 48 Cataloged Research. Instant. 1 sec cooldown.
  • Harsh Tutelage When attacking an enemy, Jaithys has a high chance to guide your blade towards a weak spot, dealing 0 additional Physical damage and granting you 0 Strength for 6 3 sec. Approximately 2 procs per minute.
  • Links of Bahmeht Combine 200 links to form a chain that can bind the Hand of Bahmeht back to the Shadowlands. Instant. Reagents: Bahmeht Chain Link x 200. Item #185974 x 200.
  • Party Favors (New) Consume The Mad Duke's Tea, increasing your pri, Haste, Critical Strike chance, or Versatility for 4 hrs. You can only have the effect of one of The Mad Duke's Tea active at a time. 100 yd range. Instant.
  • The Mad Duke's Tea Once per day you can speak with Theotar in Sinfall to obtain The Mad Duke's Tea, which increase your pri by 3%, or your Haste by 3%, or your Critical Strike chance by 3%, or your Versatility by 3% for 60 min. 100 yd range. Instant. Drinking The Mad Duke's Tea increases your Haste, Versatility, Critical Strike Chance, or pri for 4 hrs. You can only have the effects of one of The Mad Duke's Tea at a time. 100 yd range. Instant.
  • The Mad Duke's Tea Once per day you can speak with Theotar in Sinfall to obtain The Mad Duke's Tea, which increase your pri by 3%, or your Haste by 3%, or your Critical Strike chance by 3%, or your Versatility by 3% for 60 min. 100 yd range. Instant. Drinking The Mad Duke's Tea increases your Haste, Versatility, Critical Strike Chance, or pri for 4 hrs. You can only have the effects of one of The Mad Duke's Tea at a time. 100 yd range. Instant.
  • The Mad Duke's Tea Once per day you can speak with Theotar in Sinfall to obtain The Mad Duke's Tea, which increase your pri by 3%, or your Haste by 3%, or your Critical Strike chance by 3%, or your Versatility by 3% for 60 min. 100 yd range. Instant. Drinking The Mad Duke's Tea increases your Haste, Versatility, Critical Strike Chance, or pri for 4 hrs. You can only have the effects of one of The Mad Duke's Tea at a time. 100 yd range. Instant.
  • The Mad Duke's Tea Once per day you can speak with Theotar in Sinfall to obtain The Mad Duke's Tea, which increase your pri by 3%, or your Haste by 3%, or your Critical Strike chance by 3%, or your Versatility by 3% for 60 min. 100 yd range. Instant. Drinking The Mad Duke's Tea increases your Haste, Versatility, Critical Strike Chance, or pri for 4 hrs. You can only have the effects of one of The Mad Duke's Tea at a time. 100 yd range. Instant.

Raid & Dungeon Abilities
  • Fury of the Ages Echoing rage fills the caster, increasing damage done by 25% and haste by 25% for 30 sec. 1 sec cast. 35 sec. 1 sec cast.
  • Malevolence Inflicts 20 Shadow damage and knocks back all enemies within 100 300 yards. 300 yd range. Instant.
  • Malevolence The Remnant of Ner'zhul afflicts random targets with Malevolence for 21 sec. When this effect is removed all players are knocked back from the victim's location and take 20 Shadow damage. 300 yd range. 1 sec cast. 12 sec cooldown. 30 sec cooldown.
  • Shadowsteel Embers 200 yd range. Instant. The Painsmith's work unleashes blazing embers that inflict 60 Fire damage to players within 4 yds of the impact location. 200 yd range. Instant.
  • Shatter A piece of the armor imprisoning the Remnant of Ner'zhul breaks off, releasing 20 40 Shadow damage to all players. 100 yd range. 2.6 sec cast.
  • Shatter At 80%, 60%, and 30% health remaining a piece of the armor restraining the Remnant of Ner'zhul is destroyed, unleashing a wave of energy that inflicts 20 40 Shadow damage to all players. 100 yd range. 2.6 sec cast.
  • Shatter A piece of the armor imprisoning the Remnant of Ner'zhul breaks off, releasing 20 40 Shadow damage to all players. 100 yd range. 2.6 sec cast.
  • Suffering At 100 energy, the Remnant of Ner'zhul unleashes a blast of energy at their current target, inflicting 30 70 Shadow damage to all players caught in a line and increasing their damage taken from Suffering by 500% for 30 sec. Orbs of Torment caught in the effect lose the effect of Eternal Torment and become vulnerable. Unlimited range. Instant.



Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • PVP_RATING_GROUP_FINDER (New) - %s: %d(%s)



Misc Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Character Titles
  • %s, Breaker of Chains (New)
  • %s, Famed Bane of the Banshee Queen (New)

Currency Types
Shadowlands
  • Cataloged Research - As you bring the Archivist relics he will catalog it which will allow you to start Field Studies to learn more about them or identify relics in his care that you can use in the field. Max Quantity: 50000. 12000.
  • Stygian Ember (New) - Once a brave warrior, now reduced to a sliver of undeath.

    Bonesmith Heirmir in Korthia can use these to improve Shards of Domination.

Group Finder Activities
Dungeons
  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market (Mythic) - 5 players. Map: Tazavesh, the Veiled Market (Broker Dungeon). Difficulty: Mythic. Difficulty: Mythic.

Item Name Descriptions
  • Fel Bombardier - Name changed from "Fel Bombardier Cloak" to "Fel Bombardier". Fel Bombardier Cloak color]

Keystone Affixes
  • Bolstering - When any non-boss enemy dies, its death cry empowers nearby allies, increasing their maximum health and damage by 20%. by 15% and damage by 20%.
  • Raging - Non-boss enemies enrage at 30% health remaining, dealing 100% increased damage until defeated. 75% increased damage until defeated.

LFG Dungeons
Dungeons
  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market - Map: Tazavesh, the Veiled Market (Broker Dungeon). Roles: 1 tank/1 healer/3 damage.

Map Areas
Unknown
  • Alther's Mill > Seeker's Quorum - Name changed from "Jeff NW Quadrant > Seeker's Quorum" to "Alther's Mill > Seeker's Quorum".
  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market - Music: DGN_91_Broker_Hospitality_Walk.

Map Difficulties
  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market - Mythic Dungeon - Name changed from "Tazavesh, the Veiled Market (Broker Dungeon) - Mythic Dungeon" to "Tazavesh, the Veiled Market - Mythic Dungeon".

Maps
Shadowlands
  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market - Name changed from "Tazavesh, the Veiled Market (Broker Dungeon)" to "Tazavesh, the Veiled Market".

Mounts
Ground Mounts
  • Hand of Hrestimorak - Ground Mount. Hand of Hrestimorak. "The treachery of Hrestimorak was infamous, betraying his people to claim power. Facing damnation in the Maw, he tried to subvert the Jailer... a foolish act that would earn him an eterninty eternity of torment." Source: Achievement: Glory of the Dominant Raider Zone: Sanctum of Domination
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Shadowlands Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination Releases on June 29 in NA (June 30 in EU) 

by
Lumy
Published on 2021-06-17 05:10 PM

Shadowlands: Sanctum of Domination Raid Preview

Shadowlands Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination Releases on June 29 in NA (June 30 in EU)
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
The traitorous Sire Denathrius has been defeated, but the power of the Maw still grows. Return to the Maw with the restored strength of the kyrian, necrolords, night fae, and venthyr and together strike back at the Jailer.


The Chains of Domination content update is packed with new features—brave a new area of the Maw—Korthia, the City of Secrets. Breach the Sanctum of Domination raid dungeon to confront the Jailer in the heart of Torghast. Discover the new mega-dungeon—Tazavesh, the Veiled Market, learn to take flight above the Shadowlands, and more.

Breach the Sanctum of Domination


Breach the Sanctum and slay the formidable servants of Sylvanas and the Banished One in an epic new raid—Sanctum of Domination.

For eons, the Jailer was bound within The Maw. Now, his endless armies gather as he expands its boundaries to consume Oribos. In the face of annihilation, Bolvar marshals his last remaining allies to charge into the heart of Torghast and confront the Jailer where he is most powerful.

Raid Unlock Schedule

July 6 – Normal and Heroic Difficulties
July 13 – Raid Finder Wing 1 and Mythic Difficulties (The Tarragrue, The Eye of the Jailer, The Nine)
July 27 – Raid Finder Wing 2 (Soulrender Dormazain, Remnant of Ner’zhul, and Painsmith Raznal)
August 10 – Raid Finder Wing 3 (Guardian of the First Ones, Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, and Kel’Thuzad)
August 24 – Raid Finder Wing 4 (Sylvanas Windrunner)

[LEARN MORE]

Maw Updates in Chains of Domination

As part of his ongoing schemes, the Jailer has located a long-lost domain of the Shadowlands—Korthia, the City of Secrets—and dragged it from the hidden byways of the In-Between into the Maw. [LEARN MORE]


Shadowlands: Take a Day Trip to Tazavesh, the Veiled Market

Gather your party and discover exotic wares and strange creatures in the new eight-boss Mythic difficulty mega-dungeon; Tazavesh: the Veiled Market opening with Season 2. [LEARN MORE]


Learn About the Mythic+ Dungeon Rating

Take your Mythic+ skills to the next level. Chains of Domination introduces a way for players to clearly gauge their success and preparation to take on the challenges found in Mythic+ dungeons. [LEARN MORE]


Prepare for Lift Off: Get Ready for Flying in Chains of Domination

Earn your wings and a special covenant-themed mount in the next major content update, Chains of Domination! Instead of challenging you with a Pathfinder achievement like in previous expansions, you’ll instead earn flying in Shadowlands early on within the newest chapters of your covenant campaign. [LEARN MORE]


Shadowlands Season 2 Begins July 6

PvP Season 2

PvP Season 2 brings with it increased item levels for rewards. These new seasonal rewards for PvP include new colorations of the Gladiator and new Vicious mounts—Alliance and Horde-themed Gorm.

Mythic+ Season 2

Mythic+ Season 2 introduces increased item levels for rewards and new mounts, along with a new dungeon affix: Tormented Servants of the Jailer. These servants can be found throughout the dungeon and grant powerful boons when defeated. In addition, if a servant is not dealt with, they empower the final boss.

Season 2 also brings with it Torghast, Tower of the Damned Layer 10, and the opening of Tazavesh, the Veiled Market on Mythic difficulty.

Check back here on the World of Warcraft site in the coming days for more updates.

Shadowlands Season 1 to End on June 28 in NA (June 29 in EU)
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
The current season of Shadowlands PvP and Mythic+ content will end at 10:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, June 28 (1:00 a.m. EDT on June 29) in this region. At that time, it will no longer be possible to earn seasonal rewards, titles, or Shadowlands Season 1 rankings.

While previous seasons have ended when realms were taken offline for maintenance, we’ve chosen to set this season to end a few hours earlier, at a time that should be more convenient for most players.

Shadowlands Season 2 will begin the week of July 6 with the weekly reset in each region.

Please note – the Shadowlands Season 1 PvP Illusion Sinful Flame won’t be available in Season 2, which will reward the new Unchained Fury Illusion. So if you’re close to the required 2100 rating, now’s the time to push!
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