World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies RSS Feed

by Published on 2019-11-07 10:59 PM

Earnings Call - WoW Classic: Biggest Quarterly Increase in Subs in History

BlizzCon 2019 - Blizzard Watch Interview Recap
Blizzard Watch sat down with Production Director Patrick Dawson, Senior Exterior Level Designer Sarah Boulian-Verrall, Lead Game Designer Morgan Day and Game Producer Shani Edwards to discuss World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Here are the highlights and new information from the interview:



  • Tyrande's story will continue. She will be part of the Ardenweald storyline and receive some answers to some questions along with some stuff that can't be revealed due to spoilers.
  • We might learn more about Elune in Ardenweald.
  • The team discussed what they are imagining for the weekly Mythic+ cache. They mention it involving being able to pick between 3 rewards or a currency as a back up plan in case none of the rewards are wanted.
  • Everyone will be funneled into the same area at the beginning of the expansion, but the team is confident they can handle the server stress this time around.
  • As of right now, Allied Races will not be receiving more customization options with the original races.


BlizzCon 2019 - FinalBossTV/Preach Developer Interview Recap
FinalBossTV and Preach sat down with Ion Hazzikostas and Steve Aguilar to ask some questions about World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and some Battle for Azeroth questions as well! Here is the highlights and new information from the interview:


  • Sockets on Benthic gear was not meant to happen, but once it was live it was too late to stop it.
  • Ion agrees that socket relevance is kind of out-of-hand right now.
  • The art team is incredibly excited about Shadowlands as it gave them a chance to design other-wordly things that don't exist on Azeroth.
  • Both active abilities from your Covenant are usable throughout the entire game.
  • You can change your Covenant if you regret your choice, but it will be very costly. (Think Aldor/Scryer switch)
  • There will always be a "best" ability to pick for a spec, even with Covenant abilities, but the team is trying to develop the expansion around each Covenant ability being useful in different situations, much like the question of if a specific class is better than another.
  • They don't want to stack new mechanics on top of the Covenant system like they did with essences and the Heart of Azeroth in Battle for Azeroth. They might add new talents, but are trying to avoid making it more complicated as the expansion goes on.
  • Horde and Alliance are at an armistice. They still cannot party or play together.
  • Anima is used to power your Covenant. There will be a low cap amount that needs to be acquired weekly for optimal power progression, but going above and beyond to collect it will offer utility and cosmetic rewards and not power rewards.
  • The idea for a catch up mechanic with the anima system is placing a returning player or alt into a "catch-up state" until you get caught up, allowing the character to get an entire Covenant talent point from a world quest and such.
  • The team wants you to be able to keep up with anima regardless of your play style.
  • The art team had a really fun time designing Nyalotha.
  • They are still working out how the new customization options will be added to the game, but they are planning a visual update to the character creation system and will add new customization categories as needed.
  • If you want to be optimal you will need to participate in Torghast to an extent. It is where you collect runes for your legendaries, and they want it to provide enough fun replay-ability to make people want to participate.
  • The team wants to work on having more horizontal progression instead of power progression.
  • There is no way to prevent players from wanting to access outside sources to make upgrade choices, but the team wants to work on making sure the power gap of min-maxing and siming is not too large.
  • Tier sets will not be returning in the initial patch of Shadowlands.


BlizzCon 2019 - MrGM Dev Interview Recap
MrGM sat down with Frank Kowalkowski and Steve Danuser to discuss World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Here are the highlights and new information gathered from the interview:


  • There will be more lore characters that have passed on in Shadowlands that they haven't mentioned yet.
  • The Venthir of Revendreth have taken advantage of the anima drought and taken their higher purpose and transitioned it to something darker. This will be explored in the first raid of the expansion.
  • The original races will keep the same Death Knight starting experience that exists today.
  • Allied races and Pandaren will have a new sliver-of-time Death Knight starting zone that will show a short intro experience, interaction with Bolvar, and then you'll be sent off into the world. It takes place before Sylvanas shatters the helm.
  • Horde and Alliance will have the same narrative experience in Shadowlands.
  • The Heart of Azeroth will not continue into Shadowlands.
  • Bolvar will play a major role in the narrative. We will get to find out what the years spent as the Lich King has done to him and his motives during previous expansions. He acts like a guide to us in the Shadowlands.
  • They are still not sure if any of the dungeons will be mythic only.
  • They are still working out the details on reputations in Shadowlands.
  • The anima drought has caused distrust between the different realms of the Shadowlands.
  • The new starting area is off the coast of Stormheim.
  • Familiar faces will be joining us in the Shadowlands.


BlizzCon 2019 - The Lost Codex Developer Interview - Steve Danuser and Frank Kowalkowski
The Lost Codex sat down with Steve Danuser and Frank Kowalkowski to discuss lore and systems in WoW.


  • Aside from major lore characters who died, the team wanted to throw in minor characters and easter eggs from the past such as "someone's wife in the Barrens."
  • The team is looking into where to best used the Island AI in the future. Procedural generation is something that is used a lot in Torghast.
  • The storyline of Odyn giving his eye to an entity will be developed in Shadowlands.
  • Through adventuring in the Shadowlands we will find out what the deal Sylvanas made with Helya was and the purpose of the lantern, which might not be what people expect.
  • The team will figure out the best way to deal with unlocking Allied Races with the level squish and act accordingly.
  • If you come across a mortal soul in the Shadowlands that you don't recognize you will only see an amorphous shape because you have no frame of reference for it.
  • Some Loa that we have lost will see a return in the Shadowlands, and there are some really cool hooks there. We may find out in particular a specific character that is tied to the Loa and trolls and what his role in the Shadowlands is.
  • The team is still trying to figure out the right cadence for how often you can do Torghast.
  • Certain creatures, such as the owl stewards, are native to the Shadowlands.
  • The Shadowlands is specifically made for mortal beings. Demons souls do not go there.
  • New class-race combos are decided on based on the lore. They like having certain races not have access to every class, but there is always the potential to add new ones.
  • The "stay awhile and listen" moments came from the idea that the team wanted players to be able to learn a bit more about certain characters without having to put it in quest text.
  • The initial story of the Shadowlands doesn't really fit adding Allied Races, but the team is always discussing when to add them and what makes sense for the story.


BlizzCon 2019 - WoW Reddit Developer Interview
r/WoW sat down with Steve Danuser and Frank Kowalkowski for their own interview during BlizzCon 2019! Here are the highlights and new information:

  • The team finds fan reactions to characters super encouraging and it does slightly influence characters in the story provided it still feels like a natural part of the story. (Zekhan)
  • Many people think we only fought manifestations of the Old Gods, but we have in fact killed their forms. Yogg'Saron and C'Thun still have echoes that permeate the world, however.
  • There is a potential for other beings, such as the Old Gods, to go somewhere when they die much like we go to the Shadowlands.
  • The team can take lessons from Classic and see how they might apply to the current game, but in a way that fits.
  • There are many stories that the team would like to dive into, but only when it feels right to the story. Alleria and Turalyon was such an example.
  • The Shadowlands is a huge opportunity to bring back dead major characters and see where they are at now.
  • There are other, unannounced major characters that will make a return in Shadowlands.
  • The team feels that they have a really good story and want to see it through, but knew there would be people on the Horde side that were divided about the direction Sylvanas was going. This is why they ultimately decided to let players pick a side.
  • The reward for Sylvanas loyalists was the one-on-one cutscene you got with her to peek into what was to come.
  • There is currently no version of the loyalist story in Shadowlands, but there could be a branching story with choice in the future.
  • Shadowlands is not the right time for player housing. It's something they continually discuss and may revisit int he future when it makes sense for the expansion.
  • To enable sharding, the entire way the game puts players into the game had to be rewritten.
  • It is possible to allow players to be logged into Classic and BfA at the same time, but the team is still discussing whether or not to enable it.
  • The team calls retail "mainline" internally or by the expansion name.
  • They want to have a pay off for the Tyrande storyline and have some interesting things coming in Shadowlands for it.
  • When creating new main characters, the team makes sure the player character gets to spend personal time with them so the player gets to know the character.
  • The issue for cross faction play isn't necessarily the technical aspects, but it uphends the concept of Warcraft.


BlizzCon 2019 - Ion Hazzikostas Interview
BlizzCon All Access interviewed Ion at the end of the day.

  • Evil is a state of mind
  • Sylvanas's interests aren't always aligned with the living
  • Going to Shadowlands for revenge is beneath her, she has grander aspirations.
  • The pact made with Helya was part of this, there are dots to connect and hints along the way.
  • If you sided with Sylvanas, you carry those memories with you. Maybe she'll remember down the line and it'll influence things.
  • Battle from Azeroth is far from over, we've got another battle ahead.


Warcraft III: Reforged Won't Retcon Story
A recent article from Polygon stated that the Warcraft III: Reforged dev team has decided not to add or lightly retcon the story to give certain characters more time in the spotlight. They came to this decision based on community feedback who loved the story as is. The decision was a natural part of the development process. Click the banner below to read the whole article.

Published on 2019-11-07 09:41 PM

Activision Blizzard Earnings Call
The quarterly Activision Blizzard earnings call is today:


  • World of Warcraft Classic drove the biggest quarterly increase to subscription plans in franchise history, in both the West and East.
  • Reach in October remained well above pre-Classic levels, with deep engagement across Classic and Modern World of Warcraft.
  • There was significant growth in the size of the World of Warcraft audience.
  • Blizzard had 33 million MAUs
  • The Overwatch League™ season Two average minute audience grew 18% year-over-year.
  • The team is prioritizing reach and engagement over short term results for Hearthstone.
Published on 2019-11-06 11:04 PM

Patch 8.3 PTR - Build 32414
Build 32414 will be deployed to the PTR realms soon.



Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Battle Raid
Dungeons & Raids
  • Bloody Mess Defeat Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after defeating 10 Bloods of Ny'alotha in under 3 seconds on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Buzzer Beater Safely eliminate Defeat Dark Inquisitor Xanesh in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after safely eliminating a Void Orb with less than 3 seconds remaining on Voidwoken 3 times and then defeat Dark Inquisitor Xanesh on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Cleansing Treatment (New) Defeat the Carapace of N'Zoth in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after defeating all Synthesis Growths within 10 seconds on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • How? Isn't it Obelisk? Name changed from "Clean up, Aisle 9" to "How? Isn't it Obelisk?". Defeat Ra-den with no Void Pools remaining in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after destroying 2 obelisks with Unstable Void, on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Mana Sponge Defeat Maut in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after defeating a Forbidden Manifestation on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Phase 3: Prophet Defeat the Prophet Skitra in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after defeating three Disciples of the Prophet on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Realizing Your Potential Defeat The Hivemind in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after defeating 3 Evolved Specimen on Normal difficulty or higher after defeating 3 Evolved Specimen. 10 points. 10 points.
  • Smoke Test Defeat Wrathion on Normal difficulty or higher in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after defeating 10 Ashwalkers within 10 seconds of each other. 10 points. on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Temper Tantrum Defeat Drest'agath in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after triggering Throes of Agony twice within 60 seconds, on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • Total Annihilation (New) Defeat Vexiona in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after allowing every player to be hit by Annihilation at least 30 times on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.
  • You Can Pet the Dog, But... Have everyone /pet Shad'har the Insatiable then defeat Defeat Shad'har the Insatiable in Ny'alotha, the Waking City after having everyone /pet him on Normal difficulty or higher. 10 points.

Dungeons
Feats of Strength

Dungeons & Raids

Feats of Strength

Pet Battles

Visions of N'Zoth
Expansion Features



Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Mounts

Companions
  • Experiment 13 (New) Teaches you how to summon this companion. Battle Pet. Battle Pet. Instant.
  • Tinyclaw (New) Teaches you how to summon this companion. Battle Pet. Battle Pet. Instant.
  • Wailing Lasher (New) Teaches you how to summon this companion. Battle Pet. Battle Pet. Instant.
  • Windfeather Chick Name changed from "Windfeater Chick" to "Windfeather Chick".

Item Set Bonuses
  • Titanic Empowerment Name changed from "Shaping Essences - Cover" to "Titanic Empowerment". While in Ny'alotha, your spells and abilities have a chance to draw an orb of Vita and Void towards you. Collecting the orb grants you 0 for until cancelled 29,510 primary stat for 15 sec. Approximately 1 proc per minute.

Monk (Forums, Talent Calculator, PvP Talent Calculator, Artifact Calculator)
Mistweaver
  • Rising Mist Rising Sun Kick heals all allies with your Renewing Mist, Enveloping Mist, or Essence Font for [ 19.5% [ 25% of Spell Power ], and extends those effects by 3 4 sec. Mistweaver Monk - Level 100 Talent. Mistweaver Monk - Level 100 Talent.

Priest (Forums, Talent Calculator, PvP Talent Calculator, Artifact Calculator)
Discipline
  • Trinity Atonement's duration is increased by 15 sec, and healing transfer increased by 20 20%, but can only be applied through Power Word: Shield. Smite, Penance, and Shadowfiend critical strike chance increased by 25% when you have Atonement on 3 or more allies. PvP Talent. PvP Talent. Requires Priest. Requires level 40+.

Rogue (Forums, Talent Calculator, PvP Talent Calculator, Artifact Calculator)
  • Sprint Sprint's cooldown is Cooldown reduced by 60 sec. Rank 2. Rank 2.

Warlock (Forums, Talent Calculator, PvP Talent Calculator, Artifact Calculator)
Affliction
  • Drain Soul Drains the target's soul, causing [ 75% [ 112.5% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 5 sec. Damage is increased by 100% against enemies below 20% health. Generates 1 Soul Shard if the target dies during this effect. Affliction Warlock - Level 15 Talent. Affliction Warlock - Level 15 Talent. 0% of Base Mana, plus 1% per sec. 40 yd range. 5 sec cast (Channeled).
  • Nightfall Corruption damage has a chance to cause your next Shadow Bolt to be instant and deal 25% 50% increased damage. Affliction Warlock - Level 15 Talent. Affliction Warlock - Level 15 Talent. Approximately 3 procs per minute. 4 procs per minute.

Azerite Traits

Item Effects
  • Add Keystone Affix: Awakened Name changed from "Add Keystone Affix: Corrupted" to "Add Keystone Affix: Awakened".
  • Awakened Mindborer (New) Summons and dismisses this mount. 1.5 sec cast.
  • Battleborn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 465. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 460. Instant.
  • Battleborn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 440. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 445. Instant.
  • Battleborn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 460. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 460. Instant.
  • Battleborn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 455. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 460. Instant.
  • Battleborn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 450. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 445. Instant.
  • Boosters (New) Increases movement speed for 5 sec. Instant. 10 sec cooldown.
  • Collapsed Fusion Core (New) The fusion core was not stabilized in time, dealing 75% of your maximum health as Fire damage. Instant. Reagents: Collapsed Fusion Core.
  • Devour Vitality (New) Your autoattacks bite into the target's soul, dealing 2% of your health in damage and healing you for that amount.
  • Flash of Insight (New) Your mind's true potential is unlocked, causing your spells to grant you flashes of insight. Gain between 1% and 8% Intellect at all times. Approximately 2.5 procs per minute.
  • Gladiator's Spite Lob void energy at the destination, creating a pool of spite. Enemies within the pool are snared by 60% and have their Corruption increased by 69 14. 40 yd range. Instant. 1.5 min cooldown.
  • Gladiator's Spite (New)
  • Ineffable Truth (New) Your Spells and Abilities have a chance to show you the Ineffable Truth, increasing the rate your cooldowns recover by 20% for 12 sec. Approximately 1 proc per minute.
  • Lasso Powerup (New) Lock onto a distant powerup, then warp it to you. 70 yd range. Instant. 15 sec cooldown.
  • Manifesto of Madness: Chapter One Increase your Critical Strike by 748 for 13 780 for 10 sec, which is decreased by 33 52 for each ally within 8 yards of you. After this effect ends, increase your Versatility by 150 for 13 156 for 10 sec for every ally within 5 yards of you, up to a max of 748. Instant. 1.5 min cooldown. 780. Instant. 1.5 min cooldown.
  • Ny'alothan Void Ritual Combine 15 Encryted Ny'alothan Texts to create the Replicating Void Droplet Droplets, which can be used to infuse your Heart of Azeroth with The Formless Void. 2 sec cast.
  • Obsidian Skin (New) Gain Obsidian Skin, increasing your Armor by 5%. Every 100% of your Max Health lost, explode with Obsidian Destruction, dealing Shadow damage equal to 1,000% of your Armor to all enemies within 20 yds.
  • Oozing Power Chance on flex to increase arm power by 100% for 30 min. Instant.
  • Psyche Shredder Your spell and abilities have a chance to rip a part of your current enemy's psyche from their mind, dealing 0 Shadow damage and increasing your magical damage against them by 5 for 10 sec to them. For 0 sec, your spells and abilities cause an additional 0 Shadow damage to the target. Approximately 3 procs per minute.
  • Psychic Shell Reduce the damage you take by 70% 80% for 10 sec until you've taken 7,232 3,616 total damage. Instant. 1.1 min cooldown.
  • Psychic Shell While in Ny'alotha and based on your Corruption Resistance, the amount of damage reduction you receive is further reduced by up to 25%. 15%.
  • Ramkahen Battle Standard Plants the Ramkahen Battle Standard near the target, summoning 3 Ramkahen Legionnaires to attack it. Only works in Uldum. 40 yd range. Instant. Reagents: Stolen Ramkahen Banner.
  • Repairing (New) Combine six Voidwarped Relic Fragments. 3 sec cast. Reagents: Voidwarped Relic Fragment x 6.
  • Repairing (New) Combine six Tol'vir Relic Fragments. 3 sec cast. Reagents: Tol'vir Relic Fragment x 6.
  • Repairing (New) Combine six Mantid Relic Fragments. 3 sec cast. Reagents: Mantid Relic Fragment x 6.
  • Repairing (New) Combine six Aqir Relic Fragments. 3 sec cast. Reagents: Aqir Relic Fragment x 6.
  • Repairing (New) Combine six Mogu Relic Fragments. 3 sec cast. Reagents: Mogu Relic Fragment x 6.
  • R'frshmnt (New) Restores 220,028 health and 110,012 mana over 20 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 seconds eating you instantly restore 100 Sanity. Instant.
  • R'frshmnt (New) Restores 220,028 health and 110,012 mana over 20 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 seconds eating you will become well fed. While well fed, regenerate 2% of your max health per sec while in a Lesser or Horrific Vision. Instant.
  • R'frshmnt (New) Restores 220,028 health and 110,012 mana over 20 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 seconds eating you will become well fed. While well fed, reduce the duration of incoming crowd control effects by 20% while in a Lesser or Horrific Vision. Instant.
  • R'frshmnt (New) Restores 220,028 health and 110,012 mana over 20 sec. Must remain seated while eating. While well fed, increase movement speed by 20% while in a Lesser or Horrific Vision. Instant.
  • R'frshmnt (New) Restores 220,028 health and 110,012 mana over 20 sec. Must remain seated while eating. While eating, and up to 10 min afterwards, you do not lose Sanity and are not affected by Madness in Lesser or Horrific Visions. Instant.
  • Searing Flames (New) Your damaging abilities build stacks of Searing Flames. When you reach 30 stacks, exhale a Searing Breath, dealing damage equal to 5% of your health to all targets in front of you.
  • Set Keystone Map: Operation: Mechagon - Junkyard (New) Set the dungeon map of a Mythic Keystone to Operation: Mechagon - Junkyard. Instant.
  • Set Keystone Map: Operation: Mechagon - Workshop (New) Set the dungeon map of a Mythic Keystone to Operation: Mechagon - Workshop. Instant.
  • Shadowy (New) Disguise yourself as a shadowy figure for 15 sec. 100 yd range. Instant.
  • Shroud of Resolve Name changed from "Blacktalon's Experimental Protection" to "Shroud of Resolve".
  • Spark of Unwavering Strength Combine 30 Combine 45 Spark of Unwavering Strength to create the Ward of Mutual Aid, which can be used to infuse your Heart of Azeroth with Unwavering Ward. Item created is based on your current loot specialization. Instant.
  • Spine Eruption Summon a Spine Eruption, striking enemies near you with teeth of the maw for 0 Physical damage. Instant. 60 sec cooldown. 1.3 min cooldown.
  • Strikethrough Increases the damage you deal with Critical Strikes by 5%. 2%.
  • Strikethrough Increases the damage you deal with Critical Strikes by 7%. 4%.
  • Strikethrough Increases the damage you deal with Critical Strikes by 6%. 3%.
  • Tome of Unspeakable Delicacies (New) Teaches you the cooking recipes known only to N'Zoth's followers. 2 sec cast.
  • Unlocking (New) Unlocks an Infested Strongbox. Melee range. 3 sec cast.
  • Unlocking (New) Unlocks a Mogu Strongbox. Melee range. 3 sec cast.
  • Unlocking (New) Unlocks an Amathet Reliquary. Melee range. 3 sec cast.
  • Unlocking (New) Unlocks an Ambered Coffer. Melee range. 3 sec cast.
  • Unlocking (New) Unlocks a Cursed Coffer. Melee range. 3 sec cast.
  • Upgrade Cloak Empower your Blacktalon Shroud, raising its item level and its protection against Sanity-reducing effects Empower Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve, increasing its effectiveness in resisting Sanity Drain and Corrupton. Unlimited range. 3 sec cast.
  • Vita Charged - Cover Your spells and abilities have a chance to infuse you with Vita for 10 sec, increasing your Haste by 0 1,174 and your party members' Haste by 0 212. Approximately 1 proc per minute.
  • Void Charged - Cover Your spells and abilities have a chance to shroud you in void, absorbing the next 0 damage over 12 sec seconds. You are granted 0 34,524 damage over 12 sec. You are granted 755 Critical Strike while the shroud persists. Approximately 1 proc per minute.
  • Void Ritual (New) Gain Void Ritual, giving your spells and abilities a chance to increase all secondary stats by 10 every sec for 20 sec. This chance is increased if at least 2 nearby allies also have Void Ritual. Approximately 1 proc per minute.
  • Wartorn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 470. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 475. Instant.
  • Wartorn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 460. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 460. Instant.
  • Wartorn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 475. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 475. Instant.
  • Wartorn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 455. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 460. Instant.
  • Wartorn Essence Empower a Notorious Corrupted Gladiator item with greater power, raising its item level to 465. Azerite empowered items will be raised to item level 460. Instant.
  • Whispered Truths (New) Your auto-shots reduce the remaining cooldown of a random Hunter ability by 1.0 sec.



Garrison Talents
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Unknown??
  • Clear Sight Tier 4, Column 3. Spell: Reveals treasure chests in the Twisted,Corrupted, and Lost areas of the Horrific Visions $@garrspelldesc
  • Expansive Mind Tier 2, Column 4. Spell: Increases all party members' maximum Sanity by 0/0/0. $@garrspelldesc
  • Experimental Destabilization Tier 4, Column 2. Spell: While above 50% Sanity, your damage done is increased by 4/8/12%. While below 50% Sanity, your damage taken is reduced by 4/8/12%. $@garrspelldesc
  • Singular Sanitation Expertise Tier 2, Column 2. Spell: Reduced damage taken and increased damage done by 5/10/15%. Each ally within 15 yds reduces this amount by 1/2/3%. $@garrspelldesc
  • Vision Hunter Tier 4, Column 4. Spell: Killing an enemy grants 1/2/3% increased damage for 10 sec. Stacks up to 5 times. $@garrspelldesc



Misc Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Character Titles
  • %s the Awakened (New)

Flight Masters
Vale of Eternal Blossoms
  • Mistfall Village, Vale of Eternal Blossoms (New) - Neutral. Alliance mount: NPC #70280. Horde mount: NPC #70280.

Holidays
  • WoW's 15th Anniversary (New) - It's World of Warcraft's anniversary! Many thanks from the WoW Dev Team for enjoying the world of Azeroth and beyond with us.

Keystone Affixes
  • Awakened - Name changed from "Corrupted" to "Awakened".

LFG Dungeons
Unknown
  • Blackwing Descent - Recover the Corrupted Dragon Scale The whispers call. Level 12-1. Roles: 5 tank.
  • Gift of Flesh - Buried deep within a fissure of twisted flesh, Il'gynoth's corruption continues to spread from this realm into the next. Level 17-1. Roles: 18+ tank/1-2 healer/4-5 damage.
  • Halls of Devotion - Within their black halls, N'Zoth's devoted perform profane rituals to bring about the end of the world. Level 17-1. Roles: 18+ tank/1-2 healer/4-5 damage.
  • Havenswood - Head out for adventure on Havenswood. Alliance only. Level 153-1. Suggested level: 2024. Roles: 1 tank. 10 tank.
  • Jorundall - Head out for adventure on Jorundall. Alliance only. Level 153-1. Suggested level: 2024. Roles: 1 tank. 10 tank.
  • Teeming Island Expeditions - Head out for adventure on an Island Expedition! Alliance only. Level 153-6. Roles: 1 tank. 10 tank.
  • The Halls of Origination - Discover the source of corruption. Level 12-1. Roles: 5 tank.
  • The Waking Dream - Deep within his monument of filth, lies the corruptor, and the final confrontation that will determine the fate of Azeroth. Level 17-1. Roles: 18+ tank/1-2 healer/4-5 damage.
  • Vision of Destiny - From his dark throne, N'Zoth concocts visions of a future where Azeroth has fallen, and none are left to resist his empire. Level 17-1. Roles: 18+ tank/1-2 healer/4-5 damage.

Map Areas
Unknown
  • Chamber of Heart (New)
  • Jeff SW Quadrant > Terrace of Desolation - Name changed from "Jeff SW Quadrant > Terrace of Deslolation" to "Jeff SW Quadrant > Terrace of Desolation".

Map Difficulties
  • Halls of Origination - Normal Scenario - Name changed from "Halls of Origination - 8.2 Magni - Heart of Azeroth - Normal Scenario" to "Halls of Origination - Normal Scenario".

Maps
Battle for Azeroth
  • Halls of Origination - Name changed from "Halls of Origination - 8.2 Magni - Heart of Azeroth" to "Halls of Origination".

Scenarios
Blackwing Descent
  • 10: Preventative Measures - Name changed from "11: Preventative Measures" to "10: Preventative Measures".
  • 11: Scales of Corruption - Name changed from "10: Scales of Corruption" to "11: Scales of Corruption".

Gift of Flesh
  • 01: Gift of Flesh - Name changed from "01: Wing 3" to "01: Gift of Flesh". Buried deep within a fissure of twisted flesh, Il'gynoth's corruption continues to spread from this realm into the next.

Halls of Devotion
  • 01: Halls of Devotion - Name changed from "01: Wing 2" to "01: Halls of Devotion". Within their black halls, N'Zoth's devoted perform profane rituals to bring about the end of the world.

The Waking Dream
  • 01: The Waking Dream - Name changed from "01: Wing 4" to "01: The Waking Dream". Deep within his monument of filth, lies the corruptor, and the final confrontation that will determine the fate of Azeroth.

Vision of Destiny
  • 01: Vision of Destiny - Name changed from "01: Wing 1" to "01: Vision of Destiny". From his dark throne, N'Zoth concocts visions of a future where Azeroth has fallen, and none are left to resist his empire.

Skills
Languages
  • Language: Vulpera (New)



Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • AUCTION_HOUSE_AUCTION_SOLD_PREFIX (New) - |cff00ff00Sold: |r
  • AUCTION_HOUSE_NONE_AVAILABLE - None available
  • AUCTION_HOUSE_REFRESH_BUTTON_TOOLTIP - Refresh results
  • AUCTION_HOUSE_TOOLTIP_TITLE_NOT_ENOUGH_MONEY (New) - You don't have enough money
  • AUCTION_HOUSE_TOOLTIP_TITLE_OWN_AUCTION (New) - You cannot buy your own auction
  • CLUB_FINDER_BANNED_POSTING_WARNING (New) - Your %s has been banned from posting in the Finder
  • CLUB_FINDER_COMMUNITY_RENAME_BUTTON (New) - Rename Community
  • ERR_CLUB_FINDER_ERROR_TYPE_FLAGGED_DESCRIPTION_CHANGE (New) - Your %s description has been flagged as inappropriate. Please enter a new description before updating the posting.
  • ERR_CLUB_FINDER_ERROR_TYPE_FLAGGED_RENAME (New) - Your %s has been flagged for a rename. Please enter a new name before updating the posting.
  • POWER_TYPE_ENTROPY (New) - Entropy
  • RAF_FULL_RECRUITS (New) - %d/%d Recruited Friends. Maximum recruits reached.
  • RAF_PENDING_RECRUIT (New) - Pending Recruit
  • RAF_REWARDS_DESC - Earn a reward for each month your recruits subscribe. A single monthly reward is earned every 30 days per recruit with active gametime.
  • RESEARCH_COST (New) - Research Cost: |cffffffff%d|r
  • RESEARCH_CURRENCY_COST (New) - Research Cost: |cffffffff%d|r |T%s:16:16:0:0|t
  • SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_438 (New) - You already know how to craft a Void Focus.
  • SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_439 (New) - You already know the recipes in this book.
  • SPELL_FAILED_CUSTOM_ERROR_440 (New) - You must target a Corrupted Gladiator's item to upgrade.
  • UNITNAME_SUMMON_TITLE44 (New) - %s, Servant of N'Zoth
by Published on 2019-11-06 05:28 PM

Mechagon and Nazjatar Essence Acquisition in Visions of N’Zoth
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
In Visions of N’Zoth, we’re making changes to the acquisition of Essences related to the Rise of Azshara zones. Our goal here is to lessen the effort needed to acquire Essences from Nazjatar and Mechagon for new and returning players as we want players to feel able to focus on content updated in Visions of N’Zoth.

  • Reputation requirements for Nazjatar and Mechagon vendor-sold Essences have been reduced from Honored/Revered/Exalted for ranks 1/2/3 to Friendly/Honored/Revered.
    • Acquisition of Rank 4 of these Essences is unchanged.
  • The follower experience requirements for Ranks 2 and 3 of Memory of Lucid Dreams have been reduced from 3000/6000 to 2400/4800.
  • Players who are Revered with their respective Nazjatar reputation may now exchange Manapearls for Bind-to-Account reputation tokens.

We expect the addition of account-bound rep tokens for Nazjatar to complement the existing account-bound reputation token that is craftable in Mechagon, providing an option for players who have already unlocked the Rank 3 Essence on their main to speed up their progression towards it on their alts.

The changes above should become testable in a new update to the Visions of N’Zoth PTR in the next couple of weeks.
by Published on 2019-11-06 02:17 PM

Patch 8.2.5 Hotfixes - November 5th, 2019
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Dungeons and Raids
  • The MOTHERLODE!!
    • Fixed a bug where multiple pools of Rixxa Fluxflame's Azerite Catalyst could trigger their initial ticks of damage at the same time.
    • Fixed a bug where multiple spells during the Mogul Razdunk encounter were dealing an unintentional amount of damage to pets.

World
  • The Charging Station should more reliably spawn on days that it is available in Mechagon Island.

WoW's 15th Anniversary Event
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to lose access to their Lil’ Nefarian battle pet and Obsidian Worldbreaker mount if they logged out after acquiring them. Missing mounts and battle pets have also been restored to their owners’ accounts.
  • Fixed an issue that caused healing and tank specialization players to enter the queue as a damage-dealer when queuing for the Memories of Azeroth raids if they were a party leader or sole member of a group.
  • Korrak's Revenge should now grant credit toward the Epic Battleground requirement for the quest, “Storming the Battlefield.”

Site Navigation