Feb 26 Hotfixes, BfA Physical Pre-Purchase, Heroes PTR, eSports Interview, OWL Update

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Confirmed: Quest for Packs Winners Were Notified Last Week

Patch 7.3.5 Hotfixes - February 26

Companion App

• The Legion Companion App has been updated to correctly display the costs of missions that were recently changed.

Dungeons and Raids

• Scarlet Halls
  
  • Houndmaster Braun
    
    • Obedient Hounds should always defeat all nearby Scarlet Guardians before continuing down the stairs. 12/10 such good dogs.
      

NPCs

• Celestine of the Harvest again stands where intended at Olivia's Pond in Stormwind.

Player versus Player

• Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Brewmaster
    
    • Guard can no longer be applied to non-player targets such as pets and guardians.
      
  
  
• Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Protection
    
    • Fist of Justice now reduces the cooldown of Hammer of Justice by 5 seconds in PvP (was 10 seconds).
      
  
  
• Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Discipline
    
    • Fixed a bug where Trinity's bonus 20% healing transfer was increasing Atonement heals by more than intended.
      
    • Fixed a bug where Atonement's bonus 15% healing transfer in PvP was increasing Atonement heals by more than intended.
      
  
  
• Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  
  • Assassination
    
    • Fixed a bug that caused Kingsbane's damage to be higher than intended in PvP situations.
      

Quests

• Accepting the Stonetalon quest "Is this Justice?" should no longer disable the quest-giver for all other players.

Battle for Azeroth Physical Copy Pre-Purchase
Nightswifty recently shared a picture of a physical pre-purchase for BfA!

Heroes of the Storm - February 26 PTR Build
A new build went on the PTR this week!

Venturebeat Esports Interview with Mike Morhaime and Kim Phan Recap
Venturebeat sat down for an interview with Mike Morhaime and Kim Phan to discuss the Overwatch League and esports!

• Engagement levels between esports and traditional sports is not that different. In some cases esports is higher.
• This is just the beginning. More interest is coming now from traditional players, sponsors and broadcast companies.
• Sponsors from traditional sports are starting to look into esports now.
• There is a lot of room for growth. Media companies are trying to devote a part of their business to this segment.
• Each game title will have its own trends just like different sports do.
• The dynamics are changing. Cable subscription dollars have no benefit to esports.
• Unlike sports, where you watch esports is the same place where you play the game and will likely help its engagement grow faster.
• Blizzard is listening to feedback and trying to come up with ways to make Overwatch easier to understand to viewers.
• Blizzard tries to implement things in spectating that adhere to both a non-player and a fan.
• It is up to each individual fan whether the game or the players in the league are the most interesting part of watching.
• Getting a strong stable of team owners who were invested in the league was important to initial success.
• The development team is also very important and making sure the same strategy isn't used over and over.
• The idea of City-based teams was taken from traditional sports and helps with sponsorship.

Overwatch League Weekly Recap and News
Curse discusses last weeks news and events from the Overwatch League.

[Kanegasi]

Such a shame that the casters weren’t even mentioned in the interview. Overwatch League has everything going for it, but it’s impending doom is the annoying casters.

[Strakha]

esports seem like a terrible investment

[meheez]

wtf is a physical pre-purchase lol

[jaber2]

"Physical pre-purchase ftw!" how is that even possible, its like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGCZh5A8T4

[Tupolew519]

WTF? police force in hots.

[AspectRyan]

esports seem like a terrible investment

I just logged in after 8 years to call you a clueless idiot.

[Axerty]

esports seem like a terrible investment

i guess that's why you're posting on mmo champion and billionaires are investing in esports.