War Within Weekly Hotfix Summary, September 23rd – 30th: Raid, Class and Dungeon Tuning, Delve Nerfs and More

Achievements

• Guilds can no longer earn faction-specific achievements that do not match the guild’s faction.
  • Developer’s note: This should fix the occasional achievement spam for Diplomacy, United Nations, Dungeon Diplomat, Pandaren Embassy, and Ambassadors.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Rider of the Apocalypse: Trollbane’s Icy Fury slows targets by 40% (was 70%).
• Druid
  • Feral
    • Rampant Ferocity now damages enemies within 8 yards of the Druid when using Ferocious Bite, instead of enemies within 8 yards of the target.
    • Developers’ note: This change is intended to give Feral Druids more control over which enemies Rampant Ferocity’s AOE hits and avoid cases where hitting a large boss with Ferocious Bite wouldn’t hit other nearby enemies.
  • Restoration
    • All healing increased by 4%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Evoker
  • Augmentation, Devastation
    • Fixed an issue where canceling Deep Breath with Maneuverability could cause the Evoker to briefly fly in place.
• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue causing Kodo Tranquilizer to dispel two magic effects in addition to making Tranquilizing Shot affect nearby targets.
  • Beast Mastery
    • Beast Cleave damage increased to 90% (was 80%).
    • Kill Cleave damage increased to 90% (was 80%).
• Mage
  • Fire
    • Flamestrike damage increased by 15%.
    • Phoenix Flames damage increased by 20%.
    • Living Bomb damage increased by 10%.
  • Frost
    • Glacial Spike damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
    • Ray of Frost damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

• Priest
  • Void Leech no longer interrupts eating or drinking.
  • Shadow
    • All damage increased by 4%.
• Warlock
  • Diabolists’ Overlord, Mother of Chaos, and Pit Lord should now attack the target of the spell that summoned them.
  • Fixed an issue where Shared Fate would be applied to the warlock’s current target, rather than the target of the spell that activated its effect.

Companion Pets

• Players should now correctly be awarded the Lil’ Bonechewer pet for the achievement Worm Theory. This applies retroactively.
• Lil’ Bonechewer may only be obtained per-account and can no longer be caged.

Delves

• Reduced enemies’ health and damage for solo healers.
• Brann no longer uses Thirty Yards of Rope to dispel pets.
• Zekvir’s Lair
  • Zekvir’s damage and health has been reduced for both difficulties.
  • Horrendous Roar is now a 2.5 second cast time for both difficulties (was 2.4 seconds and 2.25 seconds).
  • Web Terror’s hatch time increased.
  • Web Terror’s Web Blast cast time increased.
  • Web Terrors now spawn randomly in the room rather than based off of Zek’vir’s current position.
  • Spittle and Regenerating Carapace’s recast times now change while solo to better match each specialization’s interrupt cooldowns.
  • Fixed an issue where Web Terrors would not despawn when the encounter ended.
  • The damage of Angler’s Web has been reduced.
  • Claw Smash’s visuals have been updated.
  • Fixed an issue where Aspect of the Turtle did not work against Claw Smash.
  • Fixed an issue where Claw Smash and Angler’s Web visuals would not display during the precast.
  • Fixed an issue where the Fungal Footpads could make you jump backwards.
  • Fungal Footpads now heal for a percentage amount of your maximum health. The tooltip will be corrected in a future patch.

Dungeons and Raids

• Xal’atath’s Bargain: Oblivion
  • Addressed an issue where Crystal of Oblivion can sometime fail to path to its target.
• Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
  • Ki’katal the Harvester
    • Resolved an issue where Cultivated Poisons would apply some of its effect through immunities.
    • Resolved an issue where Cultivated Poisons would remain after the encounter ended.
• City of Threads
  • Izo, the Grand Splicer
    • Splice duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 9 seconds).
• Siege of Boralus
  • Fixed an issue that caused Dreadcaptain Lockwood to use Gut Shot unexpectedly when disembarking from the ship.
  • Iron Tide Raider health reduced by 15%.
  • Bilge Rat Buccaneer health reduced by 10%.
  • Irontide Waveshaper health reduced by 20%.
  • Ashvane Sniper health reduced by 10%.
  • Scrimshaw Enforcer health reduced by 20%.
  • Bilge Rat Tempest’s Choking Waters cast time increased.
  • Iron Tide Raider’s Iron Hook ability cooldown increased.
  • Iron Tide Raider’s Iron Hook maximum range decreased.
  • Bilge Rat Demolisher Crushing Slam’s damage ignores armor and its damage has been reduced by 40%.
  • Bilge Rat Demolisher health reduced by 10%.
  • Hadal Darkfathom
    • Health reduced by 5%.
  • Dread Captain Lockwood
    • Dread Captain Lockwood no longer faces players during Mass Bombardment.
    • Clear the Deck now has a cast visual.
  • Viq’goth
    • Addressed an issue where Viq’goth can benefit from Xal’atath’s Bargain: Oblivion.
    • Addressed an issue where Oblivion Crystals can spawn on water or inside terrain.
    • Demolishing Terror’s Slam no longer knocks players back.
    • Demolishing Terror’s Slam damage now ignores armor.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the area effect when dispelling Putrid Waters to not scale in Mythic keystones.
    • Developers’ notes: The intent of these changes is to balance the overall length of the dungeon against the timer, while rewarding players for prioritizing high-threat enemies. The adjustments to Viq’goth aim to even out damage across all armor types and eliminate a frustrating aspect of the encounter.
• Grim Batol
  • Twilight Warlock’s Enveloping Shadowflame now targets 1 player (was 2).
  • Mutated Hatchling’s Shadow Wound increases Shadow damage taken by 3% per application (was 5%).
  • Faceless Corruptor’s Corrupt cast time increased and damage reduced by 10%.
  • Twilight Destroyer’s Twilight Ember area denial no longer inflicts damage instantly when stepping into the area.
  • Erudax
    • Reduced the visual scale of Erudax to improve visibility during the encounter.
    • Players afflicted with Depth’s Grasp have a brief immunity to Void Tendrils upon expiration.
    • Improved the visibility of Void Tendrils.
    • Mutated Hatchling’s Shadow Wound increases Shadow damage taken by 3% per application (was 5%).
• Mists of Tirna Scithe
  • Mistcaller
    • Improved the visibility of the Vulpin summoned by Freeze Tag.
    • The range of Patty Cake has been increased.
• The Necrotic Wake
  • Zolramus Gatekeeper’s Wrath of Zolramus damage reduced by 25%.
  • Zolramus Gatekeeper’s enemy forces contribution increased.
  • Addressed an issue where players can be targeted by affixes while on their way back to the top platform during Nalthor the Rimebinder.
  • Surgeon Sitchflesh
    • Stitchflesh’s Creation’s Festering Rot periodic damage reduced by 20%.
• The Stonevault
  • Chi Burst is no longer able to pull enemies through the walls prior to killing E.D.N.A.
  • Void Bound Howlers will now properly reset their health when leaving combat.
  • Master Machinists
    • Ability timing has been adjusted to prevent a potentially unfair overlaps between Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.
    • Molten Metal cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
    • Silenced Speaker now inflicts damage every 3 seconds (was every 1.5 seconds).
• Nerub-ar Palace
  • Rasha’nan
    • Fixed a bug that could allow Rasha’nan to become unkillable if defeated at specific moments.
  • Broodtwister Ovi’nax
    • Reduced the health of Colossal Spiders for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the health of Blood Parasites for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the health of Voracious Worms for lower group sizes.
    • Increased the cast time of Poison Burst for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the number of targets for Sticky Web for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage over time of Volatile Concoction for lower group sizes.
  • Nexus-Princess Ky’veza
    • Reduced the health of Nexus-Princess Ky’veza for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Assassination for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Queensbane for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Starless Night for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Regicide for lower group sizes.
  • Queen Ansurek
    • Acolyte’s Essence periodic damage reduced by 12.5% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Royal Condemnation damage reduced by 8% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Demonic Gateway, Transcendence spirit, Spirit Link Totem, and Wind Rush Totem are no longer moved unexpectedly during certain moments of the encounter.
    • Fixed issue in Mythic difficulty where warning visualization effects for Shadowgates would sometimes fail to appear after the first cast.
    • Addressed an issue where Expulsion Beam visual was notably delayed in disappearing if the caster died mid-cast.

Events

• Hallowfall Fishing Derby
  • Derby Marks for catching each fish while the Derby Dasher aura is active are now character-specific, instead of shared between your Warband (20 Marks per character).
  • Captain Oathmyt’s “Hallowfall Fishing Derby” quest is now character-specific, instead of shared between your Warband.
  • “Hallowfall Fishing Derby” quests now award 10 Mereldar Derby Marks per completion.
  • “Hallowfall Fishing Derby” quests now give the option of either 2 Soaked Journal Entries, 2 Algari Seekerthreads, or 2 Algari Anglerthreads per completion.
  • Fish specific pools such as the Royal Ripple and Swarm of Slum Sharks will now persist longer when found.
  • Frothy Toxin and Gloom Touch (explosion) damage reduced for lower group sizes.
  • Gloom Touch (DoT) damage reduced for lower group sizes.
  • Chamber Guardian, Chamber Expeller, Devoted Worshipper, and Royal Shackles health reduced for lower group sizes.
  • Grasping Silk no longer spreads from corpses.
  • Fixed an issue causing Frothy Toxin to sometimes apply fewer applications than intended on Mythic difficulty.

Items

• Feral Hide Drums no longer work on players above level 70.
• Treacherous Transmitter – Cryptic instructions are now more reliably completable when used on transports such as the Dawnbreaker.

Player versus Player

• Fixed a bug that caused Forged Weapons of Conquest to not respect retroactive Conquest gains in certain cases.
• Added a progress bar to Forged Weapon of Conquest.
  • Developers’ notes: Thanks to player reports, we were able to identify an issue with retroactive progress tracking that did not occur during our initial testing. Affected players will simply need to pay a visit to Dornogal and possibly log out and back into the game to update your achievement criteria progress and, if eligible, receive the achievement.
• The “Weapons of Conquest” quest for free PvP weapons has been replaced with the Forged Weapons of Conquest achievement found under Feats of Strength -> PvP. Progress towards this achievement can be tracked by viewing the Conquest currency and is retroactive.
• The Forged Weapons of Conquest achievement grants two Forged Gladiator’s Weapon Tokens which can be exchanged with Lalandi at the Contender’s Gate for free PvP weapons of your choice. 2 tokens for 2-handed weapons and 1 token for 1-handed weapons.
• To help offset the need for Fury Warriors’ need for two 2-handed weapons, their strength weapon choices will only cost 1 token.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Doomburst causes Death Coil to burst 2 Festering Wounds (was 3).
• Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • Demon’s Bite damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
    • Demon Blades damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
    • Chaos Strike/Annihilation damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
    • Blade Dance/Death Sweep damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Druid
  • Feral
    • Sabertooth now increases the damage of Ferocious Bite by 10% (was 15%) and increases the damage of Ferocious Bite per periodic effect by 2% (was 3%) in PvP combat.
    • Taste for Blood now increases the damage of Ferocious Bite by 6% (was 12%) in PvP combat.
    • Rip damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 15%).
    • Rake initial damage increased by 25% (was 15%) and its periodic damage increased by 10% (was -6%) in PvP combat.
• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • Eternity Surge damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
• Mage
  • Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat (was 75%).
  • Frostfire: Frostfire Empowerment increases Frostfire Bolt damage by 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Arcane
    • Arcane Blast damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 15%).
    • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Arcane Barrage damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Magi’s Spark is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
  • Fire
    • Fireball damage increased by 100% in PvP combat (was 35%).
    • Greater Pyroblast cast time reduced to 4 seconds (was 4.5 seconds) but it now deals 30% of its target’s maximum health in damage (was 35%).
  • Frost
    • Ice Lance damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 45%).
    • Frostbolt damage increased by 150% in PvP combat (was 118%).
    • Ray of Frost damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
    • Ice Barrier absorb amount is now decreased by 40% in PvP combat (was 25%).
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Enveloping Mist healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Vivify primary healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Mana regeneration reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 35%).
    • Holy Shock healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Word of Glory healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Holy Light healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Weal and Woe’s bonus to Power Word: Shield is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
  • Holy
    • Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 40% in PvP combat.
    • Holy Word: Sanctify healing increased by 40% in PvP combat.
  • Shadow
    • Perfected Form now increases damage dealt during Voidform by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Subtlety Rogue class set bonus to not be decreased in PvP Combat.
    • Reverberation now increases Echoing Reprimand damage by 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Professions

• Engineering
  • Fixed an issue that caused Pausing Pylon to only affect party members instead of an entire raid.

Quests

• Taters should be easier to find now for “Tater Trawl”.
• Slaying Azj-Kahet’s world boss, Orta, The Broken Mountain, will now contribute to the Severed Threads Pact weekly quests.