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Blizzard Says Season 3 Dungeons Will Be Easier — Final Pre-11.2 PTR Dungeon Tuning

Blizzard have announced the final wave of PTR dungeon testing before 11.2’s launch, as well as detailed some big changes coming.

Most importantly, even after increasing enemy health by 10%, Blizzard explain that Season 3 dungeons should feel easier than Season 2’s equivalents! Dungeon testing begins today and lasts until next Tuesday and focuses on returning dungeons from TWW. Halls of Atonement and Tazavesh also received a significant amount of changes.

The War Within Season 3 dungeon testing continues on PTR today. The test period starts on Tuesday July 29th at 18:00 PDT (21:00 EDT, July 30th, 3:00 CEST), and ends Tuesday August 5th at 10:00 PDT (13:00 EDT, 20:00 CEST). Please note that the test period may be adjusted in the event of technical difficulties.

This week’s testing focus is on returning dungeons from The War Within:

  • Eco-Dome Al’dani
  • The Dawnbreaker
  • Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
  • Priory of the Sacred Flame
  • Operation: Floodgate
  • Halls of Atonement
  • Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
  • Tazavesh: So’leah’s Gambit
  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market (Hard Mode)

General adjustments

  • Item level scaling has been increased from 710 to 723 in Mythic+ keystone level 10 and higher.
  • The health of creatures in dungeons has been increased by 10%. Creature damage is unaffected.
  • Developer’s notes: Player damage is currently higher than expected. While this change won’t fully close the gap between player damage and creature health, we’re making an increase to creature health to better support class gameplay in dungeons. The net effect of this change should be that Season 3 dungeons will feel slightly easier than the equivalent difficulty of a Season 2 dungeon for a similarly geared character. We’ll continue monitoring balance throughout testing and look forward to your feedback on how this adjustment feels.

Notable updates to these dungeons include:

Halls of Atonement

  • General
    • Updated creatures spawning near each Shard of Halkias
    • Reduced creature density in the area before Echelon
  • Depraved Collectors
    • Collect Sins
      • Removed
    • Siphon Life
      • Updated to a channeled spell
      • Removed Magic dispel type
      • Ability cooldown increased
  • Depraved Obliterator
    • Mark of Obliteration
      • Aura duration increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds
      • Ability cooldown increased
  • Stoneborn Eviscerator
    • Glaivestorm
      • Removed
    • Hurl Glaive
      • Ability cooldown increased
  • Stonefiend Anklebiter
    • Ankle Bite
      • Initial damage reduced by 60%
      • Debuff duration reduced from 8 seconds to 5 seconds
  • Stoneborn Reaver
    • Mortal Strike
      • Healing reduction reduced from 50% to 35%
    • Turn to Stone
      • Addressed an issue where pets are being damaged and stunned

Tazavesh, So’leah’s Gambit

  • Invigorating Fish Stick
    • No longer considered a totem
  • Corsair Officer
    • Sword Toss
      • Cast time removed
      • Damage reduced by 45%
  • Time Cap’n Hooktail
    • Anchor Shot
      • Now have a visual on target player while casting
    • Temporal Detonation
      • No longer triggers on player death
      • Damage reduced by 25%

During the test period you’ll be able to acquire and customize Mythic Keystones by talking to the Keystone Vendor in Stormwind or Orgrimmar, and the nearby Dungeon Teleports NPC will assist you with transportation.

We look forward to hearing your feedback!

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