Dragonflight Pre-Patch Hotfixes for November 21st, 2022 - Legion Raid Difficulty Tuning

Live Posted 2022/11/21 at 10:45 PM by Squishei

HotfixesDungeons and Raids

Enemy difficulty has been adjusted to increase relative player power in all Legion raid encounters.

Items and Rewards

Tome of the Tranquil Mind and other similar tomes are now gray items and are no longer usable.

Professions

Fixed an issue where Shadowlands professions could not be trained before level 48 in Timewalking Campaigns.

Fixed an issue where players were unable to fish while seated if a fishing pole is equipped.

Quests

Fixed an issue where using Intruder Alert! during “Brought to Light” would not reveal Horde saboteurs.

Reputation

Fixed an issue where Evokers could not gain reputation with certain legacy factions.

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Comment by minimaxirIt's unclear what actually changed in Legion raids. I tried Goroth in Mythic ToS and it seemed a tad longer?Comment by corrupt733Spell flyouts still broken...Comment by parasantiTried mythic Argus a couple of hours ago on my Pally tank and got smoked in the final phase. Guess I'll give it another try.Comment by TOMRUSLegion raids tuning is a lie.

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/V2NDhA1G6Qtx4RTY#fight=8&type=damage-done&translate=true Aggramar mythic kill 19 days ago on Nov, 3 in patch 10.0.0
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/C8QtZrqJkgnAwzDK/#fight=2&type=damage-done&translate=true Aggramar mythic kill today after hotfix

As you can see kill time difference is within margin of error, so basically no change here...

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/V2NDhA1G6Qtx4RTY#fight=9&type=damage-done&translate=true Argus mythic kill 19 days ago on Nov, 3 in patch 10.0.0
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/C8QtZrqJkgnAwzDK/#fight=last&type=damage-done&translate=true Argus mythic kill today after hotfix

Today's Argus kill is much slower than older kill, so Blizzard lied again...Comment by Cecourastill waiting for the BFA "Player power" buff.. so we can farm transmogg from raidsComment by TaiylimJust make reps account wide and solve issues and tracking for new races.Comment by CazkainStill nothing about enchanting VELLUM target to low Fix, but lets fix fishing pole...lol wtfComment by thewowcollectorPlease fix lower level dungeons giving players gear that Requires Level 30. At level 22, the gear is pointless.Comment by Lucetia2896still waiting for the BFA "Player power" buff.. so we can farm transmogg from raidsComment by Zackp599The legion raid changes take effect on Tuesday with the restartComment by PendulumerLegion raids tuning is a lie.

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/V2NDhA1G6Qtx4RTY#fight=8&type=damage-done&translate=true Aggrammar mythic kill 19 days ago on Nov, 3 in patch 10.0.0
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/C8QtZrqJkgnAwzDK/#fight=2&type=damage-done&translate=true Aggrammar mythic kill today after hotfix

As you can see kill time difference is within margin of error.

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/V2NDhA1G6Qtx4RTY#fight=9&type=damage-done&translate=true argus mythic kill 19 days ago on Nov, 3 in patch 10.0.0
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/C8QtZrqJkgnAwzDK/#fight=last&type=damage-done&translate=true argus mythic kill today after hotfix

Today's Argus kill is even slower than older kill, so Blizzard lied again...Comment by Katsutomaistill waiting for the BFA "Player power" buff.. so we can farm transmogg from raidsComment by TOMRUSThe legion raid changes take effect on Tuesday with the restartComment by Jagi79Maybe in 10 years and 3 more expansions we will finally get the legacy buff in these raids.Comment by Lucetia2896So now, suddenly, it has to be 3 Expansions behind before we get the buff instead of 2? Which Blizzard has QUITE CLEARLY stated more than once.Comment by FelweedSo now, suddenly, it has to be 3 Expansions behind before we get the buff instead of 2? Which Blizzard has QUITE CLEARLY stated more than once.https://www.wowhead.com/news/ion-hazzikostas-on-soloing-old-raids-legion-raids-easily-soloable-by-the-end-of-321105Comment by CrusherixAnyone wondering about player power vs older content:
Mobs 11 levels and further away from you take more and more dmg from you.
So as always Expansions 2 times removed from current will be soloable.

Meaning just because Dragonflight is out next week doesn't mean you can stroll in on BFA raids at lvl60 by that time and expect everything to melt, you'll first have to get to lvl70 for that 11 and up difference to start multiplying your dmg vs those mobs.
Bosses are always 3 above baseline so BFA bosses will be 53 if nothing is changed with general scaling.
I can for examble see that BFA normal dungeons in Dungeon finder are now 10-60 instead of 10-50, not sure if bfa content as a whole has been scaled up.Comment by NoxxieTVstill waiting for the BFA "Player power" buff.. so we can farm transmogg from raidsComment by TrueTigerThis is disappointing considering that Legion raid bosses are already pretty easily soloable even up to Mythic difficulty, the only real exception being Kil'jaeden. It would have been more exciting to see the next tier of content become more accessible, especially considering bosses like G'huun are still a nightmare to coordinate.Comment by PalewindI wish they'd fix enchanting so we can use vellums again. :(

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