Patch 7.2 Hotfixes for May 22nd - Artifact Knowledge Cap Lowered to 40

Live Posted 2017/05/22 at 6:00 PM by perculia

Artifact Knowledge

- 160 million

- 14 million

- 13 million

- 16 million

- 24 million

- 16 million

Blizzard

HotfixesAchievements

“Grand Opening” now requires 8 spotlights activated during the Chronomatic Anomaly encounter (was 12).

Classes

Monk

Ironskin Brew and Fortifying Brew once again grant the correct Stagger percentage.

Class Hall

Artifact Knowledge can now be researched to a maximum level of 40 (was 50).

Developers' Notes: We raised the Knowledge cap from 40 to 50 very late in the 7.2 PTR cycle, out of an abundance of caution: We wanted to ensure that players of all playstyles, as well as alt characters, would view the Concordance of the Legionfall trait as accessible. However, between the additional Artifact Power gains added in 7.2 and others that were hotfixed in after the patch released, we're now well ahead of that mark. Knowledge 40 now seems more than sufficient for players to reach Concordance of the Legionfall, and the prospect of months' worth of additional Knowledge still left to research makes some players feel like their efforts in the interim aren't meaningful. Therefore, we're rolling the cap back to 40.

Player versus Player

Deepwind Dunk is now 15 minutes long, and each player killed during Deepwind Dunk awards 5 points.
Paladin

Attacking a Judged target will now cause Judge Unworthy to only spread that target's Judgment, instead of all your nearby Judgments.
Judge Unworthy can now spread Judgment to targets that are under the effects of crowd-control abilities.
Damage from Lawbringer can no longer cause Judge Unworthy to spread Judgment.

Players using Korean and Chinese clients can now chat in public chat channels on the Broken Shore.

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Comment by MightylorddkVoice Over: One day, a few years ago...

*Fade in, meeting room interior*
R&D: We've run out of ideas. We can't keep doing this game.
Shareholders: We don't care. World of Warcraft is a huge money maker. Keep it going or you're fired.
*Wipe to:*
*Back in the R&D office*
R&D Member 1: What are we going to do? We're burned out, have no good ideas, and they won't let this thing die.
R&D Member 2: Why don't we make something so horrible, so grindy, so pointless, no one wants to play it? Let the fans kill it.
R&D Member 3: And we'll call it... "LEGION"!
*Fade out*

(K) Kopyleft 2017, Kallisti Press, All rights reversed.Comment by fredtheshredA lot of the outrage is ignoring how the base AP value of some of the tokens was raised noticeably and Blizzard's intentions from day one to have Concordance be a relatively minor gain in power from the first point invested. To be honest, it's a far sounder design than the aberration that were the endless maw runs to get 54 traits as soon as possible, and that was especially pressing by the time NH came out - THAT was an absurd, unfun grind, not getting an extra point in Concordance after something like 4 or 5 days, as your entire performance was tied to a multiplicative bonus that wasn't optional in the slightest.Comment by SoeroahAww, man. I was looking forward to getting 260 million AP per emissary, I wanted to see how far a fresh artifact could get punched with those kinds of numbers. Kinda disappointed.

But folks saying it makes sense to nerf it because Blizzard said you should never "max out" the artifact... you couldn't max it out even when AK50 was a thing. At some point, a 260 million per emissary token is going to stop looking at all effective when you need trillions of AP for the next level. Having it less than a 10th of that amount doesn't really change much in the scheme of things.Comment by 707296Voice Over: One day, a few years ago...

*Fade in, meeting room interior*
R&D: We've run out of ideas. We can't keep doing this game.
Shareholders: We don't care. World of Warcraft is a huge money maker. Keep it going or you're fired.
*Wipe to:*
*Back in the R&D office*
R&D Member 1: What are we going to do? We're burned out, have no good ideas, and they won't let this thing die.
R&D Member 2: Why don't we make something so horrible, so grindy, so pointless, no one wants to play it? Let the fans kill it.
R&D Member 3: And we'll call it... "LEGION"!
*Fade out*

(K) Kopyleft 2017, Kallisti Press, All rights reversed.Comment by StormeeyIt appears they reallllly dont want ppl to cap concordance. I imagine this has more to do with game balance than anythingComment by lovelywazGJ blizz, once again you are taking away something that players want.HARD CAPComment by GeckoKidFinally I can try the Chronomatic Anomaly achievement again without almost dismantling the guild...Comment by lordEuphiSo for everyone that is interested in some Math for the new AK40 cap, I have done a very vague assumption of following AP gains per week:

7x Daily Emissary Chest: ~560M AP

Weekly Mythic Chest: ~120M AP

1x Mythic+10 Arcway: ~40M AP

ToS Nhc Clear: ~45M AP

ToS HC Clear: ~50M AP

ToS LFR Clear: ~40M AP

15x AP Wolrdquests: ~ 160M AP

4x Broken Shore Ressources Cache: ~100M AP

10x AP Orderhall Mission: ~ 250M AP

4x Daily Heroic Dungeon: ~65M AP

Overall AP gains per Week: ~1,5B AP

57pts1 week58th point"Softcap" at around 64pts30weeksAK nerf is more likely a buff"softcap" will be reached a lot fastera more homogen AP level throught the whole communityeasier to balance future raidsComment by ZigrifidHow much was the % at 40 before the hotfix ?Comment by lordEuphiHow much was the % at 40 before the hotfix ?Comment by ZombbyHere's what Blizzard is not understanding. I personally, and some other amount of the player base view things as either completed, or not completed. I play to get things completed. Mythic raiding, achievements, pet battles, collecting transmogs. I have a list of things I want to complete and that drives me to play the game. By this change and the fact that they actually want the final point to be unattainable, I have begun this realization that my drive to play to complete my progress in this expansion is a fruitless endeavor and ultimately not achievable. I have hit a small existential crisis if you will with my "progression" within the game. If I can never complete it, no matter the effort I put in, why should I play the way I've been playing for twelve years? The goal has always been to complete it before the next tier/patch/expac for some amount of feeling that I've beaten the game for a little while before New WoW+ version X.X comes out.

I feel very disheartened by this and previous changes. Never being able to complete the coolest thing about this expansion before Argus, which will no doubt have the same system in place so that we never reach the finish line is very disheartening. I do not look forward to this. I would rather that there was an attainable(even if difficult or time consuming to reach) finish line, rather than none at all. I might as well not play rather than go and do anything in game at this point once I've reached the big milestone of concordance on all my 6 110 characters. This should not be realization players come to, we should want to get the next step of the carrot.

I could leave this as feedback for them on the official forums, and my diatribe might be read and discussed as potential for the dissatisfaction by some part of the playerbase. I won't. I'm only using this as a means to get my feelings out, not for change, but for my own realization that it is probably time to finally realize the game isn't what I want to play anymore. I'm just some nobody in this game who hasn't changed with the times.

At least unless they actually make the fishing artifact worthwhile to finish, then I'll definitely be on the grind for that!

Have a great day!Comment by Wombat62Here's what Blizzard is not understanding. I personally, and some other amount of the player base view things as either completed, or not completed. I play to get things completed. Mythic raiding, achievements, pet battles, collecting transmogs. I have a list of things I want to complete and that drives me to play the game. By this change and the fact that they actually want the final point to be unattainable, I have begun this realization that my drive to play to complete my progress in this expansion is a fruitless endeavor and ultimately not achievable. I have hit a small existential crisis if you will with my "progression" within the game. If I can never complete it, no matter the effort I put in, why should I play the way I've been playing for twelve years? The goal has always been to complete it before the next tier/patch/expac for some amount of feeling that I've beaten the game for a little while before New WoW+ version X.X comes out.

I feel very disheartened by this and previous changes. Never being able to complete the coolest thing about this expansion before Argus, which will no doubt have the same system in place so that we never reach the finish line is very disheartening. I do not look forward to this. I would rather that there was an attainable(even if difficult or time consuming to reach) finish line, rather than none at all. I might as well not play rather than go and do anything in game at this point once I've reached the big milestone of concordance on all my 6 110 characters. This should not be realization players come to, we should want to get the next step of the carrot.

I could leave this as feedback for them on the official forums, and my diatribe might be read and discussed as potential for the dissatisfaction by some part of the playerbase. I won't. I'm only using this as a means to get my feelings out, not for change, but for my own realization that it is probably time to finally realize the game isn't what I want to play anymore. I'm just some nobody in this game who hasn't changed with the times.

At least unless they actually make the fishing artifact worthwhile to finish, then I'll definitely be on the grind for that!

Have a great day!Comment by HalgrimmdkThe 40 cap is a gift for me!

I woke up this morning and was frustrated about how much of my gametime was focused around saving turn-ins of emissary-quests, follower-missions, Legionfall-supplies etc. for when it was more efficient - because they would be worth more points after next level of AK-knowledge.
These minor minor gains were counterproductive and frustrated me to the point that it felt like the game was more about micromanagement and nitty-gritty than about fun and progress.
Finally I can see an end to this horrible ordeal.

Now I just wait for them to fix the horrible Troop-system...
"Wait ½ hour before sending your followers out because your troop has exhausted"
"Sorry you just sent out a sub-optimal group because you forgot or did not wait for troops that could be trained anytime".
BUILD A BIGGER GYM, Blizzard!
DUMBEST system ever!Comment by KittyKatBarIm just hitting 110 on alts at this point, getting them ilevel 850ish with dauntless gear, getting them their AK boost from the tome, and then parking them for next xpack. Otherwise i spend just a couple hours a day, at most, farming stuff so i can afford a goddamn toke at their insane price.

I dont even play legion content aside from that stuff now, I just RP or goof around. Legion was amazing to begin with and they just ruined it with artifact BS and RNG so I don't bother with it. Havent finished any full artifact stories, or OH stuff, or legionfall (stopped at sentinax farm cuz I couldnt complete it), because of the forced grouping, forced normal or mythic modes, etc. When games start forcing me to do stuff I tend to stop. I don't mind a little farming cuz it can be calm and chill. But thats it.

Dun goofed Blizz. So much potential. At least Demon Hunters are fun (till they destroy them inevitably, see monks and dk for reference - super fun before nerfs and prunes imo).Comment by TytheMainTainerthis deal is getting worse all the time; i just pray that they don't alter it any further.Comment by KozzieWow, thanks Blizzard for completely wasting my time working towards 52 - this is a JOKE and completely and utterly the biggest EPIC failure of Development Team and game development that we have ever witnessed coming out of Blizzard's WoW team. Out of nowhere, we just say guess what gone, its now 40 - We have a pathetic development team, instead of earning it, we'll just give it to you.

You want to play WoW - Just wait for 7-9 months after an expansion and then start - they'll just give you everything. This is a JOKE of a game, and this just is a slap in the face to those of us that have been loyal to our characters progression since Aug 30, 2016's launch. You mean you couldn't have mentioned this change until now? Ion Hostikkas' and his development team is pathetic in its game development and design.

corrected my error of referring to Artifact traits and not Artifact Knowledge.Comment by Calcitrantnot happy about this at all, some people really want to push the limits for personal progress reasons

capping it out at 40 is holding a lot of dedicated people back for the sake the less motivatedComment by SoupguyI would have loved AK 50 but at this point in the game Ill take 40 and have one less thing to care about I guess.Comment by natyarafdnI am utterly saddened by the way blizzard is treating this. Oh we reduced the AK cap from 50 to 40 because "We raised the Knowledge cap from 40 to 50 very late in the 7.2 PTR cycle..." Patch 7.2 PTR - Build 23657 which was released around Feb 28 had ak 45 in it and percents up to 50, the first ptr for 7.2 was released around Jan 20 and final release of 7.2 was March 28th. I think that wouldn't be too late and rather in the smack dab center of testing, at least if we are gonna go by the dates... I'm sorry but honestly with this change like others have said there is NO need to put more points into your artifact weapon past unlocking the first concordance. 4mil% vs 55mil% AK when the final point in the artifact weapon is 200,000,000,000,000 AP(yes 200 trillion) at that point playing casually you wont have 1 weapon maxed by the time another expansion comes out...Comment by KozziePerculia/Panser - just a suggestion - I'd change the name of Wowhead to IDKHead and start cutting ties with Blizzard and especially WoW - certainly not going to be buying anything wow off of your links to Amazon and may just be canceling my Blizzcon hotel and auctioning off my ticket. Really can't attend an event where I have lost respect for the people developing it. Chris - where are you, your vision is being obliterated in the obliterum forge right before your eyes!

well, I wonder what is going on over at Steam

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