The War Within Hotfixes for October 10th - Dungeon & Reward Tuning

Posted 2024/10/10 at 8:11 PM by Jaydaa

October 10, 2024

Classes

Warlock

Demonology

Fixed an issue where summoning Vilefiend, Charhound, or Gloomhound would break opposing players stealth.

Warrior

Fury

Mountain Thane: Fixed a bug that could cause Bloodthirst to fail to proc Thunder Blast in some cases if the player had swapped from the Protection specialization.

Dungeons and Raids

Runed Crests are now awarded up to Mythic+7.
Gilded Crests are now awarded beginning at Mythic+8.
Increased the duration of the buffs granted by Xal’atath’s Bargain Affixes to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).

Developers’ notes: We’ve been closely monitoring the impact of the bonuses provided by Xal’atath’s Bargain affixes, and we’re increasing their overall power level on players. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these buffs as well as the challenges these affixes present.

Xal’atath’s Guile now increases enemy health and damage by 10% (was 20%).

Developers’ notes: With the increase to the buffs granted to players by Xal’atath’s Bargain we’re reducing the effectiveness of of Xal’atath’s Guile, to allow players to push deeper into the Keystone system with current item levels.

The Dawnbreaker

Resolved an issue causing the previsual for Dark Orb on Anub’ikkaj to scale with player size.

Mists of Tirna Scithe

Dodgeball will no longer inflict damage to illusions or adds created by Xal’atath.

Siege of Boralus

Resolved an issue allowing Chopper Redhook to be pulled by spells such as Halo, and Starfall.

Nerub-ar Palace

Silken Court

Corrected issues causing Anub’arash to not burrow during the first intermission and failing to cast Spike Storm in the second intermission.

Player versus Player

Fixed an issue causing the Rated PvP tab to be unintentionally grayed-out.

Professions

Delver’s Pouch of Reagents sold by Sir Finley Mrrgglton at the Delver’s Headquarters in Dornogal now costs 500 Undercoin (was 1500) and contains 3 random Delve reagents (was 2).
Profaned Tinderbox can now be purchased from Blacksmithing Supplies vendors Borgos and Sofee Batalsworn in exchange for 3 Ringing Deeps Ingots, or 3 Vial of Kaheti Oils, or 3 Viridian Charmcaps, or 3 Gloomfathom Hides.

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Comment by DruidaVaFinally they fixed the random pulls from 1st boss from Siege of Boralus.

I hope they also fixed the treants moonfire cast because it also targets the boss/adds near boss.Comment by OmegachungyGood changes but 9 to 10 is too wide of a gap still. Why is fort / tyrannical at the same time fun? Can we explain that to the playerbase?

Also Dawnbreaker boss is still shooting out giga sized orbs lol i think when i Meta it like doubles in size. Not a huge deal just scary.Comment by Civil4794so mist boss still killes her own things again?Comment by RaceroverWhy are runed crests stopped at +7? They should be awarded along WITH gilded at 8 and above. Literally no reason not too.Comment by gleepottzGood changes but 9 to 10 is too wide of a gap still. Why is fort / tyrannical at the same time fun? Can we explain that to the playerbase?

Also Dawnbreaker boss is still shooting out giga sized orbs lol i think when i Meta it like doubles in size. Not a huge deal just scary.Comment by VerroquisGood changes but 9 to 10 is too wide of a gap still. Why is fort / tyrannical at the same time fun? Can we explain that to the playerbase?

Also Dawnbreaker boss is still shooting out giga sized orbs lol i think when i Meta it like doubles in size. Not a huge deal just scary.Comment by BearwingsSo, if I read this correctly... +2 and +3 now drop runed crests? Big win if so! This is perfect for those of us who are content with maxing out our champion gear and having chill keys.Comment by hoowin2434Leave it to wow players to always find something new to complain aboutComment by OmegachungyGood changes but 9 to 10 is too wide of a gap still. Why is fort / tyrannical at the same time fun? Can we explain that to the playerbase?

Also Dawnbreaker boss is still shooting out giga sized orbs lol i think when i Meta it like doubles in size. Not a huge deal just scary.Comment by OmegachungyGood changes but 9 to 10 is too wide of a gap still. Why is fort / tyrannical at the same time fun? Can we explain that to the playerbase?

Also Dawnbreaker boss is still shooting out giga sized orbs lol i think when i Meta it like doubles in size. Not a huge deal just scary.Comment by OmegachungyLeave it to wow players to always find something new to complain aboutComment by LimetailBear in mind that +10 is the end of the M+ progression so in difficulty I think it's been designed to be equivalent to the second half of the Nerub-ar Palace raid. Very few people are in that space at the moment and there's a couple more months to improve your gear and strats. It is a design change from Dragonflight. You may not be able to PUG those keys any more than you can pug mythic palace and that level is gear is much harder to get. Of course this is Bliz so they might just backflip about it next week after flipping a coin.

So, while I think it's okay that they're adjusting the gilded crest rewards from +9 to +8 for now, I'm little wary that this is stepping into the progressive nerf territory of Dragonflight which I thought they were moving away from because it shows their design incompetence. If they want people to have mythic gear but for it to take longer to acquire (thus dragging the season out) then reduce the level they drop in but have the amount scale linearly with difficulty. The weekly cap increases the higher difficulty you can time.Comment by ElitecookieLeave it to wow players to always find something new to complain aboutComment by lovelywazBear in mind that +10 is the end of the M+ progression so in difficulty I think it's been designed to be equivalent to the second half of the Nerub-ar Palace raid. Very few people are in that space at the moment and there's a couple more months to improve your gear and strats. It is a design change from Dragonflight. You may not be able to PUG those keys any more than you can pug mythic palace and that level is gear is much harder to get. Of course this is Bliz so they might just backflip about it next week after flipping a coin.Comment by LimetailMeanwhile M+ Players have to do keys that are, as in your own words and with some merit to it, designed for late mythic raid bosses AND they still have only ONE mythic track item each week.Comment by LuniiBear in mind that +10 is the end of the M+ progression so in difficulty I think it's been designed to be equivalent to the second half of the Nerub-ar Palace raid. Comment by NaellerSo, if I read this correctly... +2 and +3 now drop runed crests? Big win if so! This is perfect for those of us who are content with maxing out our champion gear and having chill keys.Comment by Setsuna665Bear in mind that +10 is the end of the M+ progression so in difficulty I think it's been designed to be equivalent to the second half of the Nerub-ar Palace raid. Very few people are in that space at the moment and there's a couple more months to improve your gear and strats. It is a design change from Dragonflight. You may not be able to PUG those keys any more than you can pug mythic palace and that level is gear is much harder to get. Of course this is Bliz so they might just backflip about it next week after flipping a coin.Comment by trogLeave it to wow players to always find something new to complain aboutComment by MuktukFinally they fixed the random pulls from 1st boss from Siege of Boralus.

I hope they also fixed the treants moonfire cast because it also targets the boss/adds near boss.

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