The Story of Khadgar: New Harbingers Animated Short, Motion Sickness Camera Update, Loot Clarifications, July 27th Hotfixes

posted 2016/07/28 at 12:00 PM by perculia

Gul'dan animated short was revealedKarazhanMotion Sickness Update

Kaivax

Thanks for everyone’s reports so far. We’ve been able to use them to isolate a few more potential sources of motion sickness, and are currently working on sending out a small hotfix patch that will hopefully address at least some of them. We wanted to give a quick heads up on what we’re changing.

For starters, we were able to identify some potential issues with how flying mounts are behaving differently in patch 7.0.3 compared to 6.2.4 that we believe will help some players. Once this hotfix is live, flying mounts will no longer bank/lean to the sides when rotating in place, and the extent to which they lean when turning while in motion will be lowered back to how it was in patch 6.2.4. Additionally, we’re fixing an issue that was causing the camera to “pop” when landing or taking off on a flying mount.

We also identified and fixed some bugs that were causing some fairly extreme issues with the camera while the player is considered by the game to be in a “vehicle.” Because of how that tech is used, this includes several situations that might not obviously seem like you’re in a vehicle, such as the later parts of the Al’Akir encounter.

Finally, we received a surprising number of reports from players that indicated they had somehow unknowingly activated “Action Cam.” For those who are unfamiliar, Action Cam is an experimental alternate form of camera control that is currently unfinished and not quite ready for the general public. It had become available through a console command in the Legion beta, but since it doesn’t give any unfair gameplay advantages and (so we thought) had to be expressly activated by the player, we’d left it accessible through that command.

However, it has become clear that more than a few players have somehow turned it on without knowing, and it’s a major cause of motion sickness for those players. So, we’re going to disable it entirely for now, and plan to bring it back in a future patch once we’ve sorted out all the motion sickness issues and given it a little bit more polish.

These fixes will be active on the PTR and Beta realms for testing as soon as possible, and if all goes well, we plan to apply them to live realms on Monday, August 1. Once they’re live, please do continue to report areas of the game or activities in which you’re finding yourself feeling unwell. Videos in particular are extremely helpful, as they allow us to see exactly what the camera is doing at the time. We’re continuing to put our highest priority on resolving these issues and getting you back in the game without having to worry about motion sickness.

Group Loot Clarifications

Watcher

We used Group Loot again in our raid last night and it is really getting frustrating. We are consistently having people that arent able to roll need on something that they want because of the iLvl restrictions, everyone in the raid was able to roll need on the Conq Tier Tokens even if they werent Paladin, Priest, Warlock ....

No comment on the issue of iLvL restrictions preventing rolls? Or is that a working as intended with the intention being to really force PL on all situations and hope that altruism suddenly grows in the cesspit that is most of the playerbase?July 27th Hotfixes

Blizzard

ClassesHunter

Hunters are no longer able to capture/assault objectives in PvP while they have Aspect of the Turtle active.

Mage

Conjure Refreshment now has a 15-second cooldown.

Warlock

The Deathrattle Regalia 4-piece bonus for Demonology Warlocks now grants a 2% chance for your Wild Imps' Felfire Bolt to summon a demon (was 8%).

Dungeons and Raids

All bosses and some other mobs in the Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking dungeons have had their melee damage reduced by 30%.
The target average item level that players now scale to in Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking dungeons has been increased.
Grimrail Depot

Grimrail Technicians now correctly activate the Iron Stars after taking damage.

Pit of Saron

The ground visual for Icy Blast should once again match the actual radius of the effect.

Skyreach

The experience awarded for finishing Skyreach has been reduced to an amount that is similar to other Draenor dungeons.

Items

The Illustrious Guild Tabard and Renowned Guild Tabard should again provide an appropriate boost to guild reputation when equipped.
The following items were erroneously converted from mail to plate, and have now been converted back to mail, as they're intended to be used by mail classes:

Savage Plate Tunic
Savage Plate Boots
Savage Plate Pauldrons
Invulnerable Mail
Fiery Chain Girdle

NPCs

The missing auctioneers Shei'ann Younghoo and Shon Younghoof has been returned to Warspear.

PvP

Players are no longer immune to all damage when positioned in a Battleground graveyard that belongs to the opposing faction.
Fixed a bug that was preventing some players who earned the Warmongering Gladiator and Wild Gladiator titles from receiving their titles. GGWP.

Spells

Wandering Vindicator's Light of Truth healing debuff no longer remains active on players who leave Draenor.

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Comment by avatar1337:-0Comment by NethergirlI've always liked Khadgar, this proves everything I think of him!
Even a snippet of his song! So goooooood <3Comment by MaagiAmazing. 3rd. Comment.Comment by necrotommaThat was awesome! <3Comment by MaximeleneThat short was amazing.Comment by urielvazquezHype.Comment by adam99188Can't wait untill Illidan's short!Comment by RenacionThis might end the pretty $%^& wizard jokes. :oComment by ParedeslionWhere is Me'dan the currently Guardian?Comment by raikageWhere is Me'dan the currently Guardian? "Med'an is out adventuring in the universe, doing big important things that will one day come to fruition. He just isn't around right now."Comment by Eventhia418That one gave me goosebumpsComment by goberginAnyone else notice Khadgar got older again after that fight?Comment by karasudarkWhere is Me'dan the currently Guardian?Comment by Ne0nguyI like these updates, but as someone that subscribes to the RSS feed, I wish these were broken up into 3 separate posts.Comment by LazarusWolf We received a surprising number of reports from players that indicated they had somehow unknowingly activated “Action Cam.” For those who are unfamiliar, Action Cam is an experimental alternate form of camera control that is currently unfinished and not quite ready for the general public. It had become available through a console command in the Legion beta, but since it doesn’t give any unfair gameplay advantages and (so we thought) had to be expressly activated by the player, we’d left it accessible through that command.

However, it has become clear that more than a few players have somehow turned it on without knowing, and it’s a major cause of motion sickness for those players. So, we’re going to disable it entirely for now, and plan to bring it back in a future patch once we’ve sorted out all the motion sickness issues and given it a little bit more polish. Comment by lovelywaz"If its NOT broken, DON'T fix it."
Blizz need to remember this. Recent example of course being all this camera max zoom out issues.Comment by HathegklaI really hope we can disable that cam thing.Comment by ZxoreWouldn't a fix to the motion sickness just be to put a box in the camera area of the interface that reverts it back to pre-pre patch camera. That way you don't ruin the cool new things for people like me and many others that are not getting motion sickness?Comment by DaemoniaNZLoving the Comic clips!Comment by poorsapThey remove most everyday options to be available only via console, and then, surprise-surprise, people start using console to access those hidden options. Who could've thought that console commands are easier to mess up than a "too complicated" on/off toggle.

Gul'dan bless Blizzard UI designers.

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