Legion Assaults Removed from Pathfinder and More April 5th Hotfixes

posted 2017/04/05 at 9:09 PM by perculia

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We’ve heard a lot of feedback and it’s clear to us that the cyclical Assaults schedule, and the design of the “do all 4” achievement for Pathfinder, weren’t compatible.

World Quests come and go all the time during the day too, while people are at work or asleep, and it’s not a big deal because they’re largely interchangeable. But that would change if we had an achievement required for Pathfinder that asked you to do a specific checklist of world quests. A lot of the stress and concern about “missing” individual Assaults is tied to this achievement, so we’re removing the achievement from Pathfinder via hotfix.

Once this hotfix is active, you will only need to reach Revered with the Armies of Legionfall and fully explore the Broken Shore to earn Legion flying.

April 5th Hotfixes

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HotfixesAchievements

The "Defender of the Broken Isles" achievement is no longer required as part of the Legion Pathfinder, Part Two meta-achievement.

Developers’ notes: The rotating Legion Assault schedule is designed to have them active at varying times of day over the course of a given week, to accommodate different work schedules and available free time. We're hesitant to have an Assault last for too long, because they stomp on the entire World Quest content of a given zone for the duration, potentially leaving players with nothing to do there once the Assault is complete. But this design doesn't mesh well with an important achievement that requires completion of all four zones - if anything, it causes stress over scheduling and potentially missing specific zones during the cycle. The Defender achievement was never intended to be a major obstacle on the path to flight in the Broken Isles; its inclusion was more for thematic purposes and completeness. As such, we're removing it from the meta-achievement required to unlock flying.Artifact Challenges

Arcane Mages can no longer use an immunity, such as Ice Block, to remove Arcane Biology.
Fixed a bug that was preventing some players from being ported back to the mage tower when leaving the scenario.

Assaults

While the Assault in Azsuna is active, Prince Farondis should now be visible to eligible players in Farondale.
Vile Soulwardens in Val'sharah are no longer hesitant to engage in combat.
Spires of Dread can no longer suffer damage from players' AoE abilities, and they no longer turn to face nearby players.
Jarod Shadowsong will now appear for players at the base of Black Rook Hold if they leave the terrace before completing "Battle for Val'sharah".
Drol'maz will now respawn even if his Dark Ritualists were not killed with him.
Destruction of Fel Spreaders will now grant group credit for “Defense of Emerald Bay”.
Fixed a bug where players were not receiving quest credit if they were in a raid group during the intro Legion Assault quests.

Broken Shore

The Sentinax should no longer advertise that it is finished recharging when it hasn't.

Classes

Druid

Fixed a bug that caused a Druid to sometimes be disconnected when casting Typhoon.

Dungeons and Raids

The Nighthold

Skorpyron

Resolved an issue in which Arcanoslash could place an Arcane Tether on a non-struck tank target.

Items

Royal Dagger Haft now absorbs the intended amount of damage. For Brewmaster Monks, this absorb amount is always counted after Stagger has reduced the damage.

Player versus Player

Death Knight

Ice Block can now be cast by the Death Knight after being copied by Dark Simulacrum.

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Comment by TheOldBear:OComment by TheMostUnfunnyWell this is cool. They did this before i could even complain!Comment by HeatherWindTHANK YOU!Comment by TristanyFirst time in a long time Blizzard has actually done something with the player in mind since... forever....Comment by SgtShinobiThat was... quick. I'm sure it would not have been an issue in the long run but it was still a poor design choice to have one of the invasions happen when basically no one could do it.Comment by deathbecomezherAwwww yiss half way to revered :D TY Blizz !Comment by JimbrooksWhy not just buff the time on them like for 12hrs instead of removing them entirely? Or even have them not pop up early morning when we are asleep? Jeez way to go Blizz....sigh.Comment by PimpDaddy777Oh thank god. I got home today ready to do the invasion only to realize it was ending in 5 mins. I wasn't completely against the idea of waiting a few days extra than everyone to get this particular achievement (as we still have the Legionfall revered achieve to get).Comment by ZeroEdgeirWhy not just buff the time on them like for 12hrs instead of removing them entirely? Or even have them not pop up early morning when we are asleep? Jeez way to go Blizz....sigh.Comment by HeatherWindI don't mind working for my achievements, but with all the work that's already gone into this one (Good Sumaritan alone was a nightmare) I don't feel remotely bad about having this removed. Not only for my sake, but for my husband whose work schedule made it impossible for him to do the invasion at the times they were popping up. We started this as a team and I want him to succeed too.

I am very pleasantly surprised by the swift response.Comment by tmilhomensthe books for AP catch up dude, don't forget themComment by ChaxtonI mean, that's one way to fix a problem, but it's a stupid fix. It kills the main reason of even bothering to do those tedious quests.

A better fix would have just to extend them to a 24 hour duration. They give zone-specific rep, they're just as simple and trivial as the world quests they overtake, and they're better than the trashy ones like collecting 50 of whatever item, or getting 1% per kill in cleansing the nightmare. Killing a bunch of demons in 1-3 minute WQs for Legionfall-related items in place of AP and order resources feels a little useless, but for alts who need gear, this is a great way to help them get them. There's only 6~ quests at a time it seems, so it's not like you'd get full 880+ gear in one day. It's about 2-3 pieces of Dauntless gear, which isn't bad nor overpowered. Having them active all day is perfect, and would've been a much more lucrative change. This just makes the content less interesting, and there's probably a bunch of folks who will ignore the quests since the gear isn't that good for them (Myself included, I outgear the rewards sadly). There's just no drive to do new content when the new content isn't valuable to you, you know? I already said to my friends that I was only going to do what was needed for the achievement, but now that I won't need it, it feels like there's no point (for me) to even consider them. Sure, the transmog weapons would be nice, but 12 invasions later (6 each day, so far), I've not even had one drop.

I'm all for having stupid and tedious things removed (Looking at you, Galakras timer), but this just needed an extended duration.Comment by uparrowWhen Legion Invasions on the Broken Isles was announced, I loved the idea. I really liked their implementation on Azeroth for the pre-launch event and expected them to be somewhat similar in 7.2. However when Blizzard revealed their activation pattern two hours before the first invasion was active via Twitter, I knew many players would be upset that they could miss an invasion and suddenly be at least three days behind everyone else from unlocking Legion Flying. I am surprised to see how fast this requirement for Legion Pathfinder: Part 2 was removed. Now all I have to do is grind Armies of Legionfall reputation and I can fly once more! (Only 6k rep to go!)Comment by slumberbeastI missed yesterday's invasion but picked up today's. I thought it was pretty fun. Remember when you would blow $70 on a game and plug in your sega genesis, or super nintendo cartridge. If the game sucked or was unfair you had to eat it up and play anyway or go do something else. Interesting the kind of sway direct interfacing/instant feedback with the game creators has. Not sure which is necessarily better, but it is definitely interesting.Comment by FelweedThis is such a relief for myself. Yesterday I was stuck in class for extended periods of time. Today, I was at the vet for 8 hours with a sick pupper, while the invasions were going on. I'm a completionist and all, but I could not have left my super sick baby girl alone. Here's to hoping her health is going to improve over the next few days so I can get some playtime in.Comment by SquirePipSad to see Blizz caving again for something everyone would eventually have gotten, maybe just not the first day they hit revered like they wanted too. Funny how no flying was less hassle for Blizz than allowing flying. If flying causes this many problems if people can't get it the first minute they are able too maybe it shouldn't be in the game at all.Comment by MenzoliesI didn't mind to much that it was as infrequent as it was but being on an oceanic server based in North America the assaults were dropping at like midnight and ending at 6am and there was never anyone online to do them, I have missed the first two myself due to this.Comment by 968833This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by lonesamurai1another day, another downgrading on whats needed...Comment by IvniinviCUE THE SAXOPHONE

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