October 22nd Hotfixes - Eternal Palace Nerfs, Battle for Nazjatar Randomization, Energy Cells for Everyone

Posted 2019/10/22 at 1:08 PM by Anshlun

Eternal Palace Nerfs

HotfixesOctober 22, 2019Dungeons and Raids

Azshara's Eternal Palace

The Eternal Palace is now available for cross-realm groups on Mythic difficulty.
Lady Ashvane

Lady Ashvane's health reduced by 5% in Mythic difficulty.
Rippling Wave damage reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.
Waterlogged periodic damage reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.

Queen Azshara

The "Stand Together!" and "Stay!" decree combination is no longer possible in Heroic difficulty.
Overzealous Hulk and Tidemistress health reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.
Draining Azshara's Ancient Ward now reduces its energy by an additional 5 points in all difficulties.
Empowering a Ward of Power now increases its energy by an additional 5 points in all difficulties.
Healer-specialization characters are now less likely to be targeted with decree combinations that include “March!” in all difficulties.
Short Circuit now drains 10% less energy from the affected Ward in all difficulties.
Essence of Azeroth now has an increased duration if there are fewer than 20 players in the raid in Normal and Heroic difficulties, and lasts 30 seconds (was 25 seconds) in Mythic difficulty.

Developers' note: These changes were made to smooth out the difficulty curve of the instance as we transition into the next raid tier, something we often do after all Mythic Raid Hall of Fame slots have been earned.

Player versus Player

The start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.

Developers' note: As players have learned the timing of the event over the course of Rise of Azshara, increasingly the perceived optimal way to participate is to camp the control points in advance of the start time. By adding some variance (which still averages out to a 3-hour interval), we hope to make the Battle for Nazjatar more dynamic without reducing the overall frequency of the event.

Quests

"Energy Cells for Everyone" now resets daily (was weekly) and will be automatically removed from players' quest logs with the daily reset.

World

The Charging Station construction project in Mechagon now appears significantly faster after the Charging Station is destroyed.

WoW Classic

Fixed a bug that caused creatures such as Solenor the Slayer to misbehave when pursuing the player. Groups of creatures that commit to combat as a group will now all continue to pursue whenever any one of them are struck by a player attack or ability.

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Comment by SangfoudreAm I the only disappointed by the Battle of Nazjatar pop randomness ? I liked my 9 oclock daily appointment.Comment by TOMRUSThe start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by dokeefe1986The start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by XirhasAm I the only disappointed by the Battle of Nazjatar pop randomness ? I liked my 9 oclock daily appointment.Comment by TrenoNeoKnightGlad I got my mount out of the way with that change to Battle for Nazjatar. 8.2's mounts have had more than enough RNG put into them (looking at you Soundless).Comment by BaneleafThe start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by apedosmilThe start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by MaXiiczekLOL, they really think that camping the points prior to event start is the problem? I think they didn't notice that every realm which is balanced to start an event immediately becomes pure horde or pure ali realm thanks to LFG raids... just like that half minute to fly there would make a difference...Comment by TOMRUSLol. They didn't come up with the idea. The Horde were doing it and they copied them. Classic mix up.Comment by BeaceI wonder if the Battle for Nazjatar events are still gonna spawn at the same time across all shards, or if it'll desynch and be different.Comment by walrockThe start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by NurmatLol. They didn't come up with the idea. The Horde were doing it and they copied them. Classic mix up.Comment by PeredhilBlizz noticed players spend less time in Nazjatar and are making an activity plan based on a fixed schedule. This is preposterous and had to be stopped, the proper way is to be logged for at least 6h/ day, 12 preferably. Well done, now the game became more immersive.Comment by SangfoudreAm I the only disappointed by the Battle of Nazjatar pop randomness ? I liked my 9 oclock daily appointment.Comment by OrtekuI think that this could kill the event.
People go to Nazjatar every 3 hours because they know there will be an event. Now you don't know, maybe while you do your dailies you can see the event and hope to win with 3 raids per faction and tons of lags on your shard.Comment by FaelystiriThe start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by ShirubiaBut the biggest question is ''Did they fix the charge station so that it's no longer invisible EVEN IF YOU PAID''?Comment by TraduThe start time for the Battle of Nazjatar is no longer fixed to a 3-hour interval. The delay between events now has random variance.Comment by TraduLol. They didn't come up with the idea. The Horde were doing it and they copied them. Classic mix up.Comment by kajlesBut the biggest question is ''Did they fix the charge station so that it's no longer invisible EVEN IF YOU PAID''?

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