The War Within Hotfixes for March 4th - Season 2 Class Tuning & Quest Bugfixes

Posted 2025/03/04 at 6:17 PM by Jaydaa

March 4, 2025

Achievements

Fixed an issue where completing the Copious Coffers and The Key to Madness achievements before the Undermine(d) patch to fail to deliver rewards. Affected players should find them in the mail.

Classes

Death Knight

Unholy

Liberation of Undermine 2-set Bonus – Now increases the damage of Death Coil and Epidemic by 4.5% (was 3%).

Demon Hunter

Havoc

Aldrachi Reaver: Reaver’s Mark now increases damage dealt to its target by 6%.
Aldrachi Reaver: Thrill of the Fight’s increase to ability damage is now 15% (was 20%).
Liberation of Undermine 2-set Bonus – Winning Streak!'s chance to activate increased by 25%.
Fixed an issue that prevented the talent starter build from applying correctly.

Druid

Updated Lycara’s Meditation: Players must remain in a shapeshift form for 2.9 seconds, modified by Haste, in order to retain the Lycara’s Teachings bonus from it. The ability description string will be updated in a future patch.
Feral

Sunfire damage reduced by 40%.
Lycara’s Teachings’ Mastery bonus granted from being in Moonkin Form reduced by 66%.

Evoker

Devastation

Firestorm damage increased by 40%.

Hunter

Beast Mastery

The Liberation of Undermine 2-piece set bonus has been adjusted – Barbed Shot now fires at 100% (was 200%).
The Liberation of Undermine 4-piece set bonus has been adjusted - Potent Mutagen damage reduced by 50% and reduces the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 0.25 seconds (was 0.5 seconds).
All ability and pet damage increased by 5%.

Monk

Mistweaver

All Healing reduced by 4%.
Liberation of Undermine set bonus: Insurance! healing decreased by 30%.

Paladin

Holy

Fixed a bug causing Divine Toll to unintentionally damage enemies the player was not in combat with.

Protection

Fixed an issue where Undisputed Ruling failed to trigger Consecration’s friendly effects.

Retribution

An issue causing Divine Hammer to have reduced duration with higher amounts of Haste has been resolved.
Haste will no longer affect Divine Hammer periodic. Will now strike every 2 seconds for 8 seconds baseline.
Divine Hammer periodic damage will no longer activate Radiant Glory, while its cast will continue to interact normally.
Divine Hammer extension proc no longer has an internal cooldown.

Priest

Discipline

Lenience no longer stacks its damage reduction effect when multiple Priests apply Atonement to a target.
Oracle: Preventive Measures now increases the damage of Penance, Smite, and Holy Nova by 20% (was 40%).

Rogue

Assassination

All ability damage increased by 4%.

Subtlety

Secret Technique damage reduced by 5%.
Liberation of Undermine 2-piece set bonus – Winning Streak! max stacks reduced to 8 (was 10).

Shaman

Elemental

Developers’ notes: The new tier set bonuses were performing higher than we would have liked, so we’re lowering the value of the new 2-piece set bonus while increasing the damage Elemental Shaman deal baseline.
Liberation of Undermine 2-piece set bonus – Now summons an elemental for 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).
Liberation of Undermine 2-piece set bonus – Frequency of getting a bonus elemental summon from your spells lowered.
Liberation of Undermine 4-piece set bonus – Damage bonus of Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Tempest, and Lava Burst increased to 30% for 8 seconds (was 20% for 8 seconds).
Deeply Rooted Elements Ascendance procs no longer activate either the 2-piece or 4-piece bonus of the new Liberation of Undermine tier set.
Echo of the Elementals no longer causes the Jackpot! Buff to refresh when they appear.
All damage dealt increased by 5%.

Enhancement

Developers’ notes: Enhancement Shaman in the Liberation of Undermine patch are performing higher than we would like. We’re making adjustments to the new Flowing Spirits talent as well as the Nerub-ar Palace and Liberation of Undermine tier set bonuses.
Nerub-ar Palace 4-piece set Bonus – Now has a 20% chance to summon an extra spirit when talented into Flowing Spirits. The tooltip will not reflect this change until a future patch.
Flowing Spirits now has a 6% chance to summon a Feral Spirit.
Flowing Spirits now properly summons a random Elemental Spirit when Elemental Spirits are talented.
Liberation of Undermine 4-piece set Bonus – Now triggers Doom Winds for 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
Liberation of Undermine 4-piece set Bonus – Now increases the damage of Crash Lightning by 12% per stack (was 15%).
Liberation of Undermine 4-piece set Bonus – Now increases the primary target damage of Crash Lightning by 75% (was 100%).

Warlock

Fixed an issue where Summon Felguard and Grimoire: Felguard were taking higher damage than intended from area of effect spells.
Demonology

Liberation of Undermine 4-piece set bonus has been adjusted – Casting Hand of Gul’dan causes your active Dreadstalkers to cast Dreadbite at 20% effectiveness (was 50%).
Hand of Gul’dan damage increased by 20%.
Doomguards summoned by Pact of the Ered’ruin deal 15% increased damage.
Gloomhound’s Gloom Slash damage increased by 30%.
Wild Imp damage increased by 30%.

Destruction

Liberation of Undermine 2-piece set bonus has been adjusted – Your spells and abilities have a chance to hit a Jackpot! that fires a flurry of 6 Demonfire bolts at 100% effectiveness (was 200%). Casting Summon Infernal always hits a Jackpot!.
Chaos Bolt damage increased by 20%.
Summon Infernal damage increased by 35%.
Developers’ notes: We’re making adjustments to Hellcaller to reduce its Soul Shard economy and increase its damage as compensation. When the availability of Soul Shards increases for Destruction, it reaches a point where Rain of Fire begins to surpass Chaos Bolt in damage output for single target due to the difference in casting times.
Hellcaller: Wither damage increased by 35%.
Hellcaller: Wither now deals damage every 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
Developers’ notes: We recognize that with these changes Wither damage will also be impacted. We are distributing the lost throughput across the rest of the Hellcaller kit for Destruction.
Hellcaller: Blackened Soul damage increased 40%.
Hellcaller: Xalan’s Ferocity now increases Fire damage by 4% (was 2%).
Hellcaller: Xalan’s Cruelty now increases Shadow damage by 4% (was 2%).

Warrior

Arms

Execute damage reduced by 15%.

Items and Rewards

Oil of Beledar’s Grace healing reduced by 40%.
Plans: Charged Claymore and Formula: Enchant Boots - Scout’s March can again be obtained from Auralia Steelstrike.
Undermine

Resolved an issue where players could receive duplicates of the same rare item from completing Shipping and Handling job streaks.
Gallagio Garbage now has a higher chance to spawn.
Increased the drop rates of the mount and cosmetic item from the Gallagio Garbage rare.
Scrap-Plated Pants now have Agility/Intellect.

Mounts

Fixed a bug causing the Ruby and Pearlescent Butterfly mounts to glow too brightly.
Resolved an issue preventing players from properly obtaining the Violet Goblin Shredder.

Player versus Player

The Gladiator’s Distinction set bonus now increases Stamina by 10% (was 5%) for Tank and Damage specializations.
The Gladiator’s Distinction set bonus now increases Stamina by 15% (was 10%) for Healer specializations.
Death Knight

Blood

San’layn: The damage bonus from Frenzied Bloodthirst is now 50% effective in PvP combat.

Frost

Death’s Cold Embrace (PvP talent) now increases Remorseless Winter’s damage by 400% (was 750%).

Druid

Feral

Berserk now increases damage dealt by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
Ferocious Bite damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.

Mage

Arcane

Magi’s Spark now echoes spells at 25% effectiveness (was 50%) in PvP combat.
Arcane Missiles damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
Arcane Barrage damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.

Fire

Blazing Barriers from Overpowered Barrier now reflect 60% of damage absorbed (was 100%).

Frost

Frostfire: Blazing Barriers from Overpowered Barrier now reflect 60% of damage absorbed (was 100%).

Monk

Mistweaver

Jade Empowerment’s damage increase reduced to 1250% (was 2500%) in PvP combat.

Windwalker

Slicing Winds damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat. Slicing Winds now fails if cast while in a root.

Warrior

Arms

Mortal Strike damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
Execute damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
Demolish final hit damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

Fury

Rampage damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
Bladestorm damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Protection

Execute damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
All damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Quests

Players leveling through War Within now always have the option to do Khaz Algar world quests from Faerin Lothar when accepting a task for “The Call of the Worldsoul”.
“The Kalimdor Cup Circuit” can now be turned in to Lord Andestrasz.
Fixed a bug preventing Thalyrssa from allowing access to Withered Army Training for “Building an Army”.
Helping serve hot dogs or hamburgers in the “Hotrocket” quests will now take priority over the world quest to save drowning tourist goblins.

Comment by OjikoriI can't help but feel they keep nerfing beast master not because its overpowered but so people will play the new marksman.Comment by grayshirtHelping serve hot dogs or hamburgers in the “Hotrocket” quests will now take priority over the world quest to save drowning tourist goblins.Comment by the9tailI can't help but feel they keep nerfing beast master not because its overpowered but so people will play the new marksman.Comment by JohnTraboltaStill haven't gotten the fractured spark for the question yet and I've completed every weekly event that rewards a chest.Comment by ShikakuVO_82_Tussle_Tonks_Announcer_19_M

Response to the trash digging buffsComment by lovelywazHelping serve hot dogs or hamburgers in the “Hotrocket” quests will now take priority over the world quest to save drowning tourist goblins.I can't help but feel they keep nerfing beast master not because its overpowered but so people will play the new marksman.Comment by KubarianPeople will NEVER stop with this sorry little excuse of "easiest two button spec" and/or "they can move while casting" because they are either still living 10 years in the past or are just ignorant to the facts.Comment by Scoop3kHelping serve hot dogs or hamburgers in the “Hotrocket” quests will now take priority over the world quest to save drowning tourist goblins.I can't help but feel they keep nerfing beast master not because its overpowered but so people will play the new marksman.Comment by lovelywaz

Ah, the "they can move while casting" mindset strikes again!

Just go and look at all the Mages abilities, you will be surprised (unless turning a blind eye) how many major hitting/spenders core abilities are instant cast and some have proc during which you can cast those while moving. Same goes for Warlocks and also Ele Shammies.
the instant DoTSunless we get procsComment by SmDshkaare just ignorant to the facts.Comment by AvengedxoLets please fix the issue that is bricking people on Shipping & Handling. It's obnoxious.Comment by KiorellePlayers leveling through War Within now always have the option to do Khaz Algar world quests from Faerin Lothar when accepting a task for “The Call of the Worldsoul”.Comment by JoshmaulVO_82_Tussle_Tonks_Announcer_19_M

Response to the trash digging buffsperiod.Comment by KimiLeoFixed a bug causing the Ruby and Pearlescent Butterfly mounts to glow too brightly.Comment by EneathrieliaProt warrior appears to be overnerfed with the actual nerf being about 25% total damage reduction instead of 15% just looking at tooltips now in comparison to last night.Comment by Anise"Season 2 Class Tuning"

Give it up with the gaslighting. Please.

You have not balanced anything since day one of this game.

Grow a pair for once and actually admit that the class imbalance that is present every patch and every expansion, is actually intended behavior.

Just say it. It is pretty simple.

Man, people still play this trash?