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Azshara's Role in the Dark Inquisitor Xanesh Ny'alotha Encounter (Spoilers)
We first saw Queen Azshara in the 8.3 Developer Preview and today we got to see that area in the Ny'alotha raid. Queen Azshara has some unique RP that takes place before and after the Dark Inquisitor Xanesh Encounter.
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October 24th Ny'alotha Raid Testing on 8.3 PTR - Dark Inquisitor Xanesh, The Hivemind
More raid testing is available on the PTR today with the 4th and 5th bosses of Ny'alotha, the Waking City being available for testing. These bosses are Dark Inquisitor Xanesh and the HIvemind. Dark Inquisitor Xanesh has players playing a modified game of soccer, trying to kick Orbs around obstacles and into rifts to neutralize them.
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Blizzard Confirms that Corruption Replaces Warforging and Titanforging in Season 4 Content
Blizzard has posted a long blog post on Corrupted Items, confirming that Corruption will replace Warforging and Titanforging for PvP, Mythic+, Ny'alotha and Heroic Darkshore Warfront. This blog post highlights how the Corruption system works and their goals.
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Quaking Affix Nerfed in Season 4 of Mythic+ Dungeons
Blizzard has announced that Quaking has been nerfed in the next season of Mythic+ Dungeons. Quaking will no longer deal damage to yourself, but deal increased damage to other players that you hit.
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Group Combat Leashing Fix and Eyes of the Beast Threat Bug
After yesterday's announcement of a hotfix for
Solenor the Slayer
, Blizzard comments on the reason for the bug fix and when it applies to group combat leashing. In addition, Blizzard has announced that they've found another bug related to Eyes of the Beast and threat.
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Corrupted Items - Corruption Debuff Breakpoints and Scaling of Debuffs
Yesterday's PTR build revealed Corrupted Items and in this article we're going over the Corruption Debuffs and how fast they scale based on your Total Corruption.
Find out the Basics about Corrupted Items!
Find out more about the Positive Affixes and Corruption Stat Rolls
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Update: Mythic Queen Azshara Hotfix Analysis
Last week we released an article
analyzing the Mythic Queen Azshara nerfs
. Now that the nerfs are live, we have a correction to how much Ward Soaks changed and an update the Short Circuit nerf and how the Short Circuit nerf is actually a very large nerf to the encounter.
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Corrupted Items - List of Positive Affixes and Corruption Stat Ranges
We had our first look at Corrupted Items earlier today with the PTR build. We've now done some testing and found different tiers for the positive affixes and how much Corruption can roll for each tier.
Find out the Basics about Corrupted Items!
Find out more about the Corruption Debuffs and their Scaling!
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Mythic+ Season 4 Affix Corrupted: Details & How It Works
The Season 4 Mythic+ Affix, Corrupted, is now available for Testing on the PTR. Activate Black Empire Obelisks to enter and traverse N'zoth's realm, defeat N'zoth's lieutenants and clear the dungeon! Skips are now available to everyone with the Corrupted affix and in addition, the Bwonsamdi buff is back from Season 2!
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Corrupted Items is The New Titanforging: Details & How It Works
This recent PTR build has added a new stat called Corruption. This is likely the replacement to Titanforging that Ion Hazzikostas was teasing in his 8.3 preview. The Corruption stat grant you large benefits, but at a cost.
Find out more about the Positive Affixes and Corruption Stat Rolls
Find out more about the Corruption Debuffs and their Scaling!
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Patch 8.3 Build 32272 Blizzard Class Changes - Affliction Warlock Drain Soul, Nightfall Buffs
Blizzard has updated their official class changes in Visions of N'zoth blog with Affliction Warlock buffs to Drain Soul and Nightfall.
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Tyrande Whisperwind Voice Over in Patch 8.3
We have new Tyrande Whisperwind Voice over lines in Patch 8.3 that was added in today's build.
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8.3 PTR Build 32272 Preamble - Wrathion Scenario Steps, Corruption Strings
Preamble for Build 32272 includes the Wrathion Scenario Steps and strings that are related to the corruption level of players. Corruption appears to be some mechanic that increases some strength at the cost of additional side effects, but can be cleansed. There's also corruption resistance. Could this be the replacement for Titanforging?
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8.3 PTR Build 32272 - N'zoth's Eye, Ny'alotha, Icons
A new Patch 8.3 PTR Build is here. We're starting with some miscellaneous icons, Ny'alotha and N'zoth's Eye art.
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Blizzard Comments on the Formless Void Essence in Patch 8.3
Blizzard has commented on the new 8.3 Essence, Formless Void, about the Essence's purpose. This Essence has a Major Power which allows you to copy the Essence of another player, including Essences outside of your normal role!
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Ny'alotha Raid Finale In-Game Cutscene (Spoilers!)
Wondering how the Ny'alotha raid is going to end? We've now datamined the Ny'alotha Raid Finale cutscene. Warning: Large Spoilers Ahead!
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Patch 8.3 PTR In Game Cinematic List - Ny'alotha Raid, Raid Epilogue, Wrathion Scenario
In addition to the Death Knight Intro In Game Cinematic, we've now found a list of other In Game Cinematics that were recently added to the 8.3 PTR which include the Ny'alotha Raid, Wrathion, the Raid Epilogue and more! While we can't view any of the cinematics, we have found some broadcast text and the NPCs present in the Raid Epilogue cinematic. Warning: Spoilers!
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New Death Knight Intro In-Game Cinematic in Patch 8.3 Visions of N'zoth
We've now found a string in the data for the 8.3 PTR that references a new Death Knight Intro In-Game Cinematic that was added in the last PTR build. Unfortunately, we can't view it yet, so we don't know exactly what the cinematic is about but could it be related to the recent datamining of
Allied Race DK textures
and
New Ebon Blade Swords
?
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Analysis of the Mythic Azshara Nerfs - How Big Are These Nerfs?
Blizzard recently announced some Mythic Azshara nerfs, but many people are unsure on how this will affect the strategy due to some unclear numbers. In this post, we'll look at how much "5 points" more on the wards actually matters and how this will affect the overall strategy.
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October 18th Ny'alotha Raid Testing on 8.3 PTR - Prophet Skitra, Ra-den
More Ny'alotha Raid testing is on the PTR is occurring today, with the 3rd and 9th bosses of the raid being tested -- Prophet Skitra and Ra-den.
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