wow September 15th Hotfixes, Karazhan PTR Testing

[Starym 3,779]

 

Another back to back hotfix couple of days, with an added bonus of Karazhan testing info as well as an explanation on the recent prestige changes.

Watcher chimes in on Kara being more like a raid and is to be tested as such, we get some more detailed info on the prestige changes from the previous hotfix, and the new hotfixes themselves tell us that a bug that was making legendaries drop more for people that already got one was fixed.

Watcher on Karazhan PTR testing

This is an unusual PTR, in that we don't typically have fresh dungeon and raid content to test when a new expansion has just launched, but then again, Legion isn't exactly the typical expansion.

For testing purposes, we'll be treating Karazhan like a Normal-mode raid, since that's what it resembles in most ways except raid size. That means it'll be closed for the majority of the PTR cycle, but we'll open it up at least a couple of times for a couple of days (without any attunement required, though one will be on live - for testing you'll be able to just zone in) at a time for open-ended testing and feedback.

We also have Trial of Valor to test, as well as a few Nighthold bosses we'll want to revisit for numerical tuning. We realize that most raiding guilds are going to have their hands quite full starting next week, but we're going to try to sneak in one raid testing day on Monday (probably around 1pm PDT, 10pm CEDT). We'll update with exact testing details within a day or so, assuming server stability holds up.

I sincerely apologize on behalf of the team for all this content, and thank you in advance for any time you take away from the live servers in order to help us test it.

 

 

September 15 Hotfixes

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Classes

Druid

• The Restoration Druid artifact trait Power of the Archdruid will now correctly always spread Regrowth to additional targets when you cast Regrowth instead of sometimes spreading Rejuvenation.

Monk

• Soothing Mist cast from the Monk’s Jade Serpent Statue should cancel on targets farther than 60 yards from the statue.
• (Windwalker) The Tornado Kicks Artifact trait will no longer sometimes reduce your first Rising Sun Kick damage.

Shaman

• Players who use the Portal to the Maelstrom instead of the Astral Gate to the Maelstrom will now be granted credit for "The Voice of Thunder" quest.

• Bodyguard: Rehgar Earthfury now correctly makes Ghost Wolf move at 100% extra speed (was 130%).

Warrior

• Rampage weapon trails now show for every swing of rampage regardless of whether the weapon was sheathed.

 

Class Halls

• Druids who abandoned either "Essence of Balance" or "Essence of Regrowth" should now be able to reaccept the quests by returning to the Emerald Dreamway.
• Druids should now receive Naralex or Zen'tabra after entering their order halls.

Dungeons

• Players are now able to summon other players into Mythic dungeons as long as the player being summoned meets the requirements of the dungeon.
• Eye of Azshara
  • Restless Tides now cast Imprisoning Bubble and Undertow correctly when more than one player is in melee with them.

Items

• Identified and fixed an issue that could cause Legion legendary items to drop more frequently than intended if a player had already received their first legendary.
• Coins caught in the Dalaran Fountain are now Bind on Pickup.
• Jeweled Signet of Melandrus now correctly increases the damage of Auto Shot for Hunters.
• Stabilized Energy Pendant no longer causes resources to drain when the player changes zones.

 

NPCs

• Players are no longer able to use the Bribe and Mind Control abilities on Ysera.

 

Professions

• Cooking
  • Players who have previously killed Myonix should be able to acquire the Leybarbeque Ribs recipe on subsequent kills.
• Enchanting
  • Fixed an issue where some epic quality items awarded from world quests provided incorrect disenchant materials.
  • Enchant Cloak – Gift of Critical Strike, Enchant Cloak – Gift of Haste, Enchant Cloak – Gift of Mastery, and Enchant Cloak – Gift of Versatility now increase the player’s movement speed by 2% (was 10%).
    • Developers’ Notes: In fights where movement speed is important, Draenor cloak enchants (which reward run speed) were outperforming the best Legion cloak enchants (which do not).  To protect enchanters from having to farm Draenor materials, we've reduced the run speed bonus on Draenor cloak enchants to 2%. We feel that cloak enchants aren’t the ideal place for run speed enhancements, and we will continue to look at interesting run speed options as the expansion continues.

PvP

• PvP World Quests should have rewards restored for Prestiged players.
• Hired Underbelly Guards should be much less likely to leave you.
• Warrior
  • Pain Train now provides a Battle Cry to all nearby allies that increases critical strike by 30%.

Quests

• The Lightning Rod cannot be used on the same mob multiple times during the World Quest “Electrosnack”.
• "Shallow Graves" should now appear at all times for players on the quest "A Grisly Task".
• Guardian Druids should no longer be prevented from completing "When Dreams Become Nightmares" when looting the Claws of Ursoc.
• Fixed a bug that caused some players on "Cry Thunder!" to be forced to get their dragon killed to be able to dismount.
• On “Shrine of the Truthguard”, players who navigate to Dalaran by using their Dalaran Hearthstone, regular Hearthstone, or by getting ported, will receive the “Return to Dalaran” objective and become able to turn in the quest to Lord Maxwell Tyrosus.
• The Mining World Quest “Leyworms” now requires 10 Leystone-Encrusted Spikes (was 40).
• Valewalker Farodin should now properly tell his story during the quest "Fragments of Disaster."
• In Maw of Souls, Ymiron’s Broken Blade now drops on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties for Warriors who have completed "Champions of Skyhold".
• Hunters are now able to complete "Delicate Enchantments" by using the "I'm ready" chat option after leaving the quest objective area.
• On-death effects should no longer behave unusually when the player reaches 1 HP during “Withered Army Training”.

Services

• Performing a faction transfer on a character who has completed an Artifact Acquisition quest, but not yet turned it in, will no longer destroy the artifact when the quest is removed from players' logs. Players may then re-accept the Artifact quest after the transfer has completed and will receive full credit for the quest.

 

Prestige Changes

The original vision for the Prestige system was to create an extended progression system with a high cost that was purely optional and felt special. We wanted you to see someone with a Prestige badge and think, "Wow, that guy or gal did a crazy difficult grind to get that badge." To make that progression feel good, we added a lot of rewards along the way including artifact power, artifact appearances, mounts, toys, titles, etc. We did receive feedback, both internally and externally, that losing your honor talents didn't feel good and would be a significant impediment to particpating in Prestige. We were willing to live with that downside in order for Prestige to feel more exclusive and special. We try to get everyone honor talents quickly so they can feel competitive. But this also means you can work through the honor system quickly, arriving at level 50 with no where to go. So, we realize that more people will have more fun if they can continue to get rewards from PvP, even if Prestige loses a bit of its luster.

Thank you all for your feedback on this issue. We hope you continue to enjoy Legion and PvP!

 

 

[demonardvark 556]

I'm torn, I want to try the new Karazhan bad but that the same time I want to be surprised.

[Valks 2,373]

44 minutes ago, demonardvark said:

I'm torn, I want to try the new Karazhan bad but that the same time I want to be surprised.

The eternal struggle of open PTR testing

[demonardvark 556]

14 minutes ago, Blainie said:

The eternal struggle of open PTR testing

I think i'm going to ask my group not to read anything if possible. One of the great funs of Destiny raiding was that there is no help, there is no guides, its up to you to figure it out. We've been doing that with mythic dungeons. I think with a smaller tight nit group that would make the content a lot more fun :) ...... or everyone gets mad and rage quits, one of the two.

[Starym 3,779]

3 hours ago, demonardvark said:

I think i'm going to ask my group not to read anything if possible. One of the great funs of Destiny raiding was that there is no help, there is no guides, its up to you to figure it out. We've been doing that with mythic dungeons. I think with a smaller tight nit group that would make the content a lot more fun :) ...... or everyone gets mad and rage quits, one of the two.

Can't agree with this enough. The best 5 man experience I've had in Legion so far was a Mythic were we kept wiping, mostly due to crappy DPS players, butit allowed me to constantly try to improve my tanking and after a number of tries I got the encounter down perfectly, even way above what is needed for Myhics, which I never would have gotten to if we just steamrolled it like happens with most other Mythics. Also screw the PTR, it ruins stuff - I STILL hate Black Temple PTR for making us play it before it was ready.

[Valks 2,373]

On 9/16/2016 at 4:58 PM, Starym said:

Can't agree with this enough.

When preparing everything for the class hall guides, one of my regrets was racing through every artifact quest to get the guide information needed. Definitely wish I could go back and properly savour them again (kind of can on live, but not the same). Testing sucks :(