Curse Surge Rotation Shortened, Raid Nerfs, Class Fixes: Midnight 12.1 Hotfixes, September 15th

Classes

• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Fixed an issue where Aimed Shot was not properly playing its cast animation when using a gun or crossbow.
• Paladin
  • Protection
    • Fixed an issue where Consecration’s first tick would not benefit from the Venomous Abyss tier set’s increase to its critical strike chance.
• Priest
  • Holy
    • Fixed an issue where Renewed Vigor from the Venomous Abyss 2-piece tier bonus could exceed 3 stacks.

Dungeons and Raids

• The Venomous Abyss
  • Sszorak
    • Tempest damage reduced by 20% on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
    • Caustic Claws no longer forms a pool of Caustic Residue on Heroic difficulty.
  • Twin Fangs
    • Corrosive Spit damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Reduced the amount of Broodlings of Ithraz spawned by Rouse the Brood to 10.
    • Visceral Burst cast time increased by 0.5 seconds.
  • The Coiled Altar
    • Venom Rupture damage reduced by 10% on Heroic and Mythic difficulty.
    • Mutagenic Venom damage reduced by 15%.
    • Wail of Terror cast time increased to 12 seconds on Heroic difficulty.
    • Wail of Terror cast time increased to 10 seconds on Mythic difficulty.
    • Spiteful Soulcoiler’s spawning and relocation when interrupted are now more predictable.
    • 1 Spiteful Soulcoiler will always spawn nearby Malacrass on Mythic difficulty.
    • The number of players targeted by Dreadmarch no longer increases throughout the phase on all difficulties.
    • Manifestations of Dread now deprioritize fixating on players that currently have Unnerving Fixation.
    • Manifestations of Dread revealed by interrupting Wail of Terror now remain visible for an additional 3 seconds.
    • The number of Fragments of Malacrass that spawn during the intermission reduced by 25% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Fixed an issue where Coalesced Venoms and Virulent Mutations would fail to drop on the ground if a priest carrying one enters Spirit of Redemption.
  • Ula’tek
    • Failing to stand within Mother’s Wrath now only inflicts 1 stack of Stone Venom onto the raid on Raid Finder difficulty.
    • Doomscale Warden’s Malice cast time increased to 5 seconds (was 1.5 seconds) and damage reduced on Raid Finder difficulty.
    • The number of Bligthscale Spawn reduced to 6 during Stage 2 on Raid Finder difficulty.
    • Ula’tek’s Unchecked Rage damage reduced on Raid Finder difficulty.
    • Gore Rattler’s Rattler Slam damage reduced on Raid Finder difficulty.
    • Stone Venom damage reduced on all difficulties.
    • Putrid Membrane duration reduced to 30 seconds on Mythic difficulty (was 1 hour).
    • The number of Blightscale Spawn summoned from Serpent’s Call reduced to 8 per wave during Stage 1 on Mythic difficulty (was 13).
    • The number of Blightscale Spawn reduced to 12 per side during Stage 2 on Mythic difficulty (was 14).
    • The number of eggs dropped by Serpent’s Call during the intermission reduced to 8 on Mythic difficulty (was 14).

Items

• Players who are behind on Spark of Tides (they have more Spark Dust than they do Sparks in their bags/gear), will be receiving their missing sparks directly into their bags upon login.

Quests

• Fixed an issue where the Hijacked Portal for “Still Behind Enemy Portals” was failing to teleport players to the correct destination.
• Delves should once again count for progress towards the objective of “Hope in the Darkest Corners”.

The Coiled Isle

• Curse Surges now rotate every 30 minutes (was 45 minutes).