Easier Achievements, Class Fixes, Renown Fix, Haranir Event Nerf: Weekly Midnight Hotfix Summary, March 2 – 9

Achievements

• The Abandoned Ritual Skull treasure has been removed as a criteria for Treasures of Zul’Aman.
• Addressed an issue with The Highest Peaks displaying incorrect progress.
• Players who have completed Cataclysmic Lumberjack may now properly harvest lumber while remaining mounted in Cataclysm zones.
• To earn With Flying Colors rewards, players must now complete a The War Within delve of any tier.
• A Frayed Scroll is no longer required for Midnight Lore Hunter.

Characters

• Temporarily set the Haranir Druid mount form to use the stag model.
  • Developers’ notes: This change was made due to a visual bug that caused players being carried by the Druid sable mount to sit at the base of the model rather than on its back. We’re working on a fix to restore the sable as an option that can be used by the mount form. For this fix to be applied, the scale of the sable will increase slightly to avoid clipping issues and to accommodate some of the larger player-races.
• Warlocks should now be able to use Black Incubus after completing the quest “Ambition’s Reward”.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Blood
    • Resolved an issue causing Abomination Limb to not grant Bone Shield while talented into Bone Collector.
    • Consumption now goes on cooldown if the cast is interrupted.
  • Frost
    • Remorseless Winter will no longer dismount the player when it deals damage.
  • Unholy
    • Resolved an issue causing Unholy Armaments to summon Trollbane and Whitemane for 6 seconds with Pillar of Frost and Dark Transformation respectively.
• Demon Hunter
  • Devourer
    • Fixed an issue causing Eradicate to become un-castable if it was gained during Metamorphosis and Metamorphosis expires.
    • Fixed an issue causing the incorrect body type to be shown during Void Metamorphosis’ removal animation.
• Druid
  • Fixed an issue where Nurturing Instinct, Circle of the Heavens, and Call of the Elder Druid were not affecting Wrath, Starfire, or Starsurge.
  • Balance
    • Casting a Starfire that is made instant by Ascendant Eclipses Rank 1 no longer consumes Owlkin Frenzy, if active.
  • Feral
    • The Moonfire buff or bar will now correctly activate on the Cooldown Manager when you have learned Lunar Inspiration.
  • Guardian
    • Echo of Raze now respects line of sight.
    • The global cooldown incurred by Ravage is now correctly 1.5 seconds (was 1 second).
    • Only one Dread Shade from Waking Nightmare may be active at a time.
    • Wild Guardian’s echoed casts of Maul, Raze and Ravage should now be cast at correct effectiveness.
• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • Flameshaper: Dragonrage now correctly interacts with Essence Well, increasing Fire Breath’s chance to cause an Essence Burst to 100% while Dragonrage is active.
    • Scalecommander: Mass Disintegrate should now more-reliably hit multiple Hostile enemies near the primary target.
• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue causing Nature’s Ally Animal Companions to provide their Command Pet abilities.
  • Increased the consistency of the Pack Leader’s Boar’s pathing on sloped terrain.
  • Tracker’s Net is now treated like other breakable crowd controls, where it has a damage threshold before breaking.
  • Fixed an issue where many damage dealing effects would not break Tracker’s Net.
  • Survival
    • Fixed an issue preventing a talent tree connection from Intimidation to Cold Feet.
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue where Reverberate’s additional cast was incorrectly generating Splinters, Arcane Salvo stacks, and Spellfire Spheres.
  • Fixed an issue where Comet Storm was usable while Fleeing or Feared.
  • Fixed an issue causing Scorch to not deal the correct damage when talented into Scald and Heat Shimmer.
  • Fixed an issue causing the Fractured Frost to incorrectly reduced Ice Lance’s damage.
  • Fixed an issue causing Spontaneous Combustion to grant an incorrect number of Fire Blast charges.
  • Fixed an issue causing Splitting Ice to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
  • Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn’s area damage to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
  • Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn’s area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
  • Fixed an issue causing Controlled Instinct’s area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
  • Fixed an issue causing Splintering Ray’s area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
  • Fixed an issue allowing Arcane Surge to be usable in the Assisted Rotation for Arcane Mages.
  • Chilled effect no longer shows “Immune” floating combat text when an enemy is not crowd-controllable.
• Monk
  • Fixed an issue that caused Strength of the Black Ox to not appear for Windwalker Monks in their cooldown manager.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Touch of Death to not be usable with multiple monks present.
  • Brewmaster
    • Empty the Cellar now has a shorter range and should no longer target out of combat creatures.
  • Windwalker
    • Fixed an issue that caused Zenith to not increase the cooldown reduction from Blackout Kick.
    • Spells such as Fists of Fury should now consistently hit hovering enemies such as mana wyrms.
• Paladin
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Beacon of Light to script error if the paladin was not present.
  • Retribution
    • Fixed an issue that caused Eternal Flame to be weaker than intended.
    • Resolved an issue causing Divine Resonance to not function with Hammer of Wrath.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue that caused Airborne Irritant to incorrectly apply its old AoE effect to Blind. The effect now matches the current and intended talent description.
  • Assassination
    • Crimson Tempest no longer generates a combo point if it hits no targets.
  • Outlaw
    • Fixed a bug that caused Between the Eyes with Supercharger to consume two supercharged combo points when Gravedigger Rank 1 generated an extra stack.
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Corrected an issue where Master of the Elements was not affecting the damage of all Flame Shocks if you activated or gained Ascendance with Master of the Elements active as intended.
  • Enhancement
    • Totemic: Resolved an issue causing Voltaic Blaze to consume Whirling Earth.
    • Resolved an issue allowing Windfury Weapon to be cast on both Main Hand and Off-hand weapons at the same time.
    • Resolved an issue causing Arc Discharge to display a 20% increase to Chain Lightning damage increase, rather than the intended 40%.
    • Resolved an issue causing Arc Discharge to be consumed by Lightning Bolt.
    • Ride the Lightning now reduces Chain Lightning’s effectiveness by 20% per jump, as intended.
    • Primordial Storm has been added to the Single-Button Assistant.
• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where Blight of Tongues and Weakness would not reset on encounter wipe.
  • Fixed an issue where Shard Instability would be consumed if activated while casting Unstable Affliction.

Delves

• Companions will now gather the correct materials in delves.

Dungeons

• Follower companion damage in Follower Dungeons increased by 10%. Follower damage against non-boss enemies increased by an additional 25-30%.
• The minimum required item-level for joining a public dungeon on Heroic difficulty has been reduced to 211 (was iLvl 214).
• Den of Nalorakk
  • Grizzled Warbringer’s Primal Echo debuff duration reduced from 30 sec to 15s
  • Addressed an issue where Nalorakk can get stuck in combat with Zul’jarra after all players are defeated during in the encounter
• Magisters’ Terrace
  • Degentrius
    • Number of Void Torrents reduced to 2 on Mythic difficulty (was 4).
• Maisara Caverns
  • Ritual Concoction duration increased to 30 minutes (was 10 minutes), Nature damage dealt to enemies reduced by 40%, and now persists through death.
• The Blinding Vale
  • Lightblossom Trinity
    • Lightbloom Overgrowth periodic damage reduced by 66% on Mythic difficulty, and Light-Gorged damage buff increased to 50% per stack (was 15% per stack).
  • Ikuzz the Light Hunter
    • Bloodthorn Roots periodic damage reduced by 25%.
  • Ziekket Lightspawn
    • Lasher health reduced by 12.5% on Mythic difficulty.
• Windrunner Spire
  • Commander Kroluk should no longer drop Falling Rubble in an unintended location.
  • Territorial Dragonhawk Fire Spit cooldown increased by 5 seconds.
• Voidscar Arena
  • Portals should more reliably deliver players to their destination.
  • Vexaroth’s Explosive Spheres now only damages players inside the area trigger upon contact

Enemies and NPCs

• Players can now engage in battle with Voidseer Orivane as expected.
• Territorial Petalwings should no longer evade when engaged in combat.

Events

• [With Weekly Reset on March 10] The Legends of the Haranir event now has an account-wide lockout, allowing participation once per week per account (was once per character).
• Ethereal Energy objects should now be interactable when an Ethereal Tool is equipped even if the Ethereal Disruption event is not currently active.
• The Deploy the Defenses user interface for Stormarion Citadel now displays as expected until the timer expires.
• Abundance events are now available for all characters in a Warband, once one of them has completed opening tutorial questline.
• Fixed an issue where the Abundance event in Voidstorm was not granting rewards for Abundant Harvests.
• Jonas Everdawn in Silvermoon City will now offer “Saltheril’s Haven” to invite players to Saltheril’s Soiree once they have unlocked World Quests and reached level 90.

Housing

• Harvesting lumber now provides a small amount of experience.
• The decor Fungal Pergola can now be placed inside player houses.

Items

• Void-Touched Satchel of Cooperation can now be opened at level 80.
• Crucible of Erratic Energies now activates Voidlust more often, and Voidlust grants the intended amount of Critical Strike.
• Potent Healing Potion now has a maximum value at level 90.
• Twilight Material in The Shadow Enclave delve is no longer mailed to the player if their inventory is full when collected.
• Skilled Preyseeker’s Knapsack can now be deleted from your inventory.
• Housing
  • Harvesting lumber now provides a small amount of experience.
  • The decor Fungal Pergola can now be placed inside player houses.

Player versus Player

• Vicious Thalassian Flask of Honor is no longer removed upon entering an arena match.
• War Mode now correctly increases the amount of Voidlight Marl earned from world quests.
• Resolved a Slayer’s Rise issue preventing players from respawning at the Shenzar Refinery graveyard.
• Vicious Flask of Honor, Vicious Flask of Manifested Fury, Vicious Flask of the Wrecking Ball, and Vicious Flask of Classical Spirits no longer work above level 80.
• Rogue
  • Fixed a bug preventing Hemotoxin from functioning.
• Shaman
  • Resolved an issue causing the Shamanism PvP talent to not function under the effects of Sated.

Prey

• Corrected an issue where the starting location of the Power of Anguish quest was not visible on the map.
• Increased the amount of Experience earned by completing Prey quests, including Prey-specific world quests.

Professions

• Enchanting
  • Fixed a bug preventing the Flames of the Sin’dorei enchant from doing its intended amount of damage. The tooltip will be corrected at a later time.
  • Illusory Adornments no longer replace shoulder enchants.
  • Increased the stats granted by Midnight ring enchants.

Quests

• Completing World Quests in Voidstorm will progress the objective for “Hope in the Darkest Corners”.
• Nerunda should now be properly visible for players when turning in “Healing Homeward” in Zul’Aman.
• Fixed an issue where Hammerfall peons were not providing quest credit for “A Humble Servant”.
• “Flicker in the Dark” should now complete for players who die or disconnect after subduing T’era.
• Towering Ultradon Talon is now significantly more likely to be found on the quest “One Cruel Implement”.
• Fixed an issue where quests sending you to Boralus (e.g. “Remnant of Azeroth”) would direct you to go into the Silvermoon portal in Stormwind’s portal room.
• “Down the Rootways” should no longer port players out of the area too soon.
• Fixed an issue where Alonsus Faol was not creating a portal for “The Sunwalker Path”.
• Players who are progressing through The War Within recap at level 81+ can now enter The Rookery and complete “Calling the Stormriders”.
• The “To Be Changed” questline in Voidstorm is now available for characters who have not completed the main campaign.
• Corrected the starting location on the map for “Watch the Den”.
• On “One Will Not Kill”, Knife Priestess Hezzia will now properly die upon her spell’s expiration.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be unable to progress the quest “Champions of Quel’Danas”.
• Fixed an issue where abandoning “One by One”, “Intercepted”, or “Keys Are Optional” could permanently prevent Valeera from appearing, blocking progression on “The Crimson Rogue” questline.
• Resolved an issue where Risen Witherbark did not provide credit for “The Crypt in the Mist.”
• Players above level 80 should now be able to access the scenario “A Light in the Dark” while on the quest of the same name.
• Resolved an issue where two sets of Zul’jarra and Liadrin could be visible on “Brutal Feast.”
• Resolved an issue where Witherbark Visitors were not visible to players prior to the quest “I Have a Permit.”
• Resolved an issue where the conversation with Vun’zarah on “Coals of a Dead Loa” could be triggered repeatedly.
• Fixed an issue where warlocks could become unable to complete “Pardon the Interruption”.
• “Truth of the Past” should now be available to players who have reached Voidstorm.
• Fixed an issue preventing glyph hunters in Eversong Woods from finding the Shining Span Skyriding glyph for “Eversong Woods Glyph Hunter”.
• Fixed a bug where players were blocked from using the Discordant Tune on Snapdragons for “Put a Little Snap in Their Step”.
• Players who completed “Legends of the Haranir” in the current week and then pick up “Legendary Prosperity” will now have “Legendary Prosperity” automatically complete.
• Players on the Zul’Aman campaign quest “Blade Shattered” will no longer receive credit for other players killing Mor’duun. You have to do it yourself
• Fixed an issue causing visual effects to not play during “Take Up Your Gift.”
• The Relic of Liberation used for “These Violent Delights” no longer requires player level 86.
• Fixed an issue preventing players from advancing “The Void Peers Back” in Adventure Mode.
• Fixed an issue preventing completion of “Fair Breeze, Light Bloom” for players who opt to complete the Voidstorm campaign before the Eversong campaign.

Renown and Reputation

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from earning Renown above rank 11.
• Fixed an issue where a player-character could lose reputation when race-changing to a Haranir.

Sound

• Adjusted the volume and blending of sounds in The Sunwell to make voiceovers more understandable.

Spells

• Blessing: Ensorcelling Flame cooldown duration increased, and frequency of effect reduced.
• The portal from the Arcantina now returns you to your saved location, rather than Silvermoon.

Twilight Ascension Event

• Materialist Ophinell and Armorer Kalinovan now offer Twilight Ascension event items for Resonance Crystals (was Twilight’s Blade Insignia) in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Twilight Highlands. They will be available until the beginning of Midnight Season 1.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue causing the Adventure Journal to display an entry for the quest “Delves: Worldwide Research” when the player is not currently eligible for the quest.

World

• The Camp Stonewash innkeeper now provides rest and instant logout as intended.
• Fixed a spot where players could get stuck on a tree in Quel’danas.