We actually managed to get not one but two whole hotfix batches this past week! Just ahead of the holidays, Blizzard added quite a few improvements to the game, from retail to Remix.
The Brawler’s Guild was the first target, with nerfs to quite a few encounters. Housing got some lost decor as well as easier access to Legion alchemy crafting, and more. Many quests got fixes, including Zaralek Caverns ones that were not scaling past level 70. Remix just had the big bronze buff restated.
And finally, the Spell Density setting got many new spells added to its modifications, making them less flashy if the options are selected.
Brawler’s Guild
- Blackmange health significantly decreased.
- Ogrewatch Hudson’s Tesla Cannon damage and cast frequency decreased and cast time increased.
- Blat frequency of Split decreased and damage dealt by summons decreased.
- G.G. Engineering damage of Gnomish Death Ray decreased, health of Shield Generators decreased, and health of Bo Bobble and Max Megablast decreased.
Classes
- Rogue
- Fixed an issue causing Shadowstep to port Rogues to the other side of a pillar when cast on a target next to it.
Dungeons and Raids
- Eco-dome Al’dani
- Addressed an issue where multiple Fates could be struck by the Eternal Weave at one time.
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
- Fixed an issue where running the Story Mode version of Aberrus would disable trash spawns within other versions of the raid.
Housing
- Wildlife in neighborhoods will no longer pursue players for more than a reasonable distance.
- The Lorewalking: The Elves of Quel’thalas achievement now properly, retroactively awards the Tome of Silvermoon Intrigue. Players who have already purchased additional copies of this decor from the Lali the Assistant will see them made available in a future patch.
- Thanks to recent alchemical breakthroughs from the Kirin Tor, crafting decor with Legion Alchemy (including the Arcan’dor Cutting Fountain) no longer requires the Dalaran Alchemy Station.
- In a miracle of gnomish engineering, every Gnomeregan Recyli-Kiln (curiously obtained from Mechagon, not Gnomeregan) has suddenly started functioning properly as decor. It can be placed inside or outside of player houses and costs 5 decor placement points.
Items
- Fixed an issue where Ethereal Voidsplinters could not be obtained from Bountiful Delves, and their drop rate from most sources has been increased.
- Fixed an issue where Sanctified Priory Wall could not be purchased from Fixer So’tho or Fixer So’kir.
Legion Remix
- Raid bosses on all difficulties now drop a full Minor Bronze Cache (contains 2500 Bronze) in place of their previous Bronze offerings.
- Lost Legion Infernals now drop a Greater Bronze Cache (12500 Bronze) once per day, per account.
- Infinite Research quests now also grant a Lesser Bronze Cache (4000 Bronze).
- Legion Assaults now grant a Bronze Cache (7500 Bronze).
- Emissary Quests now grant a Greater Bronze Cache (+8500 Bronze) (was a Lesser Bronze Cache).
- World Bosses now drop a Lesser Bronze Cache (4000 Bronze).
- Legion Assaults now cycle approximately 375% faster.
- Lidamorrutu at the Infinite Bazaar now correctly engages in dialogue with the player as intended.
Quests
- Players who have not queued for Brawler’s Guild should now see a summons to the event in Dornogal.
- Fixed an inconsistency with Darkmoon Faire race timers that was preventing completion of the “Real Big Race”.
- “The Big Dig: Traitor’s Rest” should once again reward Mysterious Fragments for the first-time completion per week.
- Players who abandoned the “Behind Enemy Lines” raid renown quests for Manaforge Omega will find them again available from Zo’turu.
- Merrix is now always visible for players who are on the quest “Return to Dornogal”.
- Fixed an issue where several quests in Zaralek caverns would not scale beyond level 70.
- Merithra is now present at the Seat of the Aspects for players ready to turn in “Raise the Alarm”.
- Resolved an issue sometimes causing “Dangerous Skies” to prevent skyriding during Recap quests in the Isle of Dorn.
User Interface
- Many additional spells and abilities have been adjusted so that their spell visual density is decreased when either the Reduced or Essential Spell Density setting is selected.
