We had two hotfix days this past reset, but they were very significant.
The biggest news was, of course, the removal of death penalties for Mythic+ 2 and +3 dungeons! Druids got a fix for their tier set and level 80 boosts now properly grant Renown. The World Boss will no longer destroy your performance as well.
We also saw many changes to Manaforge: Omega. From individual boss fixes and nerfs to We have boss fixes and nerfs, with the final two getting a lot of the latter, Dimensius in particular. Most of the nerfs were focused on Normal and Heroic, particularly for smaller group sizes. There were also fixes for quests and quite a few item/trinket adjustments as well.
Classes
- Druid
- Elune’s Chosen: Fixed an issue with the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle (4) Set Bonus that frequently prevented the set’s Starsurges from splitting to nearby targets.
Character Services
- Fixed a bug that could cause player-characters to not receive the intended Renown and currencies when Boosted to level 80. Affected characters may need to log out and back into WoW to be granted missing items.
Creatures and NPCs
- Fixed an issue that could diminish client performance while engaging Reshanor, the Untethered.
- Fixed an issue causing Kelp from Kelpmire to persist if the player was immune to roots when hit with Kelpsplosion!
Delves
- Mercenary Acquisitionist’s damage reduced, and Mercenary Acquisitionist no longer casts Borrow Power while the shield is active.
Dungeons and Raids
- Player deaths in Mythic+2 and +3 keystones no longer reduces the timer or displays a death count in the objective window.
- Manaforge Omega
- Fixed an issue with the raid skip that prevented the Manaforge Translocator located in The Shadow Docks from being clicked after any boss encounter was engaged.
- Loom’ithar
- Resolved an issue that caused Loom’ithar to stop tracking the player during the cast of Piercing Strand if they transformed.
- Resolved an issue that caused Loom’ithar to face the wrong player or direction when Piercing Strand was cast.
- Resolved an issue preventing damage reduction effects applied to Loom’ithar to modify the damage of Piercing Strand.
- Nexus-King Salhadaar
- Banishment now targets fewer players in smaller group sizes.
- Behead damage reduced in smaller group sizes.
- Manaforged Titan, Nexus-Prince, and Shadowguard Reaper health reduced in smaller group sizes.
- Developer’s notes: These adjustments are aimed at reducing difficulty for small group sizes, with the greatest reductions applying to 10-player groups. These affect Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties, with no change for 30-player groups or for Mythic.
- Dimensius
- Living Mass health reduced for smaller group sizes in Normal and Heroic difficulty.
- Voidwarden health reduced for smaller group sizes in Normal and Heroic difficulty.
- Nullbinder health reduced for smaller group sizes in Heroic difficulty.
- Nullbinder health reduced by an additional 10% in Heroic difficulty for all group sizes.
- Massive Smash now only knocks players vertically (was also horizontally) in Raid Finder and Story difficulty.
- When any player engages Dimensius in Raid Finder difficulty, all other players in the immediate vicinity are now also transported to his location.
- Followers should now help more reliably in Story difficulty.
- Broken World no longer dismounts players in Story difficulty.
- Dimensius no longer casts Supernova in Story difficulty.
Items
- Araz’s Ritual Forge self-damage on use can no longer critically strike, and is no longer affected by damage done or damage taken modifiers.
- The War Within Season 2 banner toys now use the correct appearance.
- Nexus-King’s Command’s Oath-Bound effect on marked allies is now consumed by Word of Glory, Eternal Flame, and Lay on Hands.
- Unyielding Netherprism no longer fails to split damage and scale as intended.
Quests
- More Flawed Rancors are now present in Maldraxxus for “I Don’t Even Work Here”.
- More Necrorays are now present in The Oasis for “Dubious Intent”.
