The War Within Hotfixes: September 6th

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Today’s War Within hotfixes bring adjustments to several classes, plenty of tweaks to Delves, and some PvP nerfs for Death Knights. There’s also achievement fixes, dungeon improvements, the arrival of PvP pet battles to the Isle of Dorn, and more.

Be sure to check out the official hotfix notes for all the details!


Achievements

  • Fixed an issue preventing the completion of Deephaul Ravine Shutout.
  • Fixed an issue where looting Mislaid Curiosities did not grant credit for the achievement, I’m not a Thief, I’m a Treasure Hunter.

Characters

  • Archmage Khadgar should appear in the Violet Citadel for players progressing through Legion content.

Classes

  • Druid
    • Adjusted Druids’ steady flight so that their speed better matches that of mounts.
  • Evoker
    • Scalecommander
      • Fixed an issue where Deep Breath with Maneuverability would apply Terror of the Skies twice to enemy targets.
  • Monk
    • Fixed an issue causing Aspect of Harmony to deal unexpectedly high damage.
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue that caused modifiers such as Avenging Wrath and Mastery: Highlord’s Judgment to not affect Touch of Light’s damage effect.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Incandescence’s damage to not be increased by modifiers such as Avenging Wrath and Mastery: Highlord’s Judgment.
    • Fixed an issue causing Consecration’s friendly effects to only apply to a single paladin when multiple were grouped together.
    • Fixed an issue causing Righteous Judgment to cause Consecration to sometimes not grant its friendly effects.
    • Retribution
      • Fixed an issue allowing targets to use Grounding Totem or Blink out of Hammer of Light.
  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • Voidweaver
        • Void Blast will no longer be incorrectly increased by the Holy version of Twilight Equilibrium.
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Corrected an issue where damage dealt by Tempest or Tempest Overload was not properly contributing to Lightning Rod damage when talented into Conductive Energy Hero Talent.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Fixed an issue where Wither did not benefit from Death’s Embrace.
    • Diabolist
      • Fixed an issue where you could not queue Hand of Gul’dan while casting Ruination.

Delves

  • Fixed an issue where specific items weren’t dropping from Nerubian delves.
  • Fixed an issue where sporbits could fail to die upon exploding.
  • Earthcrawl Mines
    • Earthen can now ingest nearby minerals when clicking on Brann’s campfire for health and mana regen.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the quest to not complete when finishing the delve.
    • Fixed an issue where using the flamethrower torch did not grant credit for destroying webs.
  • Kriegval’s Rest
    • Added a button in the scenario tracker to allow players to drop the Enchanted Candle if they’re holding one.
  • The Waterworks
    • Added a button in the scenario tracker to allow players to drop an Air Totem if they’re holding one.

Dungeons

  • Priory of the Sacred Flame
    • Arathi Footman
      • Mortal Strike maximum stacks reduced to 10 on Normal difficulty.
      • Defend cooldown increased on Normal difficulty.
    • Arathi Knight
      • Disrupting Shout cast time increased to 3 seconds on all difficulties (was 2 seconds).
    • Ardent Paladin
      • Sacred Toll damage reduced by 20% on Normal difficulty.

Items

  • Changed the unlock rank for the Nerubian Pheromone Secreter at Adventurer 1 to be renown 7 (was renown 6).

Pet Battles

  • Players may now search for PvP pet battles on the Isle of Dorn.

Player versus Player

  • Rated Battleground Blitz now contributes to Legion Artifact appearance progress.
  • Death Knight
    • Blood
      • Heart Strike no longer deals increased damage in PvP (was +20%).
    • Frost
      • Enduring Strength no longer has reduced effectiveness in PvP (was -20%).
      • Obliterate no longer deals increased damage in PvP (was +20%).
    • Unholy
      • Bursting Sores no longer deals reduced damage in PvP (was -11%).
      • Virulent Plague no longer deals reduced damage in PvP (was -5%).
      • Epidemic no longer deals reduced damage in PvP (was -8%).

Professions

  • Fixed an issue where the Hideseeker’s Tote recipe was not available for Crafting Orders.

Quests

  • The Quest “Defender of the Flame” should now reward a Lamplighter Supply Satchel.
  • Resolved an issue where multiple beetles would be spawned for “Scarab Scouting” and “Truffle Shuffle”.