WoW SoD Phase 2: Class Tuning Hotfixes (February 21, 2024)

A lot of new changes have been introduced to World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 2. We will go over the recent blue post and go through all of the changes that were added to the game.

Phase 2 of Season of Discovery has players running wild either through Stranglethorn Vale for the new PvP event or players furiously gearing up for the new Gnomeregan Raid. Nevertheless, certain class imbalances need to be addressed. 

A lot of class tuning tweaks as many players have been openly discussing and sharing feedback regarding certain strengths and weaknesses. There are also changes to the Gnomeregan Raid so let's get started.

WoW SoD Phase 2 General Changes

• Elite and Dungeon Quests now grant additional bonus experience. (This will make it easier to ding level 40 just in time for the Gnomeregan resets).
• Enchant Weapon - Dismantle now procs more often for casters and melee.
• The vendor price of Ez-Thro Radiation Bombs and High-Yield Radiation Bomb has been reduced.
• Players in the Spirit World can now resurrect at Chained Spirits for up to 30 minutes after a Blood Moon ends.
• Spirit of Redemption Form will no longer instantly cancel if you attempt to cast spells not allowed in that form. Doing so now returns an error message.
• A Zandalarian Emissary can now be found atop the Durotar zeppelin tower.

WoW SoD Phase 2 Class Tuning Hotfixes

Mage

• Spell Power now benefits from the critical strike damage of Spellfrost Bolt.

Rogue

• Preparation now properly resets the cooldowns of Quick Draw, Between the Eyes, and Redirect.
• Shuriken Toss will no longer sometimes cause loss of combo points when a Rogue is talented into Seal Fate and a bounced Shuriken crits a secondary target.

Shaman

• Offhand Stormstrike hits can now correctly trigger weapon procs, including Windfury Weapon and Flurry.
• Healing Rain no longer has a variant height for its animation. The Healing Rain cloud now always appears just above player’s heads.

Warlock

• Haunt will now properly increase the damage done by Siphon Life.

Developers’ notes:

Siphon Life behaves like Drain Life and will only be increased by Haunt if it is cast while Haunt is already active. These abilities do not dynamically update their values when Haunt is applied or falls off.

And that covers everything you need to know regarding the recent changes to Phase 2 Season of Discovery.

Best of luch out there, and may the RNG Gods be forever in your favor while grinding dungeons for Pre-BiS items to prepare for Gnomeregan.