World of Warcraft The War Within is back with a couple of changes to the gameplay. Players are exploring delves, new raids, and Mythic+ dungeons, sometimes stumbling upon bugs and issues. The Blizzard team is constantly working on balancing and making WoW better. On October 15th the team is targeting class, quest, and dungeons adjustments in TWW.
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WoW The War Within Hotfix (October 15)
The latest World of Warcraft: The War Within (TWW) update includes fixes for Death Knights, adjusting Subduing Grasp to correctly apply to the Death Grip target. In dungeons and raids, Xal'atath's Bargain buffs were rebalanced, and several bosses in The Necrotic Wake and The Stonevault had their health and damage nerfed. Nerub-ar Palace mechanics were also adjusted. For quests, issues with "Emissary of War" progression and Nerub-ar Finery drops were resolved.
Death Knight
- An issue causing Subduing Grasp to be applied to the current target rather than the Death Grip target has been resolved.
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Dungeons and Raids
Xal'atath
- When Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion is active, Oblivion Crystals now move toward a player if they fail to find an enemy in combat.
- When Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound is active, the player buff effects are now 20% Versatility and 30% Cooldown Reduction (was 50% Cooldown reduction and 15% increased healing received).
The Necrotic Wake
- The effects of Bloody Javelin no longer stack.
- Zolramus Gatekeeper's Wrath of Zolramus periodic damage was reduced by 25%.
- Skeletal Monstrosity's enemy forces contributions increased by 20%.
- Surgeon Stitchflesh's health was reduced by 20%.
- Stitchflesh's Creation's Festering Rot damage was reduced by 30%
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The Stonevault
- Skarmorak's health was reduced by 10%.
- Skarmorak is now stunned for 4 seconds (was 2 seconds) after Fortified Shell is broken.
- Skarmorak's Crystalline Eruption damage was reduced by 15%.
- Void Speaker Eirich's health was reduced by 10%.
- Increased the cooldown of Entropic Reckoning.
Nerub-ar Palace
- The Silken Court
- Mote duration before explosion increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Void Degeneration and Burning Rage now kill the player at 4 stacks (was 3).
- Fixed an issue with Anub'arash not casting Spike Storm if in the very middle of the room when it burrows.
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Quest Changes
- "Emissary of War" should now progress its criteria when players complete a Season 1 Heroic dungeon.
- Fixed an issue where Nerub-ar Finery for “The Finer Things” would continue to drop after reaching the intended weekly cap.
- Developer’s note: Players with an unintended surplus of Finery will not be able to turn in the extras.
Tune in tomorrow. There might be a new batch of WoW TWW changes! We'll make sure to post them.
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