World of Warcraft is picking up the pace in its newest expansion. With Season 1 of The War Within now live, thousands of players are flocking to try out the new raid, Mythic+ dungeons, and the higher-difficulty Delves. All of this excitement also warrants some feedback from players as balancing this game can be quite tricky.
Having that in mind, the dev team has released a bunch of new updates to The War Within, so we will briefly go over all of the balance adjustments, bug fixes, and quality-of-life changes added to the iconic MMORPG.
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PvE Changes (October 14)
- Corrected an issue with Controlled Destruction’s damage bonus to Ignite.
- Fixed an issue where Ruination and Infernal Bolt could not be interrupted.
PvP Changes (October 14)
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Resolved an issue that allowed Battleground Blitz to grant progress towards the Vicious Skyflayer mount while below the required rating.
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General Changes (October 14)
Delves
- Defeating Zekvir in his Lair now rewards Crests and Valorstones once per character per week.
Dungeons
Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking
- Fixed an issue where Titan Prison Fragment cannot be looted if Yogg-Saron was already killed this week.
The Dawnbreaker
- Rasha’nan will no longer continue fighting the player after being brought below 60% health.
- Resolved an issue causing Encroaching Shadows to be removed by immunity effects.
- Resolved an issue causing Fiery Ricochet to not apply its damage over time if a target was far away.
- Resolved an issue that caused Sighted Artillery to not target players farther away from Dread Captain Lockwood.
Stonevault
- Resolved an issue causing summons such as Auto-Hammers from destroying Volatile Spikes on E.D.N.A
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Nerub-ar Palace
Queen Ansurek
- Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
- Gloom Blast damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
- When calculating applications of Frothy Toxin, only living players are now counted towards the maximum possible application amount on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
Mythic Difficulty:
- Queen Ansurek’s health reduced by 5%.
- Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 26.7%.
- Silken Tomb health reduced by 20%.
- Wrest damage (Intermission) reduced by 25%.
- Grasping Silk maximum size reduced by 10%.
- Shadowgate cast time increased by 20%.
- Gloom Blast damage reduced by 25%.
- Acolyte’s Essence periodic damage reduced by 15%.
- Essence Scarred duration reduced by 50%.
- Royal Condemnation damage reduced by 10%.
- Summoned Acolyte health and Dark Barrier shield amount reduced by 15%.
- Royal Shackle health reduced by 15%.
And that covers all of the changes this time around for The War Within. If you would like to check out the official notes, you can click, here.
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