The War Within's first major patch is now live and the devs have already posted some hotfixes for the game. Given the massive amount of class balancing, the next couple of days should be full of adjustments as the tuning received a predominantly negative reception from the community.
Having said that, we will go over all of the recent additions to World of Warcraft Retail so you can get up to speed with all of the changes and quality-of-life updates.
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WoW PvE Class Changes
Death Knight
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Deathbringer: Reaper’s Mark initial and stacking damage reduced by 22%.
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Deathbringer: Exterminate damage reduced by 22%.
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Deathbringer: Wave of Souls damage reduced by 22% (does not apply to PvP combat).
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Deathbringer: Reaper’s Mark and stacking damage reduced by 22%.
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Deathbringer: Exterminate damage reduced by 22%.
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Deathbringer: Wave of Souls damage reduced by 22% (does not apply to PvP combat).
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Obliterate damage reduced by 6% (does not apply to PvP combat).
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Breath of Sindragosa damage reduced by 10%.
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Icy Death Torrent damage reduced by 12% (does not apply to PvP combat).
Hunter
- Kill Command damage reduced by 35%.
Developers’ notes: This damage reduction was intended to be a part of the 11.0.5 patch, but temporarily went missing.
Mage
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Sunfury: Spellfire Sphere spell damage bonus for Arcane Mages reduced to 1% (was 2%).
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Sunfury: Lingering Embers spell damage bonus for Arcane Mages reduced to 1% (was 2%).
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Sunfury: Glorious Incandescence Arcane Barrage damage bonus reduced to 20% (was 30%).
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Sunfury: Mana Cascade now grants 0.5% Haste for Arcane Mages (was 1%).
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Spellslinger - Splintering Orbs Splinter generation cap per orb reduced to 4 for Arcane Mages (was 6).
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Arcane Blast damage reduced by 10%.
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Arcane Barrage damage reduced by 10%.
Paladin
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Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel to grant critical strike incorrectly.
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WoW General Changes
Transmogrification
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Class restrictions have been removed from the class armor and weapon sets that were obtained during the Mists of Pandaria: Remix event.
WoW’s 20th Anniversary
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Enemies will now despawn after completing The Codex of Chromie step “Up and Away”.
And that covers all of the hotfixes added to World of Warcraft The War Within. Best of luck on your adventures and happy grinding! In the meantime, you can check out the official notes, here.
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