Blizzard Entertainment has introduced quite a few changes to World of Warcraft: The War Within. They're targeted at different classes, dungeons, and even PvP, setting the stage for the official release of the new WoW expansion pack. Here are all the changes introduced to World of Warcraft The War Within Early access on August 22nd:
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Class Changes
Death Knight
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Frost
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Fixed an issue causing Razorice to not persist on the target applied via Arctic Assault when the Death Knight is not talented into Glacial Advance.
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Unholy
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Fixed an issue where the ghoul could fail to be resummoned upon dismounting.
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Hunter
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Survival
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Harpoon now pulls you to the edge of a target's hitbox (was the center).
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Rogue
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Fixed an issue that could remove the Rogue from Stealth if Vanish duration expired while Subterfuge effect was active.
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Fixed an issue that could prevent Dispatch from triggering in intended circumstances with Crackshot talented.
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Assassination
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Fixed an issue that prevented Deathmark's bleed damage from benefiting from Mastery: Potent Assassin
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Shaman
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Ice and Fire now affect Primordial Wave damage.
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Improved Flametongue Weapon now affects Primordial Wave damage.
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Nature's Fury now affects Primordial Wave damage.
Warrior
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Arms
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Mortal Strikes from Unhinged will no longer strike additional targets while Sweeping Strikes is active.
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Fury
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Bloodthirsts from Unhinged will no longer strike additional targets nor consume stacks of Whirlwind while Whirlwind is active.
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Dungeons & Raids Changes
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All dungeon enemy damage reduced by 7% in Mythic and Mythic+ difficulties.
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All dungeon enemy health increased by 10% in Heroic difficulties.
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The Tyrannical affix health increase on bosses reduced by 5%.
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Reduced the health and damage of all Battle For Azeroth raid bosses by approximately 40%.
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Reduced the health and damage of Shadowlands raid bosses by approximately 65%.
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PvP Changes
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The maximum amount of Honor a player can accrue is lowered to 4000 for the duration of The War Within Early Access, and this amount will increase to 15000 with the end of Early Access.
Rogue
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Shiv (Talent) damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 17%).
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Echoing Reprimand (Talent) damage is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
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Assassination
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Envenom damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 4%).
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Mutilate damage was no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 4%).
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Kingsbane (Talent) period damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 8%).
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Kingsbane (Talent) initial damage is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 32%).
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Outlaw
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Dispatch damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 20%).
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Sinister Strike damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
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Mastery: Main Gauche damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
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Blade Rush (Talent) damage is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
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Combat Stamina (Talent) now increases Stamina by 12% in PvP combat (was 15% /
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Ace Up Your Sleeve (Talent) effect is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
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Crackshot (Talent) effect now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 33%).
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Subtlety
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Eviscerate damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 5%).
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Shadowstrike damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 8%).
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Secret Technique (Talent) damage is now reduced by 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).
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Goremaw's Bite (Talent) damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
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Flagellation (Talent) effect is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
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Perforated Veins (Talent) effect is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
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Profession Changes
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All Dragonflight profession first craft experience bonuses no longer apply to player-characters at or above level 70.
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All Artisan's Acuity has been removed from the first-time crafters’ bonus of trainer-taught recipes in The War Within.
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All Artisan's Acuity has been removed from gathering journal discovery bonuses.
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An additional 150 Artisan's Acuity has been added to the one-time reagent bag players receive from the quest "Crafting to Order".
Quests Changes
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Players can once again earn progress towards the achievement Back to the Depths! after completing “Summons from the Depths”.
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The Mechashark X-Steam has had high octane fuel added to it so you can complete "A Goblin in Shark's Clothing".
There you have it - all changes were introduced to WoW on August 22nd. Stay tuned for more content.
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