The War Within is definitely an adventure WoW fans shouldn't miss out on. The expansion pack is still in its early stages so, understandably, there are some bugs and issues that need to be fixed regularly. The Blizzard team is doing their best to overcome these small challenges in TWW as quickly as possible. Below you will find the full patch notes for the hotfix from August 27th, taken from the official World of Warcraft website.
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Achievement Changes
- Worm Theory is no longer missing its quest criteria.
Class Changes
Death Knight
- Deathbringer
- An issue causing Painful Death to reduce the cost of Obliterate/Marrowrend by 2 Runes instead of 1 has been resolved.
- Frost
- Resolved an issue causing Frostwelp’s Aid talent to display 0%.
Evoker
- Chronowarden
- Fixed an issue where Temporality and Motes of Acceleration talents would not function when Hover was cast mid-air.
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Hunter
- Survival
- Grenade Juggler Explosive Shot procs no longer proc from Explosive Shot.
- Grenade Juggler now procs from Wildfire Bomb casts rather than on damage dealt (after a brief delay).
- Relentless Primal Ferocity will now increase the effectiveness of existing Tip of the Spear stacks when the player casts Coordinated Assault and will appropriately remove the bonus when Coordinated Assault ends.
Mage
- Spellslinger
- Arcane Orb can no longer damage enemies through walls.
- Controlled Instincts can no longer damage enemies through walls.
Rogue
- Deathstalker
- Resolved a timing issue where Deathstalker’s Mark applied from Stealth or Shadow Dance was being overwritten by Deathstalker’s Mark applied by an active Darkest Night.
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Shaman
- Stormbringer
- An issue causing Thorim’s Invocation to switch to Lightning Bolt when Tempest is cast on multiple targets has been resolved.
Warlock
- Hellcaller
- Fixed an issue where Soul Fire and Cataclysm would consume much more mana than intended when Wither is known.
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Delves Changes
- Brann should no longer be able to target crowd-controlled enemies.
- Fixed an issue where the Fungal Footpads ability would not work for Demon Hunters or Evokers while within Tak-Rethan Abyss or the Sinkhole.
- Resolved an issue where the Reformed Fury could despawn immediately upon defeating Speaker Davenruth in Nightfall Sanctum.
Dungeon Changes
- City of Threads
- After defeating Izo, the Grand Splicer, players can now drink Unstable Mixture to return to the dungeon entrance.
Event Changes
- Fixed an issue where enemies were not granting audience approval during the “The Cruelty of Dornic” Theater Troupe play.
- Fixed an issue where rewards for the Theater Troupe event were delayed until the next task was completed.
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Item Changes
- Emerald and Draconic Marks of Mastery can now be destroyed or vendored.
- The pre-season Heroic dungeon reward item-level has been increased to Explorer 4/8 (was Adventurer 1/8).
- Fixed several plate items that were incorrectly using Agility/Intellect stats, such as Long-Forgotten Girdle and Scrit’s Handmade Girdle.
Pet Changes
- Trogolofrog no longer can spawn with an empty breed.
PvP Changes
- Demon Hunter
- Sigil of Spite (Talent) damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
- Soul Rending (Talent) effect is now reduced by 17% in PvP combat (was 40%).
- Havoc
- Chaos Strike/Annihilation damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 10%).
- Throw Glaive damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
- Soulscar (Talent) effect is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 8%).
- Essence Break (Talent) damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
- Fel Barrage (Talent) damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
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Quest Changes
- The map icon for the quests “A Concerned Friend” and “The Last Mage” should no longer remain on the map after you have completed the questlines.
- Fixed a bug causing objectives for “Something’s Fishy” to unintentionally be faction-locked.
- Fixed an issue causing players to be able to be attacked while completing the quest “Rise of the Reckoning.”
- Destroying “Radiant Fuel Crystals” while on the quest “Shadows Below” should no longer prevent quest completion.
- During “Alluring Offer”, the Beguiling Lure may now be used while stealthed.
- Players should now see the Stormriders and can continue to progress through “After the Storm”.
- Interacting with objects during “The Day the Stoneheads Came” should now make them uninteractive, as normal.
- Fixed an issue where players who had already acquired a Restored Coffer Key before starting the quest “Bountiful Delves” were still being asked to acquire a key for the first step. Brann has eased up on things and will now count that for the quest step.
- Now, the entirety of “Bountiful Delves” will auto-complete if a player has already opened a bountiful chest in a Delve before starting the quest.
- Increased the gold and experience awards earned from Bonus Objectives.
User Interface Changes
- Level 80 Rare enemies will no longer display an icon on the minimap for players below level 77.
- Itching Waters insect visuals now only show for the player who’s been targeted
Those were all of the changes in World of Warcraft The War Within for August 27th. Stay tuned for more WoW TWW content!
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