2015-06-24

Patch 2.3 Preview and PTR

Deck Spotlight: Burst Rogue, Archon $250k Team League, Class Design Competition, HS Commercials

Heroes PTR is Live - Special Event, Official PTR Patch Notes

Addons - Garrison Mission Management
Master Plan doesn't work yet, but the author has indicated that he knows it is an issue!

In the mean time, there are two other mission management addons that should help. Garrison Commander is the more complex one. It has many of the features Master Plan had, but not all of them. It does have some extra features though! Garrison Mission Manager is a simple addon that will allow you to optimize followers for individual missions. It appears to be compatible with both Master Plan and Garrison Commander.

Hellfire Citadel Progress

The first night of raiding is well underway and Wild Card is already 8/13 Heroic. If you can't wait for the full clear, the final cinematic was posted earlier today on a Chinese video site. There is no English audio, so for the best experience just wait another day or two for the full thing!

Patch 6.2 Hotfixes - June 23

Originally Posted by Blizzard
(Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Tier-18 Set Bonus and Trinket Adjustments

Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Frost Death Knights now provides a 3% gain to haste (down from 5%) on critical hits with Obliterate and critical damage is increased by 6% (down from 10%) on critical hits with Frost Strike.

Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Feral Druids now increases the chance for Omen of Clarity to trigger by 90% (down from 133%).

Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Balance Druids now increases Arcane and Nature damage by 6% (down from 8%).

Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Arcane Mages' summoned heroes now deal 40% less damage.

Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Frost Mages now increases the duration of Water Jet by 10 seconds (up from 4 seconds).

Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Windwalker Monks now gives Rising Sun Kick a 30% chance (down from 40%) to generate Combo Breaker.

Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Retribution Paladins now increases damage by 5% per stack (down from 6%).

Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Shadow Priests now increases Multistrike chance by 20% (up from 16%) with Premonition.

Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Subtlety Rogues now increases all damage dealt by 30% (up from 10%) for 10 seconds after Vanish is used.

Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

[Hotfix in testing] Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Enhancement Shaman now increases damage dealt by Nature spells by an additional 12% (up from 8%), but now only counts up to a maximum of 5 Maelstrom charges (maximum 60% damage bonus).

Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Affliction Warlocks now has a 10% chance (down from 30%) each time Drain Soul deals damage to extend the duration of Dark Soul: Misery by 2 seconds.

Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Demonology Warlocks now causes Soul Fire to increase damage dealt by Demons by 4% (up from 3%) for 15 seconds per stack.

Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

The change to Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Arms Warriors has been reverted. Chance to reset the cooldown of Mortal Strike from Rend periodic damage ticks is back to the original 60%. Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Arms Warriors now has a 100% chance to reset the cooldown of Mortal Strike from Rend periodic damage ticks.

Trinkets

Empty Drinking Horn now deals roughly 50% less damage with its Fel Burn effect.

Prophecy of Fear explosion effect is no longer triggered by Mastery: Icicles for Frost Mages or Mastery: Molten Earth for Elemental Shaman.

Soul Capacitor should no longer be dealing less damage than stated in the item's tooltip.

Garrisons
Shipyard

Fixed an issue that could cause Naval Missions for Legendary Ring Quest Line items to appear prematurely on the Naval Mission map.

Creatures and NPCs

Frostfire Ridge

Rolosh Wavechaser should no longer appear to be floating in the air for Alliance characters that have completed the quest "All Hands on Deck".

Gorgrond

[Requires a realm restart] Durotan and Yrel at the Iron Docks now have collision geometry.

Solog Roark now dismounts players in his immediate vicinity during the quest Hook, Line... and Sink Him!

Added a repair vendor to the Iron Docks for both Alliance and Horde characters.

Ashran

Elite Conquest Quartermasters Alixandr Fallor (Alliance) and Legionnaire Gutcrush (Horde) now dismounts players in their immediate vicinity.

Fixed an issue where winning an event or completing an Ashran quest could award an incorrect version of Dented Ashmaul Stronbox.

Quests

Garrison Quests

[Hotfix in testing] The quest chain to obtain and construct a Shipyard can now be completed while in a raid group.

A True Naval Commander: Fixed an issue that incorrectly allowed players to construct Destroyers and Transports during the quest.

[Requires a realm restart] Hook, Line... and Sink Him!: Blackrock Grapples now have collision geometry and the grapple is automatically triggered by proximity.

[Requires a realm restart] The Train Gang: Multiple players can now use the detonator simultaneously to complete the quest objective "Blow Open the Train".

Obstacle Course: Multiple players can now use the book and scroll simultaneously to complete the quest.

Tanaan Jungle

Rumble in the Jungle: Fixed an issue where players could incorrectly receive the King of the Jungle buff before completing the quest.

Legendary Ring Quest Line

The Shadow War: Fixed an issue where players that have built a Shipyard could be unable to complete the quest by speaking to Khadgar.

Ashran

Into the Wilderness: The quest should now correctly award players with 100 Honor Points before the start of the next Warlords PvP season.

Raids and Dungeons

Premade Group Finder

[Hotfix in testing] Hellfire Citadel for Normal and Heroic difficulties should now be available as an option for Premade Groups.

Collections

Mount Journal

Fixed an issue where newly learned account-wide mounts could not be favorited until the character has relogged.

Items

[Requires a realm restart] Primal Gladiator gear sets should correctly have their set bonuses once again.

UI

Players should no longer be spammed with loot notifications when multiple players obtain a Tome of Chaos for the Legendary Ring Quest Line at the same time.

Classes

Death Knight

Fixed an issue that could cause Death Coil to not heal a friendly target unless an enemy target is selected.

Priest

Fixed an issue that could cause Shadow Priests to be unable to shift out of the Shadowform visual effect.

Warlock

Grimoire of Sacrifice should no longer be incorrectly canceled at the end of a raid encounter.

Patch 6.2 Known Issues

Originally Posted by Blizzard
(Blue Tracker)

The following is a list of some of the known issues for World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0

This list is not complete, and will not include all issues.

The issues listed here are frequently reported issues that may be addressed at a later date via client patch.

Forums threads that report issues already on this Known Issues list my be locked if the are constantly bumped with no new or relevant information.

Classes and PVP:

Priest - The Tier 18 Discipline 4 Piece Bonus will always target a character with the least HP regardless of whether they're injured.

Environment:

Tanaan Jungle, with the exception of Fang'rila, does not have General or Local Defense chat channels.

Horde Garrison Herb Garden assets can temporarily disappear from view.

Throne of Thunder: The mini map appears white in certain areas.

Male Tauren character models may become stuck sitting in Rank 2 and Rank 3 versions of the Guard Shack asset.

Hillsbrad Foothills does not have General or Local Defense chat channels.

You may be dismounted when flying between Vale of Eternal Blossoms and Kun'lai Summit.

Gameplay:

Bodyguard Followers do not heal themselves after combat ends if the player is mounted at the time

Quests:

There are no starting blobs for any of the Docks intro quests.

Players who faction change, and have completed some progress towards the achievement "Securing Draenor", will be unable to complete it.

Characters, Creatures, and Mounts:

The attachment points for Grimoire of Haste and Burn Corpse are backwards, causing the scroll and torch to animate awkwardly whenever those spells are cast.

User Interface:

Experience rewards sometimes display and animate erroneously for ships that were destroyed during a failed naval mission.

You are unable to use the bodyguard trait of Leorajh to access the command interface.

Game tooltips sometimes get stuck in a state where they only remain on screen for a fraction of a second.

The equipment manager fails to populate after relogging from an improper disconnect, requiring a 'proper' relog to fix

Shipyards: The ship leveling up animation may flash the screen.

The in-game Shop does not display the 'product already owned' checkmark for the Cenarion Hatchling.

The Raid Finder re-queue button can enter a non-functional state.

Player cooldown tracking is inaccurate when re-logging.

Several voiceover sound files cannot be heard in the Hellfire Citadel raid.

Blue Tweets

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Classes
What was the thinking behind the decision to abandon class trainers? It cost time and money, sure, but it got people moving around

It felt immersive, but at the cost of flying back to SW at every ding, messing with quest flow. Not sure what's best. (Muffinus)

PvE
Any reason to not have flying combat? Limit movement speed, have specific sets of abilities tailored to mounts?Nothing ----

Nothing specific, though 3D combat is a challenge, hard to tell where enemies are coming from, see: Ogri'la/Vashj'ir (Muffinus)

Lore
Anywho, can we get a confirmation if WoW's imps are like Diablo's homunculi as in they are created from flesh but are neither

Imps are demons. Homunculi in Kara are demons with cool names. (Muffinus)

Pets and Pet Battles
yes, Kura/Eris account, Draenor Tamers account... 15 tiny terrors, 15 bags per char on PTR right now?

Intended for now, potentially will be reduced to account-based in a future patch. (Muffinus)

AskMrRobot - Live Loot Ranking, Player Comparisons, Combat Logs

AskMrRobot continues to update things for Patch 6.2 and has added some more tools, like the Player Comparison feature. This will compare your character and gameplay to another similar character who performed better on a fight, allowing you to see what is different. The Live Loot Ranking tool will tell you which player will benefit most from upgrades that drop.

Dark Legacy Comics #494
DLC #494 takes a look at the return of flying to Draenor.

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