Ascension Changelog

Solo-queue 2v2 is back in action! You can now queue once again solo-queue for 2v2 games.

Re-enabled Darkmoon Faire on Area-52 and extended duration by 1 day.

[Pending restart] Renew and Power Word: Shield from the oracle set bonus are now appended with (Oracle Bonus) at the end of the name. (To make it easier to track.)

Increased the chance to obtain the Big Love Rocket from Heart-Shaped-Box and removed drop chance from the event boss.

[Pending restart] Limitless Noggenfogger Elixir will be added to the Vanity spell tab upon use.

[Pending restart] Lightning Discharge stun now lasts for 2 sec, changed from 2.5 sec.

[Pending restart] While Corrupted Bear is active you now deal 15% less damage with Shadow Bolt versus players.

[Pending restart] While Stormborn is active you now deal 10% less damage with Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Lightning Shield versus players.

[Pending restart] Wrath of the Plague and Harbinger's Bile from Harbinger of Pestilence now deals 20% less damage versus players, changed from 10%.

[Pending restart] Blade's Edge Arena is now available again! (And maybe more to come soon...)

[Pending restart] If you fall through the ground in Blade's Edge Arena you now teleport back on top of the bridge instead of under it. (As when this happened in rare occasions it was usually due to charging on top of the rope or pillars.)

[Pending restart] Deep Wounds can now critically hit while a single two-handed weapon is equipped. (The Dreadborne 8-set bonus will be updated soon.)

[Pending restart] Two-Handed Weapon Mastery now increases the rage gained while using a single two-handed weapon to 15/30%, changed from 10/20%.

[Pending restart] [Alar] Seal of Righteousness now deals 50% reduced damage against players, from 45%.

[Pending restart] [Area 52] Seal of Righteousness now deals 45% reduced damage against players, changed from 40%.

[Pending restart] [Area 52] Seal of Command now deals 25% reduced damage against players, changed from 20%.

[Pending restart] [Alar] Seal of Command now deals 40% reduced damage versus players, changed from 35%.

[Pending restart] Two-handed Weapon Specialization (Paladin) now also increases the critical strike chance of Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness and Seal of Vengeance by 5/10/15% while a two-handed weapon is equipped.

[Pending restart] The Striker's 5-set bonus can now trigger from ranged and melee Hunter abilities, changed from only certain ranged Hunter abilities. Also corrected the tooltip to say that it has a 2 sec ICD, instead of 3.

[Pending restart] Hasty Shield Bash, Hasty Chain Lightning, Hasty Mana Shield, Hasty Raptor Strike, Hasty Arcane Shot, Hasty Thunder Clap, Hasty Pummel, Hasty Earth Shock, Hasty Flame Shock, Hasty Faerie Fire (Feral), Hasty Shield Slam, Hasty Hammer of Wrath, Hasty Circle of Healing, Hasty Wild Growth and Hasty Hammer of the Righteous now reduces the cooldown by 0.33 seconds instead of 0.3.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] Reverted a pre-ascended health buff to Solarian Void Walkers.

[Pending restart] Arcane Synergy now reduces the cast time and increase the critical strike damage bonus of your next Starfire by 5%, changed from 4%. It now extends the duration of Lunar Eclipse by 0.3 seconds, changed from 0.2 seconds.

[Pending restart] Arcane Motes now increases your Starfire damage by 3% and Moonfire damage by 5%, changed from 1% and 2%. it now stacks up to 5 times, changed from 10.

[Pending restart] Dismiss Pet will no longer fail if your pet is not in line of sight.

Pending Restart - Corrected an issue where the Ascension Creature Version of Blizzard and Rain of Fire would play their initial target area visual on every player within their target area.

[Pending restart] Pious Strikes now also triggers from Avenger's Shield.

[Pending restart] Improved Whirlwind now reduces the cooldown by 0.33 sec, changed from 0.3. (To make the GCDs line up better.)

[Pending Restart] Re-enabled earthbind totem./

temporarily disabled earthbind totem.

[Pending restart] Killer Instinct now has a 8 second internal cooldown, changed from 10 sec.

[Pending restart] Master Tactician now also increases the critical strike chance of all spells.

Mythical Boons will now also be available and usable in Mythic 0. This change is to allow players to freely explore and use the Mythical Boons with a safety net. It also employs that players will now know what a boon does in Mythic+

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] - Pending Restart: Corrected an issue where the Checkpoint Option was not available to player that died after Solarian transformed.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] The Grasping Void can now be prevented by effects that make the player immune.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] Corrected an issue where The All Consuming Void could linger permanently on player getting effected by it on Heroic and Ascended difficulty.

[Pending restart] Power Overwhelming now also reduces the cooldown of Presence of Mind by 1 sec when it triggers.

[Pending restart] Hasty Revenge now reduces the cooldown of Revenge by 0.33 sec, changed from 0.25 sec. (To make the GCDs line up better.)

[Pending restart] Natural Disaster is now a Rare mystic enchantment, changed from Epic. Also, the threat bonus is increased to 30%, from 25%.

[Pending restart] Arcane Fulmination is now a Rare mystic enchantment, changed from Epic. Also, the threat bonus is increased to 30%, from 25%.

[Pending restart] Ice Warden is now a Rare mystic enchantment, changed from Epic. Also, the threat bonus is increased to 30%, from 25%.

[Pending restart] Lurking Shadow is now a Rare mystic enchantment, changed from Epic. Also, the threat bonus is increased to 30%, from 25%.

[Pending restart] Fearing Fire is now a Rare mystic enchantment, changed from Epic. Also, the threat bonus is increased to 30%, from 25%.

[Pending patch update] Fixed an issue where the rename of Shadow Dagger from the Forbidden Technique clone was reverted. It will now correctly be named Shadow Clone Dagger once more, making it easier to distinguish from the player-casted Shadow Dagger.

[Pending restart] Crush from Heavyweight can now trigger Deep Wounds.

[Pending restart] Hasty Mortal Strike now reduces the cooldown of Mortal Strike by 0.33 sec, changed from 0.3 sec. (To make the GCDs line up a bit better.)

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the cooldown reduction of Pack Alpha only triggered while the Pack Alpha buff was active.

[Pending restart] Mythic and Heroic Dungeons will no longer have a daily lockout on Area-52.

[Pending restart] Netherwind Presence now grants melee haste as well as spell haste.

[Pending restart] Focused Attacks can now also trigger from ranged and spell criticals.

[Pending restart] Improved Aspect of the Hawk can now also trigger from Auto Attacks.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] Increased the time for High Astromancer Solarian to check for here priests being alive to 20 seconds up from 15 seconds on Normal Difficulty.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] Lunar Wrath and Solar Wrath are now casted 5 seconds earlier after High Astromancer Solarian reappears.

[The Eye] [Void Reaver]: Nice to know - While he is in Standby Mode, Void Reaver will not attack unless being attacked.

[The Eye] [Void Reaver] Corrected an issue where pulling the Void Reaver would bring player out of Stealth.

[The Eye] [Void Reaver] Removed chase mode from Eradication Crystals. Eradication will now always move in a random pattern and no longer periodically focus and chase a specific player.

[The Eye] [Alar] Corrected a rare case where Alar became unlootable.

[The Eye] [Alar] Reduced the speed of Flame Cascade during Fire Storm in Phase 3.

[The Eye] [Alar] Alar will now bombard the ramps leading to the upper level of his room during Fire Storm.

[The Eye] [Alar] Improved Alars movement behaviour in Phase 2.

[The Eye] [Alar] Alar no longer attempts to attack another target in melee range if his primary target is out of range. Instead he will now immediately start to cast Flame Buffet.

[Pending restart] The buffs from Munitions Expert are no longer removed after dying.

[AQT] Temple of Ahn'Qiraj - C'thun will no longer spawn a second giant eye tentacle or a second giant claw tentacle in the second phase on Ascended 25 Player Difficulty. Instead the HP of the giant tentacles is now doubled.

[Pending restart] Primordial Fury now works with all spells but only Shaman melee abilities. (The change to open it up to all spells and abilities was made to open it up for different kind of hybrids and spell casters. However, it ended up being too powerful for different non-hybrid melee builds. Instead of reducing the overall power of already existing builds that use Primordial Fury as their Legendary RE, we have reinstated the ability to only proc from Shaman melee abilities.)

Divine Light from the Paladin T5 set bonus can no longer be blocked, dodged or parried.

[Pending restart] The Gladiator's Wildhide 4 set bonus which grants a stacking haste bonus now lasts for 6 sec, changed from 4 sec.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] Corrected an issue where the Area of Effect damage and knock up of Lunar and Solar Wrath would be casted on a second random target when the effect expired.

[Pending restart] Ice Lash now increases the damage of your Ice Lance by 5% of your attack power, changed from 3%.

[Pending restart] Primordial Fury can now trigger from any non-periodic spell or ability critical instead of only Shaman ones.

Fixed an issue where the recent Stormhammer tweaks weren't working.

Addition to the Classless Tokens now being rewarded in the Prestige Crate, it can now also drop gear up to the latest raid.

Prestiging now has a chance to reward Classless Raid Tokens in its loot cache exchangeable for Tier Gear.

[Requires Launcher Update] Added advance search modifiers to Character Advancement. You can find out how to use them on the wiki here [https://project-ascension.fandom.com/wiki/Advance_Search]

Festering Wounds no longer increases the damage of your Rogue Poisons by 2% per stack, instead it now increases all Nature damage you deal to the target by 2% per stack.

Munitions Expert now teaches you the Munitions Expert ability which lets you change between the two types of ranged buffs, instead of it being based on the ranged weapon you're using.

Greatly increased the speed of which Healing Shields will heal from 0.5 seconds heal to 0.1 seconds. This should prevent your heals from getting sniped less often while still allowing you to proc Dominant Word: Shield at 74% hp.

Fixed an issue where the recent change to Healing Shields had stopped healing from Dominant Word: Shield application.

[Area-52] Increased the Drop Chance of Bloodforged Gear in High Risk for Tempest Keep and SSC.

[Pending Restart][Area - 52] Added 14 new Crows Cache Locations to the Outlands!

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed an issue where the Hero Architect wouldn't allow you to add additional ranks of a talent.

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed the "Leave Dungeon" popup at the top of the screen sometimes remaining visible after leaving a dungeon.

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed an issue where the personal bank would change tabs based on your guild bank's tab permissions. The Personal Bank should no longer unexpectedly change tabs when clicking between tabs or moving items.

Healing Shields RE has been reworked. Healing Shields will now heal the target half a second after applying the Power Word: Shield this will allow and improve consistency when used in Tandem with the Dominant Word: Shield legendary mystic enchantment. Previously if you used Power Word: Shield on a target at 74% health, your healing shields could bring the target over 75%, preventing Dominant Word: Shield from triggering.

[Pending Restart] Hemorrhage now deals 85% damage if a two-handed weapon is equipped, changed from 80%.

[Pending Restart] Moonglow now also affects Swiftmend.

[The Eye] [High Astromancer Solarian] Solar and Lunar Wrath no longer inflict periodic damage.

[The Eye][High Astromancer Solarian] Reduced the knock up distance of Solar and Lunar Wrath.

[The Eye] [Void Reaver] Reduced the duration of Arcane Orbs disable to 5 seconds down from 10 seconds on Heroic and Ascended difficulty, 1 second down from 10 seconds on Normal difficulty.

[The Eye] Corrected multiple issues across Alar, Void Reaver High Astromancer Solarian and Kaelthas Sunstrider having unwanted behaviour in their spell damage scaling.

[Mythic+] Blackrock Depths Upper City now has a completion timer of 46 Minutes instead of 56 Minutes.

[Mythic+] Blackrock Depths Upper City requires 6 bosses to kill from 8 bosses.

[Mythic+] Blackrock Depths Upper City now begins in the Grim Guzzler.

[Pending restart] Sunder Soul now also has a 10% spell power scaling.

[Pending restart] Pack Alpha now also reduces the cooldown of Feral Spirit when you hit a monster with Lava Lash or Stormstrike.

[Pending restart] Fire Fire Fireball now also works with the Emberstone Capstone.

[Pending restart] The base and scaling of Concussion Blow (Stormhammer) have been increased by 30%, and the Stormhammer buff can now also be triggered by Hammer of the Righteous. In addition, the duration of the Stormshield buff has been increased to 10 seconds, up from 8.

[Pending restart] Nature's Grace now ncreases the spell haste granted by your Nature's Grace effect by 2%, changed from 1%.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the damage effect of Stormbringer would not deal damage to slow immune targets.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the stacks of Master of Arms did not reset properly when gaining a new stack. You will now always get the same amount of stacks of Master of Arms as the number of stacks of Strength of Arms consumed.

[Area-52] Scrolls of Unlearning have returned to Nozdormu's Mark of Ascension rewards.

Corrected an issue where the effect of the Normal version of the Talon of Alar was not recognized as magic damage and there for couldnt critical strike.