Ascension Changelog

BG: When Arathi Basin ends prematurely (due to insufficient amount of players) the team with the highest amount of points will now win (instead of team with the current highest nodes captured.)

Chat Settings: Disabling Crow's Cache announcement now works as intended and will silence all messages and POIs.

Pending Restart: Fixed a bug where Eonar would not proc.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Increased the damage dealt by Dancing Demon Blades by 100%. Dancing Demon Blades no longer apply Rend.

[Serpentshrine] [Fathom-Lord Karathress] Cataclysmic Bolt no longer has a cast time.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Toxic Sporebats Toxic Spores now last until the end of combat.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Reduced the damage reduction applied to player standing inside a Shield Generator Safe-zone to 50% down from 99%. The Safe-zone now also reduces Physical damage taken.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Doubled the melee damage dealt by Coilfang Hydra.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Coilfang Hydra will no longer change targets and will now follow normal threat rules.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Coilfang Hydra is now immune to root and taunt effects.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Reduced the movement speed by Coilfang Hydra by 25%.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Reduced the movement speed of Enchanted Elementals by 25%.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Doubled the damage of Aimed Shot.

[Serpentshrine] [Lady Vashj] Corrected an issue where Lady Vashj sometimes interrupted herself with higher priority abilities.

[Serpentshrine] [Morogrim Tidewalker] Corrected an issue where Rising Bubble could not kill its passenger if it reached its maximum altitude.

[Serpentshrine] [Morogrim Tidewalker] Corrected an issue where Watery Globules would not Deep Freeze if there target was a pet.

[Serpentshrine] [Morogrim Tidewalker] Increased the knock up of Grrblgrs Blurg ability.

[Serpentshrine] [Morogrim Tidewalker] Increased the effect of Mgrmrs healing abilities.

[Serpentshrine] [Morogrim Tidewalker] Increased the duration of Carnivorous Bite used by Tidewalker Lurkers to 15 seconds up from 10 seconds.

[Serpentshrine] [Morogrim Tidewalker] Increased the weapon damage dealt by Earthquacke to 40% up from 25%.

[Serpentshrine] [Fathom-Lord Karathress] Increased the Healing done by Fathom-Guard Caribdis Chain Heal to 25% maximum health per target up from 10%.

[Serpentshrine] [Fathom-Lord Karathress] Increased the damage dealt by Fathom-Guard Sharkkis Ranged Attacks by 50%.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Increased the duration of Leotheras Chaos Blast debuff to 10 seconds up from 6 seconds.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Reduced the Weapon Damage of Leotheras Whirl ability to 40% down from 50%.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Leotheras the Blind will now unsummon all active Inner Demons if he falls below 25% health while in Demon Form.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Corrected an issue where Leotheras the Blind would immediately Mind Control every player with an active Inner Demon if he fall below 25% health while in Demon Form.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Removed a over sensible anti exploit check that would constantly cause Leotheras to drop threat on his primary target.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Reduced the turn speed of The Lurker Below during Spout by 10%.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Increased the damage dealt by Coilfang Ambushers Ranged Attacks.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Slightly increased the knock up from Geyser.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Corrected an issue where Geyser sometimes would not knock up its target.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Corrected an issue where The Lurker Below would fail to find a target for Geyser.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Reduced the radius of Whirl to 15 yards down from 25 yards. Player outside the inner platform will no longer get hit.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Reduced the damage reflected by Reflective Scales to 10% down from 20%.

[Serpentshrine] [Hydross the Unstable] Hydross will now pause attacks and movement for 2 seconds after changing form.

Vik "Angry" Smalls now sells Nether Vortex for 50000 Honor Points.

Reduced the Honor costs of Primal Nether to 20000 from 49600 on Vik "Angry" Smalls.

Increased the drop rate of SSC items in High Risk!

Pending Restart: G'eras now has a new Item Tab "War Against the Illidari" offering items of item level 128 and Nether Vortex in exchange for Badge of Justice.

Serpentshrine Caverns now requires 116 item level to be found out in the world.

Increased the healing spell power gained of your total Spirit from Spiritual Guidance to 5/10/15/20/25%, up from 4/8/12/16/20%.

Increased the healing spell power gained of your total Spirit from Improved Tree of Life to 5/10/15%, up from 4/8/12%.

Pending Restart: Increased the top damage and reduced the bottom damage of Serpent Spine Longbow to make it compete better against Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix.

Fixed an issue where the Cataclysm Harness did not have its intended Attack Power. Pending restart, it will have the following attack power in addition to its current stats: - Cataclysm Helm now also has 41 Attack Power. - Cataclysm Shoulderplate now also has 29 Attack Power. - Cataclysm Chestplate now also has 43 Attack Power. - Cataclysm Gauntlets now also has 24 Attack Power. - Cataclysm Legplates now also has 40 Attack Power.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Reflective Scales damage no longer causes cast time push-back.

[Serpentshrine] [Hydross the Unstable] Corrected an issue where Mark of Corruption would increase Frost damage taken instead of Nature damage taken.

[Serpentshrine] [Leotheras the Blind] Corrected an issue where Leotheras would get stuck in his Demon Form, stop all actions and never reset.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Corrected an issue where Coilfang Frenzy would not stop spawning if The Lurker Below died.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] Corrected a typo in one of The Lurkers Raid Warnings.

[Serpentshrine] [The Lurker Below] The Lurker Below no longer drops loot, instead he now spawns a chest if he is killed containing his loot.

Pending Restart: [Karazhan] [Prince Malchezaar] Greatly reduced the drop rate of the Smouldering Ember Wyrm mount.

In response to Wrath of the Lich King Scrolls being unintentional available for player to buy from certain game event vendors, the required level to use Scrolls of "Stat" VII has been increased to level 71 from 70.

[Karazhan] [The Wizard of OZ] Corrected an issue where The Crones Cyclones would knock player away instead of pulling them in.

[General] [Professions] Jewelcrafter can now visit the trainer to learn to create Brilliant Glass.

Fixed an issue where Hunter abilities based on Ranged Weapon Damage (such as Multi-Shot and Aimed Shot, but not Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot) would double-dip from certain talents, gaining twice as much benefit as they should.

Fixed an issue on Area52 where Legion Caches all spawned at once.

Adjusted the stats of many tier 5 items.

[Tirisfal Regalia] [4-piece set bonus]: Arcane critical strikes increase your spell haste by 6%. Fire critical strikes increase your spell critical strike chance by 6%. Frost critical strikes increase the damage of your critical strikes by 4%. Each effect lasts for 8 seconds and they have a 6 seconds shared cooldown.

[Tirisfal Regalia] [2-piece set bonus]: While above 75% mana, your spells deal 3% more damage.

[Rift Stalker Armor] [4-piece set bonus]: Dealing magic damage has a chance to increase your attack power by 280 for 10 seconds, and dealing physical damage has a chance to increase your haste by 15% for 10 seconds. These effects cannot trigger from periodic damage, cannot occur simultaneously and each effect has a separate 15 second cooldown.

[Rift Stalker Armor] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your Agility and Intellect by 3%.

[Nordrassil Regalia] [4-piece set bonus]: Your non-periodic spell criticals have a chance to increase your spell damage by 15% of your Spirit. Your non-periodic non-critical spells have a chance to increase your critical strike rating by 15% of your Spirit. Both effects share a 10 second cooldown and last for 15 seconds.

[Nordrassil Regalia] [2-piece set bonus]: You deal 6% increased spell damage to targets above 75% health.

[Nordrassil Raiment] [4-piece set bonus]: When you bring a target to full health with a periodic heal you have a chance to increase your Spirit by 10% and your healing power by 20% of your Spirit for 10 seconds. This effect can only occur every 20 seconds.

[Nordrassil Raiment] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your healing done to targets below 75% health by 3%.

[Nordrassil Harness] [4-piece set bonus]: If your Primary Stat is Agility, you gain 30% of your Strength as critical strike rating. If your Primary Stat is Strength, you gain 40% of your Agility as attack power.

[Nordrassil Harness] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your Expertise Rating by 3% of your Agility.

[Destroyer Plate] [4-piece set bonus]: When your health drops below 35% your armor is increased by 3500 and any active Stagger effect from your Tactical Mastery capstone is cleared. This effect lasts for 5 seconds and can only occur every 45 seconds.

[Destroyer Plate] [2-piece set bonus]: Your attacks made to targets above 90% health generate bonus threat.

[Destroyer Battlegear] [4-piece set bonus]: Critically hitting a target below 35% health has a chance to increase your Physical critical strike damage by 10% for 10 seconds.

[Destroyer Battlegear] [2-piece set bonus]: Your Deep Wounds deal 20% more damage.

[Destroyer Armor] [4-piece set bonus]: When your health drops below 35% your block value is increased by 40%. This effect lasts for 5 seconds and can only occur every 30 seconds.

[Destroyer Armor] [2-piece set bonus]: Blocking an attack has a chance to increase your Strength by 10% for 10 seconds.

[Deathmantle] [4-piece set bonus]: Using any finisher has a chance to lethally poison the target, increasing your damage dealt to the target by 10% (5% to players) and dealing Nature damage over 8 seconds.

[Deathmantle] [2-piece set bonus]: Your critical strikes increase your expertise rating by 2, stacking up to 20 times. This effect lasts for 4 seconds.

[Crystalforge Raiment] [4-piece set bonus]: Your direct critical heals have a chance to increase your healing done and critical effect chance by 15% for your next heal. Critical heals do not consume the effect. Lasts for a maximum of 8 seconds, and can only occur once every 12 seconds.

[Crystalforge Raiment] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your spell critical chance by 4% while above 75% mana.

[Crystalforge Battlegear] [4-piece set bonus]: Your magic damage spells and abilities have a chance to Condemn the target, dealing Holy damage and increasing your Strength by 10% for 10 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 15 seconds.

[Crystalforge Battlegear] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your spell damage by 15% of your Strength.

[Crystalforge Armor] [4-piece set bonus]: Dealing magic damage has a chance to burn your target with high-threat Holy damage and reduce the Physical damage you take from the next 3 attacks by 5%. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.

[Crystalforge Armor] [2-piece set bonus]: Fully avoiding an attack has a chance to increase the threat generated by your magic damage by 8% for 6 seconds.

[Corruptor Raiment] [4-piece set bonus]: Your periodic damage effects have a chance to trigger Pandemonium, increasing your damage dealt to the target by 10% (5% to players) and dealing Chaos damage over 8 seconds. Chaos damage is a combination of all magic schools, and will benefit from the highest modifier to either school.

[Corruptor Raiment] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your Shadow spell damage by 35 and your chance to critically strike with Fire spells by 3%.

[Cataclysm Regalia] [4-piece set bonus]: Your non-periodic spell critical strikes have a a chance to trigger an Elemental Echo, dealing Elemental damage to the target. If this damage critically strikes, you gain 6% spell damage for 5 seconds. Elemental damage is a combination of the Nature, Frost and Fire magic schools, and will benefit from the highest modifier to either school.

[Cataclysm Regalia] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your spell critical strike damage by 2%.

[Cataclysm Raiment] [4-piece set bonus]: Your non-critical heals increase the effect of your next critical heal by 8%, stacking up to 3 times. This effect can not trigger on full overheals.

[Cataclysm Raiment] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your spell critical strike rating by 8% of your Intellect.

[Cataclysm Harness] [4-piece set bonus]: Your direct magic damage criticals increase your Agility by 1%, stacking up to 10 times. Once fully stacked your melee attacks are imbued with power, causing them to deal additional Magic damage. After 10 seconds the effect resets.

[Cataclysm Harness] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your spell critical strike rating and spell hit rating by 10% of your Agility.

[Avatar Regalia] [4-piece set bonus]: While above 75% mana, your direct damage spells have a chance to trigger a Soul Burst, dealing Shadow damage to the target and increasing your damage done by 5% for 3 seconds but draining 2% of your mana each second.

[Avatar Regalia] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your spell damage by 6% of your Spirit.

[Avatar Raiment] [4-piece set bonus]: When you bring a target to full health with a direct heal you gain 30% of Spirit as spell power and 8% critical effect chance for your next 3 heals. This effect can only occur once every 12 seconds.

[Avatar Raiment] [2-piece set bonus]: Increases your healing done by 3% while your mana is above 75%.

Restored the DPS of all Arrows and Bullets to their original values.

[Itemization Change] Prism of Inner Calm now has critical strike rating.

[Itemization Change] Fathom-Brooch of the Tidewalker has been reworked, it now has spell power and an on-use effect that drops a puddle healing and restoring mana to allies standing in the puddle.

[Itemization Change] Living Root of the Wildheart now increases critical strike rating by 175 for 10 seconds while not in form. If you are shapeshifted changes this effect changes based on which form you are in.

[Itemization Change] The buff from Serpent-Coil Braid now gives 175 spell power, down from 222 spell power.

Items with mana per 5 sec. and spell power have had these stats increased slightly.

Nature's Majesty now increases the critical strike chance of your Wrath, Starfire, Starfall, Nourish and Healing Touch spells by 2%, up from 1%.