Ascension Changelog

Vendors that had a 12 hour respawn on certain items such as the recipes from the Enchanting vendor in Lower City now permanently sell their items with no respawn timer.

[Thunder Slam] Fixed an issue where Lightning Blade and Thunderslam could be unlearned when switching weapons and removed from your action abr. (Pending server restart)

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where Rare Worldforged Mystic Enchants would grant more power than the tooltip implied.

Lesser Profane Essence and Nether quests will now only appear if you have the items in your inventory as these items have been removed from the game. You can ssafely convert your Profanes into HR Scrolls or vendor them.

Arena Season 3 Boots have been improved to match Hyjal item levels and power.

Arena Season 3 Belts have been improved to match Hyjal item levels and power.

Compound shot deals 10% less damage in pvp combat.

Updated Season 3 1 handed weapons to have the correct damage

Fixed Season 3 item levels to match Hyjal

[Pending Restart] Reduced the number of kills required to complete Keeping Evil at Bay: Arklonis Ridge to 6.

Desolate dust devil (dot) damage reduced by 6% in pvp combat.

Lava burst damage reduced by 5% in pvp combat.

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Leader of the Pack and Rampage could not co-exist. They will now stay active, but only one aura will take effect. (This means you will still only gain 5% crit but you won't lose any of the buffs due to taking Leader of the Pack.)

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Sheath of Light was granting double its normal effects.

[Pending Restart] [Karazhan] [Attumen and Midnight] Corrected an issue where Midnight had much less health then intended.

[Pending Restart] [Karazhan] [General] Improved FPS performance throughout Karazhan.

[Pending Restart] [Karazhan] [General] Corrected a number of issues among trash creatures including wrong spells being casted, not granting loot, bad links between creatures causing them to pull each other from across rooms when being attacked, missing paths.

[Repentant Reconciliation] Increased the duration from 8 seconds to 9 seconds. This should allow fully channeling Penance with enough time left to maintain the buff.

[Wraith] Fixed an issue where Wraith could be removed from your bars when relogging.

[Serpent Form] Fixed an issue where Serpent Form spells could be removed from your bar when relogging. (pending server restart)

Winter's Mantle now increases the damage of your next Arctis versus players by 10%, changed from 20%. (With the recent stack increase to 8 the damage potential became too high in PvP.)

Gathering Will now increases the damage of your next Fuego versus players by 10%, changed from 20%. (With the recent stack increase to 8 the damage potential became too high in PvP.)

[Serpent Form] Fixed a spell rank issue with Venomous Fury, causing incorrect scaling and not learning the proper ranks at the proper levels. (will result in a buff while leveling, no change at end-game)

[Serpent Form] Updated tooltip to be more clear.

[Pending Restart] Arena mail gauntlets will no longer grant bonus range to flame shock.

[Thrall] Grape shot damage reduced by 10% in pvp combat.

Fixed an issue where searing totem pvp mod was only being applied to rank 1

*Notes: Melee feel a bit underwhelming at level 70 so we're giving them a little bit of a reset. (Will be Monitoring and updating more)

Rend - Hydra's vendom damage in pvp combat has been increased by 14%

Mortal Strike Damage has been increased by 10% in pvp combat.

Mortal STrike - Single minded fury Damage has been increased by 10% in pvp combat

Rend damage in pvp combat has been increased by 14% in pvp combat.

Titanic Strike PvP mod has been removed

Draconic Slam damage increased by 20% in pvp combat.

Thunder Slam PvP mod has been removed

Whirlwind PvP mod has been removed

Lightning Blade PvP Mod has been removed

Unbounded Deathbringer damage reduced by 10% in pvp combat.

Bloodthirst's PvP Mod has been removed.

Devstate damage increased by 10% in pvp combat.

Slam damage reduced by 25% in pvp combat.

Fixed an issue where Kibler's Bits was giving far more strength than intended. It now grants 20 strength and stamina for 30 minutes.

Fixed an issue causing ShadowFlame pvp mod to not be applied.

Charge now has a 250ms cooldown. This prevents being able to cast charge twice inside of the same charge eating up the 2 Charge system that was implemented recently.

Fixed an issue where Blast Wave, Typhoon and Thunderstorm were sharing a cooldown in some circumstances. They will now correctly no longer share a cooldown with each other.

[Missile Barrage] Fixed an issue where Arcane Orb's chance to trigger missile barrage could sometimes stop working. (Pending Restart)

[Launcher] Fixed an issue that caused the settings UI to revert to incorrect resolution option.

[Launcher] Implemented logging for patcher to easier help us debug issues for players. Improved error reporting to user.

[Ascension DB] Fixed an issue with Item tooltips that prevented the Equip/Proc effects from being displayed.

Fixed an issue where Build Masters Enchanting Altar could be spawned in anti-block areas.

Fixed an issue where some High-Risk refine spells were giving incorrect Marks of War.

[Munitions Expert] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where under certain circumstances you could have both buffs active at the same time.

[Dragon's Rage] Fixed an issue where when having more than 1 instance of this Mystic Enchant would not increase its effect. It will now increase Fire damage taken from the caster by 6/12/18% depending on the amount of Mystic Enchants slotted.

[Steward of Eternity] [Pending Restart] Eternity now has a 5 second internal cooldown. (This is to prevent instances where you could trigger Eternity instantly back to back and handicap the duration on the mana regen buff.)

[Pending Restart][Verdant Convergence] Fixed an issue this Mystic enchant would be removed upon entering instances (cities, pvp, pve instances)

[Pending Restart][Verdant Convergence] Dawn: Hitting a player with Sunburst will remove all stacks of Dawn and prevent its generation until the next Lunar Eclipse.

[Pending Restart][Verdant Convergence] New: Nature's Grace also increases your chance to trigger Lightning Overload by 20%.

Lesser Arcane Explosion and other Lesser Enchant Spells are now fixed by updating via the launcher. (You may need to click the cog wheel on launcher and clear cache if you still experience issues applying the enchant)

[Lucifur] Fixed an issue where Cataclysm would not grant 7 seconds of Devil's Claw if the buff was not currently active. It can now properly trigger the buff. (pending server restart)

Fixed an issue where Harsh Winds would cause Wind Rager's Hurricane Strike to heal the target. Hard Winds should only reduce the movement speed when channeling Hurricane.

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where extracting the Mystic Scroll: Evoker wouldn't add Evoker to your collection

[High-Risk Callboard Dailies - War In Zone] Increased Mark of Ascension rewards from 1500 to 2500.

[Thrall][Pending Restart] You now take 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Fixed an issue where Meteor was not in the skill card vendor.

[Requires Launcher Update] You are now able turn in Marks of Ascension for Hands of Fate at level 60.

[Requires Launcher Update] [High-RIsk] Netherstorm is now shown as Tier 3, rather than Tier 2. This was a purely visual issue, the tier has not changed.

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed and issue where equipment sets would fail to be saved server side, causing sets to reset when logging back in or changing maps.

[Requires Launcher Update] The UI now scales based on your selected resolution. This will resolve issues where large windows would spill out of the screen. You can change this behavior, or customize it by going to Esc -> Video -> Enable "Use UI Scale" and setting the slider to 1.

[Requires Launcher Update] Equipment Sets bindings now bind by name instead of their position. This should fix issues where the bound set was changing after saving any set. You will need to re-bind your equipment sets after updating.

[Pending Restart] Circle of life (Halo) now properly applies its bonus healing to allies.

Fixed an issue where some professions like Cooking could not be learned with Tradesman Scroll even though realm first achievements have been obtained (Pending server restart)

[Pending restart] Tiraxis now also has for sale Mystic Enchanting Specializations and all 3 Flying tomes over Bazaar Tokens in its Convenience Tab.

[Pending Restart] [Karazhan] [Chess Event] Temporary disabled the Chess Event. Talking to King Llane or Warchief Blackhand immediatly completes the event.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Archimonde now enters Berserk 15 minutes after joining combat.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Chromie would become stuck after Archimonde had died, not providing credit towards the "We Don't Need Another Hero" achievement and not executing the encounter's outro event.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] If the current holder of the Light of Elune dies, Tyrande will now provide a new Light of Elune after a delay if she is still actively participating in combat.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected Light of Elune's tooltips to clarify that the current holder of the Light is immune to horror effects, and previous holders become immune to horror effects for 60 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where the Light of Elune would not protect affected targets from horror effects.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Void Tendrils and Void Herald's health bars would appear empty after becoming active again when finishing their Void Reformation channel.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Void Tendrils and Void Heralds now visibly regenerate health while channeling Void Reformation and become active again if they reach 75% health. This regeneration can now be extended by applying damage to them while they regenerate. Previously, they would become active again after 60 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Void Tendrils had missing visual effects.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Archimonde now delays his Finger of Death timer by his cast time whenever he starts casting a spell. Archimonde will cast Finger of Death if he wasn't able to attack a target in melee range for a certain amount of time, resetting his timer whenever he starts a melee attack.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where parts of Summon Living Lightning's visuals were missing.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Reduced the damage inflicted by Storm Armor by 33%. Storm Armor now chains to additional targets on higher player counts, with reduced damage with every jump.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Doomfire Fists would apply the next higher difficulty's Doomfire effect.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Jaina will now start applying Ward of Winter after Archimonde's health falls below 85% and will continue to do so throughout the encounter as long as there is still active Doomfire.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Archimonde no longer casts Draw Flames on a timer. He now casts Draw Flames once after falling below 85% health, replacing his next Doomfire Meteor or Force of Will casts with Draw Flames instead, granting him Doomfire Fists. Doomfire Fists are now cast automatically if Archimonde enters Phase 3 without having Doomfire Fists applied.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Jaina's Ward of Winter now reduces Fire damage taken by 90% up from 75% for its duration.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Jaina's Ward of Winter would not remove Doomfire on Heroic and higher difficulties.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Increased the cast time of Doomfire Meteor to 6 seconds, up from 4. Doomfire Meteor now has a much more prominent target indicator. Doomfire Meteor now splits damage between targets hit.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Changed the scheduling of Archimonde's actions throughout all phases. He now has longer pauses between his spell casts.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Narmak's Fel Bombs now inflict damage depending on proximity. Damage is reduced as further the target is away from the bomb. The base damage is unchanged.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] The Flawless Bands of Eternity now have socket bonuses.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Corrected an issue where Checkpoints did not update on Heroic and higher difficulties.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Corrected and extended multiple spell tooltips throughout the raid.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Corrected several issues where trash creature spells that are supposed to chain on higher player counts would not do so.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Jaina, Thrall, and Tyrande now attempt to blink out of Archimonde's Doomfire. Thrall now attempts to blink out of Azgalor's Rain of Fire.

[Wind Rager] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Hurricane Strike and Wind Strike could be lost from the action bars when relogging.

[Verdant Convergence] Fixed an issue where the enchant would stop functioning after death and instance changes in some circumstances (pending restart)

[Verdant Convergence] Fixed an issue where Sunburst would be lost from action bars on relog. (pending restart)