Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2022/06/05

World

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Spirit Fields in Nagrand that awards Tier 1 Herb materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Feralfen Village in Zangarmarsh that awards Tier 1 Tailor materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Dead Mire in Zangarmarsh that awards Tier 1 Enchanting materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Zangarmarsh in Zangarmarsh that awards Tier 1 Skinning materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Serpent Lake in Zangarmarsh that awards Tier 1 Skinning materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Angro'Rosh in Zangarmarsh that awards Tier 1 Mining materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Bloodscale Grounds, Bloodscale Enclave in Zangarmarsh that awards Tier 1 Herb materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Firewing Point/Bonechewer Ruins in Terokkar Forest that awards Tier 1 Tailor materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Skettis in Terokkar Forest that awards Tier 1 Enchanting materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Terokkar Forest in Terokkar Forest that awards Tier 1 Skinning materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Bone Wastes in Terokkar Forest that awards Tier 1 Mining materials.

New

[Al'ar] [High-Risk] Added a High-Risk Event at Tuurem in Terokkar Forest that awards Tier 1 Herb materials.

2022/06/04

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Celestial Focus was not working properly for Cyclone.

Dungeons & Raids

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] - All changes pending restart.

Change

[The Arcatraz] [Harbinger Skyriss] Akkiris Waker is no longer immune to Nature Spells.

Change

[Karazhan] [Prince Malchezaar] Corrected an issue where Prince Malchezaar occasionally would reset his attack timer, causing him to attack more often then intended especially during movement phases.

Change

[Karazhan] [Chess Event] Corrected an issue where The Hordes Warlocks Poison Cloud would deal no damage.

Change

[Karazhan] [Chess Event] Increased the damage interval of Rain of Fire and Poison Cloud to 1 second up from 5 seconds and reduced damage per tick accordantly.

Change

[Karazhan] [Chess Event] Increased the damage absorbed by Pawn Pieces defensive abilities by 700%.

Change

[Karazhan] [Chess Event] Increased the damage dealt of all Chess Pieces Physical Special Attacks by 100%.

Change

[Karazhan] [Netherspite] Corrected an issue where Netherspite would sometimes skip or delay his events.

Change

[Karazhan] [Shade of Aran] Improved Shade of Arans basic spell casting, he will now cast back to back without delays.

Change

[Karazhan] [Shade of Aran] Reduced the berserker timer of Shade of Aran to 11 minutes down from 12 minutes.

Change

[Karazhan] [Shade of Aran] Corrected an issue where Shade of Aran would sometimes skip or delay his events.

Change

[Karazhan] [Terestian Illhoof] Corrected an issue where Kilrek would sometimes skip or delay his events.

Change

[Karazhan] [Terestian Illhoof] Corrected an issue where Terestian Illhoof would sometimes skip or delay his events.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Curator] Increased the frequency of Hateful Bolt to 6 seconds up from 8 seconds and 3 Seconds up from 4 Seconds during The Curators final phase.

Change

[Karazhan] [Nightbane] Corrected an issue where Nightbane would sometimes skip or delay his events.

Change

[Karazhan] [Nightbane] Nightbane no longer casts Tail Sweep.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Opera - Romulo and Julianne] Romulo and Julianne now have a 3 seconds delay on her auto attacks after being resurrected.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Opera - Romulo and Julianne] Corrected multiple issues where Julianne would sometimes skip or cancel her events.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Opera - The Wizard of Oz] Corrected an issue where Dorothee would sometimes auto attack between her casts.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Opera - Red Ridding Hood] Corrected an issue where The Big Bad Wolf would sometimes skip his Terrifying Howl ability.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Opera] - The Spotlight will no longer restrict spells that do not have a Mana, Energy or Rage cost.

Change

[Karazhan] [The Opera] Spectral Patrons inside the Opera can now be killed and looted before the Opera Event has been started for the first time. After the first start of the encounter Patrons are respawned untargetable acting as the audience during the encounter.

Change

[Karazhan] [Maiden of Virtue] The Maiden of Virtue now has a short delay on her auto attack after finishing her Desperate Prayer cast.

Change

[Karazhan] [Maiden of Virtue] Corrected an issue where the Maiden of Virtue would sometimes skip or delay her events.

Change

[Karazhan] [Moroes] Lord Crispin Ference No longer immediately interrupts his primary target when his primary target casts a spell. Lord Crispin Ference will now periodically check if his target is casting and will interrupt the target if its casting, else will recheck on a longer cooldown.

Change

[Karazhan] [Moroes] Lady Keira Berrybuck and Lord Crispin Ference no longer repeat their Divine Shield and Shield Wall abilities after being casted once.

Change

[Karazhan] [Attumen the Huntsmen] Corrected an issue where Attumens Felfire would sometimes immediately despawn after being summoned.

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] - All changes pending restart.

Mystic Enchants

Change

Fixed the Spellpower Scaling on the Freezing Blood ERE.

2022/06/03

General

Change

Shattrath is now instanced to improve realm performance.

Website

Change

[Launcher] Improved the captcha login process.

Change

[Launcher] Changelog Module on the Launcher will now let you toggle between Classless and Conquest of Azeroth changelogs.

Change

[Launcher] Adjusted Bugtracker column spacing for improved readability.

Change

[Launcher] Bugtracker now properly displays reason behind closure similar as to what is done on the website.

2022/06/02

General

New

[Requires Launcher Update] Added Suggested Talents. This new optional version of the talent tree will suggest up to 6 talents for you to learn. Talent suggestions are based on the spells and talents you currently know, and how popular a given talent choice is amongst players who have similar spells learned. [You can swap between suggested talents and all talents at any time].

Change

Guards in Southshore vs Tarren Mill now give Score on death.

Change

Fixed an issue where Tiger's Peak would teleport you out after queue.

Change

Fixed an issue that would cause creatures to double update in some zones, causing dots to stop at half duration and sporadic creature movement, and the feeling of lag when fighting creatures.

Change

Improved Hotreloading system to prevent data corruption issues and reduced bandwidth requirements for hotreloading.

Change

Deathmatches can now be completed for the Call to Arms: Battleground daily

Change

Added new functionality for Tutorials and improved tutorials to reduce spam.

Change

Fixed a problem where people received Crows Rage in No risk and were flagged for PvP

Change

Fixed an issue where people would be unable to receive the Prestige Bonus Daily

Change

Fixed issues that caused 60-70 BG Exp to be significantly lower than intended.

Change

Corrected the loot tables of a few of the new rare creatures.

Change

[Draft] Adjusted how the Draft System determined which 3 cards to offer you after generating a potential pool of random cards while leveling. The system will now be more likely to select higher level quality spells to take into account the larger potential pool of spells you are selecting from, giving you a greater chance to see high level Epics and Legendaries spells while leveling.

Change

[Draft] Adjusted how the Hand of Fate Draft System determined which 3 cards to offer you after generating a potential pool of random cards to select from. Higher quality spells that pass the check to be placed in the potential pool will now be more likely to be chosen from that possible pool. This means you will be more likely see higher quality spells in Hand of Fates.

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the cast time reductions to Prayer of Healing from Lights Grace and Serendipity did not stack properly.

Change

[Pending restart] Empowered Touch now makes your Healing Touch casts reduce the cooldown of Tranquility (in addition to Natural Alacrity).

Change

[Pending restart] Seal of Wisdom now restores 12% of base mana, up from 8%.

Change

[Pending restart] Light's Grace will now properly reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light, as the tooltip states.

Change

[Pending restart] Light's Grace can now also trigger from Prayer of Healing.

Change

Fixed an issue where Lightwell would not be usable after the first charge.

Change

Fixed an issue where the Sniper Training buff would be removed when moving.

Change

[Pending Restart] Seal of Wisdom now regenerates 12% base mana, up from 8%.

Item Changes

Change

Fixed an issue where some Zangarmarsh creatures were incorrectly dropping Twisted Living Essence, a level 60 High-Risk Material not used in TBC.

Mystic Enchants

Change

Fixed an issue where Thunder Slam did not deal Nature damage as intended.

Change

[Pending restart] Holy Spirit now stacks up on the caster rather than the target, meaning you can Penance one target and Holy Shock another and still get the bonus. In addition, Penance now fires its four bolts in 2.5 seconds (down from 3) and both healing and dealing damage with Penance awards stacks.

Change

[Pending restart] Flow of Life now reduces the cooldown of Tranquility by 20%, down from 30%, bringing its power when combined with Improved Tranquility to a more reasonable level. Its increase to the targets' Nature periodic healing taken now lasts for 8 seconds, up from 6.

Change

Fixed an issue where Imposing Combo would not apply its buff.

2022/06/01

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Pending Restart] Mind Flay is no longer interrupted when the target clears its slow effects. It will now continue dealing damage but no longer slow the target.

World

Change

[Al'ar] Added Spelldraft Deck to Aurok (Draenai Starting Area) and Shara Sunwing (Blood Elf starting area) in the event that yours is lost.

2022/05/31

General

Change

Reduced gold cost of Temporal Contracts in the Burning Crusade by 25%

Change

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed an issue where immuning a ranged attack could leave a box in the air. Now the correct effect will appear.

Change

[Area 52] fixed an issue where winter maps were the only maps being selected

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Potion of Reputation would be removed when entering an arena.

Talents & Abilities

Change

Killing Spree now deals 30% reduced damage versus players, changed from 20%.

Change

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Blind, Repentance and Wyvern Sting now shares cooldown.

Change

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Blast Wave, Thunderstorm and Typhoon now shares cooldown.

Change

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Disarm and Dismantle now shares cooldown.

Change

Cloak of Shadows now shares a 30 sec cooldown with Deterrence, Divine Shield, Ice Block and Hand of Protection.

Item Changes

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] Pending Restart - The items Bottled Nethergron Energy, Bottled Nethergron Vapor, Fel Armaments and Arcane Tome now have a 1 copper selling price and can be vendored.

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] Pending Restart - Requires Cache clear to be displayed visually - corrected an issue where the Normal Version of the MokNathal Wildercloak still had Resilience and PvP Power instead of PvE Power.

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] Pending Restart - Requires Cache clear to be displayed visually - Corrected an issue where MokNathal Clan Ring had PvP Power instead of PvE Power on its Mythic+ Versions and would apply the Blood Stained debuff.

Mystic Enchants

Change

Fixed an issue where Arc Aim did not have its PvP mod applied.

2022/05/30

General

Change

Fixed an issue where Tame Dragon, Tame Beast, Dominate Undead and Enslave Demon could sporadically fail and end halfway through their channel.

Talents & Abilities

Change

These changes will launch on June 2nd following a launcher update shortly after.

Change

Fixed a bug where Power Surge could trigger even without the player hardcasting any spell.

Change

Power Surge can now trigger from channeled effects such as Invocation and Hellfire in addition to casted spells.

Change

The Capstone effect of Arcane Fortitude now properly increases armor contribution from Cloth items by 30% while Mana-forged Barrier is active.

Change

Reduced the absorb effect of Mana-forged Barrier while at lower levels of mana. At 10% mana, Mana-forged Barrier will now absorb around 40% less damage than previous to this change.

Change

Power Surge now restores 10/20/30% of your missing mana over 4 seconds, up from 12%. This change means that Power Surge will offer significantly more mana regen even if you only periodically cast spells.

Change

Seal of Wisdom now regenerates 8% base mana instead of regenerating 4% of your total mana. This will make it slightly better for characters with low mana pools, but worse for those heavily invested into Intellect (such as casters or Intellect-stacked Mana-forged Barrier tanks).

Change

Blessing of Sanctuary now restores 6% of Base mana when it triggers, up from 2% total mana. This change is aimed at leveling its regen, making it less powerful for Manaforged Barrier-tanks and stronger for other archetypes.

Change

Aspect of the Viper no longer works while Mana-forged Barrier is active.

Dungeons & Raids

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] [Gruuls Lair] [Magtheridons Lair] Trash Mobs inside Gruuls Lair and Magtheridons Lair can now drop items from Karazhan Trash Pools such as Zone Epics, World Drops, Recipes.

Change

[Alar] [Area 52] [Karazhan] Pending Restart - Karazhan Zone Specific Epic Trash Items are now properly pooled and can drop from any creature inside Karazhan at a rate of 1 in 100 up from 1 in 1000.