Ascension Changelog

Fixed an issue where non-human races could not learn riding training from Randal Hunter on Alar.

Added Personal Loot boxes like Mythic+ Lootcaches to Vanilla Normal, Heroic, and Mythic dungeons on the last boss.

Added gold reward for all Path to Ascension quests.

You will now learn Resurrect in Capital City and Resurrect in Closest Town after your first death rather than at level 1.

Mystic Presets 1 and 2 now are learned when you reach level 60 for the first time rather than on character creation to remove bloat and help early-game focus on usable features. These persist through prestige!

Languages are now hidden client-side to remove bloat from general tab of spellbook.

In preparation for upcoming tank changes the following bosses - High Priest Thekal, Razorgore the Untamed, Vaelastrasz the Corrupt, Broodlord Lashlayer, Nefarian, Lord Kri, Sapphiron, Attumen the Huntsmen, Lord Crispin Ference, Romulo, Tinhead, Nightbane, Prince Malchezaar, High King Maulgar, Magtheridon - wish previously had a on-next swing cleave or cleave like ability will now use a cone shaped cleave that is not bound to the next swing. This Cleaves will obey area damage reduction.

Pending restart, Path to Ascension quests that required a Dungeon or Raid completion can now be completed on difficulties higher than the ones specified in the quest.

Path to Ascension: Hidden Cache and Beast Nest Quests. Added additional quest obj text reiterating that Rare and Epic Locking Mechanisms and Predator Claws require Rare and Epic Keys/Bait.

[Pending Restart] Battleground brackets from 10-59 will now also balance teams around "power score". Score is calculated from average item level, player level, mystic enchantments and other factors.

Corrected an issue where Mystic Enchantment Gear Memory would occasionally fail to save and load propely (separate occurrences). This would cause switching to Mystic Enchantment Presets to charge you Mystic Orbs when it should not have.

Pending restart, corrected an issue where Path to Ascension: Take Down a Faction Leader could not be completed in a raid.

Pending restart, corrected an issue where Path to Ascension: Take Down a World Boss could not be completed in a raid.

[Game Mode] Resolute can now participate in battlegrounds.

Fixed a bug where Criminal Intent would run out of duration while fighting.

[Pending restart] Titanic Mutilate now deals 90% weapon damage, changed from 80%.

Heart of the Crusader now deals 70% less damage to players, changed from 65%.

[Area52] Dragon Fury (Slam bonus damage from Dragon Warrior) now deals 50% less damage to players in 2v2 and 3v3 arena, changed from 25%.

[Area52] Dragon Roar now deals 50% less damage to players in 2v2 and 3v3 arena, changed from 30%.

Fixed Call of the Ancestors / Spirit summoning no totems at all.

[Pending restart] Deterrence now shares a 30 second cooldown with Divine Shield, Hand of Protection and Ice Block.

Coldridge Valley graveyard will no longer be selected when you are outside of the area.

Lootbot 5000 will now longer display looting visual when owners inventory is full.

You can now switch RE Presets while in shapeshift forms. [Pending Restarts] [Pending Patch Update]

Added Mystic Enchant Presets spells to their own Spell tab.

Released RE Presets and Gear Enchant Memory. See News Article!

Mythic+ Green Items from Dungeons are now requiring level 60 to wear. This means that players who were able to previously use these hard-to-obtain items in a prestige run will no longer be at a distinct advantage.

"Shadowforge Torch" Required to open the last door in BRD Upper City will now be a party-loot item in all modes, normal, heroic and mythic.

[Pending Restart] The "Gauntlet" inside of Blackrock Depths Upper City will no longer respawn. This means if you wipe close to the last boss of Blackrock Depths Upper City, you will now no longer need to clear the gauntlet every time. Champions who would also respawn in this Gauntlet are affected by this change as well.

Fixed an issue where the Zandalarian Hero Charm could be active with other trinket on use effects at the same time.

Fixed an error in some text descrepancies in the new Path to Ascension quests.

[Pending restart] Increased the damage done by Retribution Aura by 10%.

[Pending restart] Increased the damage done by Thorns by 10%.

Ny'Alotha' Allseer will be sent out to players once they hit the max level of the server instead of level 70. Text is pending patch update.

Twin Peaks is now available on Alar as well!

Path to Ascension quests will now appear at the top of the callboard.

Fixed an issue where the Netherwind 8 Set Bonus could affect blizzard.

Reduced time for MMR expansion during queue from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the +15% damage buffs from Metamorphosis and The Beast Within could be active simultaneously. All of these temporary +15% damage buffs, also including Death Wish, Avenging Wrath and Arcane Power, are exclusive and do not stack with each other.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where Filthy Tricks could trigger from using Meditate.

[Pending restart] Frostbolt now reduces movement speed by 30%, changed from 40%.

[Pending restart] Furious Attacks is now a 2 point talent changed from 3. Now gives your melee attacks a chance to reduce healing by 5/10%, stacking to 3. (The new rank 2 gives the same value as the previous rank 3).

[Pending restart] [Area 52] Judgement of Righteousness now deals 40% less damage versus players, changed from 35%.

[Pending restart] [Area 52] Judgement of Command now deals 35% less damage versus players, changed from 30%.

[Pending restart] [Alar] Judgement of Righteousness now deals 50% less damage versus players, changed from 45%.

[Pending restart] [Alar] Judgement of Command now deals 50% less damage versus players, changed from 45%.

[Pending restart] Healing Wave now heals for 10% less while in a 2v2 arena, 3v3 arena or in a battleground.

[Pending restart] Bloodthirst now deals 5% less damage vs players in 2v2 and 3v3 arena.

[Pending restart] Ice Floes Capstone now heals for 5% base health per second, down from 6%.

[Pending restart] Deterrence now triggers a 30 second debuff called Dulled Blades, which prevents you from using Deterrence.

[Pending restart] Guardian's Favour now increases the duration of Hand of Freedom by 1/2/3 sec, changed from 2/4/6 sec.

[Pending restart] The Capstone of Nature's Guardian now heals for 30% more. It also has a new visual for when the heal is triggered.

[Pending restart] Spellsteal now has a 10 second cooldown, changed from 12.

[Pending restart] Purge now has a 10 second cooldown, changed from 12.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where using Silencing Shot would not break stealth.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the Warrior set bonus from AQR had no effect now that Berserker Rage no longer has a duration. This set bonus will now give you a separate buff when you use Berserker Rage, lasting for 10 seconds.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where some PvP bloodforged sets would not have the same set bonuses as the pristine versions.

[Ruins of AhnQiraj] Added a Heroic Version of Ossirians Head quest.

[Ruins of AhnQiraj] Updated all items quality, item level and stats to be on par with Blackwing Lair.

[Ruins of AhnQiraj] Increased health and damage of all creatures and bosses to be on par with Blackwing Lair.

[Ruins of AhnQiraj] Updated all creatures and bosses to latest standards.

Ruins of AhnQiraj release.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where Insect Swarm (Plague) dealt more damage than intended at low-level. Overall damage at max-level should remain mostly unchanged.

[Pending restart] Blazing Barrier absorb amount increased by 10%.

[Pending restart] While Dragon Warrior is active, your Slam now does 30% less damage vs players, changed from 20%.

[Pending restart] Dominant Word: Shield is now 25% less effective while the Crow's Rage debuff is active.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the damage from Shield Block - Bulwark could trigger certain procs from your weapon.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where Massacre could trigger from Killing Spree without having the mystic enchant active.

[Pending restart] Blazing Barrier is now learned if you have Combustion, rather than transformed from Combustion. (Meaning you can use both Combustion and Blazing Barrier at the same time.)

[Pending restart] The Righteous Flame buff now increase Holy Fire damage per stack vs players by 6%, changed from 8%.

[Pending restart] The buff from Amal'thazad's Curse now lasts for 12 sec, changed from 8.

Applied an overhaul to AQR items because these items are found later within the release schedule, most items have received a huge facelift in terms of stats, new item identity & usability.

Edrim Skysong will now have the option to downgrade your current Keystone. [Pending Restart]

Doubled the Mystic Orbs gained from helping newer players in dungeons.

Clarified the tooltip of the Mystic Draughts to show that these are an alternative method of obtaining mystic extracts and are NOT recommended unless you have a very high mystic enchanting level.

Arena Teams will no longer be renamed to characters name when changing name.

[Area-52] Prestige Daily Bonus Quests will now reward 50 orbs up from 0.

Scourgestones (whose primary use is for argent dawn rep) is now mailable to alt characters. [Pending Restart]

Fixed an issue where patterns like: Persuader could not be dropped from creatures, lootboxes or lockboxes.

Fixed an issue where patterns like: Lionheart Helmet could not be dropped from creatures, lootboxes or lockboxes.

Fixed a bug where damage from Fierce Blow would pierce through Ardent Defender.

Totem Mastery: Fire will now work as intended when having other summons active.

Multi segment flight paths will now use "shortcuts" when connecting nodes. For example going from Menethil Harbor to Stormwind will no cause flying partially into Ironforge.

Fixed an exploit allowing to switch equipment while encounter was in progress.

[Area-52] [Pending Launcher Update] Reduced the Marks of Ascension price by 50% for Mystic Runes.

[Area-52] Reduced the Marks of Ascension price by 50% for Mystic Orbs.

[Requires Launcher Update] Added a button to the death recap frame to link the recap in chat.

[Requires Launcher Update] You can now mouseover the spell icon(s) in a death recap to view the tooltip for that spell

[Requires Launcher Update] [Pending Restart] Death Recaps can be shared with other players through chat by shift-clicking the [You died.] hyperlink.

[Requires Launcher Update] Death Recaps can now be viewed after reviving by clicking the [You died.] hyperlink in your chat.

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed Death Recaps being unavailable in certain situations.

Decreased initial rating range where arena teams would be matched by A LOT.

[Requires Launcher Update] The task bar icon will now flash from important events if you do not have the WoW window focused. Some important events include: BG / Arena / LFG Queues, Ready Checks, Entering Combat, Whispers, Ticket Responses, & Summons.

Fixed arena matchmaking. You will now face enemies appropriated to your current matchmaking search range.

Fixed an issue where Arcane Spheres would have a buggy visual. [Requires Launcher update]

Fixed an issue where Combustion could still be used while having Blazing Barrier active.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the triggered spells from Corrupted Bear, Fel Paw and Fel Hunter, could incorrectly trigger additional procs such as poisons.

Corrected the tooltip of Metamorphosis to state that it only allows Fire and Shadow spells. (It's currently intended that you can't use Fire and Shadow melee and ranged abilities but we are discussing options for allowing more.) [Requires Launcher update]

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where Blazing Barrier was not usable while in Metamorphosis. [Requires Launcher update]

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the heal from Temporal Shield would be affected by some healing modifiers. It should now always restore the same amount of health as damage you received during it.