Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2023/06/30

General

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The following trials ended up being more difficult to complete than anticipated, and so are getting a higher challenge rating to clearly communicate their difficulty. They also now offer additional currency rewards upon completion. The challenges themselves have not changed: Pair in the Lair, Holy Trinity, Lonely Survivor, Nightmare - Resolute, & The Darkest Dungeon.

Dungeons & Raids

Change

[Netherwind Regalia] Fixed an issue resulting in abnormal stats for higher difficulties.

Mystic Enchants

Change

Fixed numerous bugs and exploits allowing players to stack up Thunder Seer faster than intended. With these changes in mind these are the follow up tweaks:

Change

+[Arcane Thunder Seer] Arcane Thunder now increases damage of your Lightning Bolt by 5% and Chain Lightning by 4% per stack. (This no longer has lowered damage scaling against players)

Quests

Change

[A52] Fixed an issue where the method to obtain the enchant Ol' Bloodsurge Worldforged enchant was not available in the realm. You can now obtain it.

2023/06/29

General

New

+++If knockbacks get out of hand we will consider introducing a knockback DR+++

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[Pending Resatrt] Death coil and Psychic horror no longer share a cooldown.

New

[Pending Resatrt] Invisibility and vanish no longer share a cooldown.

New

[Pending Resatrt] Repentence, Wyvern sting, Blinding light, Ring of frost, blind, and petrification totem no longer share a cooldown

New

[Pending Resatrt] Blast wave, Thunderstorm, and Typhoon no longer share a cooldown.

Change

Fixed an issue that prevented Paladin Summon Warhorse ability from being used. It should be enabled again!

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where on server restart/crash under some specific conditions if you were in No Risk (PVE only) your mode would revert to No Risk(PVP). Now it will automatically be saved on server side and reapplied on relog. This should prevent No Risk PVE players from losing it.

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Dark Surgeon] [Thrall] [Archimonde] Fixed an issue where Dark Surgeons Circle of Healing incorrectly lost its AP scaling. It now scales from 7.8% of your attack power, in addition to its previous 15.6% healing power coefficient.

Change

[Original Classes] Windfury totem from Original Shamans will no longer stack with its Hero counterpart.

Website

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Improved visibility and ease of access to CoA and WOTLK discords for users with access, on the website UCP.

Item Changes

Change

[Area52] Fixed an issue where Vengeful Gladiatior's War Edge was missing from the vendor. It is now available from Leeni "Smiley" Smalls

Mystic Enchants

Change

[Embracing Shadows] Forbidden Technique will now properly reset the cooldown on Shadowstep.

Change

[Firewatch] Explosive Charges will now benefit from Combusting Shots Epic Enchant.

Change

[Circle of Life] Renamed Renewed Life to Light of Life and updated the spell icon to a unique icon to make it clear this spell does not scale from or require Renew. (Patch Pending)

2023/06/28

General

New

Shadow Word:gore Damage increased by 15% in pvp combat.

New

Quick draw damage increased by 20% in pvp combat.

New

Chaos burn damage increased by 15% in pvp combat

New

[Pending Restart] Surge of light now reduces smite damage by 15% when casted instantly in pvp combat.

Talents & Abilities

Change

Roll the Bones will now properly appear in the Combat Tab of the spell book instead of General. (Pending Patch)

Change

[Original 9 Classes] [Shaman] Fixed an issue where Flametongue Weapon could only trigger from one of your weapons while dual-wielding at any one time. It will now trigger on all attacks will dual-wielding if you have Flametongue Weapon enchanted on both weapons.

Change

[Original 9 Classes] [Shaman] Fixed an issue where Frostbrand Weapon had a far lower PPM than intended. It now has 8.8 PPM like its Blizzlike counterpart.

Mystic Enchants

Change

[Dancer in the Dark] Will now reduce the cooldown of Forbidden Technique while in stealth. (pending restart)

Change

[Veil of Shadows] Fixed an issue where the % magic damage taken from this Mystic Enchantment would stack with Original Class sources, such as Earth and Moon or Curse of Elements.

Change

[Dark Apotheosis] Fixed an issue where the Recent changes to Demonic Rage (Shadow Cleave) caused issues with the Immolation Aura extension and Pet healing from this Mystic Enchantment. The auto-cleave feature now no longer works while Dark Apotheosis is active.

Change

[Pending Restart] [A52] Fixed an issue which prevented the Waxing Moon damage proc from the New Moon Mystic Enchantment from working.

Change

[Pending Restart] [A52] Fixed an issue where the Syndicate Sniper Training capstone was not working on A52.

Change

[Pending Restart] [A52] Fixed an issue where Storm of Swords was not working as intended on A52.

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Storm of Swords was not gaining the correct amount of CDR when using a 2 handed weapon without Titan's Grip.

2023/06/27

General

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where you could not delete characters with empty mails from store that died during the Trials and Hardcore Challenges. If you have characters archived that need to be deleted make sure to use the command ".char list" and activate them to delete them. You can only have 10 characters active at a time but with it you can exceed this limitation by archiving them ingame with the command.

New

Harbinger of flame spell coefficients have been changed. Direct bonus reduced from 0.25 to 0.18. Ap Bonus reduced from 0.25 to 0.18. Damage in pvp increased by 20%.

Change

[Thrall] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where the item [Seasonal Achievement's Unlock] was no longer in Tiraxis since the merge of updates from League 4. It's now once again available with the same price as before.

New

[Archimonde] Freezing blood Frostbolt Damage reduced by 15% in pvp combat.

New

[Archimonde] Freezing blood damage reduced by 20% in pvp combat.

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[Archimonde][Area52] Deep wounds damage reduced by 15% in pvp combat.

Change

Disabeld Teleporting into LFG during Flight paths. This is causing undefined behavior and crashes.

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue that prevented OG Warlock from using the Major Firestone to enhance their weapons.

World

Change

[Pending Restart] Dreamfoil can now drop Sanguine Herbs in High-Risk Tier Zones.

System Changes

New

Consumed by Fire is now a buff on player rather then a debuff on enemy.

New

[Area52] Freezing blood damage reduced by 10% in pvp combat.

Item Changes

Change

[Area52] [Karazhan] Fixed an issue where Raid Cache was missing for all Bosses on Mythic difficulty. As well as added Raid Cache to the Chess Event on all difficulties.

Change

[Area52] Fixed an issue where The Lurker Below didn't drop Raid Cache on any difficulty.

Change

[Area52] Fixed an issue where Merciless Cloth Chest pieces were missing from Vik "Angry" Smalls.

Mystic Enchants

Change

[Pending Restart] [Felborne] Mutilate will now properly generate stacks of Meteoric Impact.

Change

Fixed an issue where Synchronize did not consume Missile Barrage on Area 52.

Change

[Pending Restart] [Arcane Gunslinger] Fixed an issue where Arcane Missiles would not trigger Gunslinger Barrage if you used two Missile Barrage charges back to back.

2023/06/26

General

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[Pending Restart] Trials that required you to clear dungeons (Boss Blitz, Pair in the Lair, Holy Trinity, & The Darkest Dungeon) are no longer 1x experience. Instead, your maximum level will now be locked until you defeat the respective boss. For example, you cannot surpass level 20 until you defeat Edwin Vancleef.

Change

The Hardcore, Ironman, and Nightmare Narcolepsy trial has been re-enabled

System Changes

New

[Pending Restart] Rush of Blood no longer allows you to ambush players facing you.

Mystic Enchants

Change

[Pending Restart] [Wind Rager] Fixed an issue where Rampant Tornado was not increasing melee attack speed.

Change

[Pending restart][Arcane Thunder Seer] Fixed a bug where Thuder Seer buff would allow you to cast more projectiles of arcane missiles than the intended maximum of 5.

2023/06/25

General

New

[Pending Restart][Archimonde] Primal Hakkari Idol's can now be purchased for 100 Raider's Commendations, they are available in the Zul'Gurub section of Romus the Redeemer.

System Changes

New

[Pending Restart][Archimonde] [Area52] Dash now costs 1 legendary gem. (Changed from 1 epic gem).

New

Harbinger of Flame will now only proc from direct damage and not periodic damage.

Mystic Enchants

Change

[Pending restart] Deep Shadow, the proc from Shadow Power talent capstone, now increased targets damage taken from caster by 8%. Up from 6%.

Change

[Pending restart][Heavyweight]Raging Blow will now also generate a stack of Heavyweight.

Change

[Pending restart][Frozen Chaos]Frozen Chaos stack now empowers your next Chaos Bolt by 30% vs monsters. Up from 25%.

Change

[Pending restart][Frozen Chaos]Frozen Embers now stack up to 10.

Change

[Pending restart][Midnight Flames]Conflagrates damage per stack increased to 12%. Pyroblasts damage per stack increased to 10%. Up from 8/10% respectivelly.

Change

[Pending restart][Controlled Burn]New mechanic: Dealing direct damage with Conflagrate will increase targets damage taken by your fire spells by 1%. Stacking up to 20.

Change

[Pending restart][Elemental Lord]Elemental Solidification now increased damage of your next Lava Burst by 50%. Up from 30%.

Change

[Pending restart][Elemental Lord]Incerased base damage and scaling of Elemental Aftershock by 20%.

Change

[Pending restart][Cleanse in Flames] Decreased bonus damage of Exorcism and Judgements to 10% against targets afflicted by Holy Fire. Down from 20%.

Change

[Pending restart]Decreased contribution of your damage on Righteous Vengeance damage over time to 7/14/20%. Down from 8/16/25%.

Change

[Pending restart][One With The Light]Decreased scaling of Crudarer Strike(One With The Light) and Divine Storm(One With The Light).

Change

[Pending restart][Knight of the Eclipse] Decreased damage of Solar Strike and Solar Burn by 20%. Lifted PvP damage modifiers to reflect this.

Change

[Pending restart][Festering Wound] After critically striking with Mutilate, you will regenerate 5 energy instantly and another 10 energy over 3 seconds. Down from 10/20 respectivelly.

Change

[Pending restart][Sinister Transfusion] Duration is decreased by 50% if paired with Demonic Influence.

Change

[Pending restart][Demonic Rage] The buff you get from using shadow cleave now increases damage of your next Fire or Shadow direct damage spell by 10% (5% vs players). Down from 20%/10% respectivelly.

2023/06/24

General

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where the Woodcutter profession could not be performed in the Lumber Mill located in Hearthglen, Western Plaguelands.

Change

[Pending Restart] [Archimonde] [Thrall] Fixed an issue where Bloodforged Vengeful items could not be displayed or equipped via wardrobe in realms other than Area 52.

New

Tidal Shield Healing in 1v1 arena has been reduced by 70%.

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Fixed an issue where some recent cooldown changes weren't applied. Refer to changelog on 6/6. This affected for example abilities such as Repentance, Wyvern Sting and Hammer of Justice.

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Crow's Stability would block the usage of Leap of Faith.

Change

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Deep Freeze was not dispellable.

Item Changes

Change

Fixed an issue where Callboard Caches/Invasion Caches were missing several T2 Sets.

Mystic Enchants

New

[Pending restart][White Walker] Increased base damage and scaling of Winds of Winter by 20%

New

[Pending restart][Heavyweight] Heavyweight buff now increased your physical damage done by 2% per stack. Up from 1%.

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[Pending restart][Forked Lightning] No longer increases CD of your Chain Lightning.

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[Pending restart][Forked Lightning] Increased damage and scaling of Forked Lightning by 10%.

New

[Pending restart][Disciple of Arugal]Tainted targets take 80% increased damage from Unstable Affliction and 160% from Curse of Agony.

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[Pending restart][Stormgarde] Stormgarde Epic Mystic Enchant can now also be triggered with Slam.

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[Pending restart][Stormgarde] Increased number of additional targets hit up to 4. Increased base damage and scaling of Stormgarde proc by 30%.

New

[Pending restart][Thuder Slam] Your Lightning bolt damage increase from Assault and Battery is increased by additional 100% if you have Lightning Shield active.

2023/06/23

Website

Change

Fixed some leaderboards in Area 52 not displaying.

Change

Fixed builder not updating.

Change

ixed "Confirmed" tag not syncing to discord Bug Tracker thread.

New

Implemented status history in Bug Tracker.

Change

Fixed incorrect additional tag syncing from internal tools to web for Bug Tracker.

Item Changes

Change

[Archimonde][Thrall] Missing normal versions of Polished Breastplate of Might and Urn of Aspiring Light are now available from Nozdormu for Marks of Ascension.

2023/06/22

General

New

[Area52] [Pending Restart] Vindicator's Cloak of Salvation, Vindicator's Cloak of Power, Vindicator's Band of Dominance, Vindicator's Band of Salvation, Vindicator's Band of Subjugation, Vindicator's Pendant of Dominance, Battlemaster's Perserverance, Battlemaster's Determination, Battlemaster's Audacity, Battlemaster's Depravity, and Battlemaster's Cruelty have had their stats increased. (Season 3 Off-pieces and Trinkets)

New

[Area52] Vindicator's Cloak of Salvation, Vindicator's Cloak of Power, Vindicator's Band of Dominance, Vindicator's Band of Salvation, Vindicator's Band of Subjugation, Vindicator's Pendant of Dominance, Battlemaster's Perserverance, Battlemaster's Determination, Battlemaster's Audacity, Battlemaster's Depravity, Battlemaster's Cruelty have had their stats increased.

New

[Archimonde] Stormhammer damage redcued by 15% in pvp combat.

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[Area52] Healing and absorbs have been reduced by 10% in battleground combat.

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[Archimonde] Battlemage Fire blast now deals 20% increased damage in pvp combat.

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[Archimonde] Battlemage Ice lance now deals 20% increased damage in pvp combat.