Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2021/02/19

General

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[League] Felforged - Added required cooking ingredients to Beezlebub under Trade Goods.

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Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented players from grouping with other players.

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Completing a battleground will reward you with 75 Marks of Ascension.

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Winning a battleground will reward you with 100 Marks of Ascension.

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Completing a rated arena will reward you with 10 Marks of Ascension.

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Winning a rated arena will reward you with 25 Marks of Ascension.

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Removed Key requirement from Herod's Door in Scarlet Armory.

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Corrected an issue where you could not Bloodforge Fury of Wrath T2 Strength DPS gear.

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Corrected an issue where skill card packs from fel were missing some cards.

Talents & Abilities

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Fixed an issue where Slam rank 1 could be used while moving.

Website

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[Website/Builder] Fixed an issue causing certain "Instant Cast Time" abilities to show up with a cast time of -1000 seconds.

New

[Website/Builder] Improved cooldown parsing to properly adjust between seconds and minutes depending on the duration.

System Changes

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Implemented a new system to add dynamic Tips and Tricks for new players.

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Armor Cosmetic Set boxes can now be posted on the Auctionhouse.

Item Changes

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Items] Dragonslayer's Signet (Quest Reward) now has a small amount of spell power.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Items] Ancient Cornerstone Grimoire now has a small amount of spell power and no longer has an on-use effect.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Items] Repost: The Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer buff triggered from turning in Onyxia's Head now increases attack power by 80, spell power by 40 and critical strike rating by 42. Previously would grant 140 melee attack power and 140 critical strike rating.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Items] A heroic version of the Onyxia's Head quest has been added.

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Beastmaster Whistles for exotic pets now require the Beast Mastery talent to be used.

Dungeons & Raids

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Your first random LFG dungeon completion of the day will reward you with 125 Marks of Ascension. All completions after that will reward you with 75 Marks of Ascension.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxias Cleave ability is now bound to her next swing rather then being an instant ability.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Player that get hit by multiple Eruptions during phase 3 in quick succession take less damage from Eruptions after the first.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxian Lair Guards spawned during phase 2 now have a Ignite Weapon ability. Ignite weapon causes additional Fire damage to the target and reduces its fire resistance. This effect stacks.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxia will now summon a total of 20 Whelps (10 per side) per wave on all difficulties.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] A raid warning is now displayed for all player whenever Onyxia takes a Deep Breath.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxia now takes 10 seconds up from 8 to finish her Deep Breath ability.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] A visual indicator has been added when Onyxia selects a target for her Fireball that makes it easier for the target to react.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Dragon Killer dropped from Onyxian Lair Guards is a short duration usable item that can be picked up by a player and used on Onyxia. Dragon Killer will deal a serious wound to Onyxia, causing her to bleed for 5% of her maximum health over 10 seconds.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxian Lair Guards spawned during the second phase can now be looted for a short period of time and will drop a Dragon Killer.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxia will now end her air phase at 35% health down from 45%.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxia will now start her air phase at 85% health up from 65%.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [Onyxia] Onyxia has been reworked.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [General] Corrected an issue where creatures inside Onyxias Lair had level 80 values for fire and shadow resistance.

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[League 2] [Onyxia] [General] Onyxias Lair now has a checkpoint.

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Corrected an issue where Flex scaling would not update properly when players left the raid.

2021/02/18

General

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Added item - Crystal Vial to Beezlebub FelForged vendor.

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Players can no longer use summoned objects to block Karazhan Crow's Cache routes.

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Fixed an issue where tooltip values from PvP (0.15%) and PvE (0.1%) were flipped in client.

Talents & Abilities

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Fixed an issue where Blessed Resilience sometimes wouldn't proc as intended.

Mystic Enchants

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Reworked Mana Leech: Your Mana Burn destroys 30% more mana but deals 30% less damage and the mana cost is increased by 30%. (It can now be exchanged to another enchant on an altar for free.)

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Fixed a bug where "Accurate" Mystic Enchants would actually reduce the chance to hit.

2021/02/17

Talents & Abilities

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Mana Shield spell power scaling is now reduced from 0.55 to 0.4. [Pending restart]

Item Changes

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Fixed an issue where some PvP off-pieces were missing armor and stats and their Bloodforged variant had incorrect stats, resilience and PvP power. [Pending restart]

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Shimmering Slicer transmog will now properly side sheath.

2021/02/16

General

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ALL items that drop specifically from world bosses are now Bind on Equip.

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Changed Battlegear of Wrath t2 tank set 3 & 5 set bonus. The Set Bonuses will be visible in a later patch but they are as follows: 3 set - Increases the melee attack power reduction of your Demoralizing Shout by 20%. 5 set - Reduces the cooldown of Shield Slam, Shield Wall and Shield Block by 5%.

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Implemented Fury of Wrath t2 Strength DPS Set. The Set Bonuses will be visible in a later patch but they are as follows: 3 set - Increases the attack power granted by Battle Shout by 30. 5 set - 20% chance after using an offensive ability requiring rage that your next offensive ability requires to cost 5 less rage. 8 set - Increases your Haste Rating by 10% of your Strength.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Overpower a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Fear a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Earthbind Totem a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Eviscerate a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Drain Soul a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Hammer of Justice a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Golden Skill Card - Power Word: Shield a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Overpower a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Fear a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Earthbind Totem a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Eviscerate a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Drain Soul a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Hammer of Justice a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Added: Skill Card - Power Word: Shield a Patch and Cleared Cache will be required to use this card.

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Corrected an issue where a handful of achievements related to love is in the air were not functioning correctly.

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Extended Love in the air by 3.5 days.

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corrected an issue where players couldn't purchase arena off pieces or weapons on Wildhammer and Area-52./

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corrected an issue where Wildhammer and Area-52 were granting 3x less Marks of Ascension.

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High Risk Quests will now offer the same amount of marks as the no-risk variants in vanilla.

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Changed the icon (requires patch & clear cache) of Blood of Sargeras to be more fitting and to be different from the Essence of Sargeras

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Corrected an issue where the spirit of azuregos had the incorrect spawn timer causing him to not spawn every 16 hours.

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[Felforged] Felforged are now able to purchase Zul'Gurub Enchantments from Critical Consumeables.

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[TBC] Raid Lockouts will now be 3 days until the next reset because of the recent update that pushed lockout times 4 days. After these 3 days it will be back to normal.

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[TBC] Corrected an issue where daily quests would not cycle.

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[TBC] Crow's Cache will now drop 5-6 items from t4 instead of 3 items from magtheridon's lair.

Talents & Abilities

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Flametongue Attack now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

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Frost Shock now deals 35% reduced damage against players, from 30%.

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Earth Shock now deals 30% reduced damage against players, from 25%.

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Sinister Strike (Double Down) now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

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Single Minded Fury off-hand attacks now deal 10% reduced damage against players.

System Changes

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Fixed a problem with Golden Skill Card application on Wildhammer

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Made some changes to Guldan system to speed up login times.

Item Changes

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[League 2] Doomshot and Miniature Cannonball Ammunition are no longer soul bound.

Dungeons & Raids

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[League 2] Cannon Master Willey inside Stratholme will now always drop a stack of 250 Miniature Cannon Balls. Active after server restart.

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[League 2] Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin inside the Lower Blackrock Spire will now always drop a stack of 250 Doomshots. Active after server restart.

Quests

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Corrected an issue where players outside of Wildcard were able to see chest of fortune, sof quests, etc.

2021/02/15

General

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Removed Key requirement from Scarlet Cathedral's Tower Door.

Item Changes

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Magtheridon's Head Quest is now repeatable. Active after server restart.

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Magtheridon will now drop 1 head for both factions on flex and heroic difficulty rather then one for each faction. Player owning old heads are still able to turn them in. Active after server restart.

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Corrected an issue where the normal version of the Lightning Capacitor would not have critical strike rating. Active on Area 52 and Wildhammer after server restart.

Dungeons & Raids

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The Smoldering Ember Wyrm mount has its drop rate increased to 100%. Active after server restart.

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The Smoldering Ember Wyrm mount will no longer drop from Nightbane and will now drop from Prince Malchezaar in Karazhan on Heroic Difficulty instead. Active after server restart.

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reduced the rate of which hakkari coins and bijous drop by 66% but they now drop 3 coins. Overall, the amount of coins netted should be the same, but feel way less spammy.

2021/02/14

General

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Fixed an issue where baseline Resilience was lower than intended on Area 52 and Wildhammer. [Pending restart]

Item Changes

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[League] Golden Sealed Fel Card is now properly bind on pickup. (pending restart)

2021/02/13

General

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Engaging Azuregos will now properly remove PvE mode.

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Corrected an issue where experience rates from 60 to 70 were working incorrectly for Resolute characters.

Item Changes

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[Living Infernal Core]: Added to Collections.

Dungeons & Raids

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[League 2] Reduced the duration of Azuregos Mark of Frost to 5 minutes down from 15 minutes.

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[League 2] When Azuregos teleport s player to his location, he will now locate them slightly above the ground to prevent falling through the world.

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[League 2] Corrected an issue where player where able to see and attack an invisible trigger during the Azuregos Fight.

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[League 2] Azuregos Chill ability now reduces attack speed by 50% (down from 300%) and movement speed by 25% (down from 50%). Chill can now stack up to 3 times.

Quests

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[Wildhammer] Fixed an issue preventing Silas from offering leveling SoF quests.