Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2020/10/26

Dungeons & Raids

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The Shade of Aran's Arcane Missiles ability can now hit targets regardless of distance.

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The Shade of Aran's Ultimate Arcane Explosion ability now ignores Invulnerabilities.

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Kil'rek's Amplify Flames ability now lasts 90 seconds, up from 60. This prevents a rare issue where the effect would run out before Kil'rek was able to re-apply it.

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Terestian Illhoof's Soul Fire ability now only targets players.

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Terestian Illhoof's Sacrifice effect will now execute players that are still alive at the end of its duration.

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Corrected an issue where Terestian Illhoof's Sacrifice effect was affected by player talents and abilities.

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Corrected an issue where The Curator would change the size of his hit box when activating Arcane Infusion.

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The Curator's Hateful Bolt ability now only targets players.

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The Curator's Astral Deconstruction ability now ignores Invulnerabilities.

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The Curator's Astral Deconstruction ability can no longer miss.

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The Curator's Astral Deconstruction ability can no longer be Reflected, Redirected, or Deflected.

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Nightbane will now land 50% faster when summoned.

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Nightbane's Distracting Ash ability now reduces ALL hit chance by 50% instead of only melee and spell hit chance by 30%.

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Nightbane's Bellowing Roar ability now ignores Line of SIght.

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Nightbane's Cleave ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Nightbane's Smoldering Breath ability now ignores Line of Sight.

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Corrected the tooltip of Nightbane's Smoldering Breath ability to reflect its correct effect.

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Corrected an issue where The Crone was not using her Fiery Broom ability.

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Reduced the chain distance of The Crone's Chain Lightning ability.

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The Crone's Chain Lightning ability will now ignore Line of Sight.

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Increased the cast time of The Crone's Chain Lightning ability to 3 seconds, up from 2.

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Tinhead's Cleave ability is now used on Tinhead's next swing.

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Tinhead's Cleave ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Roar's Mangle ability now inflicts 50% weapon damage instead of 2500 Physical damage.

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Roar's Shred Armor ability now reduces the target's armor by 50% instead of 7500.

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Roar no longer casts Frightened Scream.

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Dorothee's Frightened Scream ability no longer has a target limit.

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The Big Bad Wolf will no longer start a new chase after killing his current target.

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The Big Bad Wolf will now warn players two seconds before beginning a chase.

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The Big Bad Wolf's Wide Swipe ability now lasts 3 seconds, down from 4.

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The Big Bad Wolf's Terrifying Howl ability will no longer make players run away in fear, and will instead make them cower in place.

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The Big Bad Wolf's Shred ability now deals 20% weapon damage, down from 50%.

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Romulo's Poisoned Thrust ability now deals 50% weapon damage, down from 100%.

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Romulo's Poisoned Thrust ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Romulo's Poisoned Thrust ability will now deal Nature damage instead of Physical damage.

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Romulo's Deadly Swathe ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Romulo's Deadly Swathe ability is now used on Romulo's next swing.

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Julianne will now cast Blinding Passion more frequently.

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The Opera House's Stage Fright effect will now ignore Invulnerabilities.

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The Opera House's Shame effect can no longer be Reflected or Redirected.

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The Opera House's Shame effect will now ignore Invulnerabilities.

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Corrected an issue where The Opera House's Stench of Failure was affected by player abilities and talents.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Holy Ground ability now deals 750 damage per tick (from 2000)

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The Maiden of Virtue's Holy Ground ability will now deal damage every second (from 3), but will only interrupt players every third tick. This makes it easier to break Repentance.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Repentance ability now lasts 6 seconds, down from 12.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Repentance ability can no longer be Reflected or Redirected.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Repentance ability will now ignore Invulnerabilities.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Repentance ability will now only target players.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Desperate Prayer ability is no longer affected by any cast time modifiers.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Consecration effect will not deal damage every second from 2 seconds, and had it's damage reduced accordingly.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Desperate Prayer Explosion effect will now deal damage in an 8 yard radius from 7 yards.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Holy Wrath ability will now only target players.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Holy Fire ability can no longer be Reflected or Redirected.

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The Maiden of Virtue's Holy Fire ability will now only target players.

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Corrected an issue where Moroes' Stuffed debuff would reduce movement speed incorrectly.

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Corrected an issue where Moroes' Starving debuff would be affected by a players' auras and talents.

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Moroes' Frenzy ability will no longer increase Physical damage dealt by 20%, and will instead increase his attack speed by 30%.

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Moroes' Gouge ability now deals 50% weapon damage instead of 5000 physical damage.

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Moroes' Blind ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Lady Keira Berrybuck will now cast her Divine Shield ability immedietally after reaching 25% health remaining.

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Lady Keira Berrybuck's Greater Blessing of Might ability will now ignore Line of Sight.

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Corrected an issue where Baroness Dorothea Millstripe's Mana Burn ability would destroy more mana than intended.

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Increased the range of Baroness Dorothea Millstripe's Mana Burn ability to 40 yards from 30.

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Baroness Dorothea Millstripe's Mana Burn ability can no longer be Reflected or Redirected.

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Baroness Dorothea Millstripe's Shadow Word: Pain ability can no longer be Reflected or Redirected.

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Lord Crispin Ference will now cast his Shieldwall ability immediately after reaching 25% health remaining.

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Lord Crispin Ference's Heroic Strike ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Lady Catriona Von'Indi's Greater Heal ability will no longer be effected by cast time modifying effects.

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Increased the range of Lady Catriona Von'Indi's Holy Fire ability to 40 yards from 30.

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Lady Catriona Von'Indi's Holy Fire ability will now only target players.

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Reduced the damage dealt by Attumen's Spectral Steeds by 10%.

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Attumen's Felfire now lasts 30 seconds, down from 60 seconds.

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Attumen's Charge is now unaffected by Invulnerabilities.

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Attumen's Charge can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Attumen's Intangible Presence will now ignore Invulnerabilities.

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Attumen's Intangible Presence will now ignore Line of Sight.

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Attumen's Intangible Presence can no longer be Reflected or Redirected.

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Attumen's Knockdown stun duration has been reduced to 2 seconds from 3.

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Reduced the damage of Attumen's Shadow Cleave ability to 50% weapon damage from 65%.

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Attumen's Shadow Cleave ability can no longer be Dodged, Parried, or Blocked.

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Corrected an issue where Torment of the Worgen would be hidden client-side, and would not visually transform the player.

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Increased the range of the abilities of a handful of creatures in Karazhan.

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Made several creature's abilities in Karazhan ignore Invulnerability, Reflect, and Redirect mechanics.

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Improved targetting logic for a handful of creatures in Karazhan.

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Moved checkpoints outside of boss areas in Karazhan.

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Greatly improved checkpoint logic in Karazhan.

2020/10/25

General

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Created a new way to check for nightmare mode achievements. It will now recognize both nightmare mode auras instead of only one when completing these achievements. This will allow for players with the new & old aura alike to obtain Nightmare Mode achievements.

2020/10/24

System Changes

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Area-52 Criminal Intent is re-enabled in No-Risk if you are not under the PvE ruleset. (We are experimenting with this change and looking forward to feedback)

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[Seasonal] Fel Commutation can now be used to insure soulbound items.

2020/10/23

Mystic Enchants

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Re-enabled the Bountiful Holy Wrath Mystic Enchantment.

Quests

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Fixed Call to Arms Temporal Contracts

2020/10/22

World

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Corrected an issue where, depending on your zone, risk mode, and the time of day, game objects could double spawn or fail to spawn.

Item Changes

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Implemented the ability to reload items. This will allow us to add (simple) new items without a restart, and moves us closer to being able to deploy entire updates without a restart.

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Implemented the ability to reload complex vendor costs (items, honor, etc). This will allow us to implement these costs without a restart, and moves us closer to being able to deploy entire updates without a restart.

Dungeons & Raids

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Karazhan - Fixed Side Door & Servant Entrance being opened before doing the opera event.

2020/10/21

General

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Added missing tier gear to [Bloodforged] Magtheridon's Lair templates.

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Added missing tier gear to the [Bloodforged] Gruul's Lair loot templates

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Added missing tier gear to the [Bloodforged] Karazhan loot templates.

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Crow's on Wildhammer can now have Maghteridon's Lair [Bloodforged]

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Crow's on A-52 can now have Magtheridon's Lair [Bloodforged] and Gruul's Lair [Bloodforged]