Ascension Changelog

[Starcaller] Clarified the tooltip of Wrath of Elune

[Pyromancer] Burning Spheres now shows its movement speed decrease % in the description

[Necromancer] The change to Ghoul Commander was reverted, as it was not supposed to be in the game yet (pending big buff/debuff balance for possible return)

[Necromancer] Clarified the tooltip of Putrid Summoner

[Necromancer] Frost Fog now shows the proc chance and movement speed decrease % in the description

[Necromancer] Clarified the tooltip of Hoarfrost

[Necromancer] Splintering Ice now shows the proc chance in the description

[Necromancer] New Talent: Improved Glacial Dagger - increases the damage of Glacial Dagger by 5%, and increases the duration of Glacial Shift by 20%

[Necromancer] Razorice is now core and learned at level 20, and has been replaced with new connecting nodes

[Necromancer] Parasites now shows the proc chance in the description

[Necromancer] Clarified the tooltip of Improved Necrosis

[Necromancer] Clarified the tooltip of Plague Doctor

[Necromancer] Further clarified the tooltip of Wretched Bile

[Necromancer] Wretched Bile now shows the proc chance in the description

[Necromancer] Clarified the tooltip of Plague Science

[Necromancer] Angel of Death now shows the proc chance in the description

[Necromancer] New Talent: Improved Glacial Tap - reduces the cooldown of Glacial Tap by 5sec.

[Necromancer] Call of the Scourge is now baseline and learned at level 15, and has been replaced.

[Necromancer] Raise: Crypt Leaper now no longer says it has a maximum cast range

Fixed an issue causing ShadowFlame pvp mod to not be applied.

[Thrall][Pending Restart] You now take 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Fixed an issue where Meteor was not in the skill card vendor.

[Cultist] Abyssal Ward is now connected to Writing Mass through a new connection.

[Cultist] Impenetrable Barrier moved up one row, new connections to Enslave and Abyssal Ward made.

[Cultist] Twisted Zeal connections have been redone.

[Ranger] Deepwood Poison AP scaling reduced from 7% to 6%.

[Son of Arugal] Bloodmoon Power has been connected to Liquify through a new connection.

[Son of Arugal] Applying Grimclaw damage now has a very minor AP scaling.

[Son of Arugal] Grimclaws apply a 5% healing reduction on a target per stack.

[Requires Launcher Update] You are now able turn in Marks of Ascension for Hands of Fate at level 60.

[Requires Launcher Update] [High-RIsk] Netherstorm is now shown as Tier 3, rather than Tier 2. This was a purely visual issue, the tier has not changed.

[Requires Launcher Update] Fixed and issue where equipment sets would fail to be saved server side, causing sets to reset when logging back in or changing maps.

[Requires Launcher Update] The UI now scales based on your selected resolution. This will resolve issues where large windows would spill out of the screen. You can change this behavior, or customize it by going to Esc -> Video -> Enable "Use UI Scale" and setting the slider to 1.

[Requires Launcher Update] Equipment Sets bindings now bind by name instead of their position. This should fix issues where the bound set was changing after saving any set. You will need to re-bind your equipment sets after updating.

[Pending Restart] Circle of life (Halo) now properly applies its bonus healing to allies.

Fixed an issue where some professions like Cooking could not be learned with Tradesman Scroll even though realm first achievements have been obtained (Pending server restart)

[Pending restart] Tiraxis now also has for sale Mystic Enchanting Specializations and all 3 Flying tomes over Bazaar Tokens in its Convenience Tab.

Fixed Mystic Enchanting EXP requirement curve on Area 52 it should now cap at level 250.

Fixed Bloodelf and Draenei Start Locations for TBC.

[Son of Arugal] Liquify now properly prevents you from using other abilities.

[Cultist] Saronite Prayer recast no longer acts as a cancel aura

[Cultist] Inevitable Prophecy no longer cancels itself on recast

[Stormbringer] Issue where Resurgence would not proc has been fixed

[Stormbringer] Stormquake visual scaling has been fixed, it now accurately represents the radius

[Stormbringer] Storm Shield moved out of capstone and damage reduction reduced

[Ranger] Horn of Tempo renamed to Horn of Alacrity

[Ranger] Rhythm of Tempo (ew) renamed to Rhythm of Alacrity

[Ranger] Backstep visual no longer has an arcane vfx around hands on cast

[Witch Doctor] Shrinking Jinx and Hex of Shrinking now only reduce scale by 10% rather than 50%.

[Primalist] Weird interactions with Body of Magma and Eruption have been fixed.

[Primalist] Eruption tooltip clarified, Magmafury now mentions Eruption and not Mountain's Fire

[Primalist] Body of Magma has received new vfx that no longer looks damaging

[Thrall] Level 70 build Draft builds have been added to the featured section of Thrall so they can be referenced. You can learn talents from these builds at any level by selecting the Learn Menu button.

Fixed an issue where Exorcist Slash was incorrectly consuming Holy Specialization stacks.

Fixed an issue where Hammer of Wrath was not benefitting or consume Holy Specialization.

[Pending Restart] [Karazhan] [Chess Event] Temporary disabled the Chess Event. Talking to King Llane or Warchief Blackhand immediatly completes the event.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Archimonde now enters Berserk 15 minutes after joining combat.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Chromie would become stuck after Archimonde had died, not providing credit towards the "We Don't Need Another Hero" achievement and not executing the encounter's outro event.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] If the current holder of the Light of Elune dies, Tyrande will now provide a new Light of Elune after a delay if she is still actively participating in combat.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected Light of Elune's tooltips to clarify that the current holder of the Light is immune to horror effects, and previous holders become immune to horror effects for 60 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where the Light of Elune would not protect affected targets from horror effects.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Void Tendrils and Void Herald's health bars would appear empty after becoming active again when finishing their Void Reformation channel.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Void Tendrils and Void Heralds now visibly regenerate health while channeling Void Reformation and become active again if they reach 75% health. This regeneration can now be extended by applying damage to them while they regenerate. Previously, they would become active again after 60 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Void Tendrils had missing visual effects.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Archimonde now delays his Finger of Death timer by his cast time whenever he starts casting a spell. Archimonde will cast Finger of Death if he wasn't able to attack a target in melee range for a certain amount of time, resetting his timer whenever he starts a melee attack.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where parts of Summon Living Lightning's visuals were missing.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Reduced the damage inflicted by Storm Armor by 33%. Storm Armor now chains to additional targets on higher player counts, with reduced damage with every jump.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Doomfire Fists would apply the next higher difficulty's Doomfire effect.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Jaina will now start applying Ward of Winter after Archimonde's health falls below 85% and will continue to do so throughout the encounter as long as there is still active Doomfire.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Archimonde no longer casts Draw Flames on a timer. He now casts Draw Flames once after falling below 85% health, replacing his next Doomfire Meteor or Force of Will casts with Draw Flames instead, granting him Doomfire Fists. Doomfire Fists are now cast automatically if Archimonde enters Phase 3 without having Doomfire Fists applied.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Jaina's Ward of Winter now reduces Fire damage taken by 90% up from 75% for its duration.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Corrected an issue where Jaina's Ward of Winter would not remove Doomfire on Heroic and higher difficulties.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Increased the cast time of Doomfire Meteor to 6 seconds, up from 4. Doomfire Meteor now has a much more prominent target indicator. Doomfire Meteor now splits damage between targets hit.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Changed the scheduling of Archimonde's actions throughout all phases. He now has longer pauses between his spell casts.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [Archimonde] Narmak's Fel Bombs now inflict damage depending on proximity. Damage is reduced as further the target is away from the bomb. The base damage is unchanged.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] The Flawless Bands of Eternity now have socket bonuses.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Corrected an issue where Checkpoints did not update on Heroic and higher difficulties.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Corrected and extended multiple spell tooltips throughout the raid.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Corrected several issues where trash creature spells that are supposed to chain on higher player counts would not do so.

[Pending Restart] [The Battle for Mount Hyjal] [General] Jaina, Thrall, and Tyrande now attempt to blink out of Archimonde's Doomfire. Thrall now attempts to blink out of Azgalor's Rain of Fire.

[Wind Rager] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Hurricane Strike and Wind Strike could be lost from the action bars when relogging.

[Verdant Convergence] Fixed an issue where the enchant would stop functioning after death and instance changes in some circumstances (pending restart)

[Verdant Convergence] Fixed an issue where Sunburst would be lost from action bars on relog. (pending restart)

[Oracle of the Eclipse] [Pending Restart] Blessing of the Moon now has a 30 second duration, which will now also be visible.

[Disciple of the Tides] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Tidal Shield was scaling from your Spell Damage as well as Spell Healing Power.

Sticky Slime from Shattered Halls now reduces movement speed by 25% per stack from 30% per stack, making the maximum reduced movement speed 75% down from 90% (an increase of 250% in speed).

Divine Storm now heals for 8% of the damage caused on up to 3 party or raid members down from 15%.

Penance has had its spell healing coefficient increased from 6.6% of your healing power to 10% of your healing power per penance tick. (This was missed when we increased all spell coefficients by 25% following the reduction in PvE power damage reduction, additionally it was struggling in healing numbers following a fix to penance casting incorrect ranks recently.)

[Launcher] Some tuning has been made to the downloader to address some issues where certain drives would not perform well causing the download speed to decrease.

[Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where the Heirloom shield Polished Observers Shield could not block attacks.

[Bloodsail Captain] Panache, Hammer the Gap and Blurred Blade now require Swashbuckling to cast, not to be learned. This will ensure they are not wiped from your bars when changing weapons.

[Defias Gunslinger] Grape Shot and Pistol Shot now require Swashbuckling to cast, not to be learned. This will ensure they are not wiped from your bars when changing weapons.

[Thunder Slam] Lightning Blade and Thunder Slam will no longer require a 2-handed weapon equipped to learn the spells. This will ensure they are not wiped from your bars when changing weapons.

[Champion of Justice] [Pending Restart] The Champion of Justice heal has had its coefficient raised from 10% of your bonus spell healing to 20% of your bonus spell healing (this additional healing doesn't get capped by the previous change, that is exclusive to the damage to healing conversion.)

[Champion of Justice] [Pending Restart] Champion of Justices damage to healing from melee abilities has been raised from 35% to 50% however it is now capped at 1500 healing added.

[Hammerstorm] [Pending Restart] Increased the duration of Hammerstorm from 4 to 6 seconds. And fixed an issue where it could stop functioning sometimes after loading screens.

[Champion of Justice] The triggered heal from melee abilities can no longer critically strike. (this heal can still effectively crit, whereas before the changes it had two chances to critically strike, once from the ability and once on the heal.)

[Pending Restart] The Thermal Void, Oracle of the Eclipse, Verdant Convergence, Ebon Dawn, Hammerstorm and Crusader's Judgement Worldforged Mystic Enchantments can now be found in the TBC world expansion. Tips were added for all of them in tooltips after the next server restart. Also Verdant Convergence was available momentarily in the wrong place and it's now in the intended acquisition method.

[Divine Purpose] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Divine Purpose 75% damage modifier to Penance was also affecting the triggered healing effect.

[Divine Purpose] [Pending Restart] Fixed an issue where Divine Judgements 75% damage modifier to Penance was also affecting the triggered damage effect.