Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2019/04/30

Item Changes

Change

Blade of Eternal Darkness now has a 13 sec internal cooldown.

2019/04/29

General

Change

Elune: Fixed an issue where Spirit of Blazerunner would have too low health and not drop loot.

Change

Increased Visibility on Andorhal and Laughingskull

Dungeons & Raids

Change

Corrected an issue where Broodlord Lashlayer's Dragon Eggs would grow despite not being triggered.

2019/04/28

General

Change

Elune: Randomized spawn events (such as Geists in Plaguewood) have had their duration increased to 90 min, from 60. The dungeon and raid loot chance from the mobs spawning have been significantly increased.

Talents & Abilities

Change

Elune: Reduced the pet damage from Bestial Wrath to 40%, down from 50%.

Change

Elune: Smite PvP mod changed to 0.8, from 0.85.

2019/04/27

General

Change

Spectral Steed will now appear in collection tab.

Change

Fixed crashes related to grid unloading

Mystic Enchants

Change

Demonic Brutality no longer affects Felguard

Change

Fierce Mind now only gives healing power (no longer spell damage).

Change

Lunar Guidance now only gives spell damage (no longer healing power).

Change

Divine Purpose now only gives 75% increased healing and damage.

2019/04/26

System Changes

Change

Fixed Visibility in Battlegrounds

Change

Implemented performance improvements.

Item Changes

Change

ZG items no longer require reputation on Elune.

Change

Combat Mana Potion and Combat Healing Potion are no longer soulbound. (Change will be active on next server restart).

Dungeons & Raids

Change

Creatures in ZG 25 man deal ~20% less damage and healing.

Change

Creatures in ZG 10 man deal ~10% less damage and healing.

2019/04/25

General

Change

Our talent calculator from the website is now up to date!

Change

Elune: Single Target PvP Respite timer increased to 30 seconds, from 20. (Change will be active on next server restart).

Change

Mongoose Bite can now be rolled at level 1 as Wild Card.

Change

Taunt can now be rolled at level 1 as Wild Card.

Change

Righteous Fury can now be rolled at level 1 as Wild Card.

Change

Swipe (Bear) can now be rolled at level 1 as Wild Card.

Change

Overpower can now be rolled at level 1 as Wild Card.

Change

Shield Block can now be rolled at level 1 as Wild Card.

Talents & Abilities

Change

Elune: Feral Spirits lasts 24 sec, from 30.

Change

Elune: Felguard base damage reduced by 20%.

Change

Elune: Water Elemental deals 10% less damage to players.

Change

Elune: Shadow Bolt deals 5% less damage to players.

Change

Elune: Spirit Walk now lasts 10 sec, from 15.

Change

Elune: Fel Vitality now increases pet Stamina and Intellect by 10% per point, from 15%.

Change

Elune: Ghost Wolf now costs 12% base mana, from 6%.

Change

Elune: Twisted Faith now grants spell damage from Spirit instead of spell power.

Change

Elune: Meditate now restores mana every 2 sec, from 3.

2019/04/24

General

Change

Fixed an issue where players would occassionally not receive Scrolls of Fortune or the Wildcard Mount

2019/04/23

Talents & Abilities

Change

Natural Reaction no longer grants weapon skill.

World

Change

High-Risk teleporter have been temporarily disabled while we look into an issue caused by them.

Change

The effects of both Contagion of Rots no longer stack.

Item Changes

Change

The Portable Mystic Altar now lasts 5 minutes instead of 3 minutes.

Mystic Enchants

Change

Holy Strength has been temporarily removed from the roll chance as we investigate an issue with it. It has already be added to our refund system and is currently disabled on all realms.

2019/04/22

Talents & Abilities

Change

Disabled previous ranks of Static Shock for players who had this ability talented before its rework.

2019/04/21

General

Change

Elune: Lowered Baseline Health and Damage of pets.

Change

Scrolls of Fortune will now be automatically added to the players currency tab.

Change

Fixed an Issue in Diremaul where Mana Remnants would all spam chain lightning

Change

'Sentinel Stillbough' is now the appropriate level.

Item Changes

Change

Dawnbringer Caches obtained from the max level Scourge Invasions now have either a chance or guaranteed chance at items otherwise obtained from dungeons or high-risk rulesets.

Quests

Change

The 'Pay Your Dues' quest now correctly resets your reputation with The Law.

Change

Corrected an issue where the Outlaw's Contract Board was displaying the 'Repent Your Sins' quest instead of the correct 'Pay Your Dues' quest to reset your outlaw status.

Change

Verog the Dervish will no longer create multiple copies of himself at once whenever a fallen Kolkar heralds his arrival. (Active on next server restart).

2019/04/20

General

Change

Elune: Escort Quests should now phase properly.

Change

Fixed a Myriad of creatures not engaging in combat when in water.

Dungeons & Raids

Change

Fixed an issue on the Twin Emperors encounter where Emperor Vek`lor would not guarantee a non-token drop in both difficulties. Additionally, the enchant recipes no longer have erroneously high drop chances.

Quests

Change

Increased the cooldown on the Hedarine Lieutenant's Dark Strike ability by 100%. Creatures currently unaffected by this change will be fixed after they die and respawn.

Change

The Hedarine Lieutenant now requires you to be at least 10 yards away before it starts casting its Shadow Bolt instead of 5 yards. Creatures currently unaffected by this change will be fixed after they die and respawn.

Change

Increased the cooldown on the Hedarine Lieutenant's Warstomp ability by 50%. Creatures currently unaffected by this change will be fixed after they die and respawn.

Change

The Hedarine Lieutenants in Darkwhisper Gorge now have a minimum and maximum level of 61 instead of 61 to 63. Creatures currently unaffected by this change will be fixed after they die and respawn.

2019/04/19

General

Change

Elune: High-Risk drops now more clearly display reasons for not receiving loot from the victim

Change

Added Various debugging to High-Risk drops

Change

Added Grom'Gol to the shared zone list, to fix phasing issues

Change

Separated Updates between phases to increase performance further

Change

Fixed Realm First on Death achievements being granted inappropriately

World

Change

Corrected the faction of the flightmaster in Shadowprey village

2019/04/18

General

Change

Fixed an issue where Shadowprey Village did not put High-Risk players into the shared phase.

Change

Fixed an issue where Mudsprocket did not put High-Risk players into the shared phase.

Change

Fixed an issue where Cenarion Hold did not put High-Risk players into the shared phase.

Change

Recruit a Friend no longer grants additional gathering and crafting experience.

Change

New hardware and core enhancements have been made to improve server stability and performance.

Change

Further improved Wild Card logic to prevent learning spells which you cannot benefit from.

Change

Fixed high-risk equipment drop on Elune.

World

Change

Fixed an issue where a Rare Elite in Searing Gorge was not considered a Rare. Its loot table has also been updated to match that of other rares.

Change

Corrected an issue where ores and herbs had odd spawning and respawning behavior.

Item Changes

Change

You should no longer be able to use Holy Paladin Tome: Great Blessing of Wisdom I if you have not already learned Blessing of Wisdom.

Mystic Enchants

Change

Random Enchantment tiers have been adjusted. Now, many more enchants can roll on lower ilvl gear.

Quests

Change

Corrected an issue where not all Red Dragonspawn types at the Dragonmaw Gates in the Wetlands were eligible for dropping the Glistening Red Dragonscales used in the Keeping Evil at Bay: Dragonmaw Gates quest.

Change

Heroes' Call Board quests now also reward a Fragment of Fortune.

Change

Added exclusion groups to the 'A Delicate Situation' Callboard profession quests. This will prevent players from hoarding these quests.

2019/04/17

General

Change

High level rare creatures should now always drop at least one piece of dungeon loot when you have High-Risk enabled.

Change

Demons of Darkwhisper Gorge now have increased drop rates for dungeon gear to better reflect their difficulty.

Change

Frostmaul Giants of Frostwhisper Gorge now have increased drop rates for dungeon gear to better reflect their difficulty.

Change

Chimaeroks of the Isle of Dread now have greatly increased drop rates for dungeon gear to better reflect their difficulty.

Change

Call Board Quest: Bug Off now requires that you kill 8 of each Silithid creature instead of 12.

Change

Corrected an issue where completing the 'Pay Your Dues' quest would not correctly reset your reputation with The Law. This fix should be in effect after the next server restart.

System Changes

Change

Elune: Deleted 3,334 phased NPCs that did not need to exist due to shared phasing systems

Change

Rewrote and improved a variety of deep core functionality to improve performance

2019/04/16

General

Change

Fixed gameobjects that cast spells in phases, this should fix a variety of quests.

Change

Crusader enchant and random enchant have been temporarily disabled while we investigate an issue with how they interact with other auras.

World

Change

Fixed an issue where Thalon, the Wind Rider Master of Shadowprey Village could be interacted with and used as an Alliance race. He now belongs to the Thunder Bluff faction as intended. (in effect after server restart)

2019/04/15

General

Change

Fixed Quest Challenge to the Black Flight.

Change

Added the correct Hybrid Risk Ruleset NPCs to our seasonal realm in each major city.

Change

Hybrid Risk Ruleset NPCs can no longer be attacked or mind controlled.

Change

Creatures of Scourge Invasions now have 20% less health on average.

Change

Creatures of Scourge Invasions now deal 50% less damage on average.

Change

Will of Kel'thuzad now increases the health of creatures in Scourge Invasions by 80% per person, from 100%.

Change

All characters on Laughing Skull and Andorhal have had their base health increased by 500 at level 60.

Change

Fixed Whisper/Adding friend issues pertaining to the ruleset subtext.

Talents & Abilities

Change

Elemental Devastation should now trigger from triggered spells such as Penance and Arcane Missiles.

Change

Fixed an issue where Hunter traps were not activating properly due to phasing.

Dungeons & Raids

Change

Fixed an issue where Lord Kri was missing items from his loot table when killed last. Players should now see Vest of Swift Execution and Wand of Qiraji Nobility drop as intended.