We reduced Mythic Zskarn’s health by an additional 10%, to a total 25% health reduction.

Greetings raiders.

We will be addressing an emerging tactic that trivializes certain aspects of the Vigilant Steward, Zskarn encounter. We’re planning on implementing these changes live tomorrow, May 26.

We hope that these changes will encourage more interaction with the encounter’s existing mechanics, while maintaining its prior level of difficulty.

Dungeons and Raids

• Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
  • Developers’ note: The Zskarn changes address an emerging tactic that trivializes certain aspects of the encounter. We hope these changes will encourage more interaction with the encounter’s existing mechanics, while maintaining its prior level of difficulty.
  • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn
    • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn health reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Dragonfire Golem health reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Zskarn will now Berserk on all difficulties.
    • Adjusted the position of Dragonfire Traps.
    • Shrapnel Bomb reduced to 3 on Mythic difficulty (was 4).
    • Fixed an issue that could...

The Fractures in Time PTR has been updated with the following changes:

THE WARLOCK CLASS EXPANDS TO NEW RACES

The Warlock class is now available to Night Elves, Draenei, Lightforged Draenei, Pandaren, Kul Tiran, Tauren, Highmountain Tauren, Mag’har Orcs, and Zandalari Trolls in this week’s update.

CLASSES

• DRUID
  • Balance
    • Astral Smolder duration is now 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).
  • Guardian
    • Untamed Savagery now also increases maximum Thrash stacks by 1 per rank.
    • Thorns of Iron moved to row 6.
    • Galactic Guardian moved to row 9.
• EVOKER
  • Augmentation
    • Developers’ note: This week’s changes are intended to make it less trivial to achieve 100% uptime on Ebon Might, to ensure there’s room for player growth and mastery. Additionally, tuning is ongoing, and we will continue to adjust spells and values throughout the PTR cycle.
    • Vault of the Incarnates set bonus has been implemented:
      • 2-Set Bonus: Blistering Scales increases Armor by an additional 10% of your own.
      • 4-Set Bonus: Your damage...

It should be safe to earn the achievement now and collect your reward. Anyone who’s earned the achievement prior to this fix will earn their reward early next week.

World of Warcraft Version 10.1.5 PTR – Fractures in Time

This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for the content coming with the Dragonflight Fractures in Time update.

Dragonflight Fractures in Time Update Development Notes

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NEW MEGA-DUNGEON: DAWN OF THE INFINITE

The Bronze Temple has lain dormant for millennia, awaiting a time when its dragonflight would return. But just as the bronze dragons have reclaimed their sacred temple, dark forces now threaten to overtake it. Will the infinites take hold of the Timeways and bring about the rise of Murozond? The champions of Azeroth must venture into time itself to ensure that the future remains a bright one.

• The Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon is now available for testing and will remain open throughout the remainder of the PTR! Head to Temporal Conflux in Thaldraszus to find the entrance and challenge the eight-boss Mythic-only mega-dungeon.

NEW EVOKER SPECIALIZATION: AUGMENTATION

Emberthal and Ebyssian are working toget...

Hey raiders! Here is the schedule for this weekend’s raid test:

Friday, April 28

• Raid Finder
  • Wing 3: Neltharion’s Shadow – Magmorax and Echo of Neltharion
    • Start – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
    • End – Monday, May 1 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Thank you so much for testing Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible!

We’ve deployed the following changes to the PTR realms:

CLASSES

• ROGUE
  • Outlaw
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 4-Set Bonus to deal less damage than intended.
• SHAMAN
  • Enhancement
    • Vault of the Incarnates 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Consuming Maelstrom Weapon stacks increases your Haste by 1% per stack for 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).

ITEMS AND REWARDS

• Algeth’ar Puzzle Box (Trinket) on-use effect duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds) and its Mastery bonus has been decreased by 38%.
• Furious Ragefeather (Trinket) damage decreased by 10%.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• CLASSES
  • DEMON HUNTER
    • Havoc
      • Fel Lance (PvP Talent) damage increased to 10% of target’s max health (was 6%).
  • ROGUE
    • Dismantle (PvP Talent) energy cost reduced to 15 (was 25).
    • Death from Above (PvP Talent) energy cost reduced to 15 (was 25). Damage bonus increased to 15% (was 10%).
    • Outlaw
      • Combat Stamina now increases Stamina by 15% (was 5%) in PvP combat on...

The following changes have been made to the PTR:

CLASSES

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Unholy
    • Fixed an issue with Gargoyle stutter casting when the cast time of Gargoyle Strike was lower than 1 second.
    • Gargoyle Strike damage reduced by 8%.
      • Developers’ note: Now that Gargoyle properly casts without stuttering when falling below 1 second cast times, we are reducing the damage of Gargoyle Strike to counter the extra casts.
    • Reaping damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%).
    • Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
    • Scourge Strike/Clawing Shadows damage increased by 15%.
    • Death Coil damage increased by 10%.
    • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – The duration of Death Dealer has been increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• DRUID
  • Balance
    • Starfall damage reduced by 5%.
    • Full Moons generated by Orbit Breaker now generate 80% Astral Power, in addition to its current effect.
    • Starfire now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Starfire’s tooltip will be updated in a future pat...

Hello everyone! Here are the changes in today’s PTR update:

CLASSES

• DEMON HUNTER
  • Havoc
    • Serrated Glaive now causes enemies hit by Throw Glaive to take 20% increased damage from Chaos Strike, in addition to its current effect.
    • Accelerating Blade has been renamed to Accelerated Blade.
    • Accelerated Blade now causes Throw Glaive to deal 60% increased damage (was 20%) and its damage is reduced by 30% for each previous enemy hit.

DUNGEONS AND RAIDS

• Updates to many non-boss enemies and all 3 bosses in the Vortex Pinnacle.
• Update to improve spawn consistency for the Afflicted and Incorporeal affixes.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• ITEMS
  • Gladiator’s Distinction (PvP trinket 2-set bonus) now provides 300 Stamina (was 2703) and 1600 primary stat (was 300).
  • Developers’ note: We are adjusting the bonuses from the PvP set bonus, Gladiator’s Distinction, to be percentage based so that it properly scales with new seasons. At the same time, we’ve noticed battleground fights and arena matches in Emb...

Hello raiders. The raid testing schedule has been updated for the week:

Friday, April 21

• Mythic
  • Assault of the Zaqali – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Rashok, the Elder – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
• Raid Finder
  • Wing 2: Fury of Giants – * Assault of the Zaqali, Rashok, the Elder, and the Vigilant Stewart, Zskarn
    • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
    • End – Monday, April 24 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Hello everyone! Here are this week’s updates to the Embers of Neltharion PTR:

CLASSES

• Developers’ note: We’ve decided to increase both player stamina and enemy damage by 25% in Embers of Neltharion. This is very much like an adjustment that was made just before the launch of Dragonflight, and it’s for the same reasons.
  When damage mitigation abilities and healing are too strong relative to player health, the only way to threaten players is to make enemy damage very high and spiky. If healers can very quickly top off their teammates and mana isn’t a limiting factor, enemies have to be tuned to have the capacity to do burst damage that kills players before healers can react. That isn’t very satisfying gameplay. Increasing player health gives players more time to react to incoming damage, and it makes players’ choices about cooldowns and mana management more meaningful.
  Along with this change, you’ll see several adjustments to hybrid healing spells, items, and enchantments, as well as p...

The following change has been made to the PTR:

CLASSES

• Rogue
  • Outlaw
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 2-Set Bonus to deal more damage than intended.

Here’s the PTR raid testing schedule for the week:

Thursday, April 13

• Mythic
  • Magmorax – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)

Friday, April 14

• Mythic
  • Assault of the Zaqali – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Echo of Neltharion – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
• Raid Finder
  • Wing 1: Discarded Works – Kazzara, the Hellforged, the Amalgamation Chamber, and the Forgotten Experiments
    • Start – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)
    • End – Monday, April 17 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Edit: The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn and Echo of Neltharion have swapped places.

Hello everyone! Here’s what you can find in this week’s Embers of Neltharion PTR update:

CLASSES

• Leech rating now gives 25% less Leech stat.
  • Developers’ note: Leech is proving to be a very strong sustain stat in Dragonflight. To keep it at an appropriate level of power, and avoid marginalizing the importance of the Healer role to a group’s survival, we are reducing the value of Leech rating by 25%. Leech percent granted by talents remains unchanged.
• DRUID
  • Feral
    • Increased the damage of Ferocious Bites cast by Convoke the Spirits to be as if 5 combo points were spent (was 4).
    • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – When a Shadows of the Predator application resets stacks, you gain 5% increased Agility and you generate 1 combo point every 2 seconds for 8 seconds (was every 1.5 seconds for 6 seconds).
  • Restoration
    • Fixed an issue that caused Overgrowth to cast the incorrect version of Lifebloom if using the Undergrowth talent.
• HUNTER
  • Beast Mastery
    ...

Hello! Here are today’s hotfixes:

APRIL 11, 2023

System

• Gamepad
  • Fixed an issue where some targeted spells were not starting in the correct location while using a gamepad.
  • Fixed an issue where a centered cursor could block mouse input while using a gamepad.
  • Fixed an issue where some targeted spells were unintentionally cancelled while moving or jumping while using a gamepad.
  • Fixed an issue where the targeting reticle could disappear with a centered cursor while using a gamepad.

Hello raid testers! The schedule for this week’s Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible raid test has been updated:

Thursday, April 6

• Heroic
  • Assault of the Zaqali – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
• Mythic
  • The Amalgamation Chamber – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • The Forgotten Experiments – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)

Friday, April 7

• Mythic
  • Rashok, the Elder – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
• Normal
  • Start – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • End – Monday, April 10 at 09:00 PDT (12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST)

Hello! Here are this week’s updates to the Embers of Neltharion PTR:

DRAGONFLIGHT SEASON 2

• MYTHIC+
  • Incorporeal affix is now immune to damage and has more consistent spawn behavior.
    • Developers’ note: The Incorporeal affix plays a similar role to Afflicted, but with emphasis on crowd control utility. A few things we’re hoping to smooth out include both the rate at which these spawn (sometimes too many at once), and the ease with which crowd control can be accidentally broken once applied. We are discussing a change to Incorporeal Beings that would cause them to fade away when combat with non-Incorporeal Beings has ended.
  • Afflicted affix now has less health and has more consistent spawn behavior.
    • Developers’ note: The Afflicted affix is meant to incentivize a greater focus on dispel utility, while also offering players with healing spells an alternative solution in cases where dispel availability is more limited or where other enemies have threatening dispellable abilities. This is...

Greetings Champions.

Dragonflight Season 1 will be closing the week of May 2. Here’s what you can expect:

Dragonflight Season 1: PvP

• The current season of Dragonflight PvP content will end at 10:00 p.m. the night before maintenance begins in each region. This is 10:00 p.m. PDT for North American realms and 22:00 CEST for European realms.
• With the season’s end, it will no longer be possible to earn PvP seasonal rewards, titles, or Dragonflight Season 1 rankings.

Dragonflight Season 1: Mythic+

• The current season of Mythic+ content will end at 10:00 p.m. the night before maintenance begins in each region. This is 10:00 p.m. PDT for North American realms and 22:00 CEST for European realms. With the season’s end, ratings that qualify for the 0.1% Thundering Hero: Dragonflight Season 1 achievement will be recorded.
• The “Thundering Hero” title and achievement will be rewarded during the following weeks after the season ends, so be sure to wait to change factions until after you have re...

With Judgment’s cast frequency increasing in patch 10.0.7, Judgments of the Pure has been overperforming as a PvP talent. In a hotfix being applied this upcoming Tuesday, the talent will only apply to the Paladin and no longer have its effect applicable to allies.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• PALADIN
  • Judgments of the Pure (PvP Talent) now causes Judgment casts on an enemy to cleanse 1 Poison, Disease, and Magic effect they have caused on you (was allies within your aura).

The PTR raid schedule for Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible has been updated.

Thursday, March 30

• Mythic
  • Kazzara, the Hellforged – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)