Guardians of the Dream PTR Development Changes - October 11, 2023
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Here are the changes for this week’s Guardians of the Dream PTR update:
Classes
Player versus Player
User Interface and Accessibility
Thank You! Sunny and Flurky Raise 1.5 Million for BlueCheck Ukraine!
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
/ Official Forums
)
Thanks to the World of Warcraft community, more than a million dollars in aid has already been designated for BlueCheck partners on the ground. By cutting the red tape the WoW-BlueCheck partnership is providing critical resources, right now, to the following organizations:
Ukraine Assistance Organization (UAO)
UAO provides free medical assistance and vital medicines directly to homes and rural villages.
Project Victory
Project Victory is a nonprofit founded by combat veterans that provides food, shelter, medical supplies, and essentials to people in areas impacted by war.
Lviv INSO
The Philharmonic transformed itself from an orchestra into a hub for humanitarian relief activities. Currently, it provides medical institutions in eastern Ukraine with the necessary medicines and resuscitation vehicles.
Voices of Children
The Voices of Children Charitable Foundation offers support for children with disabilities and, in particular, with ASD (autism spectrum disorder).
Save Peace in Ukraine
Save Peace in UA is an NGO providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian towns, cities, and regions.
Starenki
Starenki assists more than 2,000 elderly Ukrainians, primarily retirees without family, in the form of social activities, food, and hygiene support.
Cash for Refugees
Cash for Refugees provides direct cash assistance to people displaced by the war in Ukraine. The organization focuses on the most vulnerable: women with children, the elderly, and the disabled.
SpivDiia
SpivDiia is one of the largest All-Ukrainian charity platforms with support centers in almost all regions of Ukraine. They check and match requests Ukrainian war-affected citizens make to governmental hot lines and their online platform.
TAPS Ukraine
TAPS Ukraine cares for the families who have lost loved ones in the war and is caring now for more than 500 of these families.
Move Ukraine
Move Ukraine provides sustainable housing communities and jobs for Ukrainians who have been affected or are returning with no place to live.
About BlueCheck Ukraine
BlueCheck Ukraine, co-founded by actor and activist Liev Schreiber, was launched by a collective of humanitarian crisis response experts whose mission is to quickly identify, vet, and support grassroots Ukrainian aid organizations that provide critical life-saving and humanitarian work on the ground. The organization fast-tracks urgent financial funds to partners who deliver medical care and rehabilitate damaged health facilities, evacuate and care for orphans and children with special needs, provide food, water, and shelter for people driven from their homes, take care of senior citizens, and quickly respond to many more urgent needs of Ukrainians affected by the war.
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Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
/ Official Forums
)
Here are the changes for this week’s Guardians of the Dream PTR update:
Classes
- DEMON HUNTER
- Concentrated Sigils has been removed.
- Havoc
- Tactical Retreat and Unbound Chaos have swapped talent locations.
- Burning Hatred now generates an additional 40 Fury (was 50).
- Inner Demon now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
- Inertia damage bonus reduced to 18% (was 20%).
- Chaotic Disposition chaos damage duplicated reduced to 17% (was 21%).
- Vengeance
- Darkglare Boon and Sigil of Misery have swapped talent locations.
- Fel Devastation cooldown reduced to 40 seconds (was 1 minutes).
- Fiery Brand now deals damage every 1 second (was 2 seconds), dealing the same total damage over its duration.
- Burning Alive now causes Fiery Brand to spread every 1 second (was 2 seconds).
- DRUID
- Balance
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (2) Set Bonus: Now increases the damage of Wrath and Starfire by 100% (was 60%).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Now increases your current Eclipse’s Arcane or Nature damage bonus by an additional 2% (was 3%), up to 10% (was 15%).
- Balance
- EVOKER
- Devastation
- All spell and ability damage increased by 3%.
- Disintegrate damage increased by 15%.
- Devastation
- MONK
- Mistweaver
- Bounce Back now reduces damage by 20/40% (was 10/20%) and triggers when you receive 15% of your maximum health in damage (was 20%). Does not apply in PvP combat.
- Clouded Focus now stacks up to 2 times (was 3) and no longer increases the healing of Vivify before its first application.
- Vivify and Invigorating Mist healing increased by 12%.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Chi Harmony now stores 20% of all healing done (was 15%).
- Windwalker
- Developers’ note: We liked the positive effect that Fangs of the Vermillion Forge had on Windwalker single target damage, and are transferring some of that power from the class set into the base specialization as players adventure into Amirdrassil and replace their existing gear. The net effect of these changes is an overall increase in character power.Additionally, we heard player concerns that the effort required to play Whirling Dragon Punch wasn’t worth the resulting increase in power. We agree, and have increased the damage it deals as a result.We have also added additional damage to the Amirdrassil (4) set as the cooldown reduction, while fun, was not entirely meeting our goals for additional power granted by the bonus.
- Rising Sun Kick damage increased by 10%.
- Fists of Fury damage increased by 5% and additional damage to primary target increased by 10%.
- Whirling Dragon Punch damage increased by 10%.
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Rising Sun Kick bonus damage reduced to 5% (was 10%).
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Fists of Fury primary target damage reduced to 20% (was 30%).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Now increases the damage of Fists of Fury, Rising Sun Kick, Strike of the Windlord, and Whirling Dragon Punch by 4%.
- Mistweaver
- PRIEST
- Shadow
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (2) Set Bonus: Now triggers additional Shadow Word: Deaths at 15% effectiveness (was 20%).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Now increases the damage of Shadow Crash by 50% per stack (was 100%).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Now highlights Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Crash at 12 stacks (was 10).
- Shadow
- ROGUE
- Improved Wound Poison, Superior Mixture, and Atrophic/Numbing Poisons have shuffled talent locations.
- Assassination
- Leeching Poison now grants 10% Leech (was 5%). Does not apply in PvP combat.
- Crimson Tempest damage reduced by 5%.
- Blindside now causes Ambush to replace Mutilate when the effect is triggered.
- Sanguine Blades energy consumed per tick reduced to 2 (was 3) and damage duplicated increased to 25% (was 20%).
- Sudden Demise now has a 10 second delay after triggering before being able to trigger again on the same target.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Envenomous Explosion’s damage is increased by 150% if it deals damage to a single target.
- Outlaw
- Sinister Strike damage increased by 10%.
- Audacity now causes Ambush to replace Sinister Strike when the effect is triggered.
- Killing Spree damage increased by 25%.
- Subtlety
- Eviscerate damage increased by 8%.
- Exhilarating Execution now causes finishing moves to heal for 5% of damage done (was 3%).
- Shadowed Finishers finisher shadow damage value increased to 30% (was 25%).
- Shuriken Tornado Shuriken Storms triggered by Shuriken Tornado no longer generate bonus combo points from Shadow Blades.
- SHAMAN
- Elemental
- Fixed an issue where Splintered Elements was incorrectly granting you 4% extra Haste than intended when activating against a single target.
- Elemental Blast can now refresh and extend the duration of the Haste, Critical Strike, and Mastery effects to up to 130% of the base 10 second duration, but will still prefer to apply a buff that you don’t already have.
- Fixed an issue where Further Beyond would not properly extend Ascendance to the maximum duration if the extension amount would have put it beyond the maximum extension amount.
- Fixed an issue where Further Beyond didn’t properly extend extra Ascendance activations from Deeply Rooted Elements if you were already under the effects of Ascendance from Deeply Rooted Elements.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Fixed an issue where the 4-set bonus was being activated without having the 4-set equipped.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Fixed an issue where subsequent Lava Bursts after Primordial Wave from the 4-set bonus were causing Splintered Elements talent to active.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Fixed an issue where Lava Bursts benefitting from Molten Charge from the 4-set bonus were dealing 80% of expected damage rather than 100% of expected damage.
- Enhancement
- Fixed an issue where Splintered Elements was incorrectly granting you 4% extra Haste than intended when activating against a single target.
- Restoration
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus: Now increases the healing of Riptide by 20% (was 15%).
- Elemental
- WARLOCK
- Affliction
- Soul-Eater’s Gluttony has been redesigned – Soul Rot cooldown is reduced by 15/30 seconds.
- Fixed an issue where Umbrafire Kindling would only increase the damage of Seed of Corruption to the main target.
- Demonology
- Doom Brand is now more consistent with summoning a Doomfiend.
- Doom Brand now has a chance to summon a Doomfiend when dispelled, rather than only when detonated.
- Doom Brand is now only applied when consuming a Demonic Core.
- Immutable Hatred should no longer be lost if your Felguard is out of range. Instead, he will use it as soon as he is within range.
- Fixed an issue where Immutable Hatred was still functioning as its previous iteration.
- Destruction
- Fixed an issue where Dimensional Cinders would benefit twice from Critical Strikes.
- Affliction
- WARRIOR
- Fury
- Developers’ note: The previous design of Reckless Abandon was influencing builds and rotations too heavily, encouraging players to focus entirely on either Bloodthirst or Raging Blow at the expense of the other. We want Fury Warriors to use both abilities regularly, so we are changing the design slightly so it only affects your rotation choice immediately after using Rampage to open up more build options. These changes will be applied to the 10.2 PTR via hotfix over the course of the week.
- Reckless Abandon now only empowers your next 1 Bloodthirst or Raging Blow (was 2).
- Reckless Abandon’s Bloodbath and Crushing Blow bonus damage has been doubled.
- Fury
Player versus Player
- ROGUE
- Outlaw
- Killing Spree damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was increased by 5%).
- Outlaw
User Interface and Accessibility
- To improve readability in the Quest pane, you can now choose between different background parchment colors.
- A new celebratory popup will appear when you unlock a Great Vault slot or upgrade the reward of a slot.
- In the Reputation pane, Major Factions are now grouped together at the top of the list.
Thank You! Sunny and Flurky Raise 1.5 Million for BlueCheck Ukraine!
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
/ Official Forums
)
Thanks to the World of Warcraft community, more than a million dollars in aid has already been designated for BlueCheck partners on the ground. By cutting the red tape the WoW-BlueCheck partnership is providing critical resources, right now, to the following organizations:
Ukraine Assistance Organization (UAO)
UAO provides free medical assistance and vital medicines directly to homes and rural villages.
- Programs Funded: UAO will fund mobile medical teams to provide home medical services for patients unable to reach health facilities in regions such as Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Odessa, encompassing the cities and the surrounding areas. The teams will diagnose, treat, and provide medications at no cost to more than 3,500 patients over the coming months.
Project Victory
Project Victory is a nonprofit founded by combat veterans that provides food, shelter, medical supplies, and essentials to people in areas impacted by war.
- Programs Funded: This grant will fund a container of urgent medical supplies for a hospital in Zaporizhia City. These funds will ensure that nine frontline hospitals can receive more than one million dollars in medical supplies.
Lviv INSO
The Philharmonic transformed itself from an orchestra into a hub for humanitarian relief activities. Currently, it provides medical institutions in eastern Ukraine with the necessary medicines and resuscitation vehicles.
- Programs Funded: This grant will provide for continued operations, and the purchase of urgent humanitarian supplies for frontline areas.
Voices of Children
The Voices of Children Charitable Foundation offers support for children with disabilities and, in particular, with ASD (autism spectrum disorder).
- Programs Funded: The grant will fund therapy for at least 100 children with ASD along with group sessions for parents, psychoeducational programs, as well funding an international conference on the protection of the rights and mental health of children of war.
Save Peace in Ukraine
Save Peace in UA is an NGO providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian towns, cities, and regions.
- Programs Funded: Save Peace in UA plans to distribute 180,000 ready-to-eat meals to 6,000 individuals who cannot care for themselves. Each recipient will receive 30 ready-to-eat meals for 15 days of complete nutrition.
Starenki
Starenki assists more than 2,000 elderly Ukrainians, primarily retirees without family, in the form of social activities, food, and hygiene support.
- Programs Funded: Funding will support approximately 8 months of operating costs of programming for unaccompanied elderly.
Cash for Refugees
Cash for Refugees provides direct cash assistance to people displaced by the war in Ukraine. The organization focuses on the most vulnerable: women with children, the elderly, and the disabled.
- Programs Funded: The grants will enable the organization to continue providing cash assistance to high-needs individuals across the country, reaching more than 600 families with young children and elderly who have fled war-affected areas.
SpivDiia
SpivDiia is one of the largest All-Ukrainian charity platforms with support centers in almost all regions of Ukraine. They check and match requests Ukrainian war-affected citizens make to governmental hot lines and their online platform.
- Programs Funded: Psychological Online Counseling to provide upward of 1,500 consultations for 300 individuals; A Mobile Service Team for Children to work with children both in their city and in remote communities; Food Support around the frontline including the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Odessa regions.
TAPS Ukraine
TAPS Ukraine cares for the families who have lost loved ones in the war and is caring now for more than 500 of these families.
- Programs Funded: This grant will help complete the construction of the TAPS Ukraine Resilience Center in Dnipro, which will offer forums and training for 10,000+ Ukrainians covering mental wellness, trauma resolution, and emergency medical care.
Move Ukraine
Move Ukraine provides sustainable housing communities and jobs for Ukrainians who have been affected or are returning with no place to live.
- Program Funded: Providing shelter rehabilitation with permanent housing for internally displaced persons in Kharkiv and Lviv with co-financing from local municipalities.
About BlueCheck Ukraine
BlueCheck Ukraine, co-founded by actor and activist Liev Schreiber, was launched by a collective of humanitarian crisis response experts whose mission is to quickly identify, vet, and support grassroots Ukrainian aid organizations that provide critical life-saving and humanitarian work on the ground. The organization fast-tracks urgent financial funds to partners who deliver medical care and rehabilitate damaged health facilities, evacuate and care for orphans and children with special needs, provide food, water, and shelter for people driven from their homes, take care of senior citizens, and quickly respond to many more urgent needs of Ukrainians affected by the war.
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