Rage of the Firelands PTR Development Notes - October 15, 2024

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Rage of the Firelands PTR Development Notes - October 15, 2024
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We’ve made several changes and updates to the Firelands raid for this week’s test.

Firelands

General

• Multiple non-boss enemies that were evading while pathing have been fixed.
• Various tooltips that caused crashes on mouseover have been fixed.
• Multiple adjustments have been made to the rate at which groups can complete the Legendary Staff quest. More details to come.

Beth’tilac

• Engorged Broodling Fixate targets will be more random than before.

Alysrazor

• Molten Feathers that spawn during the encounter no longer stack when they fall to the ground.
• Gushing Wound now cancels itself at 50% health.
• You can no longer be affected by multiple instances of Gushing Wound.
• Blazing Power rings now spawn on the ground during Fiery Vortex.
• The fire tornados now correctly spawn around the play space and move faster during Fiery Vortex.
• Blazing Claw is now correctly a debuff.

Baleroc

• We adjusted the radius of spreading Torment to be precisely 1.5 yards regardless of player model or combat reach.

Ragnaros

• On Heroic difficulties, Magma Trap now properly triggers Magma Trap Vulnerability on all players in the raid.
• An issue where Empowered Sulfuras was cast too early in relation to Entrapping Roots has been fixed.

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Today’s new test build includes various tuning adjustments to the acquisition rate of Dragonwrath in Firelands.

Dragonwrath

Changes have been made to the quests “All Seeing Eye”, “Time Grows Short”, and “Heart of Flame” and the respective drop rates of Eternal Embers, Seething Cinders, and Smouldering Essence.

• On both 25-person Normal and Heroic, it is now expected that players on average will be able to complete all gathering stages in 4.5 to 6 weeks with each individual gathering stage taking no more than 1.5 to 2 weeks.
• On both 10-person Normal and Heroic, it is now expected that players on average will be able to complete all gathering stages in 9 to 12 weeks with each individual gathering stage taking no more than 3 to 4 weeks.

Additional Legendary Quest Adjustments

• Players who have used the Charged Focus items to open the Circle of Thorns portal can now open the portal again for raid groups even after they’ve completed the quest Delegation and obtained the Branch of Nordrassil.
• The Charged Focii will be slightly easier to obtain during the quest Delegation:
  • Emberstone Fragments now drop 3x at a time from Crystal Prison Traps on the Shannox encounter.
  • Rhyolite Fragments now drop 3x at a time from the Lord Rhyolith encounter.
  • Pyreshell Fragments now drop 3x at a time from the Voracious Hatchling eggs during the Alysrazor encounter.

No changes were made to Beth’tilac, as 3x Obsidian-Flecked Chitin Fragments already dropped from Cinderweb Drones.

We’ve also increased the drop chance of Crystallized Firestone from all respective sources in the Firelands.

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