Blue Post Roundup: November 16th Hotfixes, Artifact Power Quest Exploit, More 7.1.5 Mage Changes

Опубликовано 16.11.2016 в 18:50 perculia

November 16th Hotfixes

Blizzard

ClassМаг

Смещение should now work for mages who know Волшебный импульс.

Разбойник

Мастер боя no longer causes Укус Кровавой Пасти to deal excessive damage when it activates.

Шаман

Ремень из чешуи протодракона buffs are no longer shared among multiple Шаман.

DungeonsКаражан

Grouped players can now loot Накидка Красной Шапочки for "Возвращение в Каражан: пропажи и стресс".

Испытание доблести

There is now a portal to return to the start of the instance in Haustvald, and Odyn will teleport players out of the instance after Хелия is defeated.

Helya
The difficulty of several aspects of the Helya encounter have been decreased on Raid Finder difficulty.
Resolved an issue where sometimes Helya would cast while Хелия is submerging.

Quests

Воинs on "Захватить врата" who aren't seeing the required missions should return to their Class Hall, abandon the quest, and then re-accept it from Один. You will receive credit for missions you already completed and the remaining missions will now be available.
The Burning Crusade quest "Благословение Возжигателя" can now be completed.

Upcoming 7.1.5 Mage ChangesPTR Spell Changes Post

Blizzard

Hey all,

As a quick example of the "in flux" status of 7.1.5, we are currently testing a change to the Первоклассные наручники Солнечного короля that would bring the damage down to 250% instead of 200% (down from 300% on live).

Keep in mind that the PTR is NOT FINAL and we are still testing numerous changes to various specs and items.
Noticed. I've passed the feedback along that Ice Flows is one of the the things that player's feel are hurting the spec. As said, we are still iterating, so I'll update you guys as things come to me.

Artifact Power Quest Exploit

WatcherDev

Actually, we did just take action against players who went out of their way to take advantage of this bug. We had two main motivations: First, fairness to those who could have taken advantage of this exploit but chose not to; and second, setting/reinforcing a precedent that flagrant abuse of bugs for personal gain will be taken seriously. Even if you're not concerned with fair play on a community level, from a pure selfish perspective, you're better off not taking advantage of loopholes like these as it's very likely that you'll end up worse off than if you'd never done it at all.

Obviously, the existence of a bug like this is our fault. We should have caught this issue (which arose from a a conflict between two world quests, causing credit to not save properly) during testing. But the existence of our mistake doesn't excuse players' deliberate actions to take advantage of it.

Here's an awkward real-world analogy:

Let's say you're walking down the street one day, when you look down, and notice a crisp bank note being lifted by a gentle breeze around your feet. You look around, and no one is in sight. Well, guess it's your lucky day!

A few moments later, you come across two or three more bank notes. Definitely strange, and you're a bit suspicious because this obviously isn't normal, but they're just lying there. No one can really blame you if you pick them up, right?

Now, you turn the corner, and you see vast stacks of bank notes sitting on a pallet in the middle of the road. It seems like an unfortunate driver failed to properly secure the rear door of his armored truck, leading to this scene. But if you walked up and grabbed a large handful from the pile, would that be an entirely innocent act? Would you be surprised if a police officer who witnessed you do that thought otherwise?

Finally, if you were to fetch large garbage bags, and call up your friends and tell them to do the same, so you could load up as much of the cash as you all could carry.... Still entirely innocent? Sure, the driver made a big mistake in not locking the door, but would there be any surprise if you were tracked down based on CCTV footage and there were consequences for that act?

(Hey, I said it would be an awkward analogy.)

The account actions taken today were generally in direct proportion to the degree of abuse. Players who may have innocently repeated the quest just a few times were not actioned. But on the other end of the spectrum, some who managed to fit in literally hundreds of completions, forming groups to do so, received far more serious penalties.

We apologize for the existence of the bug in the first place, but once an issue like this is out in the wild, we need to act to preserve the spirit of fair play.

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