Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
A new patch means new tweets from the World of Warcraft development team! This thread is an archive of @WarcraftDevs tweets regarding the Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch and release.

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@WarcraftDevs is an official World of Warcraft Twitter account offering design insight and information directly from the World of Warcraft Development Team.

For past updates, please refer to Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Patch 7.3.5 & BFA Beta.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1019325283101372416

Logging in on main, it showed my new honor level as 37, which seems to be on par with the total honor of that one character only (330k), whereas my account total should amount to level 79 (695k). Do I have to log into each character separately or is that a glitch?


Yes, you will need to log in on each character for their Honor to be added to the total.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1019782426216681474

We have a new blog post up with Battle For Azeroth Pre-Patch hotfixes right here:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1020090788263235584

please clarify. BFA will use DX12 for AMD And Intel CPU? Yet Nvidia is by far the more popular GPU architecture and is being left behind. This is flat out wrong!!!! Y'all really are trying to dump your customer base if perception is reality.


We prioritized DirectX 12 support where we felt it necessary for performance and stability. This was not necessary for NVIDIA hardware, which performs admirably on DirectX 11.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1020154409995472898

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with many hotfixes that were applied to World of Warcraft today, including class, dungeon, raid, PvP, professions, and quest fixes, as well as a reduction in damage done by creatures below level 100:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1020442812343447552

Any fix for people that have already done the quest for Magram Clan Centaur and Gelkis Clan Centaur reputation? Completed Loremaster years ago and now I cant get these reputations to exalted.


We've just applied a hotfix to the game to address this. If you previously completed the quest "Death to Agogridon", speak to Karnum Marshweaver in Desolace to receive your reward.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1020449812867559424

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes, including a broad reduction to the power of all enemies in pre-Antorus Legion Raids that we're working on (and has not yet been finalized):
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1021565553826127872

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with all of the latest hotfixes for the World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1022566187266232320

There's a lot of commotion on the RP realms about sharding returning, it's really not welcome on the RP realms, however, I assume this is only temporary to help with BFA's launch?


By default, sharding is always disabled on RP realms, except where needed for server stability. When events drive large numbers of players to specific areas, we shard them as needed. Sharding has once again been disabled, but we expect it will be needed for launch events soon.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1024061569498460160

Is there any way to go back to old darkshore quests?


In order to accommodate various questing needs, Zidormi will be making an appearance in Darkshore ... soon.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1024099404490334209

We've pushed a hotfix that reduces the amount of XP needed for most levels between 40 and 100. Note that the new required amounts may not always display properly for the time being. We'll have details in the next hotfixes update.

https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1024144264714842112

We've just updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes, including the reduction in experience required to level for levels 40-100

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1024358612167090176

Will the mounts be exclusively available during pre-launch, or can we earn them after BFA goes live?


These mounts are exclusively available during the Battle for Azeroth pre-launch events. Obtaining one will unlock both, so get 'em while they're here!
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1024499570451996672

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with the latest:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1026677104358776833

We have some tuning and balance adjustments coming to several specs with maintenance in each region this week:

NA: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20767356995
EU: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17622302266
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1026903016807444485

What is the release date for M0s, Warfronts and World Bosses? Are M0s open with first reset and the other two with raid release?


Battle for Azeroth Mythic dungeons will first become available after the first weekly reset -- the morning of August 14 in the Americas region, August 15 in Europe, etc.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1026965708683407360

hey friends, do you guys know if I need to do the darkshore questline to start playing BFA when it launches on monday? thanks


The Darkshore questline isn't required, but it is the only way to earn the exclusive Horde and Alliance mounts (which will no longer be obtainable once BfA launches!)
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes, including all of the class tuning that is now live in the Americas, Australia-New Zealand, and European realms, and will go live with weekly maintenance in other regions:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1027663311402237953

Before Battle for Azeroth launches, we're making some additional adjustments to many specs based on how they're playing at level 120:

EU: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17622492219
NA: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20767766894
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1028138866299961345

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with the latest hotfixes to World of Warcraft, including many PvE and PvP class balance and tuning adjustments that went live today ahead of the launch of Battle for Azeroth:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1029053990644797441

Legion Assaults will be disabled later today, prior to the launch of Battle For Azeroth. They'll return in a few days.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1029469877193474050

is the siege of Lordaeron still available for other characters to do after BFA launch or was it removed along with war of thorns?


The Siege of Lordaeron is a permanent part of Battle for Azeroth and a pre-requisite for Kul'Tiras and Zandalar. It will remain playable like Broken Shore was for Legion.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1029515136795521024

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with the latest hotfixes to World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth --

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1030196526411182081

Attention Arms Warriors: we’re working on some significant tuning for Mastery: Deep Wounds that will be coming to the game very soon --

EU: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17622422684
NA: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20767787673
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1030262497415127040

When you unlock Battle for Azeroth world quests, your Flight Master's Whistle gains the ability to work in the new lands. if you didn’t play Legion or destroyed your whistle, you will receive a Flight Master’s Whistle that works in Legion and Battle for Azeroth zones.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1030285849273950208

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's World of Warcraft hotfixes, including several quest fixes and a significant change to Arms Warriors:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1030674776111497216

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with the latest, including a fix to several flight paths, quest fixes, and a lowering of the Heart of Azeroth level required to activate the outer ring of Azerite armor obtained from World Quests and Mythic dungeons:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1031590612724678656

When can we expect Legion Assaults to be back?


Legion Assaults will return soon today.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1031748260447248384

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes, including several Darkmoon Deck adjustments:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1032102269460729856

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1032750398019330048

This seems wrong.


This is a "Stealth" mission; sending troops on these missions reduces success chance. You can see this by putting your mouse cursor over the "Stealth" indicator in the upper left.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1032766312567558144

Quick hunter question: Is it intended that Latent Poison stacks aren't proc'd by raptor strike/mongoose bite when aspect of the eagle is active? Seems odd for the azerite trait to become useless during a utility CD.


Nope, this is a bug. Thanks for the report!
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1032850842615832576

We've posted today's update to our hotfixes blog post:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1033065272125452288

Are allied races supposed to be timegated?


We had some restrictions in place to keep the Allied Races unavailable in Beta, and the restrictions were still in place. This is fixed now and players who hit exalted can proceed. Sorry for the confusion!
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1034240873561612289

We're working on a change to the Auction House, which is now testable on the PTR. Full details here:

EU: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17622453057
NA: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20767778516
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1034662337402138624

Today's hotfixes update includes:

[With server restarts in each region] Azerite armor from Dungeons is now tradeable.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1035358924159901697

Here's a new hotfixes update, including today's Feral Druid tuning:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037028247903465472

No PvP Season today??


The PvP season is temporarily disabled while we clean up some unexpected issues.

No ETA right now, but getting it up and running is our #1 priority at the moment.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037032798408794113

Yo @WarcraftDevs I wanna run M+ but my key dropped at +18. I can't grind it down to a doable level because I hit an instance cap.


We quickly fixed the underlying issue that caused some players to receive high level Mythic Keystones. Deleting the key and running another Mythic dungeon will grant you a new Mythic Keystone.

As a reminder, the instance cap is hourly.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037085570890051584

We’ve fully identified and eradicated a bug that caused some players to receive an unintended Mythic Cache reward earlier today. We’re working to remove all such unintended rewards from any characters who received them.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037133738939805696

Are the quests from new Arathi from Yvera (the portal elf) supposed to be only once per account? If so why?


We've just resolved an issue that prevented additional characters on an account from being eligible for Arathi Highlands quests.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037189867975913472

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes to World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth --

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037408409396568065

Hey just wondering is it intended for pvp conquest cap reward to be 280? Seems a little weird that it rewards gear lower then world quests by quite a bit. Thanks.


Conquest rewards for the first week of the new PvP Season are an item level 345 weapon of your choice from class options. We're working on a fix to display the correct item level.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037413116806488064

We can change weapons? Appears to just be an ele weapon.


Once you reach 500 Conquest, you'll be given a quest to return to The Mugambala or Hook Point that lets you choose your weapon. The one displayed in the UI is just an example of one option.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037418314861961217

Fix rbg ques or atleast give us an update please


We're currently working on a hotfix for Rated Battlegrounds. We'll have that as soon as possible.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037536240688484353

Today, we hotfixed Khor, Hammer of the Guardian to iLvl 120, to signify it as a transmog item.

You can undelete previously deleted weapons using self-help service here:
https://eu.battle.net/support/en/help/product/wow/197/467/solution

If that's on cooldown, contact Blizzard Customer Support:
https://eu.battle.net/support/en/help/product/wow/197/466/solution
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037540542761000961

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with today's hotfixes:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037713072830312448

06/09/2018 13:39Posted by Aerythlea
Today, we hotfixed Khor, Hammer of the Guardian to iLvl 120, to signify it as a transmog item.

You can undelete previously deleted weapons using self-help service here:
https://eu.battle.net/support/en/help/product/wow/197/467/solution

If that's on cooldown, contact Blizzard Customer Support:
https://eu.battle.net/support/en/help/product/wow/197/466/solution


As further clarification:
The item we changed was a special alternate version of the mace that doesn't appear in the Dungeon Journal. "Khor, Hammer of the Corrupted" remains entirely unchanged and is a standard raid weapon.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1037802932421320704

We're reverting the previous hotfix to Khor, Hammer of the Guardian and implementing a different fix for the issue. Details here:

EU: https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17623552534?page=2#post-40
NA: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20768687371?page=11#post-215
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1038203125608329216

Is there any clarification we can have about what the intention is with Light of the Protector in raids for Protection Paladins? @WarcraftDevs
it heals + increase with up to 200% depending on current health.
But in raids the 200% is reduced depending on how many players in raid?


This issue was hotfixed late yesterday, and a similar fix for Hand of the Protector will be live shortly.
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1038228512568565760

We've updated our hotfixes blog post with the latest hotfixes made to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth, including all of the recent PvP tuning and adjustments made to some Uldir encounters:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/news/21973195
Aerythlea
Community Manager
5 years ago
Updates from @WarcraftDevs - Battle for Azeroth
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1039243633403125760

if I don’t hit conquest cap on my alt what happens exactly. Does my new cap for next week become 1000 instead of 500? And so on til Im caught up or I just completely miss out on a weapon?


If a character of yours doesn't hit the Conquest cap, you won’t miss out. You won’t lose Conquest or the chance to get the Conquest reward for this week. If you wanted to, you could wait three weeks and then accumulate the Conquest for three rewards in one day.
Edited by Aerythlea 12/09/2018 09:07
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