The War Within Hotfixes for August 29: Jewelcrafting Prospecting Buff & Bug Fixes Galore

Hotfixes

August 29, 2024

Characters

• Fixed an issue where Chasm Makers in Azj-Kahet could get stuck in combat.

Classes

• Demon Hunter
  • Aldrachi Reaver
    • Fixed an issue with Art of the Glaive not respecting line-of-sight.
    • Fixed an issue with Preemptive Strike not respecting line-of-sight.
• Evoker
  • Preservation
    • Fixed an issue where Lifespark and Call of Ysera were incorrectly increasing the healing of Living Flames cast by Afterimage and Leaping Flames if the buff was active when they occurred.
• Rogue
  • Deathstalker
    • Fixed an issue where rogues fighting low-health enemies could find themselves in a state where Darkest Night was not correctly applied.

Delves

• Fixed an issue where the player’s health bar could get in the way of some mini-game puzzles.
• Earthcrawl Mines
  • Fixed an issue preventing players from entering the main room.
• Tak-Rethan Abyss
  • The “Niffen’s Aid” ability will no longer aggro neaby enemies.

Dungeons

• Cinderbrew Meadery
  • Fixed an issue where a Brew Drop reaching I’pa sometimes shielded the boss for an incorrect value and didn’t inflict party damage.

Events

• Fixed an issue where quest objective objects were not appearing on the step ‘Very Important Earthen’ during the Theater Troupe event.

Items and Rewards

• Ravenous Honey Buzzer is now usable while you’re shapeshifted.
• Shadowed Essence damage is now properly reduced for tank and healer specializations.

Player versus Player

• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where Infirmity would not clear after a Battleground or Arena ends.

Professions

• The Severed Threads Pact buffs “Weaver’s Tutelage” and “Weaver’s Prodigy” will now properly enhance the players’ crafting and profession abilities.
• Jewelcrafting
  • Improved the rate of prospecting gems for Bismuth, Ironclaw Ore, and Aqirite. This affects both baseline chances as well as the increase based on item quality.

Quests

• Trying to abandon “Special Assignment: Bombs from Behind” should no longer teleport you back to the Weaver’s Lair.
• Players who abandoned the quest “Gear Enchanting” can now successfully complete the quest again. From now on, the quest will auto complete if the player has already cast “Enchant Ring – Glimmering Haste” item given by the quest.
• Fixed an issue where Bushy Weeds creatures were not repopulating quickly enough on “Thespians at the Proscenium”.
• Players who enter the “Awakening the Machine” event, qualify for the weekly quest “Gearing Up for Trouble,” and have not previously picked up the quest will have it pushed to them.
• The quest “Renown of Khaz Algar” has been removed from the War Within Campaign and is now available to characters with any of the Khaz Algar renown factions below level 4.

User Interface

• Players who have the “Arc Emitter” extra action Button on their screen can resolve the issue if they relog.