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World of Warcraft hotfixes (August 7, 2018) rebalance multiple class abilities, fix Void Elf Heritage Armor display, and resolve Guild invite/note bugs.

  • Fixed: Void Elf Heritage Armor and Shadowform with Glyph of Shadow display issues
  • Updated: Druid Restoration — Photosynthesis HoT rate +20%, Cultivation healing -17%, Rejuvenation +6%
  • Updated: Priest Smite damage -6%, Divine Star healing +25%, Discipline Shadow Word: Pain -9%
  • Updated: Mage Arcane Mana Shield drains 50% of damage as mana (was 20%)
  • Updated: Monk Windwalker Blackout Kick damage -27%
  • Fixed: Guild ranks with invite permissions can now properly invite

Appearances and Animations

  • Fixed display issues with Void Elf Heritage Armor and Shadowform with Glyph of Shadow.
  • Isle of Conquest Airship Cannon's ball of fire visual should again match the actual trajectory of the shot.

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Raise Dead's Claw ability will no longer incorrectly gain damage from Mastery: Dreadblade. The Dark Transformation upgrade to Sweeping Claws still benefits from Mastery.
  • Druid
    • Sunfire will no longer apply to secondary targets that are immune to its effects, such as Rogues with Cloak of Shadow active.
    • Restoration
      • Photosynthesis now increases rate of all HoTs by 20% (was 15%).
      • Photosynthesis haste effect now affects Efflorescence.
      • Cultivation healing reduced by 17%.
      • Rejuvenation healing increased by 6%.
  • Mage
    • Arcane
      • Mana Shield drains 50% of damage as mana (was 20%).
    • Fire
      • Phoenix Flames's single-target damage now correctly hits Totems and similar targets.
    • Frost
      • When using Concentrated Coolness, the Regalia of the Arcane Tempest 4-piece set bonus will properly reduce the cooldown of Frozen Orb.
  • Monk
    • Chi Wave healing increased by 25%.
    • Mistweaver
      • Renewing Mist healing correctly generates threat.
    • Windwalker
      • Blackout Kick damage reduced by 27%.
  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • All damage abilities have been reduced 3%.
  • Priest
    • Smite damage reduced by 6%.
    • Divine Star healing increased by 25%.
    • Discipline
      • Shadow Word: Pain reduced by 9%.
      • Shadowfiend damage reduced by 16%.
      • Mindbender damage reduced by 8%.
      • Fixed a bug where Sins of the Many was not increasing Atonement healing from Shadowfiend/Mindbinder.
    • Holy
      • Binding Heal now costs 2.4% of mana (was 2.0%).
      • Holy Word: Salvation cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
      • Angel's Mercy cooldown reduction increased.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Cloudburst now stores 30% of healing done (was 25%).
      • Unleash Life instant healing increased by 26%.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • All damage abilities reduced 4%.
    • Outlaw
      • All damage abilities reduced 3%.
    • Subtlety
      • All damage abilities reduced 4%.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Summon Darkglare will no longer remove all nearby Rogues from stealth.
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • All damage abilities increased 3%.

Creatures and NPCs

  • Myra Tyrngaarde was having some trouble understanding how to cross the bridges in Ironforge, but she's been shown the correct path.

Social

  • Fixed a bug preventing Guild ranks with invite permissions from properly inviting.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Guild and officer note updates to be delayed if the member was offline.
  • Fixed multiple bugs that caused some players to be unexpectedly removed from General and Trade chat channels.

Source: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21973195/hotfixes-august-7-2018

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