Patch 8.0 Hotfixes for November 16th - Dungeon Nerfs, Grievous / Explosive Changes

Live Posted 2018/11/18 at 11:40 PM by Squishei

Blizzard

November 16, 201814th Anniversary Event

The respawn time for all event world bosses has been lowered.

Dungeons and Raids

In Mythic Keystone dungeons, the Grievous affix now stacks every other tick (was every tick), and now deals 2% of the player's total HP per stack (was 1.5%).
In Mythic Keystone dungeons, the health of Explosives has been reduced by 50%, and Explosives should no longer spawn from a crowd-controlled enemy.
Kings' Rest

King A'akul's Hidden Blade Poison DoT reduced by 50%.
King Timalji's Bladestorm snare increased to 60% (was 25%), and Bladestorm recast time increased to 20-25 seconds (was 10-20 seconds).
Queen Wasi's Seduction duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 30 seconds).
Shadow of Zul's Absorbed in the Darkness periodic damage reduced by 50%, and Shadow Barrage direct damage reduced by 25%.
Shadow-Borne Champion's Ancestral Fury damage reduced by 50%.
The Golden Serpent's Animated Gold health reduced by 50%.

Shrine of the Storm

Deepsea Ritualist's Unending Darkness damage taken bonus has been reduced to 10% (was 25%), and cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
Tidesage Enforcer's Deep Smash impact damage reduced by 25%.
Tidesage Spiritualist's now casts Mending Rapids every 25 seconds (was 10 seconds) and does 50% less damage with Anchor of Binding.

Temple of Sethraliss

Galvazzt's Galvanize periodic damage reduced by 25%.
Faithless Tender's Embyonic Vigor healing reduced to 10% (was 50%), and Greater Healing Potion now begins cooldown immediately, allowing stuns to preventing it from being recast instantly.

Tol Dagor

The Mythic Keystone timer is now set to 36 minutes (was 33 minutes).

Underrot

The Mythic Keystone timer is now set to 33 minutes (was 30 minutes).

Uldir

Mythrax

Oblivion Sphere now strongly favors targeting ranged specs across all difficulties.
Fixed a bug that prevented earning the criteria for the Achievement Existential Crisis.

World Quests

Corrected an issue that was preventing players from receiving quest credit for “Breaking Irons” in Siege of Boralus on Mythic difficulty.

Comment by SeniriNeat.Comment by deathlavitzis that an actual nerf to grievous or just a timing change requiring the healer to "top everyone off faster or it's worst" thing?Comment by angeleyedLove these nerfs! Keep them coming!Comment by EfkiusIts easer nerf dungeons then actually make others class better.Comment by PleasureBotIts easer nerf dungeons then actually make others class better.Comment by Dhrallis that an actual nerf to grievous or just a timing change requiring the healer to "top everyone off faster or it's worst" thing?Comment by Nextra53Its easer nerf dungeons then actually make others class better.Comment by brekthegreatIts easer nerf dungeons then actually make others class better.Comment by TankisfiteHard CC’d mobs still spawn Explosive.Comment by padd
New grievous vs old grievous
1 sec: 0 vs 1.2%
2 sec: 2.0 vs 2.4%
3 sec: 2 0 vs 3.6%
4 sec: 4.0 vs 4.8%
5 sec: 4.0 vs 6.0%
6 sec: 6.0 vs 6.0%
7 sec: 6.0 vs 6.0%
8 sec: 8.0 vs 6.0%
9 sec: 8.0 vs 6.0%
10 sec and onwards: 10.0 vs 6.0%Comment by riiko155Explosive orbs still spawn from CC targets in Temple of seth......Comment by ZuwieExplosive orbs still spawn from CC targets in Temple of seth......Comment by TuretHard CC’d mobs still spawn Explosive.Comment by sbensenHow about adding the class tuning items slated for 8.1 to this hot fix? No need to wait until a major patch for simple class tuning.Comment by yummynoodlesIts easer nerf dungeons then actually make others class better.Comment by GenowolfLooking at the Grievous explanation, it says that the DoT stacks every couple of seconds (up to 5 stacks), so I guess it should be like this:

0 sec: 2 vs 1.5 %
2 sec: 2 vs 3 %
4 sec: 4 vs 4.5 %
6 sec: 4 vs 6 %
8 sec: 6 vs 7.5 %
10 sec: 6 vs 7.5 %
12 sec: 8 vs 7.5 %
14 sec: 8 vs 7.5 %
16 sec: 10 vs 7.5 %Comment by BigBadDadI'm just glad they are nerfing the trash. I haven't stepped foot in a dungeon in 6-8 weeks because of how the trash pulls would wipe you faster than boss mechanics. Pug life was a real challenge.Comment by NyruLooking at the Grievous explanation, it says that the DoT stacks every couple of seconds (up to 5 stacks), so I guess it should be like this:

0 sec: 2 vs 1.5 %
2 sec: 2 vs 3 %
4 sec: 4 vs 4.5 %
6 sec: 4 vs 6 %
8 sec: 6 vs 7.5 %
10 sec: 6 vs 7.5 %
12 sec: 8 vs 7.5 %
14 sec: 8 vs 7.5 %
16 sec: 10 vs 7.5 %Comment by percelHard CC’d mobs still spawn Explosive.Comment by 68docTFW it says explosives won't spawn on CCed mobs but still does.