The War Within Hotfixes for October 10th - Zekvir Rewards Once a Week

Live Posted 13 hr 11 min ago by Squishei

HOTFIXES

October 14, 2024

Achievements

The achievements Vox Arachni, True Strength, and The Grand Tapestry should now trigger as expected.

Classes

Mage

Fire

Corrected an issue with Controlled Destruction’s damage bonus to Ignite.

Warlock

Demonology

Fixed an issue where Ruination and Infernal Bolt could not be interrupted.

Delves

Defeating Zekvir in his Lair now rewards Crests and Valorstones once per character per week.

Dungeons and Raids

Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking

Fixed an issue where Titan Prison Fragment cannot be looted if Yogg-Saron was already killed this week.

The Dawnbreaker

Rasha’nan will no longer continue fighting the player after being brought below 60% health.
Resolved an issue causing Encroaching Shadows to be removed by immunity effects.

Siege of Boralus

Resolved an issue causing Fiery Ricochet to not apply its damage over time if a target was far away.
Resolved an issue that caused Sighted Artillery to not target players farther away from Dread Captiain Lockwood.

Stonevault

Resolved an issue causing summons such as Auto-Hammers from destroying Volatile Spikes on E.D.N.A

Nerub-ar Palace

Queen Ansurek

Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
Gloom Blast damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
When calculating applications of Frothy Toxin, only living players are now counted towards the maximum possible application amount on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
On Mythic difficulty:

Queen Ansurek’s health reduced by 5%.
Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 26.7%.
Silken Tomb health reduced by 20%.
Wrest damage (Intermission) reduced by 25%.
Grasping Silk maximum size reduced by 10%.
Shadowgate cast time increased by 20%.
Gloom Blast damage reduced by 25%.
Acolyte’s Essence periodic damage reduced by 15%.
Essence Scarred duration reduced by 50%.
Royal Condemnation damage reduced by 10%.
Summoned Acolyte health and Dark Barrier shield amount reduced by 15%.
Royal Shackle health reduced by 15%.

Player versus Player

Resolved an issue that allowed Battleground Blitz to grant progress towards the Vicious Skyflayer mount while below the required rating.

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Comment by dragontommy boy Zekvir just keeps getting guttedComment by TelomirKEKW 10 char (rip Zekvir rewards)Comment by Jako"Resolved an issue causing Fiery Ricochet to not apply its damage over time if a target was far away."

well that blows lol it helped the healer out. smh. i was far as %^&* to not get hit by itComment by lgir627What was it before? 2 crests per day? Those extra 12 runed crests per week would have just been too OP? Couldn't even upgrade your gear 1 tier with that LMAOComment by CorpselanceGlad they are listening to me. Keep up the W's.Comment by Ranma11788Welp. Can we have him put back into the vault then?Comment by Trelani10Delve rewards to be INCREASED not gutted......Comment by swiftpwnsL after L by blizzard. delves became useless the day they were released.Comment by nvrsbrMakes no difference to those of us that have not killed him :PComment by AsherrTheRedRiP poor ZevkirComment by tmptfateExpect lots of crying from the people who just sit and repeat kill Zek daily and expect Heroic ilvl rewards for 3 minutes of daily effort lol

Edit: spelling failComment by ZeroEdgeirFor everyone saying "Delves were dead on release" and "Delves need more rewards, not less" - You almost certainly play M+ or Mythic Raiding as your main content. Delves were never INTENDED for you. This is like you complaining that PvP doesn't reward you well enough.

Zekvir being turned into a "One-And-Done" for the Season fight (well, maybe 2x, once for ? and once for ?), is a shame.

If Zekvir is only going to give Crests and Valorstones once a week, let him qualify for Great Vault credit once a week too.

Hopefully next season will see better tuning of the next Delve Boss being altered depending on class (ie: Warlock has to either not have their tank, or not have their interrupt, for an example), and having a little more meaty a reward (a back piece recolour of another Delve drop, and a unique Dirigible skin). I'd even take like unique armor-type sets (so just four: Cloth, Leather, Mail, Plate), exclusive to beating the boss on ? within season, as a "Mage Tower esque" reward, and some weapons to match on ?.Comment by minmin01Fix resto shaman being so brokenly overtuned that groups actively seek them out over other healers for keys +7 and higher.Comment by ZenorikoFor everyone saying "Delves were dead on release" and "Delves need more rewards, not less" - You almost certainly play M+ or Mythic Raiding as your main content. Delves were never INTENDED for you. This is like you complaining that PvP doesn't reward you well enough.

Zekvir being turned into a "One-And-Done" for the Season fight (well, maybe 2x, once for ? and once for ?), is a shame.

If Zekvir is only going to give Crests and Valorstones once a week, let him qualify for Great Vault credit once a week too.

Hopefully next season will see better tuning of the next Delve Boss being altered depending on class (ie: Warlock has to either not have their tank, or not have their interrupt, for an example), and having a little more meaty a reward (a back piece recolour of another Delve drop, and a unique Dirigible skin). I'd even take like unique armor-type sets (so just four: Cloth, Leather, Mail, Plate), exclusive to beating the boss on ? within season, as a "Mage Tower esque" reward, and some weapons to match on ?.Comment by 0kitty0

Tbf what do you expect, its wowhead, its a cesspit of negativity. People were abusing Zekvir so they could max their vault and just farm him for mats and now theyre just mad their simple 4min farm got nuked. I agree and hope they make him a once per week option for vault.Comment by grulochI know there’s no obligation to do them, but surely there’s an in between where they can incentivise Delves more and not less so it doesn’t feel like such a chore to run them to fill that vault row. Given you can reasonably get good quality tier/catalyst material/trinkets from them in the vault it’s just a bit tedious now the Zekvir method is gone (and now even more worthless).Comment by niezlygracz123wow there is still no fix for not getting progress to vicious saddle through rated bliz :')Comment by TOMRUSImagine nerfing rewards from already dead content (delves)... Zekvir vault credit and crests were fine and changes to that should be reverted.

And they still keep ignoring massively overtuned M+. Shame...Comment by SilverdevilboyFor everyone saying "Delves were dead on release" and "Delves need more rewards, not less" - You almost certainly play M+ or Mythic Raiding as your main content. Delves were never INTENDED for you. This is like you complaining that PvP doesn't reward you well enough.

Zekvir being turned into a "One-And-Done" for the Season fight (well, maybe 2x, once for ? and once for ?), is a shame.

If Zekvir is only going to give Crests and Valorstones once a week, let him qualify for Great Vault credit once a week too.

Hopefully next season will see better tuning of the next Delve Boss being altered depending on class (ie: Warlock has to either not have their tank, or not have their interrupt, for an example), and having a little more meaty a reward (a back piece recolour of another Delve drop, and a unique Dirigible skin). I'd even take like unique armor-type sets (so just four: Cloth, Leather, Mail, Plate), exclusive to beating the boss on ? within season, as a "Mage Tower esque" reward, and some weapons to match on ?.Comment by JaidalynZekvir was probably the most engaging solo thing they've added since the Mage Tower

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