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June 20 Class Tuning Adjustments, Tweets, EU Arena Cup #3, ToS Minimalist Guide Posted: 16 Jun 2017 04:10 PM PDT Get Your Diablo 3 Wings by Playing Heroes of the Storm Now StarLadder, Wild Tourney, Priest & Mage Decks, Mekkatorque's Workshop - Value Town #125 June 20 Class Tuning Adjustments These adjustments will go live after the next weekly maintenance. Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums) Following the release of Patch 7.2.5, we continue to monitor every spec's performance and make tuning adjustments as necessary. With the opening of the Tomb of Sargeras in mind, during scheduled maintenance on 20 June, we expect to make the following changes: Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Vengeance Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%. Spirit Bomb damage reduced by 33%. Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Survival Damage of all abilities increased by 3%. Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Arcane Damage of all abilities increased by 3%. Fire Damage of all abilities increased by 3%. Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Brewmaster Stagger now has 40% effectiveness against Magic damage (was 50%). Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Retribution Damage of all abilities increased 3.5% Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Discipline Evangelism now has a duration of 6 seconds (was 7 seconds). Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Elemental Damage of all abilities increased by 3%. Smoldering Heart proc chance is now 10% per 100 Maelstrom spent (was 20%). Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Affliction Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%. Destruction Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%. Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator) Arms Trauma can no longer Critically Strike. Damage of all abilities reduced by 4%. In addition to the class changes above, we're doing some final tuning on a couple of the forthcoming Tier-20 sets: Brewmaster Monk Tier 20 2-piece now has a 40% chance to generate a Gift of the Ox Healing Sphere (was 100%). Retribution Paladin Tier 20 2-piece bonus now increases Blade of Justice damage by 20% (was 15%). Blue Tweets Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment Mythic+ Loot Will we get higher than 905 gear in the weekly M+ cache on patch day if we complete a +15 the week leading up to the patch? The new level of Mythic Keystone 11-15 rewards will become active the week that the Mythic difficulty of Tomb of Sargeras opens. (WarcraftDevs) Do i have to do a +15 this Week so i get Higher ilvl loot from my Weekly Chest or will the Cap still be +10 for another week? The M+ loot cap generally goes up when Mythic difficulty of the raid unlocks - that's how it worked for Nightmare and Nighthold. (WatcherDev) Achievements .why remove the FoS ''Unholy determination'' From the DK Class mount quest, for those who've done it? Thats a slap in the face. Don't want folks to feel the need to check guides before doing quests lest they miss out on something permanently without knowing it. (WatcherDev) The FoS had been deleted in 7.2.5 data weeks ago. "Missable" achievements in one-time content would set a dangerous precedent. (WatcherDev) Ghostcrawler Tweets Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard. Originally Posted by MMO-Champion You were on the WoW team still when it was said that there is too many currencies and it needed to be reined in. Since your departure, WoW has just seen more and more currencies added. Your thoughts on why this might be the case from a design perspective? Generally it happens because you want to encourage players to engage in lots of different forms of content. If you have say 3 currencies and 10 forms of content, then what probably happens is one of the currencies can be earned in many different ways and there is a risk players will gravitate towards the most efficient. Having different currencies also lets you offer rewards on different cadences (say something with not much buying power that you reward frequently, versus something very powerful that you only offer once a week or less.) The instincts to offer different rewards for different things makes your life a little easier for the designers, and often benefits players as well. The main downside is the growing complexity of a system, which can be overwhelming for players to keep straight. Caveat: I haven't played WoW in over 3 years. (Source) EU Arena Cup #3 LIVE June 24-25 at 17:00 CEST: Tune In! Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums) Cup #3 of the WoW® Arena World Championship goes live Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. To keep up with the action, tune in to the broadcast each day at 16:30 CEST, with matches kicking off at 17:00 CEST sharp. Don't miss out! You can catch all the action on our official World of Warcraft Twitch channel in English. The stream will also be available in Russian. Miss out on the previous cup? We've got you covered—head on over to our Arena Cup #2 recap blog for all the details. What's New? We have a brand new esports page to share with you, a space dedicated to WoW esports. You can catch up with all the action, news and current Point Standings here. Dates For Your Diary Arena Cup 4: July 8-9, registration closes on July 2 at 11.59pm CEST Arena Cup 5: July 22-23, registration closes on July 16 at 11.59pm CEST Points Promote Players – Get Involved! Cup Events 1st place: $3,000, 160 points 2nd place: $1,500, 80 points 3rd place: $1,000, 36 points 4th place: $500, 20 points 5th and 6th places: 12 points each Approved Community Events 1st place: 40 points 2nd place: 20 points 3rd place: 12 points 4th place: 8 points 5th and 6th places: N/A Find out more in our Arena World Championship announcement here. Want In On The Action? We want to see a ton of community involvement, and strongly recommend some of you out there hold your own events. Not only will you be part of the action, you'll help teams place higher on the ladder — as approved community events award points too! Want to know more? Get in touch. Want to run your own event? Apply here. Good luck to all the teams, and see you on the stream! Tomb of Sargeras Minimalist Guide Vetaro has created his minimalist guide to Tomb of Sargeras! You can find him on Twitter at Vetaro.

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes - June 15, Student Art Contest Winners, Jeff Kaplan 15 Years Posted: 16 Jun 2017 05:08 AM PDT Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes - June 15 Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums) Chromie Scenario The Timelord title is now account-wide. Nezar'Azret should now only summon adds when in combat. Dungeons Corrected an issue where Mythic Keystone completion failed to award an additional piece of loot for beating the timer in some circumstances. Items Tome of the Legionfall Magi should no longer notify group members when it is looted. Mythic Keystones should now display properly when linked in chat. NPCs Ilyssia of the Waters should no longer appear in Azsuna. She wasn't quite ready for her debut yet. Player versus Player The Gaze of Aman'thul debuff can no longer be removed by player spells. Druid Cyclone should now work correctly on all tamed Hunter pets. Restoration Template Intellect increased by 5%. Monk Windwalker The stun provided by Heavy-Handed Strikes now correctly matches the increased range of Fists of Fury. Paladin Holy Template Intellect increased by 2%. Priest Discipline Inner Renewal will no longer trigger twice for Shadow Covenant. Holy Template Intellect increased by 2%. Shaman Restoration Template Intellect increased by 2%. Warlock Affliction Nightfall will correctly be consumed when casting Seed of Corruption Unstable Affliction's dispel backlash can no longer be reflected or grounded. Quests Auctioneer Xifa should no longer evade attempted assassination for "Hiding in Plain Sight". Spellbook Brawn (Tauren racial trait) and Might of the Mountain (Dwarf racial trait) now appear correctly in the spellbook. 2016 Blizzard Student Art Contest Winners Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums) The sixth annual Blizzard Student Art Contest has drawn to a close! Presented by Blizzard Entertainment's university relations and World of Warcraft development teams, this contest called upon college and university students to create epic World of Warcraft-styled environments and characters and share their vision of Azeroth. After deliberating over the many exceptional entries, our judges have chosen four outstanding pieces by two very talented artists. Check out the winning entries below. Winners Cody Harder- Character Contest Winner Brigham Young University (BYU) – Idaho Kate McKee-Environment Contest Winner Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) Runner-Ups Kate McKee- Character Contest Runner-Up Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) Cody Harder- Environment Contest Runner-Up Brigham Young University (BYU) – Idaho Overwatch - Jeff Kaplan 15 Year Anniversary Dinoflask made a video to celebrate Jeff Kaplan's 15 year anniversary at Blizzard!

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