01/24/2023 at 10:00 am by Philipp Sattler – No ID without a series of nerfs for the Mythic Plus dungeons in WoW: Dragonflight. The current hotfixes are primarily aimed at the Halls of Valor, but the attack of the Nokhud is also made easier.
The WoW developers never tire of installing new hotfixes almost every day to improve the balancing within the game. Adjustments to the classes alternate with changes to raids and dungeons. The raid in Dragonflight had to endure relatively few changes.
The dungeons, on the other hand, were all the more the target of adjustments. This was mainly due to the catastrophic balancing with which the dungeons started the first season of the expansion. It wasn’t necessarily the difficulty itself that was the problem, but the differences in difficulty. While dungeons like Shadowmoon Burial Grounds or Court of Stars have been several tiers easier than others since release, others have been significantly harder than average.
So the developers had to invest a lot of work and hand out tons of nerfs so that the dungeons are roughly the same difficulty. But you are still not satisfied, because further adjustments have been announced again and some of them have already been implemented.
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More dungeon nerfs via hotfix of January 24, 2023
The current round of hotfixes is primarily aimed at the Halls of Valor. Here the bosses and trash mobs get a good chunk of their life points taken away. The aim here should be above all to make the rather tight timer a little easier. But the bosses also have to accept classic nerfs. In addition, the attack of the Nokhud is in focus. There are also some nerfs here. There was also a small adjustment in the Algeth’ar Academy to prevent one of the exploit strategies.
Here are the full hotfixes related to the January 24, 2023 dungeons:
Blizzard
Dungeons and Raids
Algeth’ar AcademyVexamusFixed an issue that allowed players to bypass Mana Bombs and Arcane Rifts by breaking line of sight.Mythic Plus DungeonsAffixesThunderingSign of the Wind now favors tank specialized players.Developers Note: We have received player feedback heard that safely removing the mark on tank players can be too dangerous in many situations. Tank players will still have the opportunity to participate in the Mark of Lightning removal, but we believe this change will give players more flexibility in how they approach the affix. Halls of Valor Olmyr’s health and Solsten reduced by 25%. Valarjar Aspirants health reduced by 20%. Valarjar Archeresses health reduced by 10%. Valajar Purifiers health reduced by 20%. Health of the Four Kings in Odyns Throne Room has been reduced by 20%.Valajar champions no longer use Enraged Regeneration.Blackclaw Worgs no longer use Ferocious Bite.God-King Skovald…is now less verbose when declaring his claim to the Aegis of Aggramar.Hyrja’s health has been increased by 10% reduced.FenryrHealth reduced by 10%.Gerious Leap’s bleed effect now has a duration of 30 seconds (w ar previously unlimited).OdynRunebrand’s periodic damage reduced by 20%.The Nokhud OffensiveBalakar KhanStormweaver of the Nokhud health reduced by 20%Balakar Khan’s Static Spear no longer targets the same player on consecutive throws.The area damage of Balakar Khan’s Static Spear has been reduced by 30%.Teera and MaruukAncestral Binding is now applied when Teera and Maruuk are within 15 meters of each other. (previously 10 meters).