Announcing the August 2015 Login Campaign!

The August 2015 Login Campaign is rolling in from the Far East for the following period.

Monday, August 10, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, September 2 at 7:00 a.m.

Receive login points each day just for saying hello to the citizens of Vana'diel, and exchange them for various in-game rewards!

If you are logged in when the campaign begins, you must either relog or change areas in order to receive your points.

Read on for a list of items available in the August 2015 campaign.

Patch 6.2 Hotfixes: August 3 – August 14

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0. Hotfixes are updates made without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require a realm restarte to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Previous 6.2 Hotfix Blogs

August 14


Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Hellfire High Council
  • Dia Darkwhisper's Darkness now lasts 15 seconds.
  • Dispelling Dia Darkwhisper's Mark of the Necromancer during Nightmare Visage should no longer incorrectly cause Burden of the Necromancer to deal more damage.
  • Dia Darkwhisper will no longer cast Mark of the Necromancer during her final cast of Reap.

Fel Lord Zakuun

  • Fel Lord Zakuun no longer targets non-players with Wake of Destruction.

PvP

Ashran

  • Players waiting to be resurrected at the center graveyard will now be teleported to their faction's base if the center graveyard becomes neutral.

Class

Paladin

Holy
  • Mastery: Illuminated Healing should now correctly have its damage absorption reduced by Dampening.

August 11


Quests

Nagrand

  • Challenge of the Masters: Warlord Dharl of the Thrice-Bloodied Blade should no longer get stuck in evade mode.

Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Hellfire High Council
  • Dia Darkwhisper should now use her Mark of the Necromancer and Reap abilities more consistently.
Xhul'horac
  • Omnus's Singularity damage can now be reduced by damage reduction effects on Normal and Heroic difficulty. Note: A separate hotfix is in the works for this to also apply to Raid Finder difficulty.

August 7


Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Fel Lord Zakuun

  • Wake of Destruction should no longer multistrike and should not scale with the caster's damage modifiers.

Items

  • The following battle standards are no longer usable in a rated PvP environment.
    • Hand of the Prophet Battle Standard
    • Vol'jin's Headhunters Battle Standard
    • Order of the Awakened Battle Standard
    • Saberstalkers Battle Standard

August 6


Garrison

  • Seer Kazal is now easier to locate in Horde Garrisons during the appropriate bonus events.

Garrison Campaign

  • Destroying the Competition: Players that have abandoned and reacquired the quest should now be able to complete it.

PvP

Ashran

  • Increased the respawn timer for Ancient Artifact.

Bug Fix

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to be unable to teleport or log out after being dismounted from a multi-passenger mount.

August 5


Garrison

Followers

  • Talonpriest Ishaal's Last Rites ability should now correctly be considered a stun effect. The effect lasts 3 seconds when used against other players, and shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

Hellfire High Council
  • Dia Darkwhisper's Mark of the Necromancer now deals 20% less damage. Additionally, applications of Mark of the Necromancer can no longer be delayed.

Items

  • Sanctus, Sigil of the Unbroken's on-use ability has been doubled in effectiveness and now grants 50% to Versatility (up from 25%) on the base ring.

August 3


Garrisons

Naval Missions

  • An Expert Captain threat can now be fully countered by 2 Pandaren Crews or 2 assist ship equipment (Ammo Reserves, Automated Sky Scanner, Extra Quarters, Noisemaker Mines, and Sonic Amplification Field).

Quests

Legendary Ring Quest Line

  • Master vs. Commander: Fixed an issue that could cause legendary naval missions needed to obtain a Draenic Sea Chart to not show up correctly.

Raids and Dungeons

Hellfire Citadel

General
  • Corrected an issue where bonus roll loot tables for Tyrant Velhari and Fel Lord Zakuun got swapped on Raid Finder difficulty.

Kilrogg Deadeye

  • Health of adds for the encounter have been reduced by roughly 20% for raid groups with 10 players on Normal and Heroic difficulty. This should help with the difficulty experienced by smaller raid groups losing their DPS when sending players down into the death phase. The health of adds scales back up and should be roughly unchanged from before as raid group size increases.

Gorefiend

  • Players who die to Digest or from fatal damage while in the stomach phase in the Gorefiend encounter should now be able to be resurrected once their bodies are teleported back outside.

PvP

Ashran

  • Fixed an issue that could incorrectly cause player pet health to increase while in the center lane in Ashran.

Items

  • Reduced the chance to obtain bonus Felblight.

Achievements

  • Naval Siege Specialist: Fixed an issue where certain naval siege missions wasn't granting credit towards the achievement.

Classes

Monk

Armor Sets
  • Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Mistweaver Monks now also works on friendly non-player targets as well.

The August version update is here!

In this month's version update, adventurers will be able to take their first steps into the Escha - Ru'Aun area together with the second chapter to Rhapsodies of Vana'diel. A new raid battle, Domain Invasion, raging across both eschan areas will challenge even the hardiest adventurers, while those who have completed the Seekers of Adoulin missions will be able to take part in a dark tournament, Sinister Reign, pitting themselves against Adoulin's greatest heroes.

Finally, the August patch wouldn't be complete without new ways of enhancing cursed and hexed equipment, higher merit point limits and categories, new unity leaders, the ability to view status effect icons of party members, and a bevy of other additions and adjustments!

Read on to learn more about this month's version update.

Battle Pets — A Poll

Later this week, the Pet Battle Bonus Event is tripling your pet leveling experience. There's a fresh new Ultimate Battle-Training Stone waiting for you, and the glory of seeing your companions gain level upon level.

This got us thinking about our favorite battle pets, and wondering which we would choose if we could only use one of the best. Here's a baker's dozen of players' favorites. You can choose only one.

Let us know why you chose yours in the comments below.

The Return Home to Vana’diel and Discount Campaigns are here!

The Return Home to Vana'diel and Discount Campaigns are kicking off on the following dates!

Return Home to Vana'diel Campaign
From Tuesday, August 11 at 12:00 a.m. (PDT) to Monday, August 24 at the same hour.

Discount Campaign
From Monday, August 3 at 12:00 a.m. (PDT) to Monday, August 31 at the same hour.

Read on for more details on these campaigns.

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