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Patch 7.3.2 Hotfixes - November 21

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Dungeons and Raids

• Siege of Orgrimmar
  
  • Paragons of the Klaxxi and Siegecrafter Blackfuse are much better hosts and no longer lock their doors if you leave the raid early.
    

Items

• Death Knight: Dreadwake Armor
  
  • Frost
    
    • 4-piece bonus now deals 210% weapon damage per tick (was 420%).
      
  • Unholy
    
    • 2-piece bonus now deals 35% of direct damage (was 25%) from Death Coil over 4 seconds.
      
  
  
• Demon Hunter : Felreaper Vestments
  
  • Havoc
    
    • 4-piece bonus now increases haste by 15% (was 40%) for 8 seconds.
      
  
  
• Druid: Bermantle Battlegear
  
  • Balance
    
    • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage of Moonfire and Sunfire by 20% (was 10%) for 4 seconds.
      
  
  
• Hunter : Serpentstalker Guise
  
  • Beast Mastery
    
    • 4-piece bonus now reduces the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 1.5 seconds (was 2.0 seconds).
      
  • Survival
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases the critical strike damage of your next Raptor Strike by 100% (was 50%) within the next 20 seconds.
      
  
  
• Mage: Runebound Regalia
  
  • Arcane
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases your damage by 2% (was 4%) for 8 seconds per Arcane Charge spent.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now has a 10% chance (was 8%) to increase your haste by 15% (was 20%) for 6 seconds.
      
  • Fire
    
    • 4-piece bonus now increases your critical strike damage by 10% (was 12%) while Combustion is active.
      
  • Frost
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases the damage of Flurry by 15% (was 25%) for each successive ice bolt.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage of your next Ice Lance by 20% (was 25%).
      
  
  
• Monk: Chi’Ji’s Battlegear
  
  • Brewmaster
    
    • 4-piece bonus now reads, “Every time you dodge an attack, the remaining cooldown of Breath of Fire is reduced by 1.0 sec.”
      
  • Windwalker
    
    • The 4-piece bonus is now the 2-piece bonus, and still has a 10% chance to generate 1 Chi when you consume Blackout Kick!
      
    • The 2-piece bonus is now the 4-piece bonus, and now it increases the damage of your next Blackout Kick by 175% (was 150%).
      
  
  
• Paladin: Light’s Vanguard Battleplate
  
  • Retribution
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases the damage of Judgment by 40% (was 60%).
      
  
  
• Priest: Gilded Seraph’s Raiment
  
  • Shadow
    
    • 4-piece bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Flay, Void Bolt, and Mind Blast by 0.5% (was 1%) per stack of Void Form.
      
  
  
• Rogue: Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel
  
  • Assassination
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Deadly Poison and Wound Poison by 60% (was 15%) for 6 seconds.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now has a chance to grant 2 Energy (was 4 Energy) when your Deadly Poison or Wound Poison critically strikes.
      
  • Outlaw
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases the damage of your next Run Through by 15% (was 5%), stacking up to four times.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now has a 16% chance (was 12%) to grant you a random Roll the Bones effect, that is not already active, for 10 seconds.
      
  • Subtlety
    
    • 4-piece bonus now has a 3% chance (was 5%) to grant Shadow Gestures when using Gloomblade, Backstab, and Shadowstrike.
      
  
  
• Shaman: Garb of Venerated Spirits
  
  • Enhancement
    
    • 2-piece bonus now has a 30% chance (was 15%) to increase the damage of your next Rockbiter by 100%.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now causes the target to take 15% (was 10%) increased Fire and Nature damage from your attacks for 4.50 seconds after using Rockbiter.
      
  
  
• Warlock: Grim Inquisitor’s Regalia
  
  • Affliction
    
    • 4-piece bonus now increases Corruption, Siphon Life, and Agony damage by 10% for 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
      
  • Destruction
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Incinerate by 40% (was 20%).
      
  
  
• Warrior: Juggernaut Battlegear
  
  • Arms
    
    • 2-piece bonus now increases your critical strike damage by 7% (was 10%) after using Colossus Smash.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage and critical strike chance of your next Whirlwind or Slam by 12% (was 15%), stacking up to three times.
      
  • Fury
    
    • 2-piece bonus now causes the target to bleed for an additional 18% (was 30%) of the direct damage dealt by Rampage, over 4 seconds.
      
    • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage of your Rampage by 25% (was 75%) for 8 seconds.
      

Events

• WoW’s 13th Anniversary
  
  • Anniversary boss bonus rolls now reward Artifact Power instead of gold if you do not receive an item.
    

World of Warcraft 13th Anniversary Art Contest

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

It’s been 13 epic years since the World of Warcraft opened its doors to millions of heroes! To commemorate the occasion, we’re asking you to bring forth your talents to capture your favorite, themes, places, or moments from World of Warcraft.

Let the very spirit of Azeroth herself inspire your creativity to create a piece of artwork using pens, pencil, paints, or your favorite art program. You could win one of the following items:

First Place: Illidan Statue, choice of one (1) Elekk plushie or one (1) Raptor Plushie, and one (1) World of Warcraft Classic Hoodie in the winner’s size.

Runner-Ups: Ten qualified entrants will be chosen to receive a choice of one (1) Elekk plushie or one (1) Raptor Plushie, and one (1) World of Warcraft Classic Hoodie in the winner’s size.

Entries can be submitted during the period of November 16 through November 30, 2017 to communitycontestsna [AT] blizzard.com. Each submission must be a high-resolution JPEG file of no more than 5MB in size to be considered for the contest. A submission must be your original work, and cannot include, in whole or part, any previously created work.

Blue Posts

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

RP Realm Rules
Sorry guys for not catching this a bit sooner but I did want to reply to this.

Since it hasn't been stated recently that I can find anywhere I just wanted to reassure you guys that the usual rules as well as the subset of rules for RP servers still applies. So if you're being harassed by players or seeing players with non RP names that are clearly ridiculous, please report them. We rely on player reports so as long as you are reporting these players our lovely Game Masters can investigate.

While I love seeing the passion and influx that Project 60 has brought on and sparked into the community, its important to be respectful of players on these RP servers who are there because it is their place to have an RP focused community (hence the subset of RP server rules and server designation)."

I want to add an additional clarification that the naming rule is really the only thing that is separate from RP to other servers, and the rules on harassment are universal regardless of server type.

The blame is not on the Project 60 community itself and most of the people running it have not endorsed any harassment and have been encouraging the opposite. I would attribute any sort of harassment/negative behavior to be an outlier and someone that would probably be doing it anyway even if it wasn't for the Project 60 influx. If you encounter this please just report it so our Game Masters can look into it. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

World of Warcraft Arena - World Champions Crowned at BlizzCon 2017!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker)

Miss any matches? Forget the final? Wonder who won? Look no further! We have all the action from the Arena World Championship world finals at BlizzCon 2017 right here.

Want the TL;DR? Watch the Recap Video

How Champions Are Made
In the opening week, ten teams descended on Anaheim in the run-up to the finals, with two teams eliminated on day one.

Panda Global took down Rockets Eclipse with relative ease, to be met by defending world champions Method: Triforce. Panda Global were on fire, with the fever-pitch energy of the crowd fanning the flames. They beat the champions 3-1 in the semi-final to win their place in the final.

EU vs NA

Across the bracket, the top-seeded North America team—Method Synergy—faced Europe’s second seeded team, ABC. ABC’s tried and tested formula of Alec on Mage and Niksi on Rogue, seen the previous year, worked like a charm taking down NA’s #1 team 3-2.

ABC Easy As 123…4
The finals in 2017 were once again NA vs EU. The comeback kids on Panda Global looked a little shaky and struggled to hold form, testing the limits of their passionate fans’ patience and creating a tense, exciting atmosphere throughout the arena. Sensing victory, ABC took full control; beating Panda Global in a nail-biting set of games 4-0—earning them their rightful place in World of Warcraft Arena history.

Congratulations to ABC: World Champions!

For more information on all our esports events, including announcements about our upcoming tournaments, head to our dedicated esports site for all the gory details. See you soon!

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