September 13th Hotfixes - Fated Raid Bugfixes: Barrier and Creation Spark

Live Posted 2022/09/13 at 9:03 PM by Anshlun

Fated Raids The following NPC’s will no longer be afflicted by Fated Infusion: Protoform Barrier: Castle Nathria: Stone Legion Generals General Draven and Prince Renathal

Sepulcher of the First Ones: Anduin Wrynn

Lady Jaina Proudmoore, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Uther the Lightbringer

The following encounter abilities will no longer be notably altered by Fated Infusion: Creation Spark:

Castle Nathria Shriekwing – Earsplitting Shriek and Exsanguinated
Huntsman Altimor – Sinseeker, Petrifying Howl, and Deathly Roar
Sun King's Salvation – Burning Remnants, Vanquished, and Crimson Flurry
Artificer Xy'mox – Glyph of Destruction, Stasis Trap, Withering Touch, Aura of Dread, and Dimensional Tear
Hungering Destroyer – Gluttonous Miasma
Lady Inerva Darkvein – Warped Desires, and Shared Suffering
The Council of Blood – Dancing Fever, and Dark Recital
Sludgefist – Chain Slam, Chain Link, Hateful Gaze, and Seismic Shift
Stone Legion Generals – Heart Rend, Heart Hemorrhage, Ravenous Feast, Crystalize, Crystalline Burst, Seismic Upheaval, Anima Infusion, Volatile Anima Infusion, Volatile Anima Infection, and Wicked Laceration
Sire Denathrius – Blood Price, Crimson Chorus, Fatal Finesse, Night Hunter, and Impale

Sepulcher of the First Ones

Halondrus the Reclaimer – Volatile Charge
Rygelon – Dark Eclipse and Event Horizon

Mythic+

Return to Karazhan: Lower The Opera Hall: Beautiful Beast Resolved an issue that could cause players with Mrs. Cauldrons’ Soup Spray debuff to be damaged by Luminore’s Burning Blaze.

Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder

Resolved an issue that could cause the visual effect of Cartel Wiseguy’s Lightshard Retreat to sometimes not be visible.

Comment by RaithanJesus blizzard, really good job with creation spark fated affix. Truly a fun and engaging affix. /s

These changes should have been implemented week 1 of season 4.. smhComment by KioskaraTook you long enough.Comment by GalenarThe following encounter abilities will no longer be notably altered by Fated Infusion: Creation Spark:Comment by evilmark443Still no fix for the broken /use effect on the Fated version of The Devouring Cold :( it's been broken since the very beginning of Season 4.Comment by Savario15The following encounter abilities will no longer be notably altered by Fated Infusion: Creation Spark:Comment by lovelywazResolved an issue that could cause players with Mrs. Cauldrons’ Soup Spray debuff to be damaged by Luminore’s Burning Blaze.Comment by LurklingJesus blizzard, really good job with creation spark fated affix. Truly a fun and engaging affix. /s

These changes should have been implemented week 1 of season 4.. smhComment by PriestVirikasAnd now pls alter Creation Spark so that it does not affect every "positive" Buff to last shorter. Like Flash Concentration on Holy Priest. It's an absolute PITA to avoid getting the spark buff to not fall into "oh having to spamcast flash heal" mode .... Pretty sure it affects other selfbuffs the same way.Comment by SchattensangSo, did they change the Jailer Glyphs in combination with Sparks in an earlier patch already, or are they still going to be dumb?Comment by shadowedscholarStill no fix for the broken /use effect on the Fated version of The Devouring Cold :( it's been broken since the very beginning of Season 4.Comment by AarkanI really hope they fix Fated The Devouring Cold. I bought it specifically so I could have the sheath on back transmog and it doesn’t work so I don’t get that. Extremely disappointing.Comment by FlareStarrrlul they keep spending (or wasting) more time and effort on manually tweaking every single Debuff they think is influential, but all these fixes are unnecessary in the first place if they admit the failure and just change Spark mechanics to not affect time flow rate.

In other words,
1. If they change Spark mechanics to not affect time flow rate, there's no need to go through hundreds of Raid debuffs now, so they can spend more time on more meaningful S4 change or DF prep.

2. It's inevitable that some important Debuff didn't receive a manual fix, either because they forget about it, or they think it's unimportant. Thus, they are going to devote more time on this "Spark - Raid Debuff" fix list, continuously adding more and more debuffs to the list, which is unnecessary in the first place.