FREE Bonus Rolls For Bugged Loot, HUGE Undocumented Patch Nerfs & Classes Finally Fixed

[00:00] Hey folks, this is Kalamazi. It's been

[00:02] an interesting week in World of Warcraft

[00:04] with one of the buggiest patches we've

[00:06] seen in quite a while. The bugged bonus

[00:09] rolls are being refunded, so some

[00:11] players will end up with an extra three

[00:13] bonus rolls to use this week, which is

[00:15] causing quite the uproar in the

[00:17] community. Some classes have been

[00:19] patched back up so they can actually

[00:21] deal damage now, while others have been

[00:23] left by the wayside. There's a bit of

[00:25] déjà vu with Blizzard's response to the

[00:27] frustrating patch launch, and there are

[00:29] quite a few undocumented changes for

[00:32] 12.0.5, which may help or hinder your

[00:34] gameplay depending on what kind of

[00:36] content you like to take part in.

[00:38] There's a lot to talk about, so let's

[00:40] break it all down in this week's WoW

[00:42] news video. Now, before we jump in, be

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[00:49] First things first, the bonus rolls

[00:51] problem. If you've been hiding under a

[00:53] rock or just not playing the game since

[00:55] the patch went live, you may have missed

[00:57] one of the largest bugs in 12.0.5 where

[01:00] bonus rolls were giving duplicate items.

[01:03] This was one of the major selling points

[01:05] of this new feature, no duplicate items.

[01:07] So, when you get an item, it should be

[01:09] removed from the loot table for future

[01:11] bonus rolls so you can eventually get

[01:13] whatever item you want, even if you end

[01:16] up getting every single item on a bosses

[01:18] or dungeons loot table. This bug removed

[01:21] a huge chunk of the overall value of

[01:24] bonus rolls, but thankfully it was fixed

[01:26] quite quickly.

[01:28] The problem with the fix is that it

[01:30] didn't apply to any future bonus rolls,

[01:33] so any items you had rolled on before

[01:36] the fix went live would still be in your

[01:38] potential loot pool when using future

[01:40] bonus rolls. So, the dev team went one

[01:43] step further and decided to refund every

[01:46] single bonus roll that was used before

[01:48] the fix was implemented, and these

[01:50] refunds were issued in the last couple

[01:52] of days. According to the blue post, all

[01:54] nebulous void cores that were spent

[01:56] before 8:05 p.m. PDT on Wednesday have

[02:00] been refunded and you should get an

[02:03] in-game mail explaining the situation

[02:06] and the currency should just appear back

[02:08] in your currency tab. So, all is well

[02:10] that ends well, right? Of course not.

[02:13] The bonus roll refund seems to have

[02:15] split the community even further. If you

[02:18] didn't use any bonus rolls because you

[02:20] were afraid of the bugs and getting

[02:22] duplicate items, this doesn't really

[02:24] change anything for you. But, for the

[02:26] players who spent three bonus rolls at

[02:28] the start of the patch, they're going to

[02:30] get another three more or less for free.

[02:33] That doesn't seem entirely fair when

[02:35] taken at face value, but there are

[02:37] actually quite a few variables within

[02:40] that camp to divide things up even

[02:42] further.

[02:44] The first thing to consider is that any

[02:46] items that were obtained before the fix

[02:49] will still be in the loot table. So,

[02:51] that's a future bonus roll that can be

[02:53] wasted at any time. You can head back

[02:56] into a dungeon or raid and get the exact

[02:58] same items that you spent your bugged

[03:00] bonus rolls on. In fact, we've seen

[03:02] quite a few tweets and Reddit threads

[03:04] from players who are experiencing that

[03:06] exact scenario. They got the exact same

[03:09] items in the exact same order in some

[03:12] cases as their bugged bonus rolls, which

[03:14] is a teeny bit suspicious, but in these

[03:17] cases those free bonus rolls amounted to

[03:20] no actual value.

[03:22] Now, any players who did not receive

[03:24] duplicate items from their bonus rolls

[03:26] when used early in the patch even while

[03:28] the bug was active might come out ahead

[03:30] versus the players who did receive

[03:32] duplicates because not only did they

[03:34] waste a bonus roll to get an item they

[03:36] can't use, but that item will still be

[03:39] on their potential loot table because

[03:41] that specific fix wasn't retroactive. In

[03:44] this case, you could spend three or more

[03:46] bonus rolls to get the exact same item,

[03:49] which leaves that player even further

[03:52] behind.

[03:54] But where players might gain an

[03:55] advantage is where they used their bonus

[03:57] rolls early on and got their best in

[04:00] slot items. It doesn't really matter

[04:02] that much if the loot tables didn't

[04:04] update properly if you don't have to

[04:06] roll on that boss or dungeon ever again

[04:08] because you already got the items that

[04:10] you want. In those rare cases, these

[04:13] players are one week ahead of everyone

[04:14] else in terms of bonus rolls and mythic

[04:16] track gear. And then there are also

[04:19] quite a lot of players reporting that

[04:21] they spent their bonus before the

[04:23] supposed cut-off time but haven't been

[04:25] refunded any void cores or they spent

[04:28] two or three and they've only been

[04:29] refunded one, which would leave them in

[04:31] a much worse situation when compared to

[04:34] everyone else. So if you did use your

[04:36] bonus rolls early on in the week,

[04:38] double-check to see if you actually got

[04:40] a refund or not because it seems to be

[04:42] quite unreliable right now. So it is

[04:45] still a very messy situation, which

[04:48] seems to fit quite well for patch

[04:49] 12.0.5, but I do think it's still better

[04:52] for the dev team to do something rather

[04:54] than nothing and refunding the bugged

[04:56] bonus rolls is one of the easiest ways

[04:58] to address this problem even if it does

[05:00] leave some folks quite a bit ahead of

[05:02] everyone else. I'm curious to hear what

[05:05] you think of this whole debacle. How do

[05:07] you think the dev team should have

[05:08] handled the bugged bonus rolls and is

[05:10] refunding them the best course of

[05:12] action? Let me know what you think in

[05:14] the comment section below.

[05:17] Now unfortunately, bugged bonus rolls

[05:19] are the only problem plaguing this

[05:21] patch. Havoc Demon Hunters and Shadow

[05:24] Priests ended up doing significantly

[05:26] more damage than they were supposed to

[05:28] while Unholy Death Knights were so

[05:30] broken they dropped to the very bottom

[05:32] of the DPS charts. Rogues and Warlocks

[05:35] are also suffering from quite a few

[05:36] game-breaking bugs which haven't been

[05:39] addressed from what I can tell. The

[05:41] crafting bug that would eat your crests

[05:43] without actually upgrading your item

[05:45] reared its ugly head again, which is

[05:47] definitely less than ideal. There are

[05:49] still quite a lot of bugs with the

[05:51] transmog window and system and patch

[05:53] 12.0.5 seems to have only made things

[05:55] worse. The Decurse Duel mini-game seems

[05:58] to be quite stingy with its reward

[05:59] structure, removing all rewards from

[06:02] some players if they don't participate

[06:04] enough, which is odd in a game mode

[06:06] where the goal is to hide and not be

[06:09] found. Speaking of hiding, that has been

[06:11] made quite difficult in some cases with

[06:13] most sources of human or tracking still

[06:16] working in Decurse Duels, allowing some

[06:18] players to completely bypass the whole

[06:21] hide portion of the hide-and-seek

[06:23] mini-game. The entire housing feature

[06:25] was taken offline for the start of the

[06:27] patch to address some game-breaking

[06:29] problems, which definitely doesn't look

[06:31] great all things considered. Void

[06:33] Strikes were getting stuck quite often,

[06:35] preventing completion and progression,

[06:37] and the Void Incursions were taken

[06:38] completely offline as well partway

[06:40] through the week to address some

[06:42] significant bugs. Void Assault also have

[06:45] had a bit of a problem AFK players as

[06:47] you can get full rewards from the

[06:48] Assault without contributing at all,

[06:50] which is a stark difference when

[06:52] compared to the Decurse Duels AFK issue.

[06:55] And then the last boss in the March of

[06:56] Quel'Danas raid had quite a few key bugs

[06:59] that completely halted progression on

[07:01] that boss for many guilds.

[07:04] Now, thankfully, good progress is being

[07:06] made to fix a lot of the larger

[07:08] problems. We already talked about the

[07:10] bonus roll duplicate problem being

[07:11] fixed. Unholy Death Knights have seen

[07:13] many fixes can actually do damage again.

[07:16] Housing was re-enabled quite quickly and

[07:19] there have been many other hotfixes

[07:20] since the patch went live. So, progress

[07:23] is being made, but there are quite a few

[07:25] problems remaining in the patch. And

[07:28] Blizzard is aware that patch 12.0.5 fell

[07:30] quite short of player expectations. They

[07:33] published a blue post that apologized

[07:35] for the state of the patch and it says

[07:36] they've been working around the clock to

[07:38] stabilize the game and get through the

[07:40] long list of bugs and issues that

[07:42] players are struggling with. It also

[07:44] mentions that the team is taking lessons

[07:46] learned from this launch to help ensure

[07:47] this doesn't happen again. They'll work

[07:50] harder to communicate openly, early, and

[07:52] often when a patch doesn't go as

[07:54] expected, the known issues they're

[07:56] working on, fixes as they roll out, and

[07:58] any other information that might be

[08:00] useful to the community.

[08:03] On one hand, that does seem to be the

[08:05] case. They released a long post about

[08:07] the bonus roll bug, how it happened, why

[08:10] it wasn't caught in testing, and how

[08:11] they tried to make sure this kind of

[08:13] thing doesn't happen again. That was

[08:14] quite an interesting read, but it does

[08:16] kind of emphasize that if the dev team

[08:18] doesn't test something on the PTR, they

[08:20] need to be extra careful and attentive

[08:23] with their internal testing. If bonus

[08:25] rolls were tested on the PTR, I imagine

[08:28] these problems would have been caught

[08:29] before the patch went live. But on the

[08:32] other hand, this blue post looks kind of

[08:35] familiar. Patch 11.1.5 of the War Within

[08:38] expansion also launched with quite a lot

[08:40] of issues, leading to some similar

[08:42] statements in a PC Gamer interview with

[08:44] Ian. A couple of things stand out here.

[08:47] If there's ever an update where we know

[08:49] there are serious issues, we're not

[08:51] going to push it out just because we've

[08:52] set this 8-week target. We're never

[08:54] consciously compromising quality. We are

[08:57] committed to quality, and we know that

[08:59] quantity doesn't matter if the stuff

[09:01] isn't functional, and if the game isn't

[09:03] predictable and reliable and doesn't

[09:05] feel like a polished experience. Rather

[09:07] than say we're going to slow down and

[09:09] serve our players less, we'd rather ask

[09:11] how can we polish this further? How can

[09:13] we tighten our processes so they don't

[09:15] slip through the cracks, and we are

[09:17] getting content into players' hands at a

[09:19] rate they deserve. Now, quite a lot of

[09:21] things seem to have slipped through the

[09:23] cracks for 12.0.5, which is really

[09:25] disappointing to see. Hopefully, the dev

[09:28] team makes better use of the PTR moving

[09:30] forward, and we see those lessons

[09:32] actually sink in. We love this game

[09:34] enough to make it a huge part of our

[09:36] life. We want it to be the best it can

[09:38] possibly be, and I'm sure the dev team

[09:40] feels the same. But, I do worry that the

[09:42] current patch cadence is hurting the

[09:44] game more than it's helping. I'll be

[09:46] very interested to see what changes

[09:48] going forward. Maybe patches taking a

[09:51] couple weeks longer, maybe PTR builds

[09:53] coming up earlier, or just more testing

[09:55] tools on the PTR to help players break

[09:57] the game a bit more so that the patch is

[09:59] as robust as possible when it does go

[10:02] live. I guess we'll just have to wait

[10:04] and see how 12.0.7 and 12.1 pan out, but

[10:08] I hope they're going to be extra careful

[10:10] with these next few patches.

[10:13] There are also quite a few updates in

[10:15] this patch that weren't announced

[10:16] whatsoever. If you tried to complete a

[10:18] prey hunt since the patch went live,

[10:20] you've probably noticed a huge

[10:22] difference in the number of traps you

[10:24] can find to disarm. It seems like

[10:26] they've at least halved the spawn count

[10:28] of traps, which makes completing prey

[10:30] hunts take much longer, which is

[10:32] probably the point. Completing prey

[10:34] hunts with traps was the go-to method

[10:36] for most players, and during peak hours,

[10:38] it was already pretty bad competing with

[10:40] that many players for limited traps.

[10:42] But, the changes in 12.0.5 make it

[10:44] significantly worse. I guess the dev

[10:46] team really didn't like that players

[10:48] were avoiding all other forms of

[10:50] open-world content in favor of just

[10:53] disarming traps. If you're still working

[10:55] on prey hunts, it may be worth scouting

[10:57] the entire map looking for traps instead

[11:00] of focusing on the prey world quest

[11:02] area. Traps do still spawn outside of

[11:05] that one location, and you should

[11:06] hopefully have less competition.

[11:09] Now, there are some beneficial changes

[11:11] that snuck into the patch as well, like

[11:13] the various nerfs to Dragonflight raids

[11:15] to make them much easier to solo. In the

[11:17] Vault of the Incarnates, Broodkeeper's

[11:19] damage reduction buff is capped at 25%

[11:22] so you can hold the ads on top of the

[11:24] boss, and you don't need quite as much

[11:25] burst to take her down. In Aberrus,

[11:28] Rashok's tank buster has been reduced to

[11:30] a tank tickle, and for Sarkareth, you're

[11:32] no longer sent into the other phase when

[11:34] you reach 10 stacks of oblivion. And

[11:36] then for Amirdrassil, Nymue's Doom

[11:38] Cultivation ends much faster, Laradar no

[11:41] longer casts Furious Charge, Nymue's

[11:44] Full Bloom Intermission was nerfed into

[11:46] the ground, Tindral only applies one

[11:48] seed of flame and it no longer applies a

[11:50] debuff, and then for Fyrakk, quite a few

[11:52] changes as well. All of this boils down

[11:55] to Dragonflight raids being much much

[11:57] easier to solo now. So, if you've been

[11:59] itching to work through some

[12:00] Dragonflight raids for older

[12:02] achievements, transmogs, mounts, or any

[12:04] other collectibles, you should run into

[12:06] far fewer problems if you're trying to

[12:08] clear them all by yourself. Don't forget

[12:11] that you can also now solo queue into

[12:12] every Dragonflight raid on LFR mode, so

[12:15] you can hunt down those colors and items

[12:17] as well.

[12:19] And then to round out this video, the

[12:21] Keystone Myth achievement and mount

[12:23] rewards are now available to earn and

[12:25] pick up in game. You can earn the

[12:27] achievement by getting up to 3,400

[12:29] Mythic Plus rating, and you'll get to

[12:31] choose between any of the previous

[12:33] Keystone Master or Legend mounts, as

[12:35] well as a handful of new mounts. You can

[12:37] pop by Lindormi in Silvermoon or the

[12:39] Timeways to see all of the mounts on

[12:41] offer. Unfortunately, all of the new

[12:44] options are just recolors of previous

[12:46] mount models, so there aren't any shiny

[12:48] new mounts to collect, but some of the

[12:50] recolors might be of interest to you.

[12:52] But that's all of the updates we have so

[12:54] far, so that's it for this week's WoW

[12:56] news video. What do you think of patch

[12:58] 10.0.5 from what you've played so far,

[13:01] and do you think the next few patches of

[13:03] Midnight will fare any better? Leave all

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