Experience the Excitement of Guardians of the Dream PTR Development Notes – September 12, 2023
Unleash the Power of Superbloom and Emerald Bounty
- Superbloom
- Embark on an epic journey with the ancient Sprucecrown as he brings life to Amirdrassil. Join forces with Sprucecrown to complete tasks and defeat any enemies that stand in your way.
- Enhance your abilities with power ups from the magical Dreamfruit that appear during the event.
- Emerald Bounty
- Collect Dreamseeds and Emerald Dewdrops by participating in activities in the zone.
- Plant Dreamseeds in various dirt patches around the Dream whenever you want.
- Watch as the Dreamseeds grow over time.
- Contribute Emerald Dewdrops to help the seed grow.
- When the seed blooms, you can claim rewards for your efforts.
- After each Superbloom, an Emerald Frenzy will begin, granting even more Emerald Dewdrops based on the Superbloom’s success!
Embark on a New Raid: Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Raid testing begins this Thursday, September 14. Check out the PTR raid testing schedule for more details.
Season 3
- Mythic+
- Test your skills in the following dungeons on Mythic+ difficulty. Refer to the Mythic+ testing schedule for more information:
- Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall
- Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise
- Waycrest Manor (Battle for Azeroth)
- Atal’Dazar (Battle for Azeroth)
- Darkheart Thicket (Legion)
- Black Rook Hold (Legion)
- Test your skills in the following dungeons on Mythic+ difficulty. Refer to the Mythic+ testing schedule for more information:
Achievements
- Unlock flying in the Dragon Isles with the Dragon Isles Pathfinder achievement.
Classes
- Druid
- Heart of the Wild has been updated – Now reduces the cast time of Balance spells by 30% and increases their damage by 20% (was 30%), and generates 1 combo point every 2 seconds while in Cat Form, increasing Physical damage by 20% (was 30%).
- Restoration
- Flourish now has a 60-second cooldown (was 90 seconds).
- Developers’ note: We’re making Flourish more accessible as its peak power level has decreased significantly.
- Flourish now has a 60-second cooldown (was 90 seconds).
- Mage
- Fire
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (4) Set Bonus – Fixed an issue that caused Time Anomaly to trigger incorrectly.
- Fire
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (2) Set Bonus – No longer applies Chi Harmony on Renewing Mist’s jumps.
- Mistweaver
- Paladin
- Retribution
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope Set Bonus – Divine Toll now always targets at least one valid enemy with Expurgation.
- Fixed targeting issues that caused Wrathful Sanction to trigger multiple times with one Judgment cast.
- Fixed an issue causing unintended Divine Purpose and Empyrean Power proc consumption.
- Retribution
- Priest
- Holy
- Heal healing increased by 40%.
- Shadow
- Fixed an issue causing Deathspeaker to reset the cooldown of Shadow Word: Death to 10 seconds.
- Fixed an issue causing Deathspeaker to trigger the cooldown lockout for Death and Madness.
- Fixed an issue causing additional Shadow Word: Deaths from the Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope Set Bonus
- Holy