WoW: Forever Hotfixes Loosen New Dungeon XP Restriction After Boosting Clampdown

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Blizzard pushed two rounds of WoW: Forever hotfixes this week aimed at dungeon leveling, first cutting off experience when a high-level player could trivialize enemies, then quickly narrowing that rule after it caused problems in some dungeons.

The November 13 hotfix made dungeon enemies award zero XP to the whole party if the enemy was trivial to one or more party members. On November 14, Blizzard adjusted the restriction so it only kicks in when the high-level player is more than 12 levels above the enemy. The change is live, but it won’t apply to dungeon runs that were already in progress when the hotfix went out.

The goal is pretty clear: reduce dungeon boosting without catching normal groups in the blast radius. Blizzard said the first version “missed the mark” in some instances because of wider enemy level ranges inside the same dungeon.

The November 13 hotfixes also included several dungeon, class, item, and quest fixes. The main ones:

  • The Deadmines: Sneed should now eject properly if Sneed’s Shredder is stunned at 0% health.
  • The Drowned City: non-boss enemies now respawn after 2 hours instead of 1 hour.
  • Stratholme: Balnazzar should now count correctly toward Legacy Challenge Master Spelunker.
  • Restoration Druids can no longer cast Wild Growth while moving, but its healing coefficient was increased.
  • Paladin Judgement of Command now activates on-hit effects and counts as a melee attack.
  • Windfury Totem should now trigger correctly from melee abilities, with Blizzard noting off-hand strikes still don’t trigger Windfury.
  • The Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza now allows many more winners per ruleset while Blizzard continues working on tournament performance.
  • A bug resetting Action Bar settings after logging out with Secondary Talents has been fixed.

There were also item corrections, including fixes to Darkspear signet rings, Taran Icebreaker, and the Glimmering Mithril Insignia. Players who have Blessed Band of Light can exchange it for Channeler’s Ring through Pix Xizzix until raids open, though Blizzard says that swap can’t be reversed.

Further reading: Official WoW: Forever dungeon XP adjustment post