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Top Undocumented Changes in Patch 8.1.5 Tides of Vengeance

posted 2019/03/12 at 8:22 AM by perculia

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Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch received new loading screens and music.

Wintergrasp achievements moved from Expansion features to PvP.

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Hunter Pets

For completing the Hati questline, a new tint is available, Hati's Sacrifice.

A vendor in the Temple of Storms named Clockwerk now sells fun items that specifically interact with Hati.

Voltweave Fez: Give the fez to Hati. (1 Min Cooldown)

Jolt Jerky Feed Hati a special treat, healing a small amount of damage. Sometimes, Hati may become too excited and viciously lick your face, dealing Nature damage. (1 Min Cooldown)

Rubber Ball Throw the ball for Hati. (1 Min Cooldown)

Ironspine Protocol Enhance Hati's size and constitution, allowing mounting. (1 Min Cooldown)

Charged Sparkstone Bring out the latent power in Hati's lightning, visually enhancing Hati's abilities. (1 Min Cooldown)

Alpine FalconAmerican KestrelSlate DirehornAncient Tome of DinomancyDreadtick LatcherPetopia reportedAk'tarWorld Quests

The patch notes allude to the Tortollan World Quest The Cycle of Life, in which you must kill juvenile turtles. However, there is another new Tortollan World Quest, Calligraphy. This WQ is tied to the achievement Master Calligrapher.

The new Naga World Quests provide the buff Unstable Manapearl

From philupthebucket: Collector Kojo's Shell Game WQ has a level up animation with the matches now instead of the little tinkling noise.

From Ellumina: Azerite Mining world quest had some changes. You can no longer double tap a mining node to get credit twice (the second cast on the node will end with an "Invalid target" error now). Some notes grant a higher completion % to compensate.

The Tortollan Beachhead quest has been sped up. Whereas previously the rate of NPCs spawning during the quest started slow and increased over time, they now spawn at a consistent rate throughout, although the total time to complete the quest has not changed.

World Events

The Darkmoon Faire has several ominous fish head hats which can be fished up in the waters of Darkmoon Island: Severed Crimsonscale Head and Severed Azurefin Head. We wrote about how these fish heads may tie into Old God hints.

The Trial of Style returns on March 20th. There are new ensembles to purchase this season: Ensemble: Tranquil Spiritbind Regalia, Ensemble: Restless Dreambound Battlegear, Ensemble: Chainmail of the Timeless Hunt, Ensemble: Amaranthine Path Armor.

Noblegarden has new circlets (Yellow Spring Circlet, Brown Spring Circlet, Blue Spring Circlet) as well as a new toy, Noble Gardener's Hearthstone.

Midsummer Fire Festival has new bonfires in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, as well as the Fire Eater's Hearthstone toy.

Brewfest has the Brewfest Reveler's Hearthstone new toy.

Allied Races

While Allied Races are at the forefront of the patch notes, It's worth noting that the Kul Tiran Humans and Zandalari Trolls have some unique things, setting them apart from other Allied Races:
Kul Tiran Humans and Zandalari have unique musical soundtracks, and we wrote about cultural influences in the music.

Kul Tiran Humans and Zandalari have unique dances, unlike the other Allied Races whose dances mimic their original WoW race. Kul Tiran Humans resemble Mr. Thiccman and ballet, while Zandalari Trolls resemble Gwara Gwara.

Overlord Geya'rah was the warchief's right hand. There is no braver orc on this world.
What fate did our brothers and sisters meet?
If any Lightbound traitors come to this world, I will be ready!
This world reeks of corruption.
Warchief Hellscream is almost certainly dead. If he fell, he died a hero's death.
Lok-tar ogar!
"I still dream of Draenor. Does my home still remain?
Aggh. It does no good to think on such matters."
We have much to teach the orcs of this world.Classes

From Zeitlos: hunter tar trap has a new animation, ground effect, and sound effect.

From Melilithia: purple Warlock summoning animation has been replaced by the newer particle effects, for the Unglyphed minions.

Items

From Muffinus: Spirit of Eche'ro and Defiled Reins can now fly.

Swift Shorestrider has received a small color update, restoring the orange colored belly previously removed in patch 8.1.

Vicious War Riverbeast now has a /mountspecial animation.

Performance Improvements

From MysticalOS: Antialiasing is no longer applied to UI windows. This fixed performance issues with Azerite/Transmog etc windows.

From CadenHouse: The in game Twitter character limit was finally increased from 140 to 280 characters.

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Comment by boeieeKul Tiran Humans and Zandalari have unique dances, unlike the other Allied Races whose dances mimic their original WoW race. Kul Tiran Humans resemble Mr. Thiccman and ballet, while Zandalari Trolls resemble Gwara Gwara.Comment by Jerry235actually the implosion change was documented in the form of
" Implosion and Power Siphon can no longer be used if you do not have any Wild Imps."Comment by SydniKul Tiran Humans and Zandalari have unique dances, unlike the other Allied Races whose dances mimic their original WoW race. Kul Tiran Humans resemble Mr. Thiccman and ballet, while Zandalari Trolls resemble Gwara Gwara.Comment by ThecloskI still say that the starting pet for Zandalari Hunters should be a raptor since Gonk (a raptor) is the Loa of the Hunt. Big fail there Blizz, big fail.Comment by XexjiI still say that the starting pet for Zandalari Hunters should be a raptor since Gonk (a raptor) is the Loa of the Hunt. Big fail there Blizz, big fail.Comment by w3maniakDoes anyone know if the Island Expedition gear tokens give the same recycled Timeless Isle - Tanaan - Broken Shore mogs or actually have the looks of IE mogs?Comment by docseuzzFor Mac users - New patch prompted me to allow wow to use the mic - if you've had issues with being able to talk via in-game voice group, this could solve it - will know for sure in a few hours.Comment by zequillIt's me or most of those are in the patch note, just with sightly more explanation here. Not bashing this post, just a warning this will attract the hating crowd and their "lol blizzard no communication" even if they did got better, been a while since we had such a detail patch note for a "minor" patch.Comment by DrakknfyreNo, because the Arrakoa skeleton doesn't have a /dance animation, and since it only affects a single classes' spec (vs. the entire race), my best bet's that it'll be delayed like the Highmountain chicken.Comment by perculiaIt's me or most of those are in the patch note, just with sightly more explanation here. Not bashing this post, just a warning this will attract the hating crowd and their "lol blizzard no communication" even if they did got better, been a while since we had such a detail patch note for a "minor" patch.Comment by Troll92Will the "unique" pet names staying after tame be applied to older rares?Comment by ZankaiI still say that the starting pet for Zandalari Hunters should be a raptor since Gonk (a raptor) is the Loa of the Hunt. Big fail there Blizz, big fail.No, because the Arrakoa skeleton doesn't have a /dance animation, and since it only affects a single classes' spec (vs. the entire race), my best bet's that it'll be delayed like the Highmountain chicken.Comment by ZyrinxWill the "unique" pet names staying after tame be applied to older rares?Comment by RytingurWarchief Hellscream is almost certainly dead. If he fell, he died a hero's deathComment by andrewgTo me, the Mag'har Orc comments seem to imply a future expansion where we either go back to a light corrupted Draenor or Azeroth suffers an invasion by the Lightbound.Comment by DrakknfyreThe cursed Arakkoa (hunched model shared with the Witches) has a dance, but the highborn Arakkoa model from WoD, the one the Zandalari Boomkin form uses, does not.Comment by taleGiven that "Toy" has a specific meaning in WoW, it'd be best to refer to the Hati things as just "items".Comment by Paladinmaster44Challenge mode bear for doesn't have a dance, so i doubt Zandalari moonkin will have one for some time.Comment by JoshmaulWarchief Hellscream is almost certainly dead. If he fell, he died a hero's deathTo me, the Mag'har Orc comments seem to imply a future expansion where we either go back to a light corrupted Draenor or Azeroth suffers an invasion by the Lightbound.Comment by Jakerling777I think Direhorns are the right pick for Zandalari Hunter's, but I have no idea why they are getting an old "living stone" MoP model.... It should be a slight recolor of the plethora of living direhorns all over Zandalar... Its a unique model, sure, but I am going to stable it and tame a green one that doesn't look like a statue. Just seems like an odd choice.

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