Today the changes that have been applied to Anathema over the past few weeks are coming to both Elysium and Darrowshire. For information on those changes, please see the relevant patch notes.

Content Updates

It's been a bit quiet on this front since the release of Naxxramas on Anathema. You've all undoubtedly seen the timeline, and we're getting questions every day about Zul'Gurub and Ahn'Qiraj release dates. Rest assured we are not sitting by idly, and we actually have some news in this regard. Over the past month we have been diligently working on a system that will allow us to easily release new content (and itemization changes) on our realms, reducing (or completely removing) the issues we often see with incorrect item availability, incorrect stats and missing quests, NPCs and vendor items. The new system, amongst a host of other features, allows us to easily update item, quest, and vendor availability for a specific patch level and deploy it to the realms without worrying about corrupting another realm's patch-appropriate itemization. This means we can rapidly rectify these kinds of issues. In essence, it will help us drastically in ensuring future patches are deployed in a quick and timely manner.

As for release dates, content patch 1.7 and Zul'Gurub for Elysium are currently available on the PTR which will remain open indefinitely and updated weekly with the latest development build. With testing continuing over the next week, we aim to have 1.7 released by mid-October. Ahn'Qiraj and 1.9 will follow shortly after for Darrowshire.

Elysium

Due to the sheer number of players actively playing on Elysium we've run into some Y2K style issues with some numbers getting too big. You've probably noticed these issues with mail missing items, missing mail text and the inability to create new guilds. While we have resolved the issue with missing mail items, we are still working to recover the ones that were lost. We have the records, they're just not attached to any mail, so they are not lost to the abyss (yet).

In the case of missing mail text and being unable to create guilds, there is a client limitation on the size of the IDs we're allowed to use that we have surpassed. To rectify this, we've had to pack the IDs a bit differently in our database. Guild creation should once again be functional, however work to restore the mail text is still ongoing.

And now, for the patch notes.

General

Quests that reward Alliance or Horde reputation will now correctly give reputation towards the factions that belong under those categories
Expired mail will no longer show in players' mailboxes
Debuffs can no longer last an absurd amount of time on players if they login a very long time after being affected by them
There is now a .unstuck command available for players who find themselves trapped in certain spots. This will teleport you to the nearest spirit healer and apply a resurrection sickness debuff

Dungeons

Dire Maul
Spring has come to Feralas, and flowers have begun to bloom in the Ogre stronghold of Dire Maul
Dusty Tomes can now be looted while in combat
Scholomance
Doctor Theolen Krastinov's backhand ability now drops all threat on his current target
Blackrock Spire
There can no longer be multiple spawns of Jed Runewatcher
Blackrock Depths
Gorosh the Dervish now has a higher chance to drop items
Scarlet Monastery
Slightly increased the chance for rare spawns in the Graveyard

Raids

Zul'Gurub
High Priestess Arlokk will now correctly leave stealth if she dies after vanishing
The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
Duplicate Imperial Qiraji Regalia and Armaments can no longer drop from bosses
Andorgos now offers players the option to teleport to The Chamber of C'thun once Ouro has been defeated

PVP

Warsong Gulch
If you are carrying the flag and standing on the capture point, it will now be instantly captured when your team's flag is returned
Players under the effect of Mind Control or Charm spells can no longer have immunity spells such as Blessing of Protection casted on them

Abilities

Reflect based damage such as that of Retribution Aura is now correctly affected by the victim's damage modifiers
Self damage can now trigger effects that would normally proc from other damage sources
Swing timers are now properly reset at the end of a cast for all appropriate spell casts, including those by creatures
Cleanse and Cure Poison can no longer be cast on players that are not affected by any hostile poison effects
Reflect damage is now randomised on hit rather than on initial spell cast
Shield spikes will no longer remain at a single value until the shield is re-equipped

Classes

Paladin
Judgement of Righteousness and Judgement of Command now trigger melee effects
Redoubt can now proc from all damage sources rather than just melee
Shaman
Windfury and other extra attack mechanics will no longer consume multiple charges of Flurry at any rank (previously only worked at the max rank)
Warrior
Execute combat log events will now be sent with the opcode CHAT_MSG_SPELL_SELF_DAMAGE
Hunter
Serpent Sting now uses physical hit chance calculations
Arcane Shot now uses spell hit calculations
Attempting to feed your pet while they are out of line of sight will now give an error immediately rather than consuming the food and then giving an error

Quests

The Darkreaver Menace has had the minimum level requirement adjusted to 58
Call of Water (part 6) has had some grammar and spelling corrections
Bring the Light will now grant players a 30 minute Fortitude buff upon completion
Fixed an issue with being unable to complete the quest 'Desperate Prayer'
Adjusted the minimum level on a number of quests in Un'Goro Crater, some are now available much earlier
A Strange Water Globe can no longer be completed multiple times
Corrected the minimum level requirement for Nat Pagle's breadcrumb quests
Gaxim Rustfizzle's quest chain has been improved
Stranglethorn Fever should no longer become stuck in the middle of the event
The Translation to Ello event has been updated

NPCs

Deepmoss Venomspitter will no longer flee for assistance
A hostile NPC spawn point next to Gol'dir has been adjusted so that it does not repeatedly aggro and kill the poor fool
Namdo Bizzfizzle is now hiding out in Gnomeregan with a selection of wares available for brave adventurers
Meshlok the Harvester is now correctly displayed as a Rare Elite
Wrathtail Sea Witches have had their mana burn damage reduced
Felslayers now have reduced damage on their mana burn
Pao'ka Swiftmountain will now assist allies in combat while being escorted
Stone Watcher of Norgannon will now observe the scenery for a bit longer
Adjusted the creature type for a number of Oozes in the world
Cliff Lurkers in Loch Modan have had their health reduced slightly to be more in line with the surrounding creatures
Araj the Summoner is no longer flagged as a Rare monster
Sanath Lim-yo now offers players the ability to teleport to his master's tower while they are dead

Items

Head Curator Thorius Stonetender has overcome his problems with short term memory and now correctly writes player names when handing out a Proof of Deed
The Crystal of Zin-malor now correctly applies passively
Glyphic Scroll has received spelling corrections
Mark of Hakkar is no longer available from lockboxes
Increased the proc rate for Annihilator, Rivenspike and Bashguuder
The Aquadynamic Fish Attractor duration is now correctly 5 minutes
Items with the suffix 'of Quality' and 'of Holy Wrath' can no longer drop. Players that already have items with these bonuses may keep them
Six-Demon Bag has received some corrections
Spells should now cast instantly
Polymorph can hit targets other than the caster
The Felhound is now aggressive and will only attempt to mana burn targets that use mana

https://forum.elysium-project.org/topic/55924-development-update-04102017/