Feb 26 Hotfixes, BfA Physical Pre-Purchase, Heroes PTR, eSports Interview, OWL Update

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Patch 7.3.5 Hotfixes - February 26
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Companion App

• The Legion Companion App has been updated to correctly display the costs of missions that were recently changed.

Dungeons and Raids

• Scarlet Halls
  • Houndmaster Braun
    • Obedient Hounds should always defeat all nearby Scarlet Guardians before continuing down the stairs. 12/10 such good dogs.

NPCs

• Celestine of the Harvest again stands where intended at Olivia's Pond in Stormwind.

Player versus Player

• 
  Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  • Brewmaster
    • Guard can no longer be applied to non-player targets such as pets and guardians.
  
  
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  Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  • Protection
    • Fist of Justice now reduces the cooldown of Hammer of Justice by 5 seconds in PvP (was 10 seconds).
  
  
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  Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  • Discipline
    • Fixed a bug where Trinity's bonus 20% healing transfer was increasing Atonement heals by more than intended.
      
    • Fixed a bug where Atonement's bonus 15% healing transfer in PvP was increasing Atonement heals by more than intended.
  
  
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  Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
  • Assassination
    • Fixed a bug that caused Kingsbane's damage to be higher than intended in PvP situations.

Quests

• Accepting the Stonetalon quest "Is this Justice?" should no longer disable the quest-giver for all other players.

Battle for Azeroth Physical Copy Pre-Purchase
Nightswifty recently shared a picture of a physical pre-purchase for BfA!

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Heroes of the Storm - February 26 PTR Build
A new build went on the PTR this week!

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Venturebeat Esports Interview with Mike Morhaime and Kim Phan Recap
Venturebeat sat down for an interview with Mike Morhaime and Kim Phan to discuss the Overwatch League and esports!

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• Engagement levels between esports and traditional sports is not that different. In some cases esports is higher.
• This is just the beginning. More interest is coming now from traditional players, sponsors and broadcast companies.
• Sponsors from traditional sports are starting to look into esports now.
• There is a lot of room for growth. Media companies are trying to devote a part of their business to this segment.
• Each game title will have its own trends just like different sports do.
• The dynamics are changing. Cable subscription dollars have no benefit to esports.
• Unlike sports, where you watch esports is the same place where you play the game and will likely help its engagement grow faster.
• Blizzard is listening to feedback and trying to come up with ways to make Overwatch easier to understand to viewers.
• Blizzard tries to implement things in spectating that appeal to both a non-player and a fan.
• It is up to each individual fan whether the game or the players in the league are the most interesting part of watching.
• Getting a strong stable of team owners who were invested in the league was important to initial success.
• It's important to make sure the same strategy isn't used over and over.
• The idea of City-based teams was taken from traditional sports and helps with sponsorship.

Overwatch League Weekly Recap and News
Curse discusses last weeks news and events from the Overwatch League.

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