All Domination Gear Will Now Activate a Gem Set Bonus - Legs Now Also Activates Set Bonus

Live Posted 2021/08/30 at 8:07 PM by Squishei

will continue to NOT have a Domination socketactivating their setnot affect players

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Burning Crusade Classic and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Hotfixes

August 30, 2021 Classes

Shards of Domination

All Domination gear now activate a gem set bonus.
Sanctum of Domination Legs for all armor types now activate a gem set bonus.

Cloth: Legs – Blood, Bracers – Frost, Belt – Unholy
Leather: Legs – Frost, Gloves – Unholy, Boots – Blood
Mail: Legs – Blood, Belt – Unholy, Boots – Frost
Plate: Legs – Frost, Bracers – Unholy, Gloves – Blood
Developers’ note: Requiring a specific slot from the raid to take advantage of the set bonus is proving to be too elusive for some players even with some assistance from the Great Vault. If you have previously acquired an item affected by this change but have destroyed it, you can use the Item Restoration service to recreate it after the hotfix goes live with this week’s maintenance. Please note, there is no benefit from having the activation spell twice.

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Comment by corrupt733HUGE. Good fix.Comment by FaerlynnWell, not unwelcomed but kinda late.. But hey, better something than nothing, I guessComment by CaptainTnargLet's see what the complaints are.Comment by corrupt733Will the changes be retroactive though? Or you have to fetch new pieces?Comment by LeftkeywestNew pieces? I already traded legs damn.Comment by PwnallhordeAnother good change that should've been implemented faster but good change is good. Keep'em comin!Comment by TaftvalueOk when can clothies use 6 (normal) gems instead of just 3 ?Comment by darkcrusadeWith legs being added to all specs, are we able to use 2 set bonuses or just 1 still?Comment by Crypticedgedamn Ion.....Youre timing is a little off, all these new changes should have been in 9.1 to begin with........*Pulls Ripcord*Comment by PerrycoxThere needs to be clarification if the legs actually have a socket (thus allowing you to activate 2 sets) or if the legs only activate a set without having a socket themselves. The former would be a massive change, but seems like way too muchComment by JimbrooksI can't wait for Blizzard to axe dom suckets in 9.2Comment by JumpingbeanzSo are they adding leg DOM pieces to the raid?Comment by ZexfalSo... this is nice, though it doesn't really help people who have a legendary in a legs socket now and people still have to farm for another piece that could elude them. The easiest solution would just be to get rid of slot specific requirements and just let the gear let you get the bonus if you're wearing 3 of the gems. I don't understand why they keep doing this crap and creating problems for them to fix later instead of just listening. I absolutely love the "set bonus is proving to be too elusive for some players" part of the dev's note. What did you THINK was gonna happen? I've been running heroic and some mythic bosses every week and still have yet to get a belt and anything above a normal difficulty wrist *insert eye roll here*.Comment by mewhywhyHoly !@#$ i'm not used to seeing good changes every day i check on wowhead anymore.

Good stuff, keep going.Comment by WoWDontuAll this dom talk, and im just tryin to find a sub.Comment by JuniperDPSI'm genuinely curious if 2 sets can now be active. For leather, we could have frost shards in Shoulders, Legs, and Chest, then Unholy shards in Helm, Gloves, and Boots. This would give us 3 shards of each (6 total) with 4 of the shards (2 for each set) in sockets that "activate" the bonus. If not, how would the game determine which set to activate?

Edit, after reading completely instead of skimming, it says the legs will likely NOT HAVE A SOCKET, but not verified as of yet. So, this would still leave us with only 5 total socket slots. meaning only 1 full set of 3 can be achieved, which would make the most sense. With this, it wouldn't be a "gain" to those of us with good rng or guildies nice enough to pass their rng over to us, as we would already have the set piece necessary to activate our stuff. However, it does open options for better gearing options, for instance if you have a better set of shoulders in your bags, and the legs would be better from raid, you could min/max that way.Comment by AarkanWe definitely need clarification if they're adding dom socket to legs OR if having the legs will activate the set from socketed gems on other pieces.Comment by ZexfalI'm genuinely curious if 2 sets can now be active. For leather, we could have frost shards in Shoulders, Legs, and Chest, then Unholy shards in Helm, Gloves, and Boots. This would give us 3 shards of each (6 total) with 4 of the shards (2 for each set) in sockets that "activate" the bonus. If not, how would the game determine which set to activate?Comment by Chuckrutisomg double tier bonus, great!Comment by ZexfalIn before you can use two bonuses because they didn't think and they have another round of issues.

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