Patch 8.3 PTR – The Evolution of Titanforging – Corrupted Items
The latest update to the PTR added a vendor in the Heart Chamber that allows you to purchase corrupted raid gear for testing. This gear seems to be the new alternative to titanforging that Ion mentioned in the 8.3 reveal. This Corruption system seems to be more random than titanforging, and we will have to wait and see how it develops.
The latest update to the PTR added a vendor in the Heart Chamber that allows you to purchase corrupted raid gear for testing. This gear seems to be the new alternative to titanforging that Ion mentioned in the 8.3 reveal. This Corruption system seems to be more random than titanforging, and we will have to wait and see how it develops.
Basics of the Corruption System
- Raid gear will be able to drop with a corruption level (indicated in the item’s stats in red and also by a N’zoth eye on the items border) that seems to be random and can vary from low to high on the same piece of gear.
- Each piece of corrupted gear adds to a corruption total displayed on your character’s stat screen via a N’Zoth eye mouse-over. Your unaltered corruption level and corruption resistance are also displayed.
- Gear will also proc a randomly added benthic-like positive bonus effect. The percentage that the bonus has is increased based on the corruption level on the piece of gear. The lowest comes from the gear having a corruption level of 10 or below, slightly higher below 20 corruption, and maxing when the corruption on the item is 20 or above.
- Increases the amount of critical strike you gain from all sources by X%.
- Increases the amount of haste you gain from all sources by X%.
- Increases the amount of mastery you gain from all sources by X%.
- Increases the amount of versatility you gain from all sources by X%.
- Your avoidance is increased by an amount equal to X% of your haste.
- Reduces your damage taken from periodic effects by X%.
- Increases your leech by X%.
- X% of total health regen now continues during combat.
- Increases your healing received from all sources by X%.
- Increases the damage you deal with critical strikes by X%.
- Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant you a Flash of Clarity, reducing the cooldown of your next 3 spells cast by 2 sec.
- Your character also gains a negative debuff based on your corruption level. Going above a certain threshold adds another debuff. The new one does not replace the old one.
- 10+ Total Corruption – Grasping Tendrils – Taking damage has a chance to slow your movement speed for 0 sec. The magnitude of the slow increases with further corruption.
- 20+ Total Corruption – Corrupted Zone – Your spells and abilities have a chance to create a corrupted zone at your location, dealing Shadow damage to you every 2 sec. The size and damage of the corrupted zone increase with higher Corruption.
- 40+ Total Corruption – Grand Delusions – Taking damage has a chance to summon a Thing From Beyond, which pursues you for 10 seconds. Its speed increases with further corruption.
- 60+ Total Corruption – Creeping Death – All damage taken is magnified significantly, increasing with further corruption.
- In essence, this makes the system way more random and not so much a replacement to titanforging, but an evolution.
- A player will obviously want to get their best in slot items with the lowest amount of corruption and also their best in slot bonus.
- These pieces don’t proc item level increases.
- They also don’t seem to be able to proc a gem slot.
- Weapons cannot be corrupt.
- Your character visually becomes more and more corrupted by void the higher your total corruption.
- It is likely that the infinite progression slot on the Heart of Azeroth that Ion mentioned will increase your corruption resistance with each point placed in it.
Patch 8.3 PTR – Blizzard’s Official Corrupted Items Details and Feedback