{"id":966816,"date":"2026-01-03T22:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/XMTdvrZELyh2Pi7e2mWJRe"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:45:23","slug":"oops-wows-hotfix-to-sort-out-delve-scaling-has-random-mooks-dealing-upwards-of-12582896-damage-with-some-players-smoked-out-of-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/oops-wows-hotfix-to-sort-out-delve-scaling-has-random-mooks-dealing-upwards-of-12582896-damage-with-some-players-smoked-out-of-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops: WoW&#8217;s hotfix to sort out Delve scaling has random mooks dealing upwards of 12,582,896 damage, with some players &#8216;smoked out of nowhere&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As reported on by my fellow PC Gamer writer Tyler Colp yesterday, Delves, which are World of Warcraft&#8217;s new type of pseudo-dungeon content designed to be completed with one to three players, have been <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\/wow-the-war-within-s-new-mini-dungeons-are-annihilating-solo-players-while-groups-sleepwalk-through-them-for-free-loot\/\">having a scaling problem<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll spare you the full list of details\u2014since we&#8217;d be here a while\u2014but the gist of it is, solo players are floundering, teams are flying, and &#8220;unavoidable, highly-tuned damage&#8221; is commonplace. Well, Blizzard&#8217;s on the case\u2014with a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.forums.blizzard.com\/en\/wow\/t\/the-war-within-hotfixes-september-12\/1930982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fresh hotfix to<\/a> sort them out. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:541px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:84.47%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"soyhRF5vzaLsE78uVqysJL\" name=\"1qvmvld5uhod1\" alt=\"An image that shows a Nerubian Slasher dealing upwards of 12.5mil damage.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/oops-wows-hotfix-to-sort-out-delve-scaling-has-random-mooks-dealing-upwards-of-12582896-damage-with-some-players-smoked-out-of-nowhere.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"541\" height=\"457\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: u\/Wraithfighter on the WoW subreddit \/ Blizzard)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image, shared by unlucky victim Wraithfighter <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wow\/comments\/1ffkx9u\/i_think_delve_difficulty_might_be_getting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the game&#8217;s subreddit<\/a>, shows them getting hit for 12,582,896 damage via what appears to be a basic attack for some random bug. Considering the hotfix claims to have &#8220;reduced the damage scaling of many enemy abilities in Delves while grouped with other players,&#8221; I somehow do not think this is intended. Just a hunch.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, the hotfix appears to&#8217;ve simply been rolled out live, leading to some players <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wow\/comments\/1ffkx9u\/comment\/lmvgytj\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming they were<\/a> &#8220;absolutely smoked out of nowhere&#8221; in the middle of their Delves. &#8220;Just went into Waterworks T8 with a group of [item level 590s] and we didn\u2019t even make it out of the first room. It\u2019s definitely scuffed,&#8221; writes <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wow\/comments\/1ffkx9u\/comment\/lmvjxhq\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one player<\/a>. &#8220;If you thought Delve scaling was bad before, it&#8217;s now utterly cracked,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wow\/comments\/1ffkx9u\/comment\/lmvsax1\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adds another<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official forums are, as one might imagine, absolutely on fire right now, turning what should just be a straightforward &#8216;hey, I think your tuning&#8217;s bugged&#8217; into discourse: &#8220;You didn\u2019t need to change ANYTHING, Blizzard. They were AWESOME as they were. Perhaps you could have NERFED them for soloers. Now they\u2019re impossible,&#8221; writes a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.forums.blizzard.com\/en\/wow\/t\/thanks-for-ruining-delves\/1954206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">particularly incensed delver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other players report similar instances in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.forums.blizzard.com\/en\/wow\/t\/delves-tuning-sept-12th\/1953967\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate thread<\/a>: &#8220;Mirror Master Murkna Melee hit You 5,072,064 Physical. (16,918,730 Overkill). Tier 8. Solo.&#8221; Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>In all fairness, Blizzard has responded at a decent pace to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\/world-of-warcraft-the-war-within-s-pre-patch-event-has-been-fixed-removing-90-minute-wait-times-and-turning-its-weekly-quests-into-account-wide-dailies\/\">issues like this before<\/a>. However, scaling&#8217;s already been a problem in the recently released expansion, with a post-launch tweak to the power of early 70s characters leading to cries of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\/world-of-warcraft-the-war-within-is-out-kicking-off-with-banger-zones-stupendous-side-quests-and-early-access-gripes\/\">early access privilege<\/a>. I don&#8217;t envy the task of numbers-fiddling, and this whole debacle is clearly not intended, but WoW players in my experience can hold a <em>grudge. <\/em>Here&#8217;s hoping Brann&#8217;s wacky adventures return to normalcy soon.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\/oops-wow-s-hotfix-to-sort-out-delve-scaling-has-random-mooks-dealing-upwards-of-12-582-896-damage-with-some-players-smoked-out-of-nowhere\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported on by my fellow PC Gamer writer Tyler Colp yesterday, Delves, which are World of Warcraft&#8217;s new type of pseudo-dungeon content designed to be completed with one to three players, have been having a scaling problem recently. I&#8217;ll spare you the full list of details\u2014since we&#8217;d be here a while\u2014but the gist of it is, solo players are floundering, teams are flying, and &#8220;unavoidable, highly-tuned damage&#8221; is commonplace. Well, Blizzard&#8217;s on the case\u2014with a fresh hotfix to sort them out. What could possibly go wrong? (Image credit: u\/Wraithfighter on the WoW subreddit \/ Blizzard) This image, shared by unlucky victim Wraithfighter on the game&#8217;s subreddit, shows them getting hit for 12,582,896 damage via what appears to be a basic attack for some random&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/oops-wows-hotfix-to-sort-out-delve-scaling-has-random-mooks-dealing-upwards-of-12582896-damage-with-some-players-smoked-out-of-nowhere\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":966817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,135,1080],"class_list":["post-966816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-mmo","tag-world-of-warcraft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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