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World of Warcraft news for EU players
What changed in World of Warcraft and what it means for players on EU servers. Every post is written from a checked source, and every post links to it.
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WoW Forever: harder to roll the bigger faction on PvP
Blizzard now judges faction balance by each region's PvP rulesets as a whole, so new characters on the bigger side get harder to make.
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WoW Forever: gear is built for a bag of tricks, not one best item
Kris Zierhut and Josh Greenfield say items will be good against certain creatures or in certain places, so old loot can come back into use.
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WoW Forever: weak classes got stronger but kept their weaknesses
Kris Zierhut says Forever lifted the weaker classes without handing them missing tools: Retribution Paladins still have no interrupt or snare.
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WoW Forever: big changes to wait for major updates
Tim Jones and Nora Mills say the beta pace of change is over: until each major update, expect bug fixes and small balance tweaks.
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WoW Forever: weather that changes gameplay was cut, may return
Kris Zierhut and Tim Jones say weather tied to gameplay was prototyped before launch, cut for time, and is an idea the team wants to come back to.
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WoW Forever: sing to a frog on Zephras for a secret pet
A hidden blue frog pet sits by a waterfall on the Skyborne island of Zephras, and you get it by singing to it. No quest points the way there.
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WoW Forever: ogres and gnome paladins come up in dev chat
Holly Longdale and Clay Stone say players keep asking for ogres and more race and class combinations, but Blizzard wants to move carefully.
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WoW Forever: kill experience in dungeons goes up by 50%
A hotfix on the evening of 8 November raised the experience from killing enemies in dungeons by 50%, to make repeat runs feel worth it.
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WoW Forever: raids aim for 2 to 3 weeks of progression
Josh Greenfield and Tim Jones set out the raid plans: one difficulty, approachable bosses with hard secrets, and old raids worth farming later.
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WoW Forever: layering bug crowds a Thousand Needles cave
Layers seem only partly split inside the Roguefeather Den harpy cave, so players fight over rare quest spawns and get hit by unseen harpies.
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WoW Forever: first Darkmoon Faire opens in Elwynn Forest
The first Darkmoon Faire of WoW Forever is being set up in Elwynn Forest, and the in-game calendar has it opening on Monday for a week.
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WoW Forever: quests pay no bonus gold at level 60
Quests at level 60 no longer turn their experience into extra gold, and the first player at the cap says a developer called it intentional.
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WoW Forever: paladins lead first-day Armory snapshot
A player who scanned 100,382 characters in the official Armory found paladins most popular, warlocks least, and the Horde ahead on most rulesets.
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WoW Forever: The Forever Journey ends in Sweden
Blizzard has released the third and final episode of its WoW Forever road trip video series, with a castle and a Swedish delicacy on the menu.
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WoW Forever: some wrongful bans lifted with an apology
Players banned for cheating or gold trading they say they never did report getting their accounts back, along with an apology from support.
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WoW Forever: Black Market Auction House starts small
Kris Zierhut and Josh Greenfield explain the launch Black Market Auction House, a price ceiling on rare reagents and why flying mounts will never come.
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WoW Forever: short-notice maintenance on 7 November
Realms went down for about 1 hour early on 7 November with a 322 MB update. Notice came late, and the reason has not been given.
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WoW Forever: group of 5 hits world first level 60
5 players reached level 60 together just under 52 hours after launch, pulling huge packs of mobs and keeping their experience in step.
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WoW Forever: biggest launch in WoW history, says Blizzard
Blizzard says Forever set records for peak concurrent players and returning players, but it has not shared any actual player numbers.
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WoW Forever: 6 November hotfixes ease quests and Leatherworking
Voidwalkers gain health, a sleepy quest companion stays awake for longer, and the Tanning Rack now needs Leatherworking 125 instead of 140.
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WoW Midnight: final list cuts Ula'tek deeper on Mythic
The 6 November hotfix list closes The Venomous Abyss nerfs, with Falling Debris down 77% on Mythic and Malignance lasting 16 seconds.
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WoW Forever: auction deposit to drop back to 1 copper
Kris Zierhut confirms the 1 silver minimum deposit on the auction house is going back to 1 copper. It is coming soon, with no date yet.
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WoW Forever: first class tuning lands on 10 November
Blizzard plans hotfixes for pet durability, Affliction warlocks and Enhancement shamans on Tuesday 10 November, with more Tuesdays possible.
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WoW Forever: layer change briefly cloned NPCs and mobs
A change to layers on the evening of 6 November filled zones with copies of the same creatures. Blizzard called it a blip in the multiverse.
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WoW Forever: tier 1 set is split across all 3 raids
Kris Zierhut and Tim Jones explain raid loot, legacy raids, attunements and PvP gear in a new interview about what comes after launch.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard shares server numbers behind the launch
Launch capacity is reported at 3,924 virtual machines, 251,136 GB of memory and 70,480 CPU cores, figures Blizzard shared on X.
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WoW Forever: shaman talent rework not before early next year
Kris Zierhut says Blizzard may revisit shaman talents in a patch early next year, with some tuning once raid data arrives.
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WoW Midnight: Ula'tek nerfs go live on every difficulty
The promised cuts to the last boss of The Venomous Abyss are on live servers, and 2 mechanics now pick fewer players than before.
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WoW Midnight: 36 decor items join Timewalking vendors in 12.1.7
Patch 12.1.7 brings housing decor to Timewalking vendors for 8 expansions, including the Karazhan stage backdrops.
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WoW Forever: The Attack! quest no longer means long waits
The Alliance quest on the way to the Seal of Wrynn adds a ready check and can be picked up and shared while its event is running.
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WoW Forever: 4 new key art pieces and a Taldramir film
Blizzard marks the launch with new art of the campfire, Dwarf Shaman, Forsaken Paladin and Skyborne, plus a short film about forging the legendary staff.
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WoW Forever: players report Game Masters out in the open world
Characters in the famous robe with a GM tag are turning up at campfires, players say. One report so far, and Blizzard has not commented.
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WoW Forever: Twitch stream maps players levelling up
The official Warcraft channel is showing a map of Azeroth with a dot for each hero who levels up or travels, blue for Alliance and red for Horde.
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WoW Forever: add-on census estimates 1.17 million EU players
A community estimate counts over 2 million players across Europe and the US at launch. It comes from add-on data, and Blizzard has confirmed nothing.
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WoW Midnight: 5 November hotfixes rename the Lost Explorers
Two Tortollan bosses in The Venomous Abyss have new names, The Coiled Altar deals less damage on Mythic, and a Shadowguard Point delve bug is gone.
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WoW Forever: auction listings cost at least 1 silver deposit
Every auction appears to carry a floor of 1 silver, which makes cheap items riskier to list. Blizzard has not said whether that is intended.
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WoW Forever: 5 November hotfixes fix respawns and a trainer
Deathstalker Erland now respawns much faster, a Zephras trainer teaches Druids, and Plainsrunning can no longer stack before a battleground.
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WoW Midnight: The Venomous Abyss gets a wide round of nerfs
Blizzard is softening 5 encounters in the raid. Part of the list is already live, while Vashnik and Ula'tek follow over the next few days.
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WoW Forever: 3 escort quests can fail at zone borders
Blizzard is looking into escort NPCs that vanish near zone borders and an Undead Paladin quest where healing may not count.
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WoW Forever: GeForce NOW adds launch-week access for new players
WoW Forever now streams on GeForce NOW, with around 100 add-ons for premium members and limited access for new players until 11 November.
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WoW Forever: launch tops Twitch with over 1 million viewers
World of Warcraft became the most watched category on Twitch as Forever launched, passing 1.1 million viewers and holding around 385,000 a day later.
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WoW Midnight: Mythic Twin Fangs nerf cuts Visceral Burst by 40%
A live hotfix softens the penalty for a missed interrupt in The Venomous Abyss, so 1 missed Visceral Burst can now be healed through.
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WoW Forever: joining a group now needs a manual phase refresh
Joining a party in WoW Forever no longer moves you to your friends straight away. You have to confirm the move yourself from a prompt in chat.
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WoW Forever: PvP vendors down and a quest off in known issues
Blizzard has opened a known issues list for WoW Forever. PvP vendors are temporarily gone and the Ashenvale quest Vorsha the Lasher is disabled.
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WoW Forever: 2 Ruins of Lordaeron quests now need a quest chain
2 Horde dungeon quests for Ruins of Lordaeron could be picked up at once on the beta. On live servers each now sits behind a quest chain.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound caches drop the raid for Atal'Utek loot
On the 12.1.7 PTR, 3 Talebound treasure caches no longer promise Venomous Abyss loot. Their tooltips now name the Vaults of Atal'Utek instead.
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WoW Midnight: 2 new house exteriors turn up in 12.1.7 files
The latest PTR build of patch 12.1.7 adds the Felsoul Lair and the Lightforged Stormwind Outpost. How to get them is not known yet.
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WoW Forever: 15 minutes of play earns 700 Discord Orbs
A new Discord Quest pays 700 Orbs, or 840 with Nitro, for 15 minutes of WoW Forever. It is open until 19 November.
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WoW Forever: official Armory opens for characters from level 10
Blizzard's website now has an Armory for WoW Forever, with gear, stats, professions and PvP data for characters of level 10 and above.
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WoW Forever: new hero avatars arrive in the Battle.net app
The Battle.net app gained new avatars for the launch, showing Skyborne heroes, a Forsaken paladin and a dwarf shaman, a report says.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard calls launch night "so far so goodish"
Executive producer Holly Longdale says launch night was crazier than the team imagined, but the plans made after the beta held up.
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WoW: unused old accounts can now be removed without a ticket
Extra WoW accounts on a Battle.net login can now be removed through the support site, including some that once had paid time, a report says.
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WoW Forever: how to finish the bugged campfire tutorial quest
The camping tutorial quest in the starting zones does not always register that you sat down. Sitting a second time gets it done, a report says.
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WoW Forever: short maintenance set for early 6 November
A notice in the game and in the Battle.net app takes Forever realms offline for 1 hour early on 6 November, from 03:00 to 04:00 Central European Time.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard to fix areas that feel too empty
Players report near-empty capital cities on launch day. Blizzard says some areas do not feel as populated as they should and plans to adjust numbers.
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WoW Forever: portals stand in for lost boats and zeppelins
Boats and zeppelins have been going missing for long stretches, so Blizzard has placed temporary portals by the docks and in the zeppelin towers.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard asks players to check language settings
Blizzard suggests every WoW Forever player opens the language options and changes anything that did not default to their preferred language.
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WoW Forever: campfire toy back on Twitch until 13 November
Blizzard has reopened the Pouch of Violet Dust to anyone watching eligible WoW streams on Twitch, but the toy disappears in early December.
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WoW Forever: hotfix lifts level 10 limit on Invite-A-Friend
Players who joined with an Invite-A-Friend code were stuck at level 10 and cut off from guilds, groups and trading. A live hotfix has fixed it.
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WoW Forever is live: what launch brings and what comes later
Blizzard has opened WoW Forever in all regions. Levels 1 to 60, new zones and 9 new dungeons are in, while raids and Hardcore arrive later.
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WoW Forever: Taldramir revealed as the new legendary staff
A live build on the Warcraft Twitch channel ended with Taldramir, the Whispering Wood. Blizzard has not said who can use it or what it does.
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WoW Forever: secret Twitch Drop gave a campfire toy
Viewers on Twitch around the legendary reveal received the Pouch of Violet Dust, and the drop page suggests that the window has already closed.
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WoW Forever: last interface fixes for bags and nameplates
Hours before launch Blizzard added 9 interface and accessibility changes to its notes, from clearer bag slots to debuff icons you can click through.
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WoW Forever: Twitch offers Alliance and Horde chat badges
A subscription to a creator live in the World of Warcraft category earns faction crest badges for Twitch chat, in a promotion running until 1 December.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard explains linking guild chat to Discord
Guilds can mirror their chat to a Discord channel in both Forever and the modern game, so members can talk whether they are logged in or not.
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WoW Forever: Nvidia ships launch driver 621.14 for GeForce cards
Hours before the servers open, Nvidia has released a Game Ready driver with optimisations for WoW Forever. Nothing says you need it to play.
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WoW Forever: weekly economy reports, no catch-up systems
Developers say they track the biggest gold sources every week, will not let players skip levelling, and that the level cap is staying where it is.
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WoW Forever: AI-built addons flood in, creators report copies
A combat log site says its API users rose from 200 to 10,000 in 2 years, and addon makers report copied work. Blizzard has not commented.
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WoW Forever: launch video may show night elf shaman, tauren mage
Players think Blizzard's launch overview shows a night elf shaman and a tauren mage, pairs the game does not allow. Blizzard has not commented.
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WoW Forever: many cooked dishes add 5% experience from kills
Beta players found a hidden food buff that raises experience from kills by 5%. It sits on many dishes, but Blizzard has not announced it.
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WoW Forever: shaman Discord reopens after almost 13 hours
The Shaman Classic Discord is open again after its protest lockdown, with no new tuning changes listed in the meantime.
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WoW Midnight: Bunmover mount fixes due by next maintenance
Blizzard says fixes for the Hot Motocross Bunmover mounts should be ready ahead of next week's maintenance, after players reported bugs.
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WoW Midnight: Aqir Invasions are gone from the 12.1.7 PTR
Aqir Invasions have vanished from the 12.1.7 test server, their rewards cost more there and 4 achievements look set to end.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard explains how gamepad play works
Blizzard has laid out the WoW Forever gamepad: 84 action slots, a setup under Options, and a keyboard still needed for chat.
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WoW Forever: tier tokens start a quest chain, not a free piece
A raid token will not hand you a tier piece in WoW Forever: it opens a quest line, and Blizzard says you cannot finish it alone.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard confirms launch times for Europe
Servers open at 23:00 in the UK on 4 November, midnight in Central Europe, with presets and rulesets picked on first login and raids from 9 December.
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WoW Forever: China sells bags and a faster rested XP tent
2 paid bundles on the Chinese servers include extra bags and a tent that builds rested experience 4 times as fast, while Europe has no such offer.
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WoW Midnight: D&D bundles unlock a dragon mount and a mimic
Early access for the D&D: World of Warcraft bundles has started, so preorder buyers can now claim a mount, a pet, a toy and a decor item in the game.
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WoW Forever: the biggest shaman Discord locks itself in protest
A class community of almost 80,000 members went read-only a day before launch, saying the shaman changes ignore feedback and strip away class identity.
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WoW Forever: developers on lighting, canon and the level 60 cap
Two Blizzard developers explain how the new look was tuned zone by zone, why the story stays in year one, and why it will never be too late to start.
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WoW Forever: low-rank spells no longer lose talent procs
Blizzard's last notes before launch lift the downranking penalty from talent procs, with 1 exception: the mage spell Blizzard still keeps it.
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WoW Forever: faster respawns at launch, full controller play
Blizzard speeds up respawns in starting zones for the launch rush and says controller support now covers every major part of the game.
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WoW Forever: tauren run faster, dwarves trade crit for hit
The launch notes rework racials once more: Plainsrunning doubles, dwarves swap crit damage for hit chance, and humans, orcs and Skyborne are retuned.
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WoW Forever: rogues get Shank, shamans lose Lava Burst
Blizzard's last notes before launch give rogues an energy-building strike, take Lava Burst away from shamans and remove Salvation from paladins.
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WoW Forever: every class hits harder, mobs get more health
Blizzard's last notes before launch raise damage for all classes, give higher-level creatures more health and set class training at 206 to 207 gold.
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WoW Forever: hunters buffed, new Poised passive for energy
Live Forever hotfixes partly undo last week's hunter cuts and double some shots, and Druids and Rogues get a new opener passive.
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WoW Forever: enchant scrolls turn up in the game files
A set of enchant scrolls marked PTR only has appeared in WoW Forever's files, hinting that enchanters might one day sell their work on the auction house.
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WoW Forever: Xbox UK pulls post, says game is not on Xbox
Xbox UK listed WoW Forever among November's Xbox games, then deleted the post and said it was a mistake: the game is on PC and Mac only.
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WoW Forever: 5-hour maintenance runs up to launch
Blizzard has scheduled a long maintenance on launch day for WoW Forever, set to last about 5 hours and end when the game opens on 4 November.
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WoW Forever: GM Island is back, but not meant for you
Blizzard has put the old Game Master island back into WoW Forever. You are not supposed to go there, but a designer hints that clever players will find a way.
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WoW Forever: Planet Azeroth ends with episodes 2 and 3
Bill Bailey's mock nature documentary for WoW Forever is complete: episode 2 walks the coast, and the final episode 3 goes from Searing Gorge to Winterspring.
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WoW Midnight: Day of the Dead is back with no new rewards
The Day of the Dead holiday is live for a few days, but this year it adds nothing new, so players with last year's masks can skip it.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard's checklist before you log in at launch
Two days before launch, Blizzard has set out what to sort first: game access, the install, the Experience Preset and which ruleset to pick with friends.
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WoW Midnight: Warturkey and chef uniforms on the Trading Post
The full November Trading Post is out: 2 chef uniforms, an Aubergine Warturkey mount and a second Bunmover to buy with Trader's Tender.
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WoW Forever: repeatable apple quest XP farm fixed for launch
An Alliance quest outside Stormwind that paid experience for every hand-in of 4 apples will not work at launch, a Blizzard developer has confirmed.
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WoW Forever: The Forever Journey heads to Denmark in episode 2
Blizzard has released episode 2 of The Forever Journey, sending Guzu, Zibartas and GingiTV into the Danish dunes days before launch.
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WoW Midnight: 30 October hotfixes fix Labyrinth and cloaks
Blizzard's short 30 October hotfix list fixes 2 Labyrinth scenarios, the Azshara cloaks from the shop and the map tracking for one Nagrand decor vendor.
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WoW Forever: druid and paladin talent trees reshuffled
Days before launch, the live servers show new talents for druids and paladins, a 3 second Wild Growth and changes for mages, priests and warriors.
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WoW Forever: beta players made over 8.8 million characters
Blizzard has shared beta statistics: 8,862,354 characters created, 9,959,014 PvP kills and the Kobold Miner as the deadliest creature in the test.
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WoW Midnight: November Trading Post goes Sweet Tooth
Blizzard has named the theme of the November Trading Post and its free reward for a full Traveler's Log: the Hot Motocross Bunmover 4600 mount.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard muses on raids beyond 40 players
On the official podcast, the Forever team said raids far larger than 40 players are an idea it likes, but there are no plans and no dates yet.
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WoW Forever: no arenas and no flying mounts
The Forever designers say they turned down PvP arenas and flying mounts because neither fits the grounded, social feel they want for the game.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound to pay Venomstones, crests and raid loot
New Talebound achievements on the 12.1.7 PTR reward Venomstones, crests, raid loot and a new hearthstone, many through a raven vendor in Silvermoon.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound may award Mythic raid loot
2 new Mythic achievements in Talebound on the 12.1.7 PTR each give a cache of Mythic Venomous Abyss loot. The rewards were found in the files, not announced.
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WoW Forever: each PvP ruleset gets its own faction balance
Blizzard aims for close to 50:50 on PvP and RP-PvP and may limit character creation for a faction that grows too strong there.
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WoW Forever: fewer surprise layer swaps when you group up
Blizzard says joining a group in WoW Forever will warn you before moving you to another layer, and early beta's frequent swaps have been cut back.
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WoW Midnight: Kindo'jan solo tally closes at over 200,000
The Kindo'jan Hall of Fame has closed with more than 200,000 solo kills on Tier 11, and Europe finished ahead of the Americas once more.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard wants it playable on any device
Holly Longdale calls gamepad support in WoW Forever the first step towards playing it anywhere, though no console version has been announced.
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WoW Forever: Grim Batol and Emerald Dream on the wish list
Two Blizzard designers named the places they would like Forever to reach in later patches, from the depths of Grim Batol to a pre-Cataclysm Gilneas.
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WoW Forever: new content planned every 4 months
Blizzard designer Kris Zierhut says WoW Forever will get new raid tiers and PvP seasons about every 4 months, with smaller unlocks in between.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard's owner calls it WoW's biggest beta
Satya Nadella, head of the company that owns Blizzard, said on the 28 October earnings call that World of Warcraft had its largest beta ever.
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WoW Forever: first raids pitched nearer Blackwing Lair
Blizzard designers say WoW Forever's first raids, Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit, sit closer to Blackwing Lair than to Molten Core in difficulty.
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WoW Midnight: Cozy Cabin shop decor found on the PTR
Patch 12.1.7 on the test realm holds 12 pieces of winter cabin decor marked as coming from the shop, from a fireplace and a sofa to string lights.
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WoW Forever: Aspect of the Hawk and Trueshot Aura cut
Hunters in WoW Forever appear to have lost close to half of their attack power aura bonuses, and Elixir of Wisdom was halved too.
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WoW Midnight: Forever's better water and lighting to follow
Blizzard designer Kris Zierhut says the improved water and lighting made for WoW Forever are coming to the modern game as well, with no date yet.
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WoW Forever: Bill Bailey hosts mockumentary Planet Azeroth
Blizzard has released episode 1 of Planet Azeroth, a comic nature series for the WoW Forever launch, with Bill Bailey on the trail of murlocs and kobolds.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard's starter guide for new players
A week before launch, Blizzard has published a guide for first-time WoW Forever players: the two presets, the rulesets, names, Skyborne and professions.
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WoW Midnight: Warlords of Draenor Timewalking is live
Warlords of Draenor Timewalking is back for the week with 6 dungeons, a 500-badge bonus after the first run and 3 mounts to buy with badges.
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WoW Forever: Russian client cannot reach EU rulesets yet
Blizzard confirms the Russian client cannot reach the European rulesets during name reservation, and Cyrillic names fail on every client for now.
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WoW Midnight: players say Grimtide breaks shop decor rule
Players argue the new Grimtide housing bundles lean on Kul Tiran themes, which Blizzard said it would keep out of the Hearthsteel shop.
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WoW Midnight: Labyrinth Vault credit fixed on 27 October
Blizzard's 27 October hotfixes fix Labyrinth scenarios that gave no Great Vault credit, put last week's class tuning live and fix the Rexxar set.
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TBC Anniversary: heroic keys now need only Honored
A hotfix on 27 October lowers the reputation needed for heroic dungeon keys in TBC Anniversary from Revered to Honored.
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WoW Forever: bug blocked allowed names, fix incoming
Blizzard says a bug in its restricted name list rejected names that should be allowed during WoW Forever name reservation, and a fix is on the way.
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WoW Midnight: first Myth piece from Labyrinths now on offer
After 3 weekly resets of Labyrinths, players can now trade 3 Mythical Soul Fragments for their first piece of gear at Myth 2/6 item level.
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WoW Midnight: Blizzard says pay for carries directly
Blizzard has acted against accounts that bought gold for real money and had it passed on through a middleman, often to pay for a raid carry.
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WoW Forever: name reservation opened late in Europe
Early name reservation for WoW Forever was due at 18:00 CET on 27 October, but European players could only start claiming names at about 20:40.
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WoW Forever: orcs, trolls and Forsaken get racial buffs
Blizzard added 3 racial changes that were left out of its final pass: shorter Blood Fury and Touch of the Grave cooldowns and a longer Berserking.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard opens the Portal Room to find a guild
Blizzard's official Discord server, the WoW Portal Room, points new, returning and veteran players to communities that suit how they want to play.
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WoW Forever: launch music video WARPATH is out
Blizzard has released WARPATH, an animated music video for the launch of WoW Forever, set to End of You by Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante.
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WoW Midnight: Grimtide house and a cauldron mount in the Shop
The Haunted Grimtide Estate, the Grimtide Decor Pack and the Living Heartsbane Cauldron mount are now on sale in the Battle.net Shop.
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WoW Midnight: theatre curtains and stage backdrops on the PTR
Patch 12.1.7 on the test realm adds theatre decor for player housing: a range of curtains and stage backdrops taken from the Karazhan Opera Event.
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WoW Midnight: a Greench sweatsuit and Pepe decor on the PTR
Patch 12.1.7 on the PTR adds a red and green sweatsuit outfit and a festive Pepe decoration, both likely meant for the Feast of Winter Veil.
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WoW Forever: Collector's Edition codes and name reservation
The WoW Forever Collector's Edition box code starts 30 days of game time at once, and buyers still waiting for the box need a pack to reserve names.
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WoW Midnight: Grimtide house and decor found in game files
A new house exterior, the Spirited Grimtide Manse, and more than 20 Grimtide decor pieces have been found in data decrypted on live servers.
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WoW Midnight: Labyrinth quests fixed in 26 October hotfixes
Blizzard's 26 October hotfixes repair 3 Labyrinth objectives, fix Voltaic Blaze for Enhancement shamans and stop a double chest from the Hallow's End shade.
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WoW Forever: free tickets to meet the developers on 2 November
Blizzard is holding a WoW Forever poster signing with the developers at the Irvine Improv in California on 2 November, with free tickets from 27 October.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard reworks racials again before launch
Blizzard rolls back some generic racial traits, doubles the tauren Plainsrunning cap to 60% and trims the human and orc crit bonuses before launch.
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WoW Midnight: try the Talebound demo free from 30 October
Blizzard opens a Talebound demo on the PTR from 30 October to 1 November, with 3 tales and 3 classes, and no subscription is needed.
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WoW Forever: short story Unbowed follows Forsaken Cormack
Blizzard's new WoW Forever story Unbowed follows Cormack, a Scarlet Crusader raised as one of the Forsaken, and asks if he can still serve the Light.
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WoW Forever: Warlocks dominate the beta's open PvP tournament
A community-run tournament for level 30 characters on the Forever beta ended with a Warlock champion, and Warlocks won 79% of their matches.
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WoW Forever: Escape Together sends creators to Scarlet Monastery
Blizzard's new video show pits 2 teams of 5 content creators against WoW-themed trials, ending in an escape room set in the Scarlet Monastery.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound toy lets your pet ride a flying book
Datamining of the 12.1.7 PTR turns up Hexed Tiny Tome, a Talebound toy that should carry your companion pet around on an enchanted book.
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WoW Forever: auras, totems and Battle Shout now cover the raid
Blizzard's beta notes make druid and hunter auras, Battle Shout and 4 shaman totems raid wide, and swap the paladin Blessing of Salvation for a new spell.
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WoW Midnight: 4 readable Lorewalking books coming as decor
The 12.1.7 PTR ties a lore book to each of the 4 new Lorewalking stories, and each one can be placed in your house as decor and read there.
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WoW Midnight: Winter Veil tree defence for neighbourhoods
New achievements on the 12.1.7 PTR point to a Winter Veil tree defence activity in housing neighbourhoods, plus carolling and Candy Cane gifts.
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WoW Forever: The Forever Journey begins with Norway
Blizzard has released the first episode of its Forever Journey series, a road trip through Norway with Guzu, Snupy and Stian Blipp ahead of launch.
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WoW Midnight: 4 new 30% experience potions on the 12.1.7 PTR
Datamined potions named after the 4 Talebound stories add 30% experience for 2 hours and bind to your Warband. Blizzard has not said how to get them.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound to bring 9 mounts and 26 decor items
Datamining of the 12.1.7 PTR ties 9 mounts, 4 pets, a transmog ensemble and 26 decor pieces to Talebound, the coming action RPG mode.
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WoW Forever: Dalaran gets guards, battlemasters and a quest
The last WoW Forever beta build reworked Dalaran for Alliance players, with tougher guards, battlemasters in the Underbelly and one portal gone.
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WoW Forever: beta bowed out with Thunderfury and a plague
The last hours of the WoW Forever beta brought world bosses to the starting zones, legendary weapons for the taking and an old Scourge plague.
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WoW Midnight: Subtlety rogues lose 8% damage on 27 October
Blizzard rolls back much of the Subtlety buff from 12.1.5, while Feral, Fire, Marksmanship, Restoration and 2 warlock specs gain power.
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WoW Midnight: warlock summons fixed in 23 October hotfixes
Blizzard's 23 October hotfixes stop warlock summons attacking enemies outside combat and correct item levels from Ascendant Venomstone upgrades.
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WoW Midnight: Dornogal decor cheaper, Skyborne decor dearer
The 12.1.7 PTR cuts the cost of 8 decor items from The War Within in Dornogal, while some Skyborne and Aqir decor in Silvermoon goes up.
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WoW Midnight: Arator enters the Void in motion comic Singularity
Blizzard's new Midnight motion comic, Singularity, follows Arator Windrunner into the Void with his mentor Umbric, searching for clues to his missing parents.
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WoW Midnight: Season 2 gear chests for alts go on sale
With this week's reset, 2 vendors in Silvermoon sell warband chests with an item level 292 piece of Season 2 gear, one for Mythic+ and one for PvP.
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WoW Forever: see your beta stats as the test closes
As the WoW Forever beta closed on 23 October, Blizzard opened a page that sums up each tester's beta, from hours played to the mob that killed them most.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound will award 4 titles in patch 12.1.7
The 12.1.7 PTR shows 4 titles tied to Talebound achievements: 1 for each class on Mythic and 1 for finishing every story from the Storyteller.
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WoW Forever: built on purpose not to feel like the modern game
Clay Stone says WoW Forever is for anyone who likes WoW, but was deliberately designed not to feel like the modern game, and its audience may still shape it.
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WoW Midnight: Venomstone upgrades now favour non-crafted gear
A hotfix has swapped the item level gains from Ascendant Venomstones: crafted pieces now end 1 level lower, non-crafted pieces 1 level higher.
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WoW Midnight: Subtlety rogues may make warlocks pull extra packs
An old bug is back in the spotlight: rogue shadow clones seem to throw off Diabolist warlocks' targeting, and their summons attack mobs out of range.
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WoW Forever: over 20 raid bosses, Europe and US kept apart
The fifth WoW Forever podcast teased the first raid mechanics and confirmed that Europe and North America will not share a world at launch.
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WoW Forever: an RP-PvP ruleset is coming at launch
Blizzard has changed course after player feedback and will add a Roleplay-PvP ruleset to WoW Forever in time for launch on 4 November.
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WoW Forever: no mail spell power gear for paladins to level 30
Beta players have found no mail armour with spell power in dungeons or quests up to level 30, which leaves paladins to craft their upgrades.
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WoW Forever: Azuregos and Kazzak crash the beta's last day
Blizzard is closing the WoW Forever beta with 24 hours of chaos in 7 starting zones, and some of what you find there will never reach the live game.
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WoW Midnight: over 150,000 beat Kindo'jan in week one
More than 150,000 players across Europe and the Americas beat Kindo'jan on Tier 11 in the first week of 12.1.5, with Europe ahead.
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WoW Midnight: melee hits no longer fake double damage
The health bar bug that showed every melee swing at roughly double its real size is gone after the 12.1.5 content update.
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WoW Forever: Shanghai builds Dalaran at full scale for fans
A 2-day WoW Forever party in Shanghai recreated Dalaran at 1:1 scale, and visitors could play the beta down in the city's sewers.
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WoW Midnight: a way out of the Labyrinth in 21 October fixes
Blizzard's 21 October hotfixes add an exit from the Kindo'jan scenario, raise the Jan'alai Tear stack to 4 and fix the bonus roll preview.
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WoW: Midnight at half price in a sale until 2 November
Blizzard's Fall Savings cut Midnight by 50%, the level 80 boost by 33% and game services by up to 30%, with deals for TBC Anniversary too.
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WoW Forever: solo battleground queues won't face premades
Blizzard says premade groups will only be matched against other premades in battlegrounds, with a small-group option for a few friends still planned.
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WoW Forever: Riverglades and Hyjal wait past level 30
A new Blizzard video shows where levelling goes after the beta cap: knights and ogres in the Riverglades, a fighting ring, and Mount Hyjal opened at last.
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WoW Forever: what each profession adds to a campfire
Blizzard has published the full list of camp features, from a Fishing Bowl worth 8% to all stats to an Engineering bot that sells reagents.
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WoW Midnight: Scarecrow Pepe decor for an old Hallow's End feat
An old Garrison achievement now rewards a Scarecrow Pepe decoration, and players who earned it years ago get the decor automatically.
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WoW Forever: Invite-A-Friend codes are now being emailed
Blizzard has started sending the launch-week codes that come with Forever upgrades, and its support page spells out who can use them and what they unlock.
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WoW Midnight: Delve bonus week speeds up Kindo'jan renown
This week's Delve bonus event now also raises reputation with the Labyrinth of Kindo'jan by 25%, a change that came with Patch 12.1.5.
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WoW Forever: no level scaling for the world or dungeons
Asked how a level 60 can quest with a friend at level 1, the developers ruled out scaling and pointed to the Legacy system and fresh characters instead.
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WoW: longer subscriptions now carry WoW Forever bonuses
The 6- and 12-month offers add mounts for Midnight and MoP Classic, plus a tabard, a backpack and the Azurky pet for WoW Forever.
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WoW Midnight: dress as Rexxar with a new shop pack
The Champion of the Wilds Pack brings Rexxar's 9-piece outfit, a hunter toy that turns pets into Misha or Huffer, and a rug for your home.
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WoW Forever: Holy Strike and a faster Lay on Hands for paladins
The last class deep dive before launch reworks all 3 paladin trees, makes Consecration baseline at level 20 and cuts Lay on Hands to 20 minutes.
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WoW Midnight: Echoes of the Worldcore takes players to Dornogal
The next Midnight update, now on the PTR, brings a campaign in Dornogal, Talebound, 4 Lorewalking stories and an 8-week Timewalking event.
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WoW Midnight: crests and Conquest uncapped in 20 October fixes
Blizzard's 20 October hotfixes lift the caps on Mistcrests, Conquest and Bloody Tokens, switch on Spoils of War and close a Kindo'jan loophole.
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WoW Midnight: Hallow's End comes to your neighbourhood
The festival runs from 19 October to 2 November and brings random housing themes, daily quests, a piñata and a Ghoulish Headless Horseman mount.
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WoW Midnight: an extra week for the Kindo'jan solo feat
Labyrinth bugs in the opening week of 12.1.5 cost players their runs, so Fabled Let Me Solo Him: Kindo'jan stays open until the week of 27 October.
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WoW Forever: 9 new dungeons from level 13 to 60
Blizzard has introduced all 9 new 5-player dungeons, from Hall of Thanes beneath Ironforge to Shaper's Terrace in the hills of Un'Goro Crater.
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WoW Forever: 3 raids open 9 December, only Onyxia needs a key
The Barrow Deeps for 10, Hyjal Summit for 20 and Onyxia's Lair for 40 unlock for level 60 characters on 9 December, with weekly resets planned.
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WoW Forever: the beta closes for good on 23 October
The stress test on 21 October runs 19:00 to 03:00 CEST in Europe, then the beta reopens briefly and shuts at 19:00 CEST on Friday 23 October.
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WoW Forever: name reservation opens on 27 October
Europe can claim up to 3 character names from 18:00 CET on 27 October until 3 November, but only with a Skyborne pack or the Forever Collection.
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WoW Forever: the datamined mounts are not for this game
Players pulled a spectral wolf, a turtle and a rooster out of the newest build. Blizzard says the art was never meant for this version.
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WoW Forever: weapon specialisations are gone from racials
Humans, orcs and dwarves trade their weapon bonuses for plain crit, the Skyborne get more haste, and gnomes lose the charges on Eureka.
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WoW Forever: the stress test moves to 21 October
Europe gets it at 19:00 CEST, no subscription needed, on the hardware the game will run on at launch. Everything made that evening is wiped afterwards.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard can freeze trade and the auction house
A temporary economy hold shuts off trade, mail, guild banks and the auction house while Blizzard works out where somebody's gold came from.
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WoW Midnight: the first hotfixes hit the Labyrinth
Most of the list is the new megadelve: kill credit lost on a second run, a boss stuck at 1 health and enemies spawning inside walls. Druids get 4 fixes.
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WoW Midnight: 3 known issues as 12.1.5 goes live
Two pieces of housing decor behave badly and an old war campaign can start nagging warbands again. Blizzard also wants your addons updated.
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WoW Forever: a stress test for everyone on 19 October
The launcher has grown an install option for it, so the client can be pulled down early. No invite needed, and no times given yet.
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WoW Forever: a million beta characters counted
A player-run census has scanned the whole beta: Skyborne is the most played race, Hunter the most played class, and the new pairings hold a third of everybody.
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WoW Forever: shaman tanks talked about, not promised
From an interview at PAX: no supported tank shaman at launch, a collections list that shows only what you already own, and Northrend not ruled out.
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WoW Forever: streamers build a guild of 250
A German streamer guild is forming for launch night: Horde, a PvE realm, 200 to 250 members, and a raid group going in as soon as the raid opens.
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WoW Forever: a streamer banned live over 7 gold
One of Spain's best-known streamers was thrown off the beta in the middle of a stream after taking gold from players, and had the account back within hours.
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WoW Forever: no goblins or worgen planned
Blizzard says the races the modern game added are not on the way, and that classes will not be modernised either. Summoning stones stay quiet.
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WoW Forever: the soundtrack is out before the game
19 tracks and a little over 43 minutes, from 4 composers, are on the streaming services 3 weeks before the game itself opens.
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WoW Forever: all of Azeroth at level 30, 438 deaths
A Skyborne druid went after the Explorer achievement on the beta and found Grim Batol, the Eastern Plaguelands and Azshara waiting for him.
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WoW: 8 hours of downtime in Europe on 14 October
Midnight realms close at 03:00 CEST on Wednesday and are due back at 11:00 while the patch goes in. The Classic games lose an hour.
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WoW Midnight: 12.1.5 notes gain a rogue buff
Subtlety gets 14% more ability damage to make up for a modifier that was counting twice, and delves and housing each get a line.
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WoW Midnight: 12.1.5 trims nearly every dungeon
Altar of Fangs takes the deepest cuts, Living Bomb becomes something a healer can dispel, and all of it lands with the patch this week.
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WoW Midnight: Coiled Altar cut down on mythic
The fight the raid complained about most is softened: fewer orbs, fewer adds, a smaller radius and 2 extra seconds on the cast that ends attempts.
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WoW Forever: alts are part of the progression plan
Blizzard wants you rolling second characters, and the Legacy system is built so that the cheapest points sit down at low level.
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WoW Forever: what the grave-digging mace pulls up
A player spent every charge at Raven Hill and came away with 9 Grave Moss, a crowd of ghouls and an answer to the question the item left open.
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WoW Midnight: the Venomous Abyss Hall of Fame is full
200 guilds have killed Ula'tek on mythic, so the title closes at the weekly reset, and the nerfs that got them there point at what comes next.
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WoW Forever: a gnome ended up in a Horde guild
He signed a charter handed over by an undead in the Barrens, and minutes later he was talking in a Horde guild that could not invite anyone.
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WoW Forever: Sylvanas finally gets her own model
In the original game she was a night elf in a dark robe. On the beta she now uses the later elf model, grey skin and red eyes included.
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WoW Forever: Gilneas already stands, sealed shut
The worgen kingdom sits in the world in its later form, the city is closed off and guarded, and a battleground zone for it waits in the files.
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WoW Forever: free beta codes in Sweden and Denmark
Until 21 October, putting an item up for sale on a Swedish marketplace with the right promotional code returns a beta key within 72 hours.
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WoW Forever: mage abilities changed to slow bots
Blizzard says the fight against bot farming has reached class design, and some mage talents were altered so one player cannot clear an instance alone.
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WoW Forever: new raids will still raise your power
Blizzard has put edges on what horizontal progression means: the world grows sideways, gear still climbs, but in the smallest steps the team can manage.
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WoW Forever: a secret boss hides in the Dalaran sewers
A book left on Archmage Arugal's table in Shadowfang Keep turns into a tome that summons Lyn the Ignored under the new dungeon.
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WoW Midnight: four Witchwick bundles with broom mounts
Each pack pairs an outfit with its own broom, the hats come in a version that leaves your hair out, and part-owners pay only for the rest.
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WoW Midnight: a Twitch drop for the 12.1.5 launch
4 hours of watching any WoW stream from 13 October earns a housing decoration, and Blizzard's own page gives two different start times.
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WoW Forever: racial abilities go back on the table
Orcs and trolls have been the obvious Horde picks all through the beta, and the team is now looking at whether the active racials need cutting.
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WoW Forever: dual spec may unlock earlier than 40
Blizzard is weighing up when a second talent build should become available, and one of the designers floated level 30 on the podcast.
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WoW Midnight: every melee hit lies to your health bar
The barrels in Murder Row were not the only thing faking damage. Every melee swing in the game drops the bar twice as far as it should.
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WoW Forever: a paladin cloak only Alliance can earn
A quest chain from Season of Discovery is back on the beta and ends in a paladin cloak, but Horde paladins cannot start it at all.
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WoW Midnight: a new toy from the Gnomeregan Run
The charity race has its own holiday in the game now, and gnomes who finish the course before Sunday night take a new toy home.
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WoW Midnight: 12.1.5 adds a button to skip a chat
A campaign quest on the test realm now puts a skip control on screen while characters talk, and hands the quest in when you use it.
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WoW Forever: Wetlands dungeon rewards drop to green
The quest rewards from Excavation Site: Wetlands have lost their rare quality and a slice of their stats in the newest beta build.
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WoW Forever: three dungeon armour sets found in the files
Defias Enforcer's Garb, Violet Sorcerer's Vestments and Krol'dok Battlegear turned up in the newest beta build, and two of their bonuses care where you fight.
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WoW Forever: all 16 Legacy Points unlocked on the beta
Blizzard has handed every beta character the whole Legacy tree to play with, and cut the cost of changing your mind to 1 silver.
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WoW Midnight: Ruby Life Pools gets softened in 12.1.5
Living Bomb becomes something a healer can dispel, and most of the trash hits for less. All of it is read from the test realm rather than announced.
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WoW Midnight: Murder Row's fake damage has been fixed
For a whole expansion the green barrels hurt nobody while the bars fell to 1. A hotfix has made the damage real, and the fight is now a healer check.
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WoW Forever: the GDKP ban covers Europe, not everywhere
Clay Stone says the rule holds for North America and Europe and leaves other regions alone. He also says players will earn far more than in Classic.
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WoW Forever: the shaman weapon chain gets easier
20 twisted totems across 4 zones and a fight with elites at the end. The latest build makes almost every step of it drop faster.
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WoW Forever: casting low ranks stops paying off
Spells cast far below your level now take much less from spell power, and a rank 1 Frostbolt at level 60 can no longer set off Frostbite at all.
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WoW Forever: Horde access to Dalaran was not intended
Josh Greenfield says the open gate is a beta accident and adjustments are likely. The reputation the Horde was also earning is already fixed.
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WoW Forever: the Horde can walk into Dalaran after all
Clear the new dungeon, finish the quest chain behind it, and the guards stop attacking. The fountain is open to everyone.
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WoW Forever: the druid helm that ruled Classic is cut down
Wolfshead Helm now adds 5 energy instead of carrying a whole playstyle. Blizzard has already replaced the trick it was built around.
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WoW Forever: the library bow now needs level 40 too
The one reward from the 25-book hand-in a tester could actually equip has been brought into line with the other 2. On the beta that leaves none.
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WoW Forever: the Dalaran dungeon opens for testing
The build that landed with the evening downtime adds the City of Dalaran, hands every tester 16 Legacy Points and finishes the cooldown panel.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard gives numbers for its beta bans
More than 2100 accounts closed for buying, almost 1600 for selling or botting, and a warning is coming to the trade window.
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WoW Forever: dungeon experience goes up by 20%
Blizzard still does not want running dungeons to be the fastest way to level, but it wants the gap closed. A separate bug was fixed too.
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WoW TBC Anniversary: Zul'Aman opens on 22 October
6 bosses, 10 players, no attunement and a 3 day lockout. In Central Europe the gates open at midnight going into 23 October.
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WoW Midnight: 19 new decor recipes and far less lumber
Every crafting profession gets something to make for a house in 12.1.5, and one recipe drops from 8 Black Lotus to 1.
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WoW Forever: the beta goes down at 18:00 for a new build
Blizzard expects the realms back by midnight Central European time. The downtime carries bug fixes and gameplay changes, and the window is 6 hours.
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WoW Midnight: a Myth piece from the new megadelve
Quests inside the Labyrinth of Kindo'jan pay fragments, and 3 of them make one Myth item in whichever slot the player picks.
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WoW Forever: a new dungeon gets shown at PAX in Melbourne
Blizzard opens the show on 9 October with a talk that takes one of the unreleased dungeons apart. Melbourne is 9 hours ahead of Central Europe.
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WoW Forever: the group finder now asks how you play
Nobody can queue for a dungeon on the beta until they pick one of 4 labels, and one of them openly offers a carry.
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WoW Forever: a mace that lets you dig up graves
A drop from the Stockade carries 20 charges and works in 2 named graveyards. What comes out of the ground the game does not say.
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WoW Forever: plainer Skyborne models due in early 2027
Blizzard agrees the new race looks out of place beside the old models, and says simpler versions of it are being built, druid forms included.
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WoW Forever: totems drop in a second, mages get Arcane Blast
Every totem now comes off cooldown in 1 second and the buff ones stand for 5 minutes, while mages get a level 40 spell that counts as fire and frost at once.
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WoW Forever: rogues get Mutilate, warlocks get Banes
The next deep dive hands rogues a talent from a later expansion and one-handed axes, and turns the warlock's damage curses into Banes, one per target.
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WoW Forever: the old PvP ladder stays, the sitting goes
Honor buys the gear and rank points carry the titles, with a weekly ceiling on how far anyone can climb. Rank 14 still ends at Grand Marshal and High Warlord.
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WoW Forever: 15 against 15 on the Darkspear Islands
Blizzard has described its new battleground: 4 capture points, a flag in the middle, 2 reputations, and the first side to 2000 points takes it.
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WoW Midnight: a wide PvP pass lands with the 6 October hotfixes
Twelve classes get changes that apply in player-versus-player combat only, and every tank specialisation gets a longer, cheaper, longer-ranged Focused Assault.
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WoW Forever: Booty Bay's gun loses its knockback
A reputation reward on the beta could fire whatever it hit across the landscape. A hotfix has taken that away, and the item's own text has not caught up.
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WoW Midnight: bonus roll fault brings short suspensions
A fault let players claim the new weekly bonus roll over and over. Blizzard locked the accounts that took too many and removed the extra cores.
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WoW Forever: a new battleground sits in the files
Darkspear Islands is in the beta data with its own reputation, its own marks of honour and a level range that runs well past the beta cap.
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WoW Forever: 25 library books, and only the bow fits
A new hand-in opens at level 30 on the beta. It pays one of three rewards, and two of them cannot be worn until level 40.
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WoW Forever: an old chest that goes off when you die
Martyr's Chain, a plain mail piece from Blackfathom Deeps, now deals 420 Holy damage to everything within 15 yards when its wearer dies.
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WoW Midnight: a large round of nerfs for Ula'tek
Blizzard is cutting damage and health across the Venomous Abyss end boss on Heroic and Mythic, arriving with this week's maintenance.
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WoW Forever: Stitches is dangerous again in Duskwood
The abomination had been walking past players instead of killing them. A Blizzard designer says he is properly aggressive once more.
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Azeroth comes to the tabletop on 17 November
A Dungeons and Dragons book set in Warcraft arrives next month: 256 pages, 16 playable races and the whole of Azeroth up to Midnight.
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WoW Forever: the old character portraits are back
Character creation showed the modern portraits even with the Classic look turned on. A recent beta build put the old ones back after players asked.
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WoW Forever: gold sent to a streamer wiped on the beta
Low-level characters handed a streamer hundreds of gold on the Forever beta. Blizzard took it back and left him with 9 silver, but did not suspend him.
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WoW Forever: scribes and a jeweller who teach nothing
Two Uncertified Scribes and an Apprentice Jeweler stand in the beta. Neither trade exists in the classic game, and neither of them will train anyone.
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WoW Forever: dungeon gear that speeds up crafting
Two drops from the Deadmines cut smelting and cooking time by 25%, and a crafted throwing hammer doubles as a blacksmith tool.
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WoW Forever: trail snack loses its rested experience
The travel food from the sleeping bag quest chain no longer hands out rested experience on the beta. It heals and gives a burst of speed instead.
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WoW Forever: "convenience is the death of the journey"
A Blizzard world builder says he is making Forever for classic players and for lapsed accounts, and that keeping friction in the game is the point.
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WoW Forever: Gnomeregan bosses dropped nothing for a day
Testers cleared the dungeon and got no boss loot at all, not even quest items. Blizzard says it was fixed the same afternoon.
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WoW: an AI agent cleared the orc start zone blind
A language model finished every quest in the Valley of Trials in 40 minutes with 0 deaths, without a game window open, on a private server.
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WoW Forever: book necklaces cut to uncommon quality
The 2 necklaces handed out for collecting 10 books have dropped a quality tier on the beta, and the 20-book reward has lost item levels.
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WoW Classic: EU raider counts fall for a third week
Raid logs on European realms show TBC Anniversary down 19% and MoP Classic down 18% week on week, while Classic Era barely moves.
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WoW Midnight: Unholy cut, 5 specs buffed on 6 October
Blightfall loses half its damage after a bug fix went the wrong way, while Devourer, both Monk specs, Subtlety and Enhancement all gain.
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WoW Forever: Stitches has stopped killing people by mistake
The Duskwood abomination is walking his patrol as a neutral creature on the beta, and a Blizzard designer says that is not meant to happen.
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WoW Forever: Ghost Wolf glare is a stopgap, says designer
The shaman form went bright blue in the latest beta build because it was invisible in dark zones; a hotfix will tone it down.
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WoW: Liquid and Echo talk of fewer splits in the next race
Liquid's Max says the 2 guilds are discussing cutting split raids and alts, but that raid hours are where the talks stick.
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WoW Forever: book collection ring opens to every class
Field Researcher's Loop, the melee ring handed out for collecting 20 books, has lost its rogue-only tag on the beta, one report says.
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WoW: Headless Horseman's mount on the October Trading Post
The Trading Post reset on 1 October puts 3 mounts at 700 Tender each on the stall, along with 6 masks and a free assassin ensemble.
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WoW Midnight: Wildfire Bomb damage up 20% in hotfix
Survival hunters get back damage a tuning pass missed 10 days ago, and Ula'tek's Venomous Heart stops hitting players in melee.
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WoW Forever: Kyle's Gone Missing! is back in Mulgore
Blizzard's notes for the 1 October beta build list the Make-A-Wish quest as added, 3 days after it said only that it was working on it.
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WoW Forever: warrior crits now give double rage
Blizzard has added a late round of warrior changes to the 1 October beta build, rebuilding several Fury talents and moving most of the Protection tree.
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WoW Forever: level 30 build adds 3 dungeons and cuts quest XP
Blizzard's notes for the 1 October beta build list 3 more dungeons, 50% less extra experience from dungeon quests and a weaker Gnome trait.
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WoW Forever: all beta testers to get 16 Legacy Points
Blizzard plans to grant every tester in the WoW Forever beta 16 Legacy Points in a future week of the test, and to leave them in place until the beta ends.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard acts on bot accounts, adds trade warning
Blizzard says it has been acting on accounts that used bots to amass gold in the WoW Forever beta, and will soon warn you in game when you trade with strangers.
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WoW Forever: rogues to be the top single-target damage class
Blizzard's new Forever podcast on class design names rogues as the game's top single-target damage dealers and trails a Death Mark talent.
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WoW Midnight: full 12.1.5 notes add map coordinates
Blizzard's full notes for Midnight's 12.1.5 add Raid Finder for Kith'ix, player coordinates under the minimap and warband-shared Legion reputations.
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WoW Forever: Brazilian rating briefly listed Xbox and PlayStation
A player says Brazil's ratings site listed WoW Forever for Xbox, PlayStation and Switch on 29 September. The console lines went within hours.
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WoW Forever: beta level cap rises to 30 after 1 October downtime
Blizzard will take the WoW Forever beta offline on the evening of 1 October and bring it back early on 2 October with the level cap raised to 30.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard details priest and warrior changes
Blizzard's class deep dive for WoW Forever gives priests Penance and Prayer of Mending, and makes warrior Rage ignore armour and absorb shields.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard's deep dive on hunter and druid changes
Blizzard's written class deep dive covers hunters and druids: traps in combat, a Lone Wolf talent for pet-free hunters, Lacerate at level 42 and Berserk.
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WoW Forever: video details warrior, shaman and rogue changes
Blizzard's first class video for WoW Forever covers warriors, shamans and rogues: rage by weapon speed, a totem bar, a new finishing move.
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WoW Forever: players report a survey asking about 11 classes
Beta players say Blizzard sent them an opt-in survey asking how interested they would be in 11 classes, among them Bard and Tinker. Nothing has been announced.
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WoW Forever: 2 new pets in Stormwind and Undercity
Players report 2 companion pets on the WoW Forever beta: a Baby Crocolisk in Stormwind and an Excitable Slime won by dancing in Undercity.
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WoW: hotfix for Direbrew loot, Brewer hand stamp on sale again
Blizzard's hotfixes dated 29 September tie Coren Direbrew's loot to the player who gets it and put the Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp back on sale.
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WoW Midnight: 12.1.5 test realm gets class changes and fixes
Blizzard's new test notes for patch 12.1.5 buff Melt Armor by 100%, make Execute and Revenge cheaper for Protection warriors and fix Frost mage bugs.
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WoW Midnight: extra weekly bonus roll from 7 October
Blizzard has set out the dates: an extra Nebulous Voidcore to bonus roll with from the 7 October maintenance, and Ascendant Venomstones on 21 October.
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WoW Midnight: 12.1.5 arrives 14 October in Europe
Blizzard has set 14 October for Midnight's 12.1.5 update in Europe, one day after North America. It brings the Labyrinth of Kindo'jan and a new raid.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard removes the murloc and ogre forms
The murloc and ogre forms from Savory Whimsyfin Delight were a placeholder, Blizzard says, and the beta build of 1 October has taken them out.
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WoW Forever: beta auction house takes more deposit than shown
On the WoW Forever beta, listing an item can cost 1 silver even when the deposit shown is a few copper, one report found. Blizzard has not confirmed it.
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WoW Forever: weaker PvP critical strikes are a bug, Blizzard says
Beta players found that critical strikes hit other players far softer than in the original game. A Blizzard developer says it is a bug and will not stay.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard working on adding Ahab and Kyle's quest
Blizzard says it is working on adding the Make-A-Wish quest Kyle's Gone Missing! to Mulgore in WoW Forever, but it has not given a date.
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WoW Forever: a new dungeon in focus at PAX Aus on 9 October
Holly Longdale and Clay Stone open PAX Aus with a keynote and a look at a new Forever dungeon, live on Twitch at 02:00 UK time on 9 October.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard designer teases a BRD-like mega dungeon
Josh Greenfield hinted on X at a mega dungeon like Blackrock Depths. It is a hint, not an announcement: Blizzard has announced nothing.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard targets gold buyers, not just sellers
Blizzard will increasingly act against gold buyers' accounts in WoW Forever, from removing the gold to closing accounts, and warns about gifts from strangers.
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WoW Forever: some cooked food gives 5% bonus experience
Some cooked food in WoW Forever gives 5% more experience on top of its stats, one report says. Blizzard's own recap mentions only a small bonus.
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WoW Forever: the druid Cat Form quest should now work
On the WoW Forever beta, a relic druids need for Cat Form broke when several players took it at once. A Blizzard designer now says it should be fixed.
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WoW Forever: Spawn of Grubthor pet found in beta files
A companion pet called Spawn of Grubthor was found in the WoW Forever beta files, one report says. Blizzard has not confirmed it or said where it drops.
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WoW Forever: Skyborne can talk across factions in Darnassian
On the WoW Forever beta, Skyborne of both factions and night elves can understand each other in Darnassian, one report says. Blizzard has not confirmed it.
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WoW Forever: any class can collect books for a necklace and ring
On the WoW Forever beta, players of every class can hand in books found around the world for a necklace and a ring. In Season of Discovery only Mages could.
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WoW Forever: beta player cap raised again, queue issue fixed
Blizzard has raised the number of players the WoW Forever beta lets in at once, and says it found and fixed a problem that was filling the login queue.
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WoW Forever: druids can use potions without leaving Bear Form
In WoW Forever an elixir or potion no longer takes a druid out of Bear Form, one report from the beta says. Blizzard has not confirmed it.
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WoW Forever: bad luck protection for quest drops in groups
Blizzard's Josh Greenfield says WoW Forever now shares out quest item drops more evenly among grouped players, though some randomness remains.
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WoW TBC Anniversary: fewer raiders in logs as Forever beta opens
TBC Anniversary raiders in raid logs fell from 212,821 to 124,487 in the week the WoW Forever beta opened, one report says. Blizzard has not published them.
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WoW Forever: levelling to 20 takes as long as in Classic Era
Blizzard says WoW Forever beta players need 20.5 hours on average to reach level 20, almost the same as the 20.4 hours it takes in Classic Era.
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WoW Midnight: October Traveler's Log reward is Thornshadow set
Blizzard says players who fill October's Traveler's Log will get Ensemble: Thornshadow Assassin's Attire, a transmog set from the Trading Post.
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WoW Forever: longer inspect range and a Talents button
Inspecting other players in WoW Forever works from further away and shows their talents, one report says. Blizzard has not confirmed it.
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WoW Forever: track recipes, link profession books, new filters
WoW Forever lets players track recipes like quests, link a profession book in chat and filter recipes, one report says. Blizzard has not confirmed it.
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WoW Forever: Rotmender's Raiment set found in beta files
A 5-piece set called Rotmender's Raiment has been found in the files of the WoW Forever beta. Blizzard has not announced it, and details may change.
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WoW Midnight: hotfix eases mage and paladin slows in PvP
Blizzard's 24 September hotfixes weaken 2 PvP effects that slow players down, set a new value for the hunter's Wing Clip and adjust an object in one Delve.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard issues forced renames in the beta
Blizzard is forcing name changes on WoW Forever beta characters that break its rules and has removed some testers. Customer service will not help with appeals.
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WoW Forever: beta build adds Cooldown Manager, nerfs Gnome racial
Blizzard's 24 September beta build adds a Cooldown Manager, buffs Wrath, Lava Burst and Holy Strike, weakens the Gnome racial and makes talent resets cheap.
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WoW Midnight: Azshara transmog and Zothwing mounts in the shop
Blizzard's Abyssal Crown Collection adds 2 transmog sets in the style of Azshara's corrupted regalia and 2 Zothwing mounts, sold together or singly.
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WoW: Blizzard would like a harder open world in The Last Titan
Game director Ion Hazzikostas says the team would like a harder open-world mode in the next expansion and explains why Horde and Alliance share a single story.
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WoW Forever: Horde-only beta quest gives Druid and Shaman relics
On the WoW Forever beta, an early quest on Zephras Isle gives Horde Druids and Shamans a relic. Alliance characters cannot take it, a single report says.
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WoW Forever: mages can make a sword that burns frozen targets
The Coldflame Saber, found on the WoW Forever beta, adds 98 Fire damage to melee hits on frozen targets. Blizzard has not announced a melee mage.
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WoW Forever: warrior rage no longer grows with damage in beta
Beta testers report that warriors now get a set amount of rage per swing, with none extra for critical hits. Many object; Blizzard has not commented.
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WoW Forever: character panel explains each stat on the beta
On the WoW Forever beta, the character panel explains each stat when you hover over it, from how much hit you need to the goals tanks aim for.
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WoW Forever: new Enchanting recipes include necklace enchants
Blizzard says WoW Forever adds over 600 new recipes, and press reports list the new Enchanting ones, including necklace enchants, staves and wands.
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WoW Forever: Cozy Sleeping Bag quest chain found on the beta
Players have found a Season of Discovery quest chain on the WoW Forever beta. Its main reward, a sleeping bag, gives up to 3% more experience.
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WoW Forever: a kodo mount for the Alliance, says one report
One report says Alliance players in WoW Forever can get a Pack Kodo mount from the Azeroth Commerce Authority. Blizzard has not confirmed it.
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WoW Forever: new beta set bonuses, one turns druids into snakes
Beta testers have found new and reworked item sets in WoW Forever: a Wailing Caverns set that turns druids into snakes, a Barrens set and a pair of rings.
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WoW TBC Anniversary: Honor discount on some Arena Season 2 gear
Arena Season 2 belts, bracers, boots, rings and necklaces now cost less Honor on the Anniversary realms. Blizzard has not given the new prices.
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WoW Midnight: Talebound, a new action RPG mode with 3 classes
Midnight's new mode is a solo or group action RPG with 4 dark stories and 3 classes of its own. An early preview is due on the test server in October.
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WoW Midnight: Obsidian Krolusk easier to earn on the 12.1.5 PTR
On the 12.1.5 test realm, 3 Temple of Sethraliss achievements are no longer needed for the Obsidian Krolusk mount. The patch has no release date yet.
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WoW Midnight: Blizzard plans shorter Uldaman, rebuilt Stonecore
Blizzard has previewed changes to the Midnight Season 3 Mythic+ dungeons: a shorter Uldaman, a rebuilt Stonecore and new routes elsewhere. Plans may change.
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WoW Forever: an offensive name can cost you beta access
Blizzard says WoW Forever beta names must follow its naming policies, and breaking them may cost a tester beta access. Anyone who sees a mistake can appeal.
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WoW Forever: beta mail goes to the wrong character, players say
Players report that beta mail reads only a character's first name, so letters and items can reach the wrong character. Blizzard has not commented yet.
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WoW Forever: Black Market Auction House found on the beta
Beta testers found a goblin Black Market in the new Riverglades zone, with starting bids of 100 to 3,000 gold, and a vendor selling Black Lotus for 50 gold.
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WoW Forever: hidden item stats, no dungeon journal at first
A Blizzard designer says WoW Forever will hide each item's stats until it drops on your server, and there will be no dungeon journal at first.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard designer rules out shared tagging
Crowded beta or not, WoW Forever will not get shared tagging, says Blizzard's Josh Greenfield: a monster belongs to the first player or group to hit it.
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WoW Forever: camping, riding costs and transmog you can turn off
Blizzard has detailed campfires stocked with crafted objects, over 600 new recipes, riding training that comes with a mount, and transmog you can switch off.
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WoW Forever: 10- and 20-player raids promised for every tier
Blizzard's designers say every raid tier will bring at least a raid for 10 players and a raid for 20. Raids for 40, like Onyxia's Lair, will be the exception.
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WoW Midnight: Season 1 top Mythic+ rewards go out after review
The top 1% and 0.1% Mythic+ rewards for Season 1 are out. The EU ratings needed were 3981 and 4204, and some players above them say they got nothing.
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WoW Midnight: Blizzard makes higher PvP ratings easier to reach
After feedback that achievable ratings fell short of expectations, Blizzard on 17 September let ratings climb higher in every rated PvP mode of Season 2.
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WoW Forever: stronger weather coming to certain beta zones
Blizzard has shown heavy rain and fog in Elwynn Forest and says stronger weather is coming soon to certain beta zones. It has not said which ones, or when.
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WoW TBC Anniversary: Brewfest trinkets raised to item level 141
Brewfest trinkets on Anniversary realms now drop at item level 141, up from 110, a report and players say. Blizzard has not said if that is intended.
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WoW Forever: the graphics cards it will not support at launch
From launch, WoW Forever will not support graphics cards on some older chip designs. Blizzard says its new look relies on a feature cards gained around 2012.
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WoW Forever: Forsaken paladins, ship routes and the Riverglades
Forsaken paladins get their own story and epic mount quest, and one of 3 new ship routes leads to the Riverglades, a new mid-level zone.
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WoW Midnight: Ula'tek's Stone Venom now deals 40% less damage
Blizzard has cut Stone Venom damage at Ula'tek, the last boss of The Venomous Abyss, by 40%. On EU realms it came with the weekly maintenance on 23 September.
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WoW Forever: default bank doubled to 48 slots, room for 8 bags
WoW Forever's default bank has 48 slots, twice the original game's, and room for 8 bags, one report says. Blizzard has not confirmed the figures.
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WoW Midnight: Blizzard's plan from 12.1.5 to The Last Titan
At BlizzCon on 12 September Blizzard set out what comes next in Midnight, up to its last major update, Eclipse, and teased the next expansion, The Last Titan.
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WoW Forever: how to join the beta, open until 21 October
The WoW Forever beta opened on 17 September and runs until 21 October. You get in by invitation after signing up, or with a bundle that includes access.
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WoW Forever: updates will roll out one region at a time
Senior game director Ion Hazzikostas says Forever will be patched one region at a time, like the rest of WoW, so servers can go offline at off-peak hours.
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WoW Forever: the 4 November launch and what Blizzard revealed
WoW Forever launches at 23:00 UK time on 4 November, midnight on 5 November in Central Europe. Shown at BlizzCon: new regions, 9 dungeons and 2 raids.
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WoW Forever: race and class combinations and racial traits
Blizzard has listed which races can play each of the 9 classes in WoW Forever, including new pairs such as Orc Mages, along with every race's traits.
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WoW Forever: faster hunter and wand shots on the beta are a bug
A bug on the WoW Forever beta shortens the 0.5-second pause before Auto Shot and wand shots. Blizzard says it will fix it, hopefully next week.
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WoW Midnight: Brewfest returns with new outfits and home decor
Brewfest runs from 20 September to 6 October. In Midnight it brings 2 new Brewer's outfits, 6 decor items for player homes and new quests across Quel'Thalas.
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WoW Midnight: class and trinket tuning now live on EU realms
Buffs for weaker specs and changes to 8 trinkets reached EU realms with the 23 September maintenance, followed by fixes for Unholy and Windwalker.
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WoW Midnight: BlizzCon 2026 rewards end on 27 September
Watching eligible WoW streams on Twitch earns a mount, a toy, decor and 200 Trader's Tender until 19:00 in Central Europe on 27 September. Not in Classic.
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WoW Forever: the Skyborne race, its classes and racial abilities
Blizzard has detailed WoW Forever's new Skyborne race. They pick Horde or Alliance at creation: Skyborne shamans are Horde only, mages Alliance only.
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WoW Forever: first and second names, reservation from 27 October
Every WoW Forever character gets a first and a second name, and only the full pair must be unique in the EU region. Upgrade buyers can reserve names early.
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WoW Forever: Collector's Edition restock due to ship in February
More English copies of the WoW Forever Collector's Edition are going on sale in Europe. Blizzard expects orders to arrive in February 2027, after launch.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard rules out GDKP, warns gold buyers
In a live Q&A on 17 September, Blizzard said WoW Forever will not allow GDKP raids, where loot is sold for gold, and will punish gold buyers very aggressively.
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WoW: error BLZ51914403 blocks logins through wow.exe
Typing an email and password into WoW's own login screen now ends in a disconnect. Blizzard is looking into it and suggests the Battle.net app for now.
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WoW Forever: no realms, players pick a ruleset and a language
WoW Forever has no realm list. Players pick a ruleset instead: Normal, PvP, Roleplaying or, some time after launch, Hardcore, and can set a preferred language.
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WoW Forever: forgotten dungeon loot arrives by mail on the beta
On the WoW Forever beta, dungeon loot you leave behind is mailed to you by the Steamwheedle Lost and Found. Blizzard has said nothing about it yet.
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WoW Forever: addons get the same combat limits as Midnight
Midnight's addon limits come to WoW Forever: in combat addons can show some data but not act on it, so automatic marking and group alerts will not work.
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WoW Forever: Blizzard tackles beta lag for EU testers
Connection trouble made the beta hard to play for many testers in Europe in its first days. Blizzard has changed EU routing, and most replies report lower ping.
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How the Legacy system works in WoW: Forever
Account-wide challenges earn Legacy Points, each character spends them on its own perks, and a cap is meant to stop new players falling too far behind.
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WoW Forever: Rockslicer mines ore without Mining, for 30 charges
In WoW Forever the Deadmines weapon Rockslicer lets its wielder mine Copper, Tin, Silver and Iron without Mining, for 30 charges.
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