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Blizzard has announced they are testing the Dragonflight Pre-Patch event on PTR tomorrow, October 14th @ 10 AM PDT.
Blizzard adjusted the achievements required for Glory of the Raider 10 Player and 25 Player, removing the achievements that required raid bosses to be killed with fewer than 10 or 25 players in the group. While the achievements still exist in the game, they are no longer required for the Achievements that reward mounts.
Datamining Indicates Two Dragonflight Pre-Patch Splash Screens - Evoker and Pre-Patch Event Delayed?
Details of two Dragonflight Pre-Patch splash screens have been datamined, with the second one referencing the Pre-Patch event and Dracthyr Evokers. Could this mean that Evokers and the Tempest Unleashed/Uldaman events will be delayed?
Today we will take a look at the DPS rankings in the first week of Phase 1 of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, on Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum during the week of October 11th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum statistics.
Players can now pre-load the Dragonflight Pre-Patch through the Battle.net downloads manager!
It is always said that Blizzard starts working on expansions long before we ever see even announcements, but it is almost impossible to know the exact timelines of the development's inner works. With that in mind, today we've decided to dig into the deepest chasms of game data looking for hints of this development timeline and how it aligns with what is already known.
The Overwatch League has announced new rewards for watching their playoffs and grand finals from October 30th to November 4th!
With the release of the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, the ElvUI team has you covered for Dragonflight with a completely updated version of ElvUI, a comprehensive UI replacement. In addition, ElvUI Team Member Luckyone has updated our ElvUI guide to help install, setup, and customize ElvUI complete with tips, tricks, and plugin suggestions.
The latest Dragonflight Beta build has even more class tuning including some Protection Warrior utility nerfs!
More Tier Set tuning has been made on the Dragonflight Beta including changes to Unholy DKs and Arms Warriors.
Preach Gaming is returning to World of Warcraft! Teasing his return with tweets from around Blizzard's campus, the content creator has been interviewing Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, Exec. Producer Holly Longdale, and Warcraft Gen. Manager John Hight.
Blizzard has announced some scheduled maintenance tomorrow on October 28th at 7:00 AM PDT.
Halls of Valor Changes on Dragonflight Beta - God King Skovald Large Nerf, Speed Buff After 2nd Boss
In the latest Dragonflight Beta build, two changes to Halls of Valor were made -- a large nerf to God King Skovald and a speed buff for players after you defeat the second boss.
The crucial second part to the new profession system, Crafting Work Orders is starting to take shape as we can now test something concrete on the Beta. We also have the first part of Pre-Patch live and while we all adjust our addons and UI, we take a look at what's happening in the gold making world.
Starting tomorrow at around 9:30 AM Pacific, fans will be treated to new merch drops via the Blizzard Gear Store every week during November and early December, providing plenty of gift options to celebrate the festivities with friends and family! Tomorrow we'll make a more comprehensive post with the most interesting drops to come this first week of GearFest and we'll strive to do again each week. We'll even have a sweepstakes tomorrow, so keep an eye out! For now, we've received a sneak peak of some items dropping tomorrow, take a look!
Dragonflight Pre-Patch Class Tuning (11/1) - Windwalker, Holy Priest Nerfs & Elemental, Shadow Buffs
Blizzard has released a massive number of upcoming class tuning changes coming on the weekly reset including nerfs to Windwalker and Holy Priests, buffs to Elemental and Shadow and much more!
The Titan Console at the start of each Fated Raid now has the option to activate a 3rd Fated Power on each boss fight. This should make the raid even easier! The Titan Console at the start of each Fated Raid now has the option to activate a 3rd Fated Power on each boss fight. This should make the raids even easier!
Blizzard has announced that the EU Weekly Reset will be moving 3 hours earlier starting on November 16th to 05:00 CET.
A new 12-month Subscription bundle has appeared on the Battle.net shop, offering rewards for Dragonflight and Wrath Classic. For Wrath Classic, players will receive a Festering Emerald Drake mount, Tabard of Flame, and a new rabbit companion pet.
Today we will take a look at the DPS rankings in the fourth week of Phase 1 of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, on Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum during the week of October 25th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum statistics.
With Mythic Dungeon Tools (MTD) Addon, choose which enemies to defeat and design personalized routes to help you overcome the Mythic+ timer in the most efficient and reliable way possible. Learn about addon installation, route creation, importing, sharing, collaboration, and much more in our new MDT guide.
As revealed in our recent post, Blizzard has relaunched Blizzard GearFest for the 2022 holiday season! Each week new merchandise will drop for your favorite franchises, including World of Warcraft. This first week has revealed a 2022 GearFest Key Art featuring each franchise (think BlizzCon), Collectible Pins and Stainless Steel Water Bottles for Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, and Dragonflight.
In IGN's Diablo IV interview series, Blizzard gave us a first look at the current iteration of class skill trees in Diablo IV. We have summarized the most important points including information on how to respec, depth of customization, and the general design philosophy behind Diablo IV's skill tree system.
Today we will take a look at the DPS rankings in the fifth week of Phase 1 of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, on Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum during the week of November 1st. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum statistics.
Blizzard has announced that Mythic+ testing is now open on the Dragonflight Beta! This means that testing is open for one more day than usual.
Dragonflight Legacies is a series of animated shorts preceding the release of Dragonflight. These shorts follow Nozdormu, the Bronze Dragon Aspect, as he "delves into an ancient past that holds the key to saving" the future of the dragonflights. Now, in Chapter Three, we delve into the dracthyr's history... and the moment Neltharion first fell.
Blizzard has announced extended maintenance tomorrow ahead of the Dragonflight Pre-Patch Phase 2!
Today we will take a look at the DPS rankings in the sixth week of Phase 1 of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, on Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum during the week of November 8th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum statistics.
Here's how to link your Battle.net Account to Twitch in order to claim Twitch Drops!
Blizzard has announced that the Mythic+ Shrouded Hero title is being sent out today and players who abused sharing a legacy quest have been disqualified.
Activision Blizzard announced in a press release today that most Blizzard game services in mainland China will be suspended due to a failure to renew their licensing agreement with publishing partner NetEase Inc. Upcoming releases of Dragonflight, Hearthstone, and Overwatch 2 will proceed as planned, but new sales and game services will be suspended on January 23rd.
In tonight's hotfixes, Blizzard announced that five mounts now have greatly increased drop chances: on of Galleon's Saddle, Reins of the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent, Reins of the Cobalt Primordial Direhorn, Reins of the Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent, and Solar Spirehawk.
With only a couple weeks before the launch of Dragonflight, Raider.io got together with the Unshackled Fury and For Azeroth! podcasts to interview Game Director Ion Hazzikostas and discuss the upcoming Race to World First event, endgame designs, and development philosophies of the coming expansion!
Blizzard has announced that there is no current plans to increase the Gold cap in Wrath Classic.
There is 12 hours left in order to obtain the Dragon Kite pet from Twitch Drops! Watch any Drops Enabled WoW stream for 4 hours to obtain the drop.
The Wrath Classic PTR has been updated to Build 3.4.1.46722, which will be Phase 2's Ulduar Patch. We've datamined the build and have been able to see a lot of interesting things, pointing to previous Developer Interview mentions of "Heroic Plus" as well as some clues for the upcoming Gear Item Level Increase.
The Wrath Classic Public Test Realm was updated to Build 3.4.1.46722, which we previously covered, and we've also datamined new Global Strings. Within the Global Strings, it looks like there is a significant update to the Auction House, as well as indication there will be race and faction change available.
Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in the first week of Dragonflight Pre-Patch Phase 2, on Fated Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones during the week of November 15th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Fated Mythic Raid statistics.
With only a week left before the launch of Dragonflight, Raider.io is offering one last look at player stats from across the Shadowlands expansion, allowing players to create infographic breakdowns of their Raid and Mythic+ statistics.
It looks like some undocumented Brewmaster buffs have been pushed with the Weekly Reset alongside the previously announced class tuning!
Today we will take a look at the DPS rankings in the seventh week of Phase 1 of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, on Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum during the week of November 15th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum statistics.
It appears that Blizzard has added AliPay and WeChat as additional payment methods. The two most common payment methods for Chinese players, these new options appear when making purchases through the Battle.net shop.
Unsure what class to play in Dragonflight? We break down all the reasons you should consider playing Beast Mastery Hunter in Dragonflight and even throw in a few reasons of why you might not.
Blizzard has released a short bluepost noting that they're working on reactivating the Primal Storm Invasion for players who are still missing that step in the Dragonflight pre-patch event! Time is running out, so make sure you don't miss out on completing the achievement or earning the heirloom trinket reward.
Blizzard has updated the Wrath Classic PTR to Build 3.4.1.46917, which includes changes to spells and items. In this update, there seems to be some minor adjustments to wording in some spell text, minor updates to Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings weapon damage, and armor potions such as Indestructible Potion are now putting a 2 minute cooldown on all other potions.
Blizzard has announced that Haephesta is disabled and the profession skip has been temporarily removed.
The Game Awards is celebrating the Future Class of 2022! Among the 50 inspiring individuals representing the bright, bold, and inclusive future of video games, this year's lineup includes two Blizzard Entertainment developers: Overwatch Narrative Designer Joshi Zhang and Diablo Producer Noelle Mazurek!
Method has announced their Race to World First event for Vault of the Incarnates, starting the morning of December 14th with the launch of Dragonflight Season 1 in Europe! Follow their stream and watch as the top guilds in the world compete to see who will defeat Raszageth the Storm-Eater on Mythic difficulty first.
Blizzard has shared a Blue Post, explaining that they are aware of some spells causing crashes, asking players not to use those spells during the raid (Kill Shot has been hotfixed to address this issue). Additionally, Blizzard has added the Teleporter functionality for raids to skip Flame Leviathan, as long as the boss has been engaged once.
Blizzard has announced upcoming class tuning which includes nerfs to all tanks across the board, Havoc Demon Hunters and more!
Team Liquid has announced their Race to World First event for Vault of the Incarnates, starting with the release of Dragonflight Season 1 on December 13th! Follow their stream as they raise money for the Ocean Conservatory and race to see which guild will be the first to defeat Raszageth the Storm-Eater on Mythic difficulty.
WoW forum user Garyoak posted a list of observations regarding Ulduar boss mechanics and health pools on the Wrath Classic PTR, to which Blizzard responded. It seems that the definition of "pre-nerf" is a bit broader than many might have expected and Blizzard looks to potentially make more tuning changes to Ulduar Bosses.
Warcraft franchise General Manager John Hight has released a statement to Chinese players regarding end of Blizzard's agreement with NetEase and upcoming shutdown of Chinese realms on January 23rd.
Here's our datamining of all the class changes in the very first Patch 10.0.5 PTR build!
With our first look at the Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 PTR, we've found a fantastic new trading post mount! Ash'adar, Habringer of the Dawn is a spectral tiger with two separate sun and moon color schemes.
As shared earlier today, the Diablo IV Collector's Box is now available for pre-order on the Blizzard Gear Store. Additionally, Blizzard has released a large selection of t-shirts, sweaters and hoodies as well as a Collectible Pin and a collection of short stories. We've highlighted a selection of each of these items inside.
Some hotfixes have been pushed which nerfs some Mythic+ dungeons including Halls of Valor and Azure Vaults.
Raszageth progression has begun in earnest, with both Echo and Liquid making their way through most of Phase 1. Today's Daily Recap explains some of the Mythic differences we've seen so far, such as the knockback immune zones not existing, and the Sparks requiring 4 rather than 2 (heroic) or 1 (normal) stops.
A new Heartwarming Pack is available in the Battle.net shop which includes the new Fireplume Regalia transmog set.
Blizzard has commented on the recent Potion of Chilled Clarity Hotfix and reversion of the hotfix.
Blizzard has disabled transmutation crafts due to an exploit.
Whether you're looking for last-minute gifts or a little treat for yourself, the Battle.net Holiday Sale has plenty to offer including bargains on all your favorite games.
Mythic Raszageth may fall soon as we've gotten our first look at Phase 3 from Echo! They've achieved a new best pull of 19%.
After an 11 day race, Echo has claimed the world first Mythic Raszageth kill and the world first clear of Mythic Vault of the Incarnates. Congratulations to them!
Several members of the WoW Community Council met with World of Warcraft narrative designers Steve Danuser, Anne Stickney, and Terran Gregory, discussing a wide range of topics related to the development of Dragonflight stories, thoughts about what players want to see more of, and what the narrative design team is focusing on for the near future.
The Tyrael's Charger mount was recently made available for purchase in the in-game and Battle.net shop for $25. This is a limited-time offer, with only one more week remaining.
As the snow falls outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar, the Wowhead team is taking a moment to reflect on 2022. The Wowhead staff has been kept busy with many Dragonflight, WotLK, and Diablo updates this past year and we've been doing our best to keep up with it all. As is our tradition, we're hosting a Winter Veil sweepstakes, check out the options inside!
The holiday season is nearly over and many have been enjoying the delights of Dragonflight. The Race to World First is done and we can look forward to the meat and bones of the expansion safe in the knowledge of a roadmap ahead for next year. What does this mean for gold making? How are people getting on with Professions and Work Orders?
Blizzard has announced that Tier 8 Set pieces will not receive further item level buffs. Additionally, Blizzard shares some reasoning behind this decision, citing that most players will not be full clearing Hardmode Ulduar encounters in week 1 and will not replace all their gear with hardmode loot right away.
More Dragonflight Season 1 Mythic+ Nerfs - Azure Vaults, Ruby Life Pools, Temple of the Jade Serpent
More Mythic+ nerfs have gone live with some hotfixes including changes to Azure Vaults, Ruby Life Pools and Temple of the Jade Serpent.