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Destruction Warlock Tree Revamped in Latest War Within Alpha Build

Today's War Within Alpha build focuses on the overhaul of the Destruction Warlock tree, aimed at simplifying talent choice and improving underutilized abiltiies. Today at 21:04 by Staff

Feral Druid Changes and Explanations in the War Within Alpha: May 9th

Feral is getting some attention in this build and future builds, as Blizzard detail the changes in future Alpha builds. The changes are focused around Feral's AoE capability and rotation flow/clarity. Today at 20:51 by Staff

Major Revamp for Death Knights: Core and Unholy Talent Trees Revamped in Latest War Within Alpha Build

The latest Alpha build introduces significant changes to Death Knight's core and Unholy talent trees and here is what the devs had to say about the changes! Today at 20:50 by Staff

War Within Alpha Development Notes: May 9th

Blizzard has just posted development notes for this week's War Within Alpha build! Azj-Kahet, the final zone, is available for testing along with two new dungeons, and the usual class changes! 2 comments Today at 20:38 by Staff

Blizzard have announced the opening of the WoW Classic shop, featuring items for Wrath and Cataclysm Classic. The feature is available in-game or on the Battle.net Shop. 1 comment Today at 18:04 by Staff

All players with inactive WoW accounts will be granted full access to WoW Classic between May 9-13. Today at 17:49 by Staff

The Most Popular Specializations in Mythic+ in Dragonflight Season 4 Week 2

We've looked at the most popular specs for Mythic+ for the second week of Season 4. 1 comment Today at 17:17 by Stan

Fast and Easy Glory of the Shadowlands Hero Mount (Mostly Solo)

We're back to dungeon achievements and the sweet, sweet mounts they provide. And the Shadowlands version offers up a really cool one too, the Voracious Gorger! Today at 16:45 by Starym

Stormwind and Orgrimmar 3.0 Fan-Made Reworks

It seems Cataclysm Classic is bringing change to everyone's minds, as LucasVerBeek took it upon himself to rework the two faction capitals! Today at 16:30 by Starym

Mythic+ Runs During Dragonflight Season 4 Week 2

We've looked at the number of Mythic+ runs completed during the second week of Dragonflight Season 4! 1 comment Today at 12:12 by Stan

The Team Liquid and Raider.io organized Mythic+ Charity Pro-Am tournament is back for the fourth year and will be bringing a lot of fun dungeon runs on May 25th! Signups for the amateur side of the coin are still open today, so if you wanted to try your hand at this really fun format, you still can! Today at 01:38 by Staff

Dragonflight 10.2.7 and Cata Classic Hotfixes, May 8th

We have the return of flightstones and crests to dungeons, as well as crest-related achievement fixes, and the reduction of required dreamseeds for the weekly quest arrive to retail in today's hotfixes, with a few improvements for SoD and Cata Classic as well! Today at 01:21 by Starym

Archaeology Hotfixes In Cataclysm Classic: May 8th

Blizzard has added hotfixes to address the ingoing archaeology issues in Cataclysm Classic, fixing Dwarven and Night Elf projects. Yesterday at 22:49 by Staff

Blizzard is rolling back the changes made to the Destruction Warlock's Inferno in Patch 10.2.7 due to unintended scaling reductions. Yesterday at 19:00 by Staff

Taivans Size Increased and Animations Updated in Patch 10.2.7

With the release of Dark Heart, Blizzard has not only reverted Taivan to his former size, but also added new animations for the goodest boy! 4 comments Yesterday at 18:32 by Stan

Dragonflight Season 4 Mythic+ DPS Log Rankings: Week 2

Here we are looking at week 2 of Season 4, just before the patch 10.2.7 tuning! While the raids change every week and the rankings drastically shift with them, the dungeons remain the same and we get a lot more stability, so let's take a look. 4 comments Yesterday at 18:03 by Starym

Mythic 0 Dungeons Not Dropping Crests or Flightstones

It seems the new patch brought with it quite a few issues, and the latest players have been noticing is a lack of upgrade rewards in Mythic0 dungeons. 2 comments Yesterday at 17:44 by Starym

Xirev Beats WoW...Again! (100% Achievement Points Completion in Dragonflight)

Xirev has once again conquered World of Warcraft, achieving 100% completion in Dragonflight's Achievement Points! Yesterday at 13:27 by Stan

Battle for Azeroth Raids Easier to Solo in Patch 10.2.7?

Mythic Jaina is now easier to solo in Patch 10.2.7, and there have been some tweaks to G'huun as well! 4 comments Yesterday at 12:26 by Stan

Voyaging Wilderling is a Dragonriding Mount

The mount you get upon completing all Awakened Raids on Normal difficulty supports Dragonriding. Yesterday at 11:54 by Stan

Earthen Unlock Requirements in the War Within

Find out how to unlock the Earthen Allied Race in the War Within expansion. Yesterday at 09:48 by Stan

Xalatath Questline Rewards in Patch 10.2.7

Check out the rewards you can get from the Xal'atath questline in Patch 10.2.7. Yesterday at 06:15 by Staff

Dragonflight 10.2.7 and Cata Classic Hotfixes, May 7th: Class Tuning

Here comes a huge batch of hotfixes, as the big class tuning pass arrives with the new patch! The many PvE and PvP changes are joined by the Tome of Unstable Power nerf, as well as plenty of Cataclysm Classic changes. 1 comment Yesterday at 01:25 by Starym

The Gauntlet Will Not Be Available on the Last Week of a Season

Blizzard discuss the lack of a Gauntlet this week, as they clarify that the final week of any season will not have a Gauntlet. Yesterday at 00:20 by Staff

Workaround for Group Finder Bug and Fix in the Works

Blizzard have announced they're working on a fix for the Group Finder not working properly and should have a fix ready tonight or early tomorrow, but also outlined a temporary workaround that should fix the issues right now. Yesterday at 00:13 by Staff

Players Reporting Gear Changed to Level 1 After Patch

It's another wild patch launch, with some very interesting and... specific bugs. Players have been reporting some of their equipped items items just randomly turning into level 1 statless ones, for seemingly no reason at all. 1 comment May 07, 2024 at 23:06 by Starym

The 'Door to the Ren'dorei' quest on live servers is experiencing a bug where Alleria won't open a portal. Try abandoning the quest and reattempting for a fix. Additionally, there are tagging issues with 'The Path Taken' quest. May 07, 2024 at 22:03 by Stan

Two Bullions from This Weeks Bonus Event Quest

This week's bonus event quest awards 2 Antique Bronze Bullions! 2 comments May 07, 2024 at 21:07 by Stan

Maintenance has concluded and Dark Heart is now live in the Americas! May 07, 2024 at 20:58 by Staff

Eleventh Hour Games has just released a brand-new roadmap, revealing a few details about the following cycles and what will come next in patches 1.1 through 1.4! Here is what you need to know! May 07, 2024 at 18:55 by Neviriah

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