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Dragonflight Season 4 Awakened Raid Schedule, Reputation Buffs and Rewards

Blizzard have detailed how exactly Awakened raids will work in Season 4, from the way rewards will change, the Bullion acquisition rates and costs, a new reputation buff that comes with each raid's related factions, as well as the schedule itself! 1 comment Today at 03:55 by Staff

Delves Feature Overview in the War Within (Official Video)

Blizzard gave us a handy overview of the new 1-5 player 10-15 minute Delve mini-dungeon feature! From their role-independent nature to their tier difficulty levels, the companion NPC and his specialization and curios, the 12 unique Delves (and the special single-boss 13th one), Delve variants, rewards (going up to Heroic raid level/M+5 keys), the customizable mount, and more. 2 comments Today at 03:45 by Staff

World First Dragonflight Mythic +34 Key Timed

With just days to go until Season 4, we have our very first +34 of the expansion (as spotted by Raider.io), which is actually tied with the highest key ever completed on live servers! Today at 00:03 by Staff

Upcoming Warlock Changes in the War Within Alpha

Warlocks will be getting quite a few changes in upcoming Alpha builds as well, as Blizzard give us an overview of talent changes. Yesterday at 23:45 by Staff

Upcoming Mage Changes in the War Within Alpha

Blizzard have detailed upcoming Mage changes on the Alpha, featuring simpler rotations, changes to talents and their flow, the removal of Temporal Warp and much more. Yesterday at 22:03 by Staff

Dragonflight Season 4 Content Update Notes

Here come the full content update notes for next week's Dragonflight Season 4! We have class tuning, dungeon and raid changes, the season itself, Awakened raids and how they work, the Northrend Cup, and more, so let's dive in. Yesterday at 21:48 by Staff

Dragonriding has been renamed to Skyriding in The War Within and we're taking a closer look at how the system works! 8 comments Yesterday at 16:47 by Staff

Arachnophobia Mode Changes Mounts to Crabs

The new Arachnophobia Mode in The War Within also works on spider mounts! Yesterday at 16:15 by Staff

Nerubian Cave Grub Mounts in the War Within

We have yet another interesting set of mounts coming with the next expansion, and while they're not... traditionally pretty, they sure are cool! The cave grubs are another ground mount in an expansion that is really focusing on flying, with the Dynamic Flight expansion of Dragonriding, so we really hope that rumored dynamic ground mount system comes in sooner rather than later. Could this be another burrowing mount perhaps? Yesterday at 14:21 by Staff

FFXIV - Dawntrail Benchmark Update From Yoshi-P!

Players from all across the world have responded to the recently released Dawntrail benchmark, with both positive and negative feedback. This led Yoshi-P to address the issues and provide additional information. Here is what you need to know! Yesterday at 14:00 by Neviriah

Upcoming Death Knight Changes in the War Within Alpha

As the War Within Alpha has started and Blizzard look for feedback on all the class changes, they've now details plans for Death Knight talent tree changes in future builds. The focus is on reducing resource flooding for each spec, as well as reduce the number of high DPS throughput nodes at the end of trees. 4 comments Yesterday at 02:20 by Staff

War Within Professions Update: Concentration

We have a detailed explanation of one of the big changes to professions in the upcoming expansion. Inspiration is being removed and replaced by Concentration, which is an actual resource you'll be spending to improve your crafting. You will automatically gain Concentration over time, and you can refund it in other ways a well. Check out all the details below. 4 comments Apr 18, 2024 at 21:44 by Staff

War Within Alpha Development Notes: April 18th

Blizzard have posted the very first War Within Alpha development notes! We have a whole lot of class changes for Druids, Evokers, Monks, Paladins and Warriors, as well as many profession changes, UI improvements and more. 1 comment Apr 18, 2024 at 21:36 by Staff

Stacking XP Buff From Warbands in War Within

Warbands are pretty great and solve a lot of issues players have had in previous expansions, but "just" making most things account-wide and offering a separate bank, among other things, wasn't enough! 6 comments Apr 18, 2024 at 18:47 by Staff

Patch 1.0.7 Update: Multiplayer, Skills and More!

This week's Last Epoch patch includes some minor changes to multiplayer, bug fixes, skill updates, and more. Here is everything you need to know about it! Apr 18, 2024 at 18:19 by Neviriah

Here's another nice addition to the game coming in the new expansion, with some really interesting mole mounts being added! Keyboardturn found all their variations and their mount special animations as well, so let's take a look. Apr 18, 2024 at 16:33 by Staff

Patch 10.2.7 Development Notes: April 17th

Here are this week's Patch 10.2.7 development notes containing User Interface and Accessibility updates. Apr 18, 2024 at 09:51 by Staff

More Classes for the Dracthyr Race in The War Within

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas has confirmed that the Dracthyr race will have more class options in The War Within. However, this feature may not be ready in time for the expansion's launch. 11 comments Apr 18, 2024 at 09:12 by Staff

Heroes of thre Storm PTR Patch Notes: April 16th

Blizzard has released a new Heroes of the Storm patch for testing on the PTR and here are the official patch notes. 1 comment Apr 18, 2024 at 09:00 by Staff

War Within Dynamic Flight Preview (Official)

Blizzard showcase the new Dynamic Flight system, showing off many of the 440+ newly dynamic-enabled mounts, as well as explaining the level unlocks, when it becomes available in the new content and more. 9 comments Apr 17, 2024 at 21:24 by Staff

Here are the Earthen racials in The War Within expansion. 10 comments Apr 17, 2024 at 18:59 by Staff

A lot has been covered from the War Within Alpha press event, so here's everything we have from it so far. 2 comments Apr 17, 2024 at 17:28 by Staff

War Within Season 1 Nerubar Palace Tier Sets Sneak Peek

We got a bit of a sneak preview for some of the tier sets coming with the first raid of the War Within in today's WoWCast! It's only a few sets, unfortunately, but they're looking pretty solid already, so let's take a look. 2 comments Apr 17, 2024 at 17:20 by Staff

Here comes the big War Within Alpha preview, as Blizzard delve into all the new expansion highlights in the new WoWCast and accompanying article! Apr 17, 2024 at 17:13 by Staff

We finally got to see the new spellbook in action! Now merged with specialization selection and talent trees, the spellbook also got a revamp to look more like an actual book. With the significant size increase and double-page layout, you can now see pretty much all your available class and specialization spells, and even some from un-selected specs! 1 comment Apr 17, 2024 at 17:07 by Staff

War Within Warbands Feature Preview (Official)

Here comes the big official in-depth preview of the new account-wide everything Warbands feature! 1 comment Apr 17, 2024 at 17:05 by Staff

New Dungeons and Loot Item Levels in The War Within Season 1

Learn more about the dungeons available at The War Within launch and the item level of rewards in Season 1! 2 comments Apr 17, 2024 at 17:03 by Staff

Delvers Dirigible: Customizable Mounts from the Delves

The Delves in The War Within will award a mount with many customization options! Check it out! Apr 17, 2024 at 17:03 by Staff

New Alleria, Anduin, and Xalatath Models in The War Within

Alleria Windrunner, Anduin Wrynn, and Xal'atath have received new models in The War Within! 3 comments Apr 17, 2024 at 17:03 by Staff

New Character Select Screen in The War Within

Character select has received a big revamp in The War Within expansion. Let's take a look at the updated version in more detail! 1 comment Apr 17, 2024 at 17:03 by Staff

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