What's Going on With Layering in WoW: Forever?
Layering in WoW: Forever is drawing complaints, including group invites that now move the group leader to a new layer when someone leaves, and bordering zones that can swap layers by accident.
Forever News
Editor-picked WoW: Forever news — launch dates, beta builds, class changes and dev interviews.
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Blizzard Moves WoW: Forever Stress Test to October 21
Blizzard has moved the WoW: Forever Stress Test from October 19 to October 21, and it remains open to everyone with no beta key, subscription or invitation required.
Blizzard Announces Hotfix for Druid Cat Form Quest in WoW: Forever
Blizzard has pushed a Forever beta hotfix that lets druids loot the relics needed for Cat Form, fixing a bug that blocked the quest.
Several Starter Zone White Drops Changed to Greens in Latest WoW: Forever Beta Build
Several Common starter-zone drops in the latest WoW: Forever beta build, including Ice-covered Bracers and Royal Frostmane Girdle, have been upgraded to Uncommon with added stats.
Are Vendor Shuffles Dead in WoW: Forever?
Blizzard has cut vendor sell prices on dozens of Forever beta items, likely as part of the war on gold-sellers, bots and vendor shuffles.
Official Dueling Arena Added for $100k PvP Tournament in WoW: Forever
Blizzard is opening a normally inaccessible Hyjal Crater dueling arena for day two of the $100k Forever Open tournament, with soul shard and reagent vendors brought forward into the beta.
Some Powerful Hunter Pet Abilities Nerfed in WoW: Forever
Hunter pet abilities Dismember and Sonic Blast are nerfed in the latest Forever build, with shorter durations, longer cooldowns and reduced healing-reduction and cast-slow values.
Class Racials in WoW: Forever Receive Tuning Adjustments in Latest Build
Racials across WoW: Forever's latest build get a wave of tuning, with Gnome racials adjusted again and Plainsrunning buffed, while Orc's Axe Specialization is reworked away from weapon bonuses.
Many Buffs Now Raid-Wide: Class Changes in Latest WoW: Forever Build
Many class buffs are going raid-wide in the latest Forever build, including Battle Shout, Trueshot Aura, Leader of the Pack and several Shaman totems, alongside wider class and spec tuning.
Massive Racial Updates - WoW: Forever Beta Development Notes
Blizzard's Forever beta build notes overhaul racial abilities, cutting Tauren War Stomp and Cultivation cooldowns and raising Troll Regeneration to 20%, alongside wide class changes.
No Lower Level PvP Protection Planned for WoW: Forever
Forever's developers have ruled out protection for lower-level players against higher-level camping in world PvP, with Aggrend saying PvP servers mean PvP happens.
Join the World of Warcraft: Forever Stress Test on October 19th
Blizzard opens the World of Warcraft: Forever Stress Test to all players on October 19, with no beta access, invite, or subscription needed. Characters and guilds will be wiped afterward.
Blizzard to Lower Alterac Valley Honor and Increase All Other Battlegrounds Honor in WoW: Forever
Blizzard developers say Forever will lower Honor from Alterac Valley and raise it across Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin and Darkspear Islands, to stop the AV spam meta.
Resistance Gear & The Economy - Friends Per Second Podcast Interview with Blizzard
Blizzard's Clay Stone tells the Friends Per Second podcast that Forever will keep power creep small, guard the economy with vendor pricing, and likely leave resistance gear crafting optional at launch.
World of Warcraft: Forever Highilghts Launch Dungeons in New Blizzard Video
Blizzard's new video previews three of the nine launch dungeons in WoW: Forever: Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron and Excavation Site: Wetlands.
WoW: Forever Introducing Temporary Economy Holds to Combat RMT
Blizzard has added Temporary Economy Holds to WoW: Forever, restricting trade, mail, guild banks and the Auction House for accounts suspected of involvement in RMT.
WoW: Forever Stress Test Available on October 19th - New Option on Battle.net Launcher
WoW: Forever's stress test appears to be scheduled for October 19th, with a new Stress Test option now showing on the Battle.net launcher for clients to download.
Avoiding Homogenization in WoW: Forever Class Design - Inven Global Interview
Holly Longdale and Clay Stone tell Inven Global the Forever beta is their largest yet, with class identity, horizontal progression and camping past level 30 all still under discussion.
WoW: Forever Classes Won't Be Modernized - TechRadar Interview with Blizzard
Blizzard tells TechRadar that WoW: Forever will keep its Classic classes rather than modernize them, add no Retail races, and limit respecs to one reset per week with rising costs.
How Does Elemental Shaman Look in WoW: Forever?
Elemental Shaman looks rough in the WoW: Forever beta, with cut cast-time scaling, weak Lightning Overload and Lava Burst, and a missing Elemental Mastery, but the author says a few small fixes would help.
