Every WoW: Forever story, newest first.
Blizzard is making character creation on the more populated faction on Forever PvP realms harder, aiming for a closer 50/50 split. Horde is the larger faction on NA PvP and Alliance on EU RP-PvP.
Blizzard has taken the WoW: Forever servers down briefly, blaming murlocs who invaded the server room and would not stop mrrglglgl-ing.
The Cozy Sleeping Bag quest chain in Forever gives steady experience along the way and ends with the sleeping bag, a toy-like reward that pays off on the road to level 60.
Blizzard raised kill experience from dungeon creatures by 50% with a hotfix deployed at about 11:05 PST, making repeat dungeon runs more rewarding.
Forever's raids will have one difficulty, approachable encounters, and hidden bosses, with about two to three weeks of progression for the average guild, according to Tim Jones and Josh Greenfield in a Joardee interview.
The Darkmoon Faire makes its first Forever appearance in Elwynn Forest, running for one week from Monday, with world buffs usable in the open world but not in raids.
Layering breaks inside the Roguefeather Den in Thousand Needles, packing players into the cave and making quest spawns like Grenka Bloodscreech and Screeching Windcaller a competition.
Quests at level 60 in WoW: Forever reportedly give no gold, and Jokerd says a developer told him the change is intentional, with a possible weekly gold quest instead.
GM characters appeared in-person across Thunder Bluff and Alliance zones to celebrate the WoW: Forever launch, all with the last name Snowstorm and a few jokes.
Kris Zierhut and Josh Greenfield tell MrGM that Forever's Black Market Auction House launches with only a few mounts and pets, while raids go global on December 9 with longer, more demanding encounters.
Blizzard says WoW: Forever posted the biggest launch in WoW history by peak concurrent players, along with the highest number of returning players ever.
Five players synchronized their leveling and claimed the World First level 60 in WoW: Forever after about 52 hours, pulling and AoE-ing mobs with a Paladin and two Mages.
Blizzard plans Forever hotfixes on November 10 to make Hunter and Warlock Voidwalker pets sturdier as tanks, curb Affliction's always-on Wrack, and shift Enhancement Shamans toward Strength and Attack Power.
Crix's interview with Kris Zierhut and Tim Jones covers Forever's Tier 1 set spread across three raids, Shaman and Warlock pet tuning, Frost Mage PvP, and the roadmap of two content updates.
Blizzard is fixing a brief glitch that duplicated NPCs and mobs across every layer, creating dangerous clusters of clones, and says all zones are being "de-blipped".
Kris Zierhut confirms WoW: Forever's Auction House minimum deposit will return from 1 Silver to 1 Copper, though no date is set yet.
Blizzard's Kris Zierhut says Shaman talents could be revisited early next year via a patch, with Enhancement's spell power gear and Elemental's Lava Burst under watch, after the Shaman Classic Discord shut down in protest.
Blizzard's WoW Weekly recaps the World of Warcraft: Forever launch, Discord guild chat mirroring, gamepad support, a Launch Celebration Twitch toy, and the reveal of Taldramir, Forever's first legendary.
The Attack!, the iconic Alliance quest in WoW: Forever, gets quality-of-life changes: a party-ready dialogue option, and the quest can be shared and picked up during the event.
Four new WoW: Forever icons, featuring the Undead Paladin, Dwarf Shaman and Skyborne from the key art, are now available in the Battle.net launcher's profile icon menu.
