Name Reservations for WoW: Forever Delayed
Blizzard has delayed name reservations for WoW: Forever, which were due to open today for Skyborne and Warcraft Forever Collection pre-purchasers, citing technical difficulties with no new date set.
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More Racial Ability Tuning on WoW: Forever
Blizzard's Forever tuning follow-up cuts Blood Fury's cooldown to 2 minutes for Orcs and Touch of the Grave's internal cooldown to 15 seconds for Undead, and clarifies Skyborne's Charged and Attuned persist through death.
Racial Ability Tuning Pass for WoW: Forever
Blizzard announces a final racial ability tuning pass before WoW: Forever launches, removing Dwarf's Earth Fury and Orc's Savage, re-adding Command, and adjusting Tauren Plainsrunning and Skyborne Read Leyline.
Blizzard Thanks Players for Testing the WoW Forever Beta
Blizzard thanks players as the WoW: Forever beta closes after five weeks, with character creation and name reservations opening October 27 ahead of the November 4 launch.
Blizzard Confirms Molten Core Will Have New Mechanics in WoW: Forever
Molten Core will get new mechanics in WoW: Forever, Senior Game Designer Josh Greenfield confirms on the WoW: Forever Podcast, so it won't feel like a step back after the new Hyjal raids.
The WoW: Forever End of Beta Celebration Has Begun ft. Azuregos and Kazzak
Blizzard's 24-hour End of Beta celebration in the WoW: Forever beta brings Azuregos and Kazzak into seven starter zones before the beta closes on October 23.
RP-PvP Ruleset Coming to WoW: Forever
Blizzard will add a Roleplay-PvP ruleset at Forever's November 4 launch, with name reservations for it opening October 27 after podcast feedback.
World of Warcraft: Forever Beta Will Return Shortly
Blizzard is working to bring the WoW: Forever Beta back online after a snag, and the beta is set to officially end October 23rd at 10:00 AM Pacific.
The Current State of Protection Paladins in WoW: Forever
Protection Paladins took a significant hit in the Forever beta: Consecration's spell power coefficient was halved and Shield Specialization mana was cut from 6% to 4%, though Salvation no longer competes with other blessings.
Camping System Breakdown in World of Warcraft: Forever
The Camping system in WoW: Forever turns Cooking Fires into shared campsites, where profession-made camp features like Sharpening Wheels and Faction Banners buff nearby players who sit or craft there.
WoW: Forever Beta Going Offline for Stress Test
The WoW: Forever Beta goes offline shortly ahead of today's 2:00 p.m. PDT stress test; players can prepare via the Stress Test option in the Battle.net App's Game Version selector.
How to Reserve Your World of Warcraft: Forever Character Name on October 27th
Early name reservations for World of Warcraft: Forever open October 27 and run through November 3, letting eligible players reserve up to three characters across all Rulesets.
Blizzard Announces Closing Date and Extension for WoW: Forever Beta
Blizzard has extended the WoW: Forever Beta by two days, so it now goes offline at 10:00 AM PT on Friday, October 23 instead of October 21.
WoW: Forever Stress Test Start Times on October 21st
WoW: Forever's stress test starts October 21 as Blizzard moves the beta to regional hardware, and the Forever beta closes for good at 10:00 a.m. PDT on October 23.
Learn More About the WoW: Forever Raids and Attunements
Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair unlock for level 60 players in WoW: Forever on December 9, and Onyxia's Lair requires a long faction-specific attunement for the Drakefire Amulet.
Explore the New Dungeons of World of Warcraft: Forever
Blizzard reveals nine new five-player dungeons for World of Warcraft: Forever, spanning levels 13 to 60 from Ironforge's Hall of Thanes to Un'Goro's Shaper's Terrace.
New Ring of Blood Style Quest Coming in WoW: Forever
Blizzard's latest Forever video reveals a Ring of Blood-style quest and arena, the Bloodmasters Ring, coming to the new Riverglades zone around level 36.
The Journey Past Level 30 in WoW: Forever - The Riverglades and Hyjal Zones
Blizzard's teaser video previews the Riverglades and Mount Hyjal zones for the Forever beta's 30-to-60 leveling stretch, including the 10-player raid Barrow Deeps.
Premade Groups Will Only Match Against Other Premades in WoW: Forever Battlegrounds
Blizzard says solo battleground queues in WoW: Forever will no longer be matched against premade groups, while a small-group option of around 2-3 players is still being decided.
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.
