WoW: Forever Official Development Notes and Class Tuning
Blizzard's WoW: Forever pre-launch notes overhaul class tuning, raising damage across most classes and reworking talents, races and gamepad support ahead of the November 4 launch.
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Hunter Class Buffs on WoW: Forever
Hunters receive a broad Forever hotfix buff on live servers, with Serpent Sting, Arcane Shot, Sniper Shot and Trueshot Aura all rising and partly reversing last week's nerfs.
Planet Azeroth with Bill Bailey: Plaguelands, Winterspring, and More
Bill Bailey's third Planet Azeroth episode covers the critters of the Plaguelands and Winterspring, with Forever launching about 48 hours after release.
New Druid and Rogue Passive Reduces Energy Cost on A First Strike
A new Poised passive for Druids (level 32) and Rogues (level 18) reduces Energy ability costs out of combat at max energy, datamined on live Forever servers.
Xbox UK Confirms WoW: Forever Not Coming to Xbox in November
Xbox UK retracted a social media post that listed WoW: Forever for Xbox in November, then confirmed the game won't come to Xbox and will be available only through Battle.net on PC and Mac.
Long Maintenance Planned Ahead of WoW: Forever Launch
Blizzard is scheduling a long maintenance of about five hours before WoW: Forever launches November 4th at 3 pm PST, and the window could stretch longer.
Planet Azeroth: Episode 2 ft. Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey guides viewers through the second Planet Azeroth episode, covering Azeroth's raptors, tigers, and pirates.
Could the WoW: Forever Podcast be Teasing a Secret New Weapon?
The sixth WoW Forever podcast episode shows a cryptic Darnassian-style phrase, and fans think it hints at a secret weapon linked to Quel'Serrar and Onyxia.
Repeatable Quest Experience Exploit Fixed for WoW: Forever Launch
Blizzard has fixed the Applejack Still quest exploit, which let Forever beta players farm 170 XP per turn-in at Level 21, before the game launches.
Massive Talent Tree Changes to Druids and Paladins - Class Tuning for WoW: Forever
Druids and Paladins get massive talent tree overhauls, and Hunters, Mages, Priests, Warlocks and Warriors receive tuning changes, all live on Forever servers before its November 4 launch.
Over 8 Million Characters Were Created in the WoW: Forever Beta
Blizzard's WoW: Forever beta stats show 8,862,354 characters created and 9,959,014 PvP kills, with The Hall of Thanes named the deadliest dungeon ahead of launch on November 4th.
WoW Weekly Recap - WoW: Forever, Talebound Demo, New Shop Decor Packs
Blizzard's weekly recap headlines WoW: Forever's worldwide launch on November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST, alongside the Talebound demo, November's Trading Post and new housing decor packs.
Blizzard Addresses Day and Night Cycle Issues for Oceanic Players in WoW: Forever
Blizzard's Ana Resendez and Aggrend explain how shared Oceanic and North American Forever servers could make day and night jump whenever a group forms, and ask Australian players for feedback.
Everything You Need to Know for WoW: Forever's Global Launch
WoW: Forever's Global launch on November 4th brings new zones, the Skyborne race, nine new dungeons, three December 9 raids, rulesets, and the Legacy System.
Forced World Refreshes Will Be Significantly Reduced for WoW: Forever
WoW: Forever's launch layering will stop auto-phasing players when they join a group, and forced layer refreshes will happen far less often, per engineer Frank Williams on the podcast.
Return to Azeroth Recap for World of Warcraft: Forever
Blizzard's WoW: Forever primer covers returning to Azeroth on November 4th, with new zones, nine dungeons, Skyborne race, Legacy System, Rulesets and setup steps.
Blizzard Working on Top Layering Issues in WoW: Forever
Blizzard says it is working on the most noticeable layering problems from the Forever beta, including large world PvP fights splitting players across layers and players vanishing at zone borders.
The WoW: Forever Podcast Episode 6 Now Available - Tech and Community Building
Episode 6 of the WoW: Forever podcast is out, with engineers Ana Resendez and Frank Williams and guest Shobek discussing tech and community building.
WoW: Forever is Aiming for a 4-Month Patch Cadence
Kris Zierhut tells IGN that WoW: Forever is targeting a patch cadence of about every 4 months (17 weeks), with smaller content unlocking in between as SoD's 8-10 week patches felt too fast.
Patch Cadence, Future Locations, Respeccing - IGN Interview on WoW: Forever
Blizzard's Kris Zierhut and Tim Jones tell IGN that WoW: Forever will ship updates about every four months, with dual spec at launch and a possible third spec later.
