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Class Guides for World of Warcraft Patch 8.1 We've updated all Class and leveling guides for Tides of Vengeance.

Patch 8.1 Hotfixes: December 12th

Here comes the big one, as yesterday's hotfixes were just a warmup and today we have the main event. We have the profession high item level requirements change from yesterday reverted, Expulsom tweaks for recipes, returning Scouting Maps, another big wave of Azerite Trait changes this time in PvE, while PvP gets a whole lot of class changes and fixes. Today at 03:38 by Starym

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #31

It's podcast time and in the latest episode, we discuss the community dissatisfaction with Battle for Azeroth, compare Legion's Artifacts to the new Azerite system, and more. Tune in to Winter Patches Galore for your daily dose of Blizzard news! Yesterday at 20:58 by Stan

New Food in Patch 8.1

An overview of new food added in Tides of Vengeance. Yesterday at 20:35 by Stan 1 comment

Artifact Power Catchup Disabled Until January 22nd

At Battle of Azeroth launch, Blizzard introduced an Artifact Power catchup mechanism that reduced the amount of Artifact Power required to level up the Heart of Azeroth. The catchup mechanism has been disabled on 8.1 launch and will be re-enabled when the new raid opens on January 22. Yesterday at 18:13 by Stan 3 comments

Item Level 385 Crafted Gear Now Requires the Profession to Equip in Patch 8.1

Redditor Makesmashgreatagain noticed after 8.1 went live that ilvl 385 crafted items no longer work if you abandoned the profession used to craft them. Yesterday at 16:04 by Stan 4 comments

This Week in WoW: December 11th

Events for this week include Tides of Vengeance launch, Battleground Bonus Event, new affixes, new War Campaign chapters, and more. Yesterday at 13:23 by Stan

Patch 8.1: List of Known Issues

Blizzard posted a a list of known Patch 8.1 issues that will be fixed in future hotfixes. Yesterday at 12:34 by Stan 4 comments

New World of Warcraft Folder Structure

Blizzard updated the folder strucure in Tides of Vengeance and it seems that retail is going to share assets with PTR versions of the game resulting in less download for future updates. Yesterday at 11:57 by Stan 3 comments

Class Guides for World of Warcraft Patch 8.1

Tides of Vengeance is now live worldwide and all our guides have been updated for the first major Battle for Azeroth content patch. Yesterday at 11:19 by Stan

Patch 8.1 Hotfixes: December 11th

Here come the inaugural hotfixes of Tides of Vengeance! We have the Spirit Mend fix for BM Hunters that was previously tweeted, a big nerf for Synaptic Spark Capacitor Azerite Trait and a whole lot more trait nerfs in PvP. We also get some profession tweaks, with cooking being the focus, stamina food in particular. Yesterday at 01:46 by Starym

8.1: Tides of Vengeance Is Now Live in the Americas

8.1 has arrived (in the Americas anyway) and Blizzard have a post with everything that's arrived and is yet to arrive in the latest Battle for Azeroth patch. We've seem a lot of this before, but there's a new trailer in there as well! If you want to know even more about the patch you can check out our own coverage: Dec 11, 2018 at 22:18 by Starym 3 comments

Live Patch Notes: Dec 11 - Brigitte, Doomfist, McCree and Torbjorn Changes, Winter Wonderland and More

While Winter Wonderland may be the big thing in this patch, some of the implemented Hero changes are almost as big - Brigitte gets a whole lot of changes, especially to Shield Bash, with its damage basically being removed and it no longer going through barriers; McCree gets a buff to his alt fire, which used to be very overpowered and problematic back at the start of Overwatch; Doomfist gets a whole bunch of changes as well; Ashe, Bastion and Torbjorn are also getting some tuning, but it's relatively minor compared to the three mentioned above. The rest of the patch holds just a very, very big amount of bug fixes so, enjoy: Dec 11, 2018 at 19:52 by Starym

Winter Wonderland Is Here! Skins, Maps and More

The seasonal event is here and we have snow and holiday decorations everywhere! In addition to the usual new holiday cosmetics added we have Blizzard World, Black Forest, King's Row and Hanamura all decked out with holiday cheer, as well as the two modes from last year making a comeback. There's also a new Hammond Highlight Intro and Torbjorn and Genji emotes, in addition to the new skins!

For the full patch notes, including major Brigitte and Doomfist changes, significant McCree and Torbjorn changes and a whole lot more, head on over here. Dec 11, 2018 at 19:37 by Starym

Heroic Deals: December 11th

Blaze and Tracer will be on sale next week with Sapper Junkrat and the STORM Strider mount! Dec 11, 2018 at 19:11 by Stan 2 comments

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: December 11th

After a week of testing on Public Test Realms, the latest patch with Sylvanas and Stitches reworks is now live. Dec 11, 2018 at 19:04 by Stan 7 comments

Four More Winter Wonderland Skins Revealed

Winter is coming to Overwatch later today and we have 4 more skin reveals from the past few days, with some pretty amazing ones in there! The most recent (and probably best) addition is Junkrat Krampus, who just might set some (monogrammed) traps in a few chimneys, so Santa better look out: Dec 11, 2018 at 04:40 by Starym 2 comments

World of Warcraft Patch 8.1 Patch Notes

The official Tides of Vengeance patch notes have arrived and we've updated all our Class guides for Patch 8.1! Dec 10, 2018 at 22:42 by Stan 19 comments

Tides of Vengeance Live Developer Q&A: December 14th

Blizzard just announced a live developer Q&A taking place later this week. Game Director Ion Hazzikostas will answer your questions related to the latest content update - Patch 8.1. Dec 10, 2018 at 18:29 by Stan

NO HGC in 2019?

A shroud of uncertainly looms over the future of HGC and Heroes Esports as a whole due to the lack of HGC updates for the upcoming year and many pro players as well as casters are either done with the game or transferring to other games. Dec 10, 2018 at 16:07 by Stan 17 comments

Patch 8.1: Content Release Schedule

The article aims to explain content that will not be available immediately when Tides of Vengeance goes live this week. Dec 10, 2018 at 15:55 by Stan 13 comments

Meat Wagon Mount in Patch 8.1

If you pre-order the Warcraft III: Spoils of War Edition, you will receive the Meat Wagon mount this week in World of Warcraft. Dec 10, 2018 at 13:36 by Stan 8 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: December 11th

Free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of December 11. Dec 10, 2018 at 12:24 by Stan

WoW Netflix Show Fan Trailer

With a fair amount of game adaptations heading over to Netflix in TV show form, the most recent and significant being the Witcher, Str1der has taken it upon himself to make a trailer for what a World of Warcraft show might look like. With the Warcraft movie not having done so well and having somewhat deviated from the original lore (although, so has the game itself at this point), it would really be a nice thing to see all the ancillary content featured in novels and comics etc. brought together in TV show format. Dec 09, 2018 at 15:49 by Starym 15 comments

The Hivemind Hunt & Warcraft Secrets Website

The Hivemind is a new secret mount that will become available with Tides of Vengeance. Check out the model and join the hunt on Tuesday! Dec 09, 2018 at 00:44 by Stan 3 comments

Season 15 End & Season 16 Start Dates

Season 15 was supposed to end on December 16, but the Diablo team decided to extend it and the new end date is January 6. Season 16 is scheduled for the week of January 11. Dec 08, 2018 at 23:54 by Stan 9 comments

AtalDazar +13 Soloed by Demon Hunter

Iway is back with another interesting soloing video. The player managed to solo Atal'Dazar +13 with his Demon Hunter in almost 8 hours. Congratulations! Dec 08, 2018 at 19:47 by Stan 2 comments

2019 Ranked Season 1 Dates & Rewards

The first Season of 2019 starts next week with the release of the latest patch. New rewards are up for grabs. Check out the official preview of the Season! Dec 07, 2018 at 20:57 by Stan 11 comments

Cataclysms 8th Anniversary

World of Warcraft's third expansion was released on this day 8 years ago. Dec 07, 2018 at 17:30 by Stan 6 comments

Winter Wonderland Returns + New Skin Previews

It's the holiday season in all Blizzard games and Overwatch is no exception, as Winter Wonderland returns next week, starting on December 11th! We're (at the very least) getting the usual two modes: Mei's Snowball Offensive and Yeti Hunt, as well as new cosmetics and some holiday themed maps, including the new Blizzard World: Dec 07, 2018 at 14:13 by Starym 1 comment

Turning Off War Mode Outside Capital Cities in 8.1

Some more PTR news, as redditor RVD3 has noticed we'll now be able to disable War Mode inside rest zones instead of only being able to do it in Stormwind and Orgrimmar. You'll still only be able to turn on War Mode in the Alliance and Horde capitals, however, but this should help with some frustrating gank/camping situations, or when you just want to finish up that world quest and don't want to be bothered. You still need to get to an inn or similar, so turning War Mode on is still risky, just not as much as before. Dec 07, 2018 at 07:35 by Starym 11 comments

Podcast #30

Rastakhan's Rumblings

Hearthstone

All about Rastakhan's Rumble
WoW

A few things about 8.1
Overwatch

Nerfs for Brigitte and Doomfist
Heroes

Wonder William and Orphea prices
StarCraft 2

Patch 4.7.1
Diablo

Patch 2.6.4 and the Kotaku article

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class guides for World of Warcraft reviewed by top players and theorycrafters, as well as guides for transmogrification, events, quest lines, raids, etc.;
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10 Dec. 2918: Balance Druid Boss by Boss Strategies
- Updated for Patch 8.1.
10 Dec. 2108: Blood Death Knight Mythic+ Tips
- Updated tips for Freehold.
12 Dec. 2018: Mistweaver Monk Introduction
- Updated for Patch 8.1.
11 Dec. 2018: 8.1 Change Summary
- Added pet battle information and follower equipment updates.
11 Dec. 2018: Affliction Warlock Mythic+ Tips
- Pet advice update.
11 Dec. 2018: Affliction Warlock Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Pet advice update.
11 Dec. 2018: Arms Warrior Azerite Traits and Armor
- Updated note for Gathering Storm.
11 Dec. 2018: Arms Warrior Introduction
- Added Battle Shout to list of changes.

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