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Dragonflight Beta Enhancement Shaman Dev Notes: September 30th

Blizzard have detailed changes coming to Enhancement Shaman's Windfury totem with the next Beta build. Today at 00:15 by Staff

Dragonflight Season 1 Class Tier Set Bonuses: September 30th

Blizzard have detailed all the Season 1 Dragonflight tier set bonuses, the various ways players can acquire them and more! We hear about the reasoning behind the designs (which will be more simplistic than the 9.2 sets), their impact on talent tree choices, the Inspiration Catalyst and more, so let's take a look. Yesterday at 21:56 by Staff

Dragonflight Beta Balance Druid Dev Notes: September 30th

Blizzard have added more changes to Balance Druids after yesterday's raid testing, with ability redesigns, tuning and more. Yesterday at 21:52 by Staff

Paladin Gladiator/Elite PvP Sets in Dragonflight

We're looking at Paladin Gladiator and Elite PvP sets coming in the Dragonflight expansion. 2 comments Yesterday at 19:25 by Stan

Proving that the tune improves basically everything it's set to, Wild Tech has combined the latest Dragonflight trailer with the Kenny Loggins classic, and it is another triumph! We've already seen it paired with Dracthyr's Soar flying, but it also somehow almost perfectly hits the beats of the latest trailer. Let's take a look. Yesterday at 17:41 by Starym

A new quack emote has been added in Dragonflight. Check it out! 2 comments Yesterday at 17:08 by Stan

4-Day Fever Time Arktoberfest Ending Event

Arktoberfest only has 4 days left to go, and this final weekend of the event sees 4 consecutive Fever Time bonuses arrive in Arkesia! This is also your last chance to grab the Beer-head hats from waching 4 hours of selected Twitch streams. Yesterday at 17:05 by Starym

New Stay Awhile and Listen Dialogue Between Baine Bloodhoof and Mayla Highmountain in Dragonflight

A new "Stay Awhile and Listen" dialogue is available between Baine and Mayla in Dragonflight. The following post contains spoilers. 3 comments Yesterday at 16:03 by Stan

A Preview of Vicious Mounts in Dragonflight Season 1

The Vicious mount for Dragonflight Season 1 has been revealed! The mount is faction-themed sabertooth. Yesterday at 14:41 by Stan

Patch 9.2.7 and Wrath Classic Hotfixes: September 29th

Wrath Classic gets more hotfixes, with retail receiving a small one as well. Yesterday at 01:42 by Starym

Blizzard have detailed a hotfix that addressed the bugged Battle for Undercity quest by adding a bronze dragonflight NPC that can manually toggle the quest phase, and have also reset the progress for players at a certain stage of the quest line. 1 comment Yesterday at 01:40 by Staff

Dragonflight Group Loot and BoE Clarifications

Blizzard have added many clarifications to the loot system coming with Dragonflight, specifically focusing on Group Loot and clarifying that weapons will most likely will not be BoE drops. Yesterday at 00:19 by Staff

Embodiment of the Storm-Eater Preview in Dragonflight

We're looking at the Storm-Eater customization option for the Renewed Proto-Drake coming in Dragonflight. 1 comment Sep 29, 2022 at 19:52 by Stan

The map your characters hold when they open in-game maps has been updated in Dragonflight. 1 comment Sep 29, 2022 at 18:23 by Stan

The Winds of Wisdom XP Buff Returns on October 4

The Winds of Wisdom buff that increases Experience gains by 50% will return on October 4, making it an ideal time to level a new character for Dragonflight. The buff will be removed when Evokers become available for play. 5 comments Sep 29, 2022 at 17:17 by Staff

Dragonflight Season 1 and Vault of the Incarnates Raid Schedule

Dragonflight Season 1 will go live the week of December 12, with all raid difficulties opening simultaneously. Cross-faction Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will be available from the start. Sep 29, 2022 at 17:10 by Staff

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Releases on November 28, 2022

We finally have a firm date for WoW's next expansion release, as Dragonflight is coming on November 28th! 8 comments Sep 29, 2022 at 17:05 by Staff

Dragonflight does not include Threads of Fate, but we've got some details on how alt leveling works in the new expansion. 15 comments Sep 29, 2022 at 15:57 by Stan

Arcane Mage Tier Set Bonuses in Dragonflight

Here are the Tier Set Bonuses for Arcane Mages in Dragonflight. Sep 29, 2022 at 14:56 by Stan

Resurrection Sickness Changes in Dragonflight

Blizzard has updated Resurrection Sickness in Dragonflight! 6 comments Sep 29, 2022 at 13:14 by Stan

Snap to Grid Option Now Available on the Dragonflight Beta

The requested snap to grid option has been implemented in this week's Dragonflight Beta build. 1 comment Sep 29, 2022 at 11:00 by Stan

A Preview of World Bosses and Loot in Dragonflight

Blizzard has updated the loot of world bosses to item level 395 on the Dragonflight Beta. 1 comment Sep 29, 2022 at 09:55 by Stan

Official Controller Support in Dragonflight?

We’ve datamined some new assets tied to Controller Bindings in this week’s Dragonflight Beta build that indicate official controller support may be coming soon. 3 comments Sep 29, 2022 at 08:49 by Stan

Wrath Classic gets its second batch of hotfixes! Sep 29, 2022 at 02:08 by Starym

Changes and Experiments to Raid Rewards in Dragonflight Season 1

Blizzard have detailed the changes coming with the first season of Dragonflight and the first raid, with testing starting tomorrow, covering group loot, trading, item levels, special items from some bosses, BoEs and more. 5 comments Sep 29, 2022 at 01:49 by Staff

Dragonflight Beta Development Notes: September 28th

This week's DF Beta notes arrive with many many class changes, a much smaller Resurrection Sickness window, the starter build system, a special look at class utility talents and a lot more. Sep 29, 2022 at 01:32 by Staff

Warrior Changes in Dragonflight Beta Build 45698

Finally, we're looking at the Warrior changes that went live in Dragonflight Beta Build 45698. Sep 28, 2022 at 21:57 by Stan

New Warlock Talents in Dragonflight Beta Build 45698

Although Warlocks didn't receive any class changes, we found some new talents in Build 45698. Sep 28, 2022 at 21:57 by Stan

Shaman Changes in Dragonflight Beta Build 45698

Next up are Shamans! Here's a recap of the latest changes and new talents from Dragonflight Beta. Sep 28, 2022 at 21:30 by Stan

Rogue Changes in Dragonflight Beta Build 45698

Rogues saw a ton of new talents and tuning in Dragonflight Beta Build 45698. Sep 28, 2022 at 21:09 by Stan

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CHANGELOG

29 Sep. 2022: Balance Druid PvP Talents and Builds
- Updated Talent Table.
29 Sep. 2022: Miracle Priest Deck
- Guide added.
29 Sep. 2022: XL Beast Hunter Deck
- Guide added.
28 Sep. 2022: Denathrius Ramp Druid Deck
- Deck has neem updated for the Maw and Disorder miniset. Removed 2x Flipper Friends, 2x Natural Causes, 2x Capture the Coldtooth Mine, 2x Composting for 1x Sylvanas, the Accused, 1x The Jailer, 1x Mutanus the Devourer, 2x Naga Giant, 1x Oracle of Elune, 1x Raid Boss Onyxia, 1x Ivus, the Forest Lord.
28 Sep. 2022: Imp Curse Warlock Deck
- Guide added.

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