WoW Classic Guides and News

We've already talked about the fan-made Diablo 2 AI upscale project run by redditor zomprd and took a look at some still images and creature models, but today we have his finished demo to check out! His second and final version of the browser-based sample shows off the Rogue Encampment with an Assassin walking around the place. You can also switch back and forth from the original game look and the new upscale, just to see what exactly has changed. Also, if you've ever really waned to walk around in the stream in the encampment, you can! 2 comments Jan 21, 2020 at 19:59 by Starym

Mists of Pandaria and WC3: Reforged 8K Upscaled Cinematics

There's more AI upscales incoming, with one pretty cool one and another weird one as well. MoP got the much-deserved higher res version, especially appropriate since 8.3 has us going back to Pandaria, while the Reforged video is doubly weird as it's already a remaster of the original so we're 3 layers deep here. Both also have an additional upgrade to the originals: they're running at 60 fps. 1 comment Jan 19, 2020 at 08:00 by Starym

Diablo 2 Median XL Mod Patch 1.40 Released

We've recently talked about the Path of Diablo mod that improves the game by adding and tuning some skills items and features, but still keeps things as close as possible to the original (LoD) version of the game (and the new season that's come out for it recently). Today we have a new and huge patch for probably the best, biggest and most popular mod for D2 out there, Median XL (or Median XL: Sigma as the more recent versions have been called).

Calling it a mod might be a bit of an understatement, however, as it's basically a complete overhaul and rework, with massive amounts of new skills (35 new ones PER CLASS), items (thousands, crafting), mechanics, content (40 endgame quests, new zones like Heaven and one quest actually has you traveling back in time and playing as Diablo while trying to defeat the Bear Tribe in order to break into the Worldstone Chamber. No, seriously.) 3 comments Jan 18, 2020 at 07:43 by Starym

Path of Diablo (2) Season 9 Brings a New Skill, Widescreen Support, Trade 2.0 and More

The Path of Diablo mod and server for Diablo 2 is entering its 9th season this month which will bring many new improvements to the game. If you're not familiar with the mod, its main goal is to keep the game as close to the original D2 as possible, while actively balancing weaker skills and items and adding a few new ones here and there. The mod already featured many QoL improvements like a larger stash and a charm-specific inventory, a new endgame system of relics that open portals to harder dungeons, as well as a whole lot of balancing and tweaking for the less used skills of each class - for example Fist of the Heavens has had its cooldown removed. You can ready more about the mod in their official FAQ as well. 3 comments Jan 12, 2020 at 05:15 by Starym

WoW Classic Phase 3 Release Date for Blackwing Lair and More

Update: The Blackhand's Command attunement quest is now dropping!

We have the release date for the second part of Phase 3, most importantly Blackwing Lair! The update lands on February 12th and will also have level 50 class quests, the Eternal Quintessence, new reputation rewards and the Darkmoon Faire (which is actually coming earlier, on the 10th)! The blue post below mentions it will be live simultaneously on all realms, which turns out to be midnight on the 13th for Europe. Jan 10, 2020 at 01:08 by Starym

Warcraft 3: Reforged and StarCraft 2 Join the ESL

Some Blizzard esports news today, of the RTS variety. Warcraft 3: Reforged (releasing this month) and StarCraft 2 have signed 3-year deals to be featured in the ESL (Electronic Sports League) Pro Tour Series and Dreamhack events, which also host the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league. For StarCraft 2 the ESL will replace the current, Blizzard-run World Championship Series, including the Grand Finals previously held at BlizzCon, while the deal marks the first esports commitment for Reforged. 6 comments Jan 08, 2020 at 04:43 by Starym

WoW Classic Not a Bug List Update: January 7th

The Juju Flurry buff works just like Seal of the Crusader in that it increases your Attack Speed, but at the same time, lowers your DPS by the same amount. Blizzard filed a bug for this behavior which wasn't fixed until the Burning Crusade pre-patch, so the current behavior is not a bug. Jan 07, 2020 at 19:53 by Stan

We have some new Classic hotfixes in this new reset, with Somnus becoming more kiteable and some macro fixes relating to swing timers for certain abilities! Jan 07, 2020 at 18:58 by Starym

As we've recently found out that an official Diablo 2 Remaster is very unlikely/almost impossible, this fan-made project is all the more relevant, despite the very early stages of development. Redditor zomprd has taken several steps in the long road to remastering the classic, with some impressive images and animations so far. 3 comments Jan 05, 2020 at 06:27 by Starym

Warcraft 3 E3 Trailer, Diablo 2 LoD Final Cinematic and Overwatch 2 4 and 8K Remasters

We have quite a few more Blizzard upscales, with the most interesting one being the official Warcraft 3 E3 trailer from 2001, showing off the biggest improvement of the bunch, even at "only" 4k. Then we have another Diablo 2 cinematic, this time with the Lord of Destruction expansion's finale, and finally another weird choice with the very recent Overwatch 2 announcement video. 1 comment Jan 02, 2020 at 23:37 by Starym

Charity Server Blades Arrive Damaged to Collectors

Some server blades that were put on sale to support Pencils of Promise back in September have started arriving broken to buyers according to recent reports. 14 comments Dec 30, 2019 at 20:40 by Stan

A Classic Art Journey Alliance Side and More

We have some holiday treats as Vlad Harabagiu aka Valdihr, the artist behind the massively impressive animated series-style Classic Journey art pieces, has been going at it relentlessly since the last time we checked in. The big news is that, as promised, he's moved to the Alliance side for a while to give us his take on their questing experience, but also made it to 20 in his original Horde-focused series, with a short Scarlet Monastery video in there as well! 1 comment Dec 28, 2019 at 07:11 by Starym

Blizzard is working on a WoW Classic Warsong Gulch hotfix and adding players to your group while already in queue will reset your place in the queue. 1 comment Dec 27, 2019 at 00:32 by Stan

With realm restarts, Blizzard is deploying a fix for Paladins losing stacks of Reckoning if they're not facing their target or are out of range to attack the target when the Reckoning stacks are gained. 1 comment Dec 20, 2019 at 18:56 by Stan

Warcraft 3: Reforged Release Date Is Januay 28th 2020

We finally have the Warcraf 3: Reforged release date and it actually won't be coming this year, as was previously announced. We won't have to wait that much longer, however, as we'll be replaying the classic at the end of January, on the 28th, to be precise. We also have the global release times listed, so you know when exactly it will unlock. The header image of a pre-tragedy Stratholme is also a very nice touch for the announcement. 21 comments Dec 17, 2019 at 21:42 by Starym

Paid Character Transfers Now Available in WoW Classic

As was already teased/mentioned, with he latest path adding functionality for paid character transfers we now have the feature actually enabled! You can transfer your Classic characters as you would on retail, with a significantly smaller gold cap depending on level, and PvE characters can't transfer to PvP realms. The price for the transfer is $25/25€. 10 comments Dec 17, 2019 at 19:10 by Starym

Battle for Azeroth and Diablo 1 8K Upscaled Cinematics

We've seen some pretty impressive stuff with these AI upscales, but today we have two videos that didn't quite come out that great. First off there's the BfA intro cinematic which didn't really need to be remade at all as it's very recent, and apart from those fringe cases where you either have a projector or 8K screen, there's mostly no difference at all, and it even looks worse in parts if you focus on some of the textures. 2 comments Dec 15, 2019 at 21:31 by Starym

Losing Reckoning Stacks After Patch 1.13.3: Clarifications

After the release of Patch 1.13.3, players thought that Paladin's Reckoning was broken, but Blizzard clarified that losing Reckoning stacks when mounting up or initiating auto-attack against a target and canceling it before it goes off is perfectly normal. 2 comments Dec 14, 2019 at 00:23 by Stan

Path of Exile: Metamorph Launches Today!

As many of you already know, Icy Veins has a sister site for Path of Exile, PoE Vault. The new league starts today and we thought it was a great opportunity to highlight some of the content our hardworking writers have put together for your enjoyment. If you haven't tried Path of Exile before, this might be the perfect chance for you to do so! 3 comments Dec 13, 2019 at 18:13 by Blainie

Marks of Honor Last More Than 24 Hours in Mail

You can only carry 20 pieces of Alterac Valley Marks of Honor or Warsong Gulch Marks of Honor in WoW Classic at a time. The rest is sent to you via mail and the expiration time is currently set to 30 days as opposed to 24 hours. Dec 12, 2019 at 11:31 by Stan

Blizzard is working on yet another bug related to missing Honor and Honorable Kills from Monday. Dec 12, 2019 at 09:35 by Stan

Runeblade of Baron Rivendare Bug Clarifications

Blizzard today clarified that they have fixed a bug in WoW Classic related to the Runeblade of Baron Rivendare weapon which caused the Unholy Aura weapon buff to be utilized to snapshot the current +Healing gear. The Healing per 5 seconds would be and upon switching to a different set, but maintain the Healing per 5 seconds. 1 comment Dec 11, 2019 at 22:47 by Stan

Phase 3, Patch 1.13.3 Known Issues List: Dec 10th

With the new patch and phase having arrived on NA servers today we now also get a list of known issues, as well as some workaround fixes until the issues are resolved.

You can also check out the full patch notes here, or check out our battleground guides here. 2 comments Dec 10, 2019 at 22:15 by Starym

Warsong Gulch Vendor Details and Clarification

With the arrival of the two initial battleground to Classic we have a clarification on how exactly the Warsong Gulch vendors worked in Vanilla and now, most importantly that you'll only see the related items when you have enough reputation and that new items will be coming in a later phase. Dec 10, 2019 at 21:05 by Starym

Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley Guides and Official Preview

The new Battlegrounds are now live in WoW Classic! Check out our Alterac Valey and Warsong Gulch guide to get started. Dec 10, 2019 at 20:55 by Stan

WoW Classic Honor Calculation Bug Update: December 9th

Blizzard recently posted an update on the Honor Calculation Bug, which has been affecting WoW Classic servers for some time now. They ran a repair script to fix the results of weeks 1 & 2, but the bug caused players to have a higher rank than intended despite the missing kills. Dec 10, 2019 at 10:15 by Stan

Update: The patch notes were edited and the Keyring will in fact only scale to 12 slots for keys.

We have the patch notes for this week's 1.13.3 update, which will introduce Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley, Elemental Invasions in Un’goro Crater, Azshara, Winterspring, and Silithus, the Keyring, changes to the lua API preventing certain addons using communication channels in an unintended way, bug fixes and the potential for paid character transfers to be introduced later on. Dec 09, 2019 at 21:06 by Starym

Why Diablo 2 Still Holds Up After 20 Years - Book Excerpt

We have a big excerpt from Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II — Heaven, Hell, and Secret Cow Levels which is coming out tomorrow in digital format (and 2020 in paperback) and focuses on the making of Diablo 2. This small piece of the book sees author David L. Craddock talk to the game's creators about why D2 still has such a wide appeal today, 20 years after it's initial release, with many still believing it to be the gold standard in ARPGs. 10 comments Dec 09, 2019 at 07:11 by Starym

Blizzard recently interviewed BlizzCon 2019 cosplay winners about their awesome costumes. We learned that Sylvanas' armor weighs more that 40 kilograms and that It took more than 700 hours to create Prime Evil Leah. Read on for details! 2 comments Dec 05, 2019 at 09:49 by Stan

CHANGELOG

20 Jan. 2020: Mage Macro Guide
- Split the page into Mage macros and Mage addons.
20 Jan. 2020: Mage PvP
- Added a PvP Macros and Addons section.
20 Jan. 2020: Shaman Macro Guide
- Split the page into Shaman macros and Shaman addons.
20 Jan. 2020: Shaman PvP
- Added a PvP Macros and Addons section.
11 Jan. 2020: Elemental Shaman DPS Stat Priority
- Reworked Spell Power's coefficient explanation.
11 Jan. 2020: Enhancement Shaman DPS Enchants and Consumables
- Added a note on Juju Flurry lowering your DPS by 3% when used.
11 Jan. 2020: Mage DPS Stat Priority
- Reworked Spell Power's coefficient explanation.
11 Jan. 2020: Mage Goldmaking Guide
- Reorganized the guide and added multiple new farm options.

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