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Yesterday, we posted an update regarding Shadowlands Alpha and speculated that we might see it as early as next week. MMO-Champion noticed an update to the Battle.net App which made the wow_beta product no longer marked as deprecated and renamed it to Alpha which is obviously a good sign that Alpha is close. Today at 13:57 by Stan

The Blizzard April Fools Archive and Highlights

After the recent re-emergence of the one day a year that's officially allowed to be funny and the official Blizzard patch notes that came with it, we wanted to go back and check out older editions of this now tradition. It turns out Blizzard actually has an archive for their April Fools posts, which is good news, but they also stopped updating it in 2015, which is bad news. Today at 06:07 by Starym

Long Queues on Select Realms Will Be Addressed Soon

Some WoW Classic realms are experiencing long queue times these days and Blizzard revealed they've been working on bringing some relief from the queues to these realms in the near future. 1 comment Today at 03:12 by Stan

It seems Shadowlands Alpha has been delayed due to the coronavirus lockdown and the work-from-home policies implemented by Blizzard. Towelliee recently teased on his stream that a dataminable Alpha client could become available as early as next week around Monday/Tuesday. Blizzard also increased the frequency of new builds, hinting they might want to have a playable Alpha up soon. 2 comments Yesterday at 17:07 by Stan

Player Beats the Game and Earns All Achievements in World of Warcraft

Xirev from Vashj (EU) has earned all 3,927 achievements that are currently available in the game. Congratulations! 11 comments Yesterday at 09:31 by Stan

New Statues & Framed Photographs Available on Blizzard Gear Store

Blizzard added new 6'' Jaina and Sylvanas statues to the Blizzard Gear Store and they cost $36.99 each along with Anduin & Sylvanas framed photographs for $69.99. 3 comments Apr 02, 2020 at 12:40 by Stan

We've already seen Blizzard's official April Fools, uh, I mean patch 8.8.8 notes, so now it's time to take a look at what the community has created for this special day. Let's start off with the WoW reddit itself, as it got slightly reforged, with the header being distorted (and asking you to activate Windows), and the font changed to comic sans. 3 comments Apr 02, 2020 at 07:45 by Starym

Here come the traditional April Fools patch notes! This time it's patch 8.8.8, so Ion was correct in that we won't have 8.3.5 and are jumping a bit ahead! There's a whole lot new coming... some day... as we get Terrific Visions, new allied races in Mechatauren, High Dwarves and Kul Tiran Worgen, new M+ affixes, essences, micro-holidays, new flavors of Classic and a whole lot of (very serious) class changes! 4 comments Apr 01, 2020 at 19:08 by Starym

Now, this isn't actually related to April Fools (and we'll be doing a roundup of all the crazy stuff related to that at the end of the day), but it seemed appropriate to get into the humorous mood of the day. Everyone will have probably seen this one at some point, as it's a very old one, but it's still one of the best memes/copypasta that's every been in WarCraft, and we have it reforged to boot! This latest version adds quite a bit to the classic, and itself has been around a while, but I'd dare say it's the best version of the joke so far.

Full disclosure: I've been looking for a reason to post this one for months now. Thanks April Fools! 4 comments Apr 01, 2020 at 18:52 by Starym

Jaina Proudmoore drops two Glacial Tidestorms until the release of Shadowlands and there's a Discord community named Jaina's Buddies to help you get the mount. 5 comments Apr 01, 2020 at 13:35 by Stan

Here come this week's first hotfixes, with the already announced Legion legacy loot rules along with some more visual tweaks to dungeons, specifically Ashvane Warden in Tol Dagor. Apr 01, 2020 at 02:16 by Starym

This Weeks Great for Unlocking Allied Races

This week's bonus event revolves around world quests making it the ideal time to farm reputation and unlocking Allied Races. Mar 31, 2020 at 16:24 by Stan

Onyxia has been recently defeated in WoW Classic by a raid group comprised of Druids only. Mar 31, 2020 at 16:15 by Stan

Skip Warlords of Draenor Intro at Level 90

If you're making use of the XP buff leveling new characters and you're tired of the Warlords of Draenor intro questline, which involves Khadgar, there's a workaround at level 90 to skip it and here's how. 9 comments Mar 30, 2020 at 20:21 by Stan

Blizzard today announced they're moving Mythic Dungeon International to remote broadcasts for the health and safety of everyone. Casters will be casting the event from their homes and we will have more information available soon in the Viewer's Guide. 1 comment Mar 30, 2020 at 19:47 by Stan

Make WoW Look Like a Painting Without Any Mods

We have some more art-related content, but this time around it's not just fans painting their favorite characters, but actually transforming WoW into a painting - and without using any mod! Now, there's plenty of mods already out there that you can use to change the game's aesthetics, but with Blizzard's recent tightening of EULA enforcement, it could possibly be risky using some of them (although they've been mostly safe to use so far). 1 comment Mar 30, 2020 at 18:28 by Starym

How Gold Farming in WoW Lead to the Steam Workshop

While it's no surprise many game developers and producers spent time playing WoW, hearing that Valve co-founder and internet santa Gabe Newell actually spent time intensively farming gold in it is slightly more surprising. While talking to Edge magazine (issue 344) he mentioned how, while doing research on games as productivity platforms, he decided to farm gold in World of Warcraft to see if it was worth it. Mar 29, 2020 at 19:46 by Starym

World of Warcraft Fan Art of r/wow Part Two

We're back with your weekly dose of interesting pieces of art from r/wow. Highlights include Jaina and her Water Elemental created using polymeric clay, Murloc glass art, and more. Mar 29, 2020 at 11:31 by Stan

Notable Battle for Azeroth Quest Givers Depicted as Animals

Reddit user Mothka continues with the theme of animals in World of Warcraft, and this time, we have notable Battle for Azeroth quest givers transformed into various beasts. Can you guess who's who? 2 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 23:32 by Stan

Blizzard Sending Out Classic Burning Crusade Character Creation Surveys

Blizzard has started sending out surveys about Classic Burning Crusade character creation to players, similar to how they handled the Shadowlands level squish surveys back in June 2019 with the goal to find out how the transition from Classic to Burning Crusade would be handled. 15 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 21:47 by Stan

World First Prophet Skitra Normal Solo in Nyalotha by Rextroy

Rextroy is back after a bit of a soloing absence, and he's gotten some gear ready in 8.3 - so naturally it was time to head into the current raid and solo a boss! Prophet Skitra is the second or third boss of the raid, depending on whether you pick her or Maut after Wrathion, and in this World First video we get a little extra explanation on how he did it by Rextroy (head to 5:36 in the video for that part).

You can also check out our in-depth interview with the man himself, as he goes over some of his more controversial tactics and discusses the difference between an exploit and creative use of game mechanics, as he had a bit of experience with the subject after being banned and unbanned for a solo kill he did (the 0.5 second Vectis kill).

There are some pretty cool discoveries he had to make about the boss mechanics to pull it off so it's definitely worth a watch: 4 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 18:59 by Starym

Diablo Community Manager Nevalistis Leaves Blizzard

Diablo Community Manager Nevalistis is leaving Blizzard to pursue something new. 2 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 17:14 by Stan

Legacy Loot Rules Coming to Legion Instances

Starting with next week's reset (March 31st/April 1st), all Legion instances will be getting legacy loot rules, aka more loot drops for when there's fewer players. This means you'll be getting random loot not specific to your class, but there will be plenty more of it for those transmog runs.

Check out the full explanation below: 2 comments Mar 27, 2020 at 03:18 by Starym

We have some more small hotfixes today, as battle pets and mounts get some attention. Mar 26, 2020 at 01:54 by Starym

Season 4: Conquest Rewards Item Level Increased to 460

We've entered Visions of N'Zoth Week 10 which means that the weekly Conquest cap now rewards item level 460 gear (up from 445), so make sure to collect 500 Conquest to get the weapon this week. 4 comments Mar 25, 2020 at 21:19 by Stan

Queues Are Back on Some WoW Classic Servers

Queue times return to some WoW Classic realms with a high population amid the coronavirus lockdown and character transfers. Firemaw (EU) players report 3-4 hour queue times on a Sunday, urging Blizzard to lock the realm and a similar situation is occurring on Incendius (US). 3 comments Mar 25, 2020 at 12:25 by Stan

Here come this week's hotfixes, with some dungeon visuals tweaks: Mar 25, 2020 at 00:26 by Starym

Blizzard Provides Staff with Care Packages During Lockdown

Blizzard gave its staff care packages with essentials such as soap, paper towels, and toilet paper amid the coronavirus lockdown. 2 comments Mar 24, 2020 at 14:33 by Stan

All Bear Druid Heroic AotC NZoth and M+16

As the reddit thread itself says, "no DPS, no heals, just rawr". Rarbearhands and his 9 furry friends took on Ny'alotha and cleared everything except Il'gynoth on Heroic (as the mind controls on the big winged guy proved to be too much) and got to N'Zoth to unleash their furry. 9 comments Mar 24, 2020 at 07:47 by Starym

People have more time to create beautiful pieces of art these days, so we looked at the individual posts on the WoW subreddit and picked what we think are the most interesting ones! 1 comment Mar 23, 2020 at 22:08 by Stan

CHANGELOG

04 Apr. 2020: Arcane Mage Corruption
- Moved Corruption to a separate page and added a section on how to deal with the effects.
04 Apr. 2020: Arcane Mage Gear and Best in Slot
- Moved Corruption to a separate page.
04 Apr. 2020: Fire Mage Corruption
- Moved Corruption to a separate page and added a section on how to deal with the effects.
04 Apr. 2020: Fire Mage Gear and Best in Slot
- Moved Corruption section to a separate page and added a section for double on-use.
04 Apr. 2020: Fire Mage Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Added double on-use section.
04 Apr. 2020: Mistweaver Monk Builds and Talents
- Updated recommendations for the Tier 6 talent row.
04 Apr. 2020: Mistweaver Monk Corruption
- Added page.
04 Apr. 2020: Mistweaver Monk Gear and Best in Slot
- Removed Corruption section, and added link to new Corruption page.

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