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Players with item level 410 and above can queue up and enter Gift of Flesh this week to defeat Shad'har, Drest’agath, and Il'gynoth in LFR for item level 430 loot. Yesterday at 22:59 by Stan

Second Encrypted Shadowlands Alpha Build Shipped This Week

Blizzard has shipped a second encrypted Shadowlands Alpha build two days in a row this week and while we are not able to datamine it just yet due to the missing decryption key, it seems Alpha is coming sometime this week. Yesterday at 21:19 by Stan

Patch 8.3 and Classic Hotfixes: February 24th

Update: the daily quest Coalescing Visions reward increase was actually a typo and it's now been fixed - it is a 30% increase and not a 50% one.

The massive February 24th hotfixes are here, featuring both the class and Horrific Vision tuning, as well as Explosive Orb M+ affix changes, Ny'alotha tuning, and even more Horrific Visions changes. In WoW Classic we have Razorgore only save raids to the instance if he was killed after all the eggs were destroyed. 1 comment Yesterday at 02:16 by Starym

Updates, Specifics for February 25th Horrific Visions Changes

We have further updates on the Horrific Visions tuning coming tomorrow/Wednesday to go with the class changes, as we have some specifics to check out - from the exact numbers on the Coalescing Visions rewards increases to the Torn Pages required for cloak upgrades. Feb 24, 2020 at 22:53 by Starym

Class Balance Changes Update: Death Knights and Monks

We have some changes to the class balancing coming tomorrow and Wednesday, with Windwalkers and Death Knights having some changes reverted and some of the nerfs lessened for PvP: Feb 24, 2020 at 22:01 by Starym

End of Fall of the Lich King Remastered Cinematic

We have another remastered WoW cinematic on our hands, this time hand-made and not AI upscaled to boot! The end cinematic of the Icecrown Citadel raid is particularly relevant today, as it not only sets up Bolvar as the new Lich King, but also takes place in the Sylvannas vs. Bolvar arena that sets off Shadowlands. 2 comments Feb 24, 2020 at 18:47 by Starym

How Addons Affect Raid Design - A Morgan Day Interview

The biggest ongoing discussion in a large part of the WoW raiding player base has been whether raids are harder now than they were in the past, with Vanilla and Classic especially coming under fire for seemingly "easy" bosses. Now it's obvious today's boss fights are infinitely more complex, but there's a huge mitigating factor to consider, and that's addons. If you needed more proof for just how important mods are to raiding, the recent World First race win by Complexity Limit came just as they got their own dedicated addon coder, in their partnership with Deadly Boss Mods. Regardless of where you come out on the "raids were harder in era X" discussion, it's very clear addons have completely changed the way raids work, and we now have a look inside how exactly that evolved in a PC Gamer interview with lead game designer Morgan Day. 6 comments Feb 24, 2020 at 16:56 by Starym

Heroic Darkshore Warfront Available for Horde Players (US)

The Battle for Darkshore Warfront is now available on Heroic difficulty for Horde players on US realms, meaning it's time to get your piece of gear that is equivalent to Heroic Ny'alotha loot (item level 460). Feb 23, 2020 at 14:38 by Stan

Blizzard is working on a set of class changes that will go into effect with the weekly maintenance on February 25 along with the previously-announced Horrific Visions changes. 8 comments Feb 22, 2020 at 00:27 by Stan

Horrific Visions Changes Coming on February 25

With weekly maintenance on February 25, more Coalescing Visions will start dropping from Assaults and Daily Quests. Blizzard is also removing the (5) inventory cap on Vessel of Horrific Visions, allowing you to cary as many as you like, and up to 4 Torn Pages of "Fear and Flesh" will drop in Horrific Visions on the rank 7-11 Legendary cloak upgrade quests (up from 2). 3 comments Feb 22, 2020 at 00:06 by Stan

Heroic Darkshore Warfront Available for Alliance Players (EU)

The Darkshore Warfront is available now on Heroic difficulty for Alliance players, meaning it's time to get your piece of gear that is equivalent to Heroic Ny'alotha loot (item level 460). 1 comment Feb 21, 2020 at 14:02 by Stan

The beta opt-in support page has been recently updated and now would be a good time to opt in for Shadowlands Beta if you haven't done that already. 7 comments Feb 21, 2020 at 11:24 by Stan

A big batch has arrived after a few smaller ones, with some Monk, Karazhan and Ny'alotha fixes, as well as item tweaks and PvP Servant of N'Zoth issues. Feb 21, 2020 at 02:26 by Starym

Encrypted Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1.33411

Blizzard has shipped an encrypted build for Shadowlands Alpha, meaning it cannot be datamined just yet, but we're getting really close to the F&F Alpha announcement. Feb 20, 2020 at 03:10 by Stan

We've had small hotfixes before, but these may just be a contender for shortest ever! 1 comment Feb 20, 2020 at 01:33 by Starym

WoW Shadowlands Alpha Added to Battle.net Catalog

We have some news on the much awaited Shadowlands alpha, as MMO Champion have noticed it's actually been added in the latest Battle.net catalog update! It's an encrypted build, however, so there won't be any datamining quite yet and it's most likely just some set up for when the actual Alpha starts, but it's definitely pointing in the "soon" direction! Feb 20, 2020 at 01:28 by Starym

Nyalotha Mythic WF Race, Conclusion: Top 10, NZoth Nerf, Limit Tank Goes to Method, Asia Upset and More

The race for the top spots is done, even though there are plenty more guilds progressing on N'Zoth. The biggest news since we last checked in was that both the Corruption affixes and N'Zoth himself were nerfed, and according to the top guilds, when you add both nerfs together N'Zoth got a bit easier. He received a 5% overall nerf and the Thought Harvesters did as well, while the Corruption effect (mainly Echoing Void) nerfs only accounted for around 2-3% of Limit and Method's total damage, and that number significantly drops off for lower ranked guilds, as they won't have had as good gear (with the possible exception of some Asian guilds). Feb 19, 2020 at 19:40 by Starym

WoW Classic Not a Bug List Update: February 19th

Blizzard has updated the Classic "Not a Bug" List with a new entry related to Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker that has become available after Blackwing Lair opened, and it turns out the weapon quest line can be completed and the weapon equipped by any class that can wield Swords. 2 comments Feb 19, 2020 at 19:03 by Stan

Patch 8.3 and Classic Hotfixes: February 18th

We have another short batch, featuring the N'Zoth and Jaina mounts finally dropping in pairs with resets after some issues last week, as well as Rajani and Uldum Accord paragon caches being turn-inable once more, and a quest fix and Classic getting a tweak that improves performance of a mod. 1 comment Feb 19, 2020 at 02:13 by Starym

Burning Crusade Timewalking Event (February 18th - February 25th)

This week's bonus event is Burning Crusade Timewalking! Complete 5 Timewalking dungeons for the weekly quest to receive a piece of gear from Normal difficulty Ny'alotha, the Waking City. Feb 18, 2020 at 18:21 by Stan

Blizzard has changed the UnitHealth and UnitHealthMax API functions in WoW Classic to return health values for NPCs instead of percentages, meaning you will see how much health a creature has by default without using any addons. 4 comments Feb 18, 2020 at 17:37 by Stan

World Bosses Nalak and Rukhmar Now Have Spawn Protection

To prevent players from quickly killing world bosses, Blizzard recently added spawn protection for Nalak and Rukhmar, meaning the bosses will be immune to damage for a few seconds after they are attacked so that more players can tag them. 1 comment Feb 18, 2020 at 16:22 by Stan

Diablo Animated Series to Be Rendered in Anime Style

A while ago, we reported that Blizzard registered a trademark that hinted at an animated Diablo series. Today, we finally got more details via Gamespot. 19 comments Feb 17, 2020 at 18:26 by Stan

Mythic Jaina Reverted to Drop One Glacial Tidestorm

Lady Jaina Proudmoore was not dropping any Glacial Tidestorms on Mythic difficulty after they buffed the drop rate to two mounts per run. As a result, she has been reverted to only drop 1 mount until the underlying issue gets fixed. 2 comments Feb 16, 2020 at 22:42 by Stan

Illidan, Ragnaros and Deathwing Recreated in Minecraft (Megabuilds)

Redditor Arang_Choi is back with two more recreations of Warcraft lore icons in Minecraft, after his Lich King one we've already covered. We get to see how Illidan, Ragnaros and Deathwing were made in their truly massive scope (or megabuilds, as they're called), and they're really impressive. 2 comments Feb 16, 2020 at 15:04 by Starym

Two Mythic Mounts Now Drop Off Mythic Jaina and NZoth

In the latest round of hotfixes, Blizzard increased the number of Mythic mounts that drop from BfA end bosses to two, meaning Jaina will drop two Glacial Tidestorms and N'Zoth two Ny'alotha Allseers, instead of just one. 1 comment Feb 15, 2020 at 17:48 by Stan

Spirit of Echero Mount Quest Now Available on Live Servers

Head to Dalaran and talk to the Archaeology Trainer to receive the The Right Path quest where you are sent to Thunder Totem in Highmountain to collect Bone Fragment of Eche'ro for the Spirit of Eche'ro mount. Note that the quest is available only once every six months, so don't forget to complete it before it's gone! 2 comments Feb 15, 2020 at 13:06 by Stan

Patch 8.3 and Classic Hotfixes: February 14th

We have a whole lot more Mythic mounts coming in as both Jaina and N'Zoth are dropping double the amount, more nerfs for healers in Horrific Visions (in groups of 2), as well as specific Stormwind vision nerfs, a brawl switch for PvP and more.

For Classic we have a fix for a disconnect issue when queueing for a Battleground. 1 comment Feb 15, 2020 at 01:08 by Starym

Patch 8.3 and Classic Hotfixes: February 13th

The hotfixes keep on coming for 8.3 and Classic, as we have many tweaks to M+ dungeons, some item changes, quest fixes and a WoW Classic fix for the first encounter in BWL. Feb 14, 2020 at 01:40 by Starym

Warsong Gulch Exit Portals to Be Removed

There's a major change coming to WSG it seems, as the exit portals are about to be completely removed, due to players using them in "unfair ways". You'll have to /AFK to actually exit the battleground from now on: 5 comments Feb 13, 2020 at 18:14 by Starym

CHANGELOG

25 Feb. 2020: Demonology Warlock Introduction
- No changes necessary as of the February 24 patch.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Builds and Talents
- No changes necessary as of the February 24 patch.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Essences
- Moved The Formless Void minor up to S tier.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Frequently Asked Questions
- No changes necessary as of the February 24 patch.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Gear and Best in Slot
- Adjusted for some recent changes with performance on corruptions.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Introduction
- Updated for Feb 25th, no changes to viability as of hotfix.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- No changes necessary as of the February 24 patch.
25 Feb. 2020: Enhancement Shaman Stat Priority
- No changes necessary as of the February 24 patch.

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