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Play with the Blues - Darkshore Warfront October 12th
Blizzard has just announced a new edition of their
Play with the Blues
effort during test cycles, this time to test the new Darkshore Warfront in the PTR realms.
The test will be held tomorrow,
October 12th, starting at 1 PM Pacific time
.
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Incoming PvP Tuning October 10th
Blizzard has announced a new round of PvP tuning, focusing on Mages, Rogues, and Shamans.
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Tides of Vengeance PTR Build 28048 Icons - Kul Tiran and Zandalari Racials
This build brought new icons for items and racials from Kul Tiran Humans and Zandalari Trolls!
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Azerite Armor from Emissaries Now Scale Up To 370 Item Level
Following the
previously announced hotfix
, Azerite Armor from Emissaries may now scale up to item level 370. Both
Alliance and Horde NA Players
will be able to get this, as today's Emissary rewards up to item level 370 Azerite Armor.
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New Multithread Optimizations Coming in Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance
Patch 8.1 testing has been going on for a couple weeks already, but one feature of it went mostly unnoticed by the community, which will likely make many players happy:
New Multithreading Optimizations
! That's right, Blizzard has started to add new optimizations to WoW, to make the game run smoother on more modern gaming rigs.
This change was pointed to us by Adam, Author of DBM, that pointed out the new control for these features on
Twitter
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Legion LFR Solo Queue Coming in Patch 8.1 - Tides of Vengeance
In the latest Tides of Vengeance PTR build, Blizzard has added the ability for players beyond level 110 to enter Legion's raids in LFR difficulty.
Players are now able to challenge all Legion bosses in LFR in order to complete transmog collections or raid quests.
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Patch 8.1 Build 27985 - Faction Incursions Now Available For Testing
With the new PTR build, one of the new features from Patch 8.1 is available for testing: Faction Incursions!
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Class Guide Highlights: Updates to Mythic+ Pages
Struggling to reach your weekly +10 dungeon or just looking to improve your performance on Mythic+? Ever since
their introduction
, our Class Writers have been constantly updating our
Mythic+ Advice and Tips pages
with the latest M+ meta tips and advice.
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Class Guide Updates: Detailed Raiding Advice and Tips for All Specs
As Battle for Azeroth moves on, so do our
Class Guides
! Today we'd like to highlight another constantly updated feature from our guides:
the Uldir Raid Pages
.
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Blue Post Roundup - More Azerite Discussion, PTR Issues, Timewalking, Teeming Nerfs
Another busy day on the official forums, with Blizzard giving official replies to many different topics, including many new posts on the debate over the Azerite system, including acknowledgment on how late it was tested, reminders about issues with the PTR, Timewalking nerfs and fixes, and talks about a much needed
Teeming
nerf.
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Blizzard and MSI Surprise the Deadly Boss Mods Author
Recently, we've posted the
open letter from Adam, Deadly Boss Mods author, to the community
, where he reported his previous precarious situation. The message generated a massive wave of support from the community, increasing his
Patreon supporters
from around 500 to almost 3000!
Players were not the only ones moved by the open letter. Adam posted on
Reddit
that Blizzard and MSI were as well!
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Solo Player Rextroy's Ban Overturned
Solo player Rextroy, famous for his clever uses of game mechanics to solo bosses like MOTHER and Vectis, was briefly banned this morning. Blizzard has posted this was a mistake and has unbanned him.
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Reasoning Behind Why Arcane Torrent Was Added to the GCD
With Battle for Azeroth,
many abilities were added to the Global Cooldown (GCD)
, however, most of racial spells, like
Shadowmeld
and
Berserking
, were spared in the change. One racial spell,
Arcane Torrent
, didn't have that luck, having the GCD added to it on top of its effect change.
With that in mind, Blizzard went to the forums to clarify the reasoning behind adding the GCD to the spell.
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Blue Post Roundup: Azerite PvP Scaling Issues, Anchor Weed Hotfix, and Cap'n Crackers
A busy day at Blizzard today, with replies to many community topics, including scaling issues with Azerite traits on PvP, Future Anchor Weed hotfix and... Parrots not sitting on your shoulders!
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The Future of Xal'atath in Patch 8.1 (Datamining Speculation)
After a disappointing close of the Artifact stories in Legion, Patch 8.1 data show clues that one of their stories might be continuing in 8.1. A few days ago, at the start of the Patch 8.1 datamining, we've
found a new item
related to one of Legion's Artifacts:
Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire
. After finding that item, we have been digging the thousands of new effects for the new patch and we've found interesting spells likely related to that item.
Warning: Patch 8.1 Spoilers Inside
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WoW Diary Kickstarter - #1 Non-Fiction Book on Kickstarter, Pledges Closing Tomorrow
The Kickstarter for the World of Warcraft Diary, by John Staats, WoW's first 3D level designer, is almost finished! With less than 40 hours left on the clock, make sure to pledge you would like to receive all the perks from the Kickstarter edition. We've received the news today that the
World of Warcraft Diary
became the
#1 Non-fictional book ever funded on Kickstarter
!
John Staats has also published a blog explaining the process of pitching the book to Blizzard and the successful relaunch of the Kickstarter project and had two appearances in the ClassiCast podcast.
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Patch 8.1 PTR 27826 - New Mounts - Nightsaber, Kul Tiran Horse, Hivemind, Vicious Saddle
New mounts for patch 8.1, including the Kul Tiran Allied Race horse, Nightsaber mounts, Vicious Saddle mounts, and the Hivemind.
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Patch 8.1 PTR 27826 - New Maps - Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, Jorundall, Havenswood, Battle for Darkshore
Continuing with our Patch 8.1 datamining, now we have new maps! Those maps include new maps full of details for Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, maps for the new islands Jorundall and Havenswood, and an overworld map for the new Warfront The Battle for Darkshore.
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Clarifications about Vicious Saddles in Battle for Azeroth
Blizzard went to the forums to clarify what happened with
Vicious Saddle
s in Battle for Azeroth, as players are currently unable to obtain them.
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SimulationCraft and RaidBots Now Support the Reorigination Array in Simulations
Following last week's
in-depth analysis of the effects of the Reorigination Array effect
, our friends from
SimulationCraft
and
Raidbots
have now added support for the effect!
Want to learn more about simulations? Check out our guides about
SimulationCraft
and
Raidbots
!
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