Everyone has a fighting chance
Last month, Blizzard went on record regarding the upcoming EU realm structure for World of Warcraft Classic by saying that only English and Russian servers would be available. However, after spirited community feedback, Blizzard has responded. When Classic launches on August 27th, EU players will find English, Russian, German and French realms.
When v8.2 Rise of Azshara launched in World of Warcraft, it came with a new PvP event called “Battle for Nazjatar” that would launch periodically throughout the day. However, over the past week, players have been frustrated by repeatedly being involved in “lopsided faction representation” during these PvP fights. In a new post on the WoW forums, devs acknowledge the feedback and have announced changes to mitigate the issue.
The World of Warcraft team has introduced another cash shop mount that can be purchased as part of a 6-month subscription plan or individually. The half-year subscription plus the Sylverian Dreamer mount is $77.94, the equivalent of $12.99 per month. The mount can be purchased separately for $25.00. Players who already have a running 6-month subscription will receive the mount for free sometime in early July.
It’s time for players to dive into Nazjatar, one of two new zones launching in World of Warcraft as part of v8.2 Rise of Azshara. Players will also be traveling to Mechagon as well as find updates to the Heart of Azeroth system, Heritage Armor quests for Gnomes and Tauren; the new Benthic gear, and Azshara’s Eternal Palace raid. To celebrate today’s launch, Blizzard released the Alliance cinematic (Horde to come later) that introduces the new storyline.
If you’ve been interested in the story of Mechagon, a new World of Warcraft zone coming with the v8.2 Rise of Azshara update, you’re in luck. Blizzard has published a new comic to provide some of the backstory for both tthe zone and some of the characters in it.
The World of Warcraft Classic forum has been updated with a brief post detailing the structure of the EU realms for Classic. There will be a number of PvP, PvE and Roleplaying realms available, but there will be no division based on language. The only exception is that Russian realms will feature their own download client (as they do on retail) due to the use of the Cyrillic alphabet.
World of Warcraft is gearing up for the release of the Rise of Azshara update next week. They’ve released a ton of information today including the official patch notes, the normal “survival guide” for the content expansion and previews of the Nazjatar and Mechagon quest zones.
In the new World of Warcraft Dev Insights video published today, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas spends several minutes speaking to one of the largest community concerns since Warlords of Draenor: Class pruning. While there have been good changes in terms of removing redundant abilities, there has been an overall dissatisfaction with how far those cuts went. “After a lot of reflection & ongoing discussion, ultimately I would like to say that we agree with that.”
The World of Warcraft team has announced that the v8.2 “Rise of Azshara” update will be arriving on June 25th. The announcement came with a new video to showcase all of the new features coming with RoA including two new exploration zones, a new raid tier, a “mega” dungeon, improvements to the Heart of Azeroth and Azerite gear systems and much more.
From June 19th to June 21st, all North American and Oceania World of Warcraft players with an active account are invited to take part in the next Classic stress test. Players will be able to download the client beginning Tuesday, June 18th. All races and classes will be available for character creation and a level 15 cap will be in place. Open world and instanced content will be available for the duration.