Category: World of Warcraft News

Blizzard has announced that players may have ten characters per realm in World of Warcraft: Classic. However, players can have up to fifty characters spread across all of the Classic realms in a player’s region. Players may also have characters of only one faction on PvP realms and there will be “no overlap or regard with the character limits in Battle for Azeroth”. This means that a player can have up to fifty characters in Classic and fifty more characters in BfA though it sounds exhausting!

World of Warcraft players can now head into the PTR to check out the Nazjatar zone that will be coming to the Battle of Azeroth expansion when 8.2 – Rise of Azshara rolls out. Nazjatar is a large zone that will feature a number of new mechanics and content including “rare mobs, treasures, timed events, PvP War Mode events and World Quests”. In addition, the massive 8-boss Mechagon dungeon is open for testing.

The World of Warcraft: Classic team has posted a lengthy article on the official forum to lay out the initial details about how itemization will work. “The aim is to create a progression experience that resembles the original arc from when WoW first launched.” While some items “progressed” from one patch to another (example: Helm of Wrath), that will not be the case when Classic arrives. Items will retain the stats they originally arrive with.

The World of Warcraft PTR has been updated to bring v8.2 Rise of Azshara online for testing purposes. Of course, this means that datamining has already commenced, with both WoWhead and MMO-Champion in the race to get out story and gameplay elements. If you don’t mind heavy spoilers, you’ll definitely want to head over to both sites to learn more about the fate of Baine Bloodhoof and much more.

One of the biggest issues many players have with World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is the Heart of Azeroth “progression” system. Many believe that, after Legion Artifacts, the Heart of Azeroth feels lackluster. World of Warcraft developers are hoping that when v8.2 Rise of Azshara launches later this year, that will all change with big improvements being added. In a new blog post on the official site, the team lays out the first information about what players can expect.

The World of Warcraft site has been updated with a preview of the upcoming Crucible of Storm mini-raid. Crucible of Storms consists of two bosses with the Normal and Heroic difficulties unlocking on April 16th and the Mythic and Raid Finder difficulties opening on April 23rd. Players will face off against the Restless Cabal, a very Old Gods-themed duo tied to N’Zoth. Once defeated, players will turn their eye to Uu’nat, Harbinger of the Void, a Naga with ties to Queen Azshara and N’zoth.

The latest World of Warcraft Classic developer diary has been posted that reveals how PvP will roll out once Classic is out the gate later this summer. When Classic launches, it will not come with a formal PvP system similar to how it was in 2004 on the game’s original launch. “You’ll still be able to PvP, of course, and there will be no Dishonorable Kills, so you’ll be free to repeatedly hunt down every player and NPC,” the post reads.

A pair of new toys have arrived in the Blizzard Shop, both online and in World of Warcraft. These are not just any toys, however, but are being sold to fans of esports to help raise funds for the Arena World Championships and the Mythic Dungeon Invitational prize pools. Each will have a guaranteed minimum prize of $250,000.

The World of Warcraft Classic forum has a new post from community manager Kalvax to let players know that Alterac Valley, a PvP battleground, will be included when PvP is ready to launch. The v1.12 version of Alterac is “before the introduction of reinforcements, and before the removal of Commanders and Lieutenants. There will be a single way to win: Defeating the opposing faction’s leader.

From March 21st to March 24th, potential and lapsed World of Warcraft players are invited to a ‘Welcome Back’ weekend with the entire game made available for the duration. Even those who do not own the Battle for Azeroth expansion can try out the trial experience.