Category: World of Warcraft News

The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a brief look at the upcoming PvP Brawl system coming with v7.2. Players will be able to take part in wild and crazy PvP matches that might include things such as periods of zero gravity or the ability to revisit an old favorite in Tarren Mill vs Southshore.

Earlier Blizzard has released wildly popular World of Warcraft lore encyclopedia, namely Chronicle: Volume 1. It concentrated on lore surrounding the creation of universe and primal Azeroth – Black Empire, Troll Wars, War of the Ancients, etc. Now the company is preparing for release of Chronicles, Volume 2. This book will show origins of ancient Draenor (our timeline!), stories of its primal inhabitants: Arakkoa, Ogres, and more.

Earlier Blizzard has released wildly popular World of Warcraft lore encyclopedia, namely Chronicle: Volume 1. It concentrated on lore surrounding the creation of universe and primal Azeroth – Black Empire, Troll Wars, War of the Ancients, etc. Now the company is preparing for release of Chronicle, Volume 2. This book will show origins of ancient Draenor (our timeline!), stories of its primal inhabitants: Arakkoa, Ogres, and more.

World of Warcraft US forum has been updated with a new post from Community Manager Ornyx. The post in question is dedicated to the delicate subject of legendaries in the game and, more specifically, their drop chance.

Ion “Watcher” Hazzikostas has written a lengthy post on the World of Warcraft community forum to talk about missteps taken by the development team with regard to the final 20-point trait and the power gap it created between those players who had leveled an artifact to 54 and those who had not. The message is very clear: The team understands its mistakes and the fact that players who wished to compete in raiding guilds, felt obligated to grind AP to reach max level.

The World of Warcraft forum has a new, lengthy post from Josh “Lore” Allen who defends the Blizzard team and its continuous attempts to improve its presence and responsiveness to the community. The post comes in answer to a stinging thread called “What happened to improved communication” that likens developer presence across a broad variety of perceived issues with Legion to a mythical unicorn: Everyone talks about it, but it doesn’t truly exist.

Pet battle fanatics will love the World of Warcraft v7.2 update and its special dungeon just for them. In a new quest line, players can journey to the Wailing Caverns that has been reimagined as a new instance specifically for pet battlers.

Blizzard has announced that sales of the World of Warcraft battle pet and plush toy, Mischief, in December 2016 resulted in $2.5M being raised for the Make-A-Wish charity. Mischief cost $10 with all proceeds going to Make-A-Wish. The plush toy ran $25 with $14 going to the children’s charity.

The newest World of Warcraft raid, Nighthold, has been fully cleared on Mythic difficulty in a world first Gul’dan kill by Exorsus guild. Mythic Nighthold has been open since January 24th, marking nearly 2 weeks to complete the 9 boss raid.

As announced a week ago, World of Warcraft developers will jumping on to the PTR each Friday to participate in the forthcoming PvP Brawl system. Several developers took part in the Eye of the Storm Gravity Lapse testing event and WoWHead has posted a recap video of how the battle went and how the hazard affected its flow.