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As we previously noted, a bug on December 31 caused Season 3 to unexpectedly end for Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. We were able to fix the issue early on January 3, and the fix retained rating changes and tier updates that were obtained by players during the unexpected off-season.

During the time between the bug and the fix, a small number of players advanced to a rating that provides a meaningful reward, and then have not seen that reflected in-game in the resumed Season. To address this, we’re deploying a hotfix:

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Battle for Azeroth Season 3 will end with the launch of Visions of N’Zoth. When maintenance begins early on January 14, both PvP and Mythic Keystone competition will close, and a one-week off-season for those activities will begin.

During the off-season, Mythic Keystone dungeons will still be playable using Season 3 affixes and rewards, but their seasonal achievements will no longer be available. Additionally, it will still be possible to queue for Rated PvP based on your Season 3 rating, but titles and associated rewards will no longer be earnable. The end-of-season rankings will close when Visions of N’Zoth goes live.

• As always, we ask that competitive players refrain from transferring character(s) to another realm or faction until after BFA Season 4 has begun.

BFA Season 4 will begin one week after the content update, along with the opening of Ny’alotha, a new seasonal affix for Mythic Keystone dungeons, and the...

Hello. Thanks for the reports.

We have a bug that caused there to be no weekly Conquest reward quest this week. We’re fixing the bug, so next week should work as expected, but we’re applying the fix during maintenance in each region (tomorrow, January 7 at 7:00 a.m. PST in this region).

Thankfully, these quests are designed to backlog – if you aren’t up-to-date with Conquest rewards, this doesn’t affect you at all, and if you are up-to-date, you’ll be able to complete this week’s reward after maintenance, and then move on to the next one.

We apologize for the confusion.

I can confirm that the fix was successfully deployed, and the Season has resumed.

Thank you very much!

I can confirm that the fix was successfully deployed, and the Season has resumed.

Thank you very much!

Hello.

I can confirm that the fix was successfully deployed, and the Season has resumed.

Thank you very much!

Update 4:15 p.m. PST - January 2, 2020
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We’ve finished creating and testing a fix for the issue, and we will implement the fix after realm restarts tomorrow. We’ve scheduled the realm restarts for Friday, January 3 at 7:00 a.m. PST / 10:00 a.m. EST, and we expect we’ll complete the fix about three hours later.

Again, thank you for your patience.

Update 4:15 p.m. PST - January 2, 2020
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We’ve finished creating and testing a fix for the issue, and we will implement the fix after realm restarts tomorrow. We’ve scheduled the realm restarts for Friday, January 3 at 7:00 a.m. PST / 10:00 a.m. EST, and we expect we’ll complete the fix about three hours later.

Again, thank you for your patience.

Update 4:15 p.m. PST - January 2, 2020
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We’ve finished creating and testing a fix for the issue, and we will implement the fix after realm restarts tomorrow. We’ve scheduled the realm restarts for Friday, January 3 at 7:00 a.m. PST / 10:00 a.m. EST, and we expect we’ll complete the fix about three hours later.

Again, thank you for your patience.

Update 11:10 a.m. PST - January 2, 2020

We continue to work through this issue, which is our top priority.

We’re working on a hotfix for the game that will resume Season 3, and at this time, we expect that we will be able to retroactively retain rating changes and tier updates. We do not expect that we will be able to retroactively retain the season games played count or win counts that increased during this brief offseason.

We’ll let you know once we have the final hotfix prepared, as we intend to restart all realms to deploy the fix.

Thank you for your patience.

Update 11:10 a.m. PST - January 2, 2020

We continue to work through this issue, which is our top priority.

We’re working on a hotfix for the game that will resume Season 3, and at this time, we expect that we will be able to retroactively retain rating changes and tier updates. We do not expect that we will be able to retroactively retain the season games played count or win counts that increased during this brief offseason.

We’ll let you know once we have the final hotfix prepared, as we intend to restart all realms to deploy the fix.

Thank you for your patience.

I’ve updated the OP in this thread:

Update 11:10 a.m. PST - January 2, 2020

We continue to work through this issue, which is our top priority.

We’re working on a hotfix for the game that will resume Season 3, and at this time, we expect that we will be able to retroactively retain rating changes and tier updates. We do not expect that we will be able to retroactively retain the season games played count or win counts that increased during this brief offseason.

We’ll let you know once we have the final hotfix prepared, as we intend to restart all realms to deploy the fix.

Thank you for your patience.

Update 12:05 p.m. PST - January 3, 2020

The fix has been successfully deployed, and the Season has resumed.

Thank you very much!

Update 4:15 p.m. PST - January 2, 2020

We’ve finished creating and testing a fix for the issue, and we will implement the fix after realm restarts tomorrow. We’ve scheduled the realm restarts for Friday, January 3 at 7:00 a.m. PST / 10:00 a.m. EST, and we expect we’ll complete the fix about three hours later.

Again, thank you for your patience.

Update 11:10 a.m. PST - January 2, 2020

We continue to work through this issue, which is our top priority.

We’re working on a hotfix for the game that will resume Season 3, and at this time, we expect that we will be able to retroactively retain rating changes and tier updates. We do not expect that we will be able to retroactively retain the season games played count or win counts that increased during this brief offseason.

We’ll let you know once w...

On behalf of everyone here on the World of Warcraft team, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

2019 started with the unprecedented Battle of Dazar’alor, which led to the Alliance and Horde and bringing the Kul Tiran Humans and the Zandalari Trolls into our ranks. The Crucible of Storms challenged our most-experienced raiders, while the war over Azeroth inspired us to seek out and discover new places, peoples, and stories. The legend of Queen Azshara was renewed, as her great upheaval revealed Nazjatar and The Eternal Palace, even as we made first contact with the denizens of Mechagon and plundered a giant new dungeon. Players took to the skies above all of this, and joined with us in celebrating a remarkable milestone: 15 years of World of Warcraft!

Along the way, we got to see millions of players around the world come together to experience World of Warcraft as it once was with the release of WoW Classic.

We decided to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of WoW with a host of in-game ac...

Happy Feast of Winter Veil!

The treats for Greatfather Winter are much appreciated.

We have a new hotfix incoming:

I’ve updated the OP here with a new hotfix that is subsequent to previous bug fixes on Reckoning. Please note that this new fix is waiting on realm restarts, which for most realms will occur as usually scheduled next week.

WoW Classic

• [With realm restarts] Paladins should no longer lose stacks of Reckoning if they are not facing their target or are out of range to attack the target when the Reckoning stacks are gained.