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07 Jul

Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Classic

  • Classic Era - 1.14.4 PTR Development Notes: The latest updates were posted on Thursday, which included bug fixes, changes to the String of Ears buff, PTR downtime, and the upcoming “Brawl with the Blues” event (more details coming soon).
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    Linxy on Forums - Thread - Direct

Here are the hotfixes that went live in Wrath Classic today:

JULY 6, 2023

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

  • Dungeons and Raids
    • Utgarde Pinnacle and Utgarde Keep
      • Glaciate and Icy Path will no longer kill players when they are affected by King Ymiron’s Screams of the Dead during Defense Protocol Alpha or Beta.
      • Fire Blast now does 6% max hp damage per second, instead of 10% during Defense Protocol Beta.
      • Fire Blast will now get casted much sooner after Glaciate during Defense Protocol Beta.
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    Linxy on Forums - Thread - Direct

Hello everyone. Here are today’s hotfix notes:

JULY 6, 2023

Classes

  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Wild Mushroom and Fury of Elune will now deal their damage even if the target is out of line of sight of the Druid.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Mythic+
    • Affixes
      • Fixed an issue that caused Incorporeal Beings’ Destabilize effect to apply to targets not in combat with players when charmed.
    • The below Mythic+ changes were applied on June 30:
    • Brackenhide Hollow
      • Hackclaw’s War-Band
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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

July 6, 2023
Build 50337

Testing Focus

  • We will bring the Hardcore PTR realm down on Thursday, July 13. It will then be unavailable for approximately 7 days until July 20.
  • At the same time, we will open a Normal Classic Era PTR realm with level 60 character templates enabled for PvP testing.
    • We will publish a full explainer on the revamped Classic Era honor system.
    • We will also host a “Brawl with the Blues” event on Friday, July 14 at 2:00 p.m. PDT—more details coming soon!

Gameplay Adjustments

  • The minimum level to earn or grant stacks of the String of Ears buff has been raised to 19 (was 10).
  • Upon death, any active mail in the player’s mailbox will be deleted when a realm transfer is initiated, and any active auctions will be cancelled and deleted.
    • Developers’ notes: This was a necessary change to enable dead characters to transfer to a N...
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06 Jul

Tune in to the latest episode of WoWCast with World of Warcraft Senior Game Designers Graham Berger and Stephen Cavallaro, along with host Bethany Stout as they provide a dragon’s eye view of Dawn of the Infinite Megadungeon coming with the Fractures of Time update. They’ll also share their insights as they dive deeper into the all-new Dracthyr Augmentation specialization and more.


Prepare to venture into time itself to push back against the encroaching chaos when Fractures in Time arrives.


05 Jul

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    Kaivax on Forums - Thread - Direct

To provide more transparency on the actions that get taken against exploitative accounts, here is a breakdown on the number of actions that were taken over the last month, June 2023:

Total Exploitative WoW Account Actions Last Month: 127014

All of these actions are for cheating or exploitation which are primarily permanent bans or 6-month suspensions. This number does not include separate actions like character name or in-game language violations. We continue to evolve our methods and act against these malicious accounts on a daily basis.

Thank you!

-The WoW Classic Team


04 Jul

The Midsummer Fire Festival is set to go out with a POP, WHIZBANG during the Fireworks Spectacular on July 4!

Make your way to any capital city (or venture out to Booty Bay) to take in the festively fiery finale with an hourly firework extravaganza.

We hope to see you there!

Prime your minds for an especially tangled chrono-spatial conundrum: Warlords of Draenor Timewalking is here!

Players will be able to adventure into six of Warlords of Draenor’s dungeons to reap new rewards all week during this week’s Bonus Event. Your character and items will be scaled down to a power level fitting for the challenge at hand, but bosses will yield loot appropriate for your regular level. Timewalking dungeons also have a chance to drop items that usually drop when you run them on Heroic, and you’ll earn reputation with a faction that is interested in the dungeon.


This Week

Look for the following all week long:

  • Kazra in Valdrakken has a quest for you. You can also start the quest from within the Adventure Guide (Shift-J).
    • Quest Requirement: Complete 5 Timewalking dungeons.
    • Rewards: Cache of Vault Treasures containing one piece of non-tier gear from Normal Vau...
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03 Jul

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    Bornakk on Forums - Thread - Direct

A hotfix has been deployed and this encounter should now work as intended.

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    Bornakk on Forums - Thread - Direct

A hotfix has been deployed for this issue and it should now be resolved. Thank you for your patience.

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Time is fleeting, and it won’t be long until the Fractures in Time content goes live on July 11. The Midsummer Fire Festival goes out with a “BANG!” this week with the Fireworks Spectacular. Keep your eyes on the skies on July 4th.


News and Events This Week

  • July 2
    • (Event) The Darkmoon Faire Returns
  • July 4
    • (Event) Fireworks Spectacular
      (Event) Warlords of Draenor Timewalking
    • (Event) PvP Brawl: Warsong Scramble
    • (Reminder) The WoW Summer Sale Ends July 4!
  • July 5
    • (Esports Event) The Great Push Proving Grounds Start (10:00 a.m. PDT/ 1:00 p.m. EDT)
  • July 6
    • (Vi...
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