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Never go AFK. Ever. Anywhere.

Just don’t do it. It’s always better to log out and know for sure that your character is safe.
If you really want to hang out in guild chat while AFK, make an alt for that and park them in the city.

In the bank, preferably. Maybe inside the vault, if possible.

I’ll go first.

WoW Classic uses layers to help spread out large population of players and prevent any one area of the world from becoming overloaded, which would degrade the play experience. Each layer is a full copy of the entire game world, to provide a sense of continuity with the players around you. When you’re on the same layer as another player, you might see that person repeatedly, in different zones and at different levels, because you’re both on the same layer. The way layering works for groups is fairly straightforward: if you invite someone to group with you and you’re on a different layer than they are, they will be moved from their layer to yours. Thus, when grouping up with someone else on a Hardcore realm, always expect that you’re about to change over to their layer, and be very careful about where you position yourself.

Don’t ever join a group while standing in a cleared murloc camp, or you might find yourself getting viciously mrrrgled.

I’ve noticed threads popping up lately that are full of good advice, so I decided to put a blue stamp on it and see if we can bring all the best tips together.

What’s your best tip for other players setting out to level up on a Hardcore realm?

August 22, 2023

Classes

• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue that caused Haunted Soul to remain when untalented.

Dungeons

• Creatures that detect stealth and invisibility are now immune to the effects of Mind Soothe.

Player versus Player

• Solo Shuffle
  • Stormkeeper gained by the Elemental Shaman 2-piece set Runes of the Cinderwolf bonus now properly resets between Solo Shuffle rounds.
  • The shared cooldown between Gladiator’s Medallion, Will To Survive, Stormform, Fireblood, and Will of the Forsaken now properly resets between Solo Shuffle rounds.

In order to fix this (and a couple of other issues), we’re going to restart all Classic Era realms at 7:00 a.m. PDT tomorrow, Wednesday, August 23.

At that time, your talents will be reset, and you should be able to select them as usual.

Today, we’re deploying a hotfix that will do this.

Going forward, creatures that detect stealth and invisibility will be immune to the effects of Mind Soothe. They will now return an immune message, but should not put the Priest into combat.

World of Warcraft Classic Era Patch Notes
Version 1.14.4
August 22, 2023

Hardcore Realms

New Classic Era Hardcore realms will open at 3:00 p.m. PDT on August 24.

When a player-character dies on a Hardcore realm, they cannot resurrect or be resurrected by any other spell or ability. After death, the player-character continues to exist in the game world as a ghost to facilitate communication with in-game friends and resolve logistical matters. The character is not necessarily lost, however. After dying on a Hardcore realm, players will be able to choose to utilize the Free Character Move service and move ...

With the 1.14.4 patch to WoW Classic Era, we’ve updated how PvP ranking works, both in immediate gameplay and via weekly rank calculations. For those who wish to know the details of how this system calculates weekly ranking, we’ve put together the following overview.

Each week during the weekly reset, the system now takes the following steps:

1. Convert the player’s total weekly honor points to Contribution Points (CP).
2. Find the player’s “expected rank”, given this amount of CP.
3. If the player’s “expected rank” is greater than or equal to their current rank, then for each rank above their own (up to a maximum of 4 ranks), they are awarded the difference in CP between each rank above theirs and the next below it, multiplied by the honor change factor for that rank.
4. If the player’s expected rank falls below their current rank, they will instead decay.
   • Please note that in this new system, de-ranking is not possible due to decay that c...

August 21, 2023

Classes [With weekly realm maintenance]

• Druid
  • Guardian
    • Absorb granted by Ursoc’s Fury reduced to 45% of damage dealt (was 50%).
    • Innate Resolve’s bonus to Frenzied Regeneration reduced to 120% (was 150%).
• Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • Eye Beam is no longer interrupted by school lockout effects.
• Vengeance
  • Fel Devastation is no longer interrupted by school lockout effects.
• Druid
  • Fixed an issue where Sunfire and Moonfire were not updating quick enough after receiving a Mastery increase from an external source.
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue that caused Mass Invisibility to cancel inconsistently, with no direct actions taken.
  • D...

We intend to make changes to how the Advanced Combat Log is populated, in advance of Dragonflight Season 3, that will prevent its use in this way.

Please see section 1-C of the ...

We’ve added the following adjustments, which will also go live with scheduled weekly maintenance:

Player versus Player

Warrior

• Arms
  • Deep Wounds damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 28% reduced).
  • Mortal Strike damage increased by 35% in PvP combat (was 10%).
  • Bladestorm damage increased by 70% in PvP combat (was 40%).
  • Fatal Mark may stack up to a maximum of 5 times in PvP combat (was 8 times).
  • Execute damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Protection
  • Execute damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Okwaho, you mentioned RP items in the live chat, and I wonder if you can list the RP items you’d like to see become usable outside of their area or quest.

Thank you!

Today, the WoW Community Council met with Classic World of Warcraft developers Josh Greenfield, Ana Resendez, Nora Valleta, and Tim Jones to talk about Hardcore mode, the 1.14.4 patch, Wrath Classic, and related subjects.

Please feel free to keep the discussion going here, if you have any follow-up questions or comments on what was discussed.

Thank you!

We plan to implement the following adjustment to Mythic+ dungeons with scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, August 22.

M+ Dungeons

• Above keystone level 20, each additional keystone level will now increase enemy health and damage by 8% (was 10%).

We’ve recently made and are currently making a number of adjustments to specs that were particularly powerful in Mythic+, and while we feel these changes will have the desired effect, we’ve also heard concerns that it may now be much more diff...