WoW: Forever beta hits level 30 with Excavation Site: Wetlands, and Feral trades Tiger's Fury
The October 1 beta build raises the cap to 30, adds Excavation Site: Wetlands, opens Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, halves bonus XP from dungeon quests and swaps Feral's Tiger's Fury for a new Shifting Power talent.WoW: Forever
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What Blizzard announced, what it means for you, and where to find it on Phylactery.Blizzard plans to grant every WoW: Forever beta tester 16 Legacy points
In a future beta week, all testers will receive 16 Legacy points so the system can be tested without grinding classes and dungeons first. Blizzard expects the grant to stay in place until the beta ends.Blizzard keeps banning WoW: Forever beta gold bots and buyers, adds a trade warning for strangers
Blizzard says it has kept actioning beta accounts that botted for gold or bought it, will keep doing so after launch, and will soon show a warning whenever you trade with a stranger.
Priest and Warrior deep dive: baseline Shadow Word: Death, Penance and a Rage overhaul
Hunter and Druid deep dives: baseline Aimed Shot, fox pets, Shifting Power and Wild GrowthBlizzard is working on bringing Kyle's questline back to Mulgore in WoW: Forever
Asked whether the Mulgore quest to feed Kyle the runaway dog could return despite arriving after the classic era, Community Manager Kaivax replied: "We're working on it."Blizzard says it will increasingly ban gold buyers, not just sellers, in WoW: Forever
Kaivax says Blizzard will increasingly action RMT buyers' accounts in the WoW: Forever beta and at launch, removing illicit gold and possibly closing accounts. Suspicious gifts from strangers count too.Blizzard restarts WoW: Forever beta realms to fix stability issues and a login queue bug
Kaivax confirmed server problems hitting some beta testers on 25 September, followed by a quick realm restart, and a separate fix on 27 September for a bug that was filling login queues after disconnects.Blizzard forces name changes and removes beta access over WoW: Forever character names
The WoW: Forever development team is forcing renames on beta characters that break naming policy and has pulled beta access from some testers. Appeals through Customer Service are off the table, and an automated name filter is coming soon.New WoW: Forever beta build renames Mangle to Primal Bite, reworks Holy Strike and adds a Cooldown Manager
The 24 September beta build touches every class: HoTs can now crit, Wrath gains about 50% damage, Paladin Holy Strike is rebuilt, Shaman totems stop stacking, and an optional Cooldown Manager enters testing.
Blizzard details the Legacy system: 65 challenges, a 16-point perk cap and a Spectral Bear mountBeta build 69977 patches Mac and gamepad bugs as Blizzard flags a Hunter auto-shot fix
A new WoW: Forever beta client fixes Mac display and gamepad issues, Blizzard confirms auto-shot and wand casts are too fast, and the Skyborne quest A Firm Response can be completed again.