THE STORIES BEHIND THE GAME
Good reads for your next queue.
Guides, big moments, and the people behind them.
World of Warcraft: Forever rebuilds every talent tree, drops realms, adds nine dungeons and a thousand quests, and keeps level 60. We went through every change against Classic, and we kept the collection we wrote before the reveal.
The last big WoW Forever beta build before launch redesigned Arcane Blast, added Frost Blast to replace rank 1 Frostbolt, made wands and Auto Shot require 0.5 seconds standing still, turned totems and auras raid wide, rebuilt the Elemental Shaman tree and reshaped Shadow Priest. Every class change and what testers think of them.
The October 15 WoW Forever beta build deleted the weapon specialization racials and replaced them with flat crit and crit damage, slowed Blood Fury, put a 25 second cooldown on Touch of the Grave and buffed Troll, Skyborne and Gnome. Every change, what it means for your race pick, and why the forums lit up overnight.