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.
Blizzard's Paladin class deep dive explains every WoW Forever change: Holy Strike, Seal of Fury, baseline Consecration, Holy Shock at 21 points, Templar's Bulwark, Sacred Arbiter and the Twist of Light capstone. Why Retribution players are split on seal twisting, what the developers said on the podcast, and where Champion of the Light ended up.
Blizzard's first WoW Forever class deep dives cover Hunter, Druid, Priest and Warrior. Dual spec at level 40, crits giving Warriors 75% more rage, Tiger's Fury swapped for Shifting Power, Penance and Wild Growth, and how players took it.
WoW Forever gives Warriors rage by weapon speed instead of damage. Blizzard now says crits will give 75% more rage again and armor will stop cutting rage from hits. How it works, the Ahlaundoh video that blew it up, Xaryu and Pikaboo's takes, the 600-post forum thread, the players who like it, and what to expect from Blizzard's class design podcast.
The Classic debuff cap decided which specs raided. Blizzard has said nothing about it for Forever. Here is why it is the second-biggest open question, and what the rebuilt trees imply.