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.
Clay Stone says 'horizontal' means expanding the world, not freezing gear. Each new raid tier will be a small power step up, old best-in-slot items should last a long time, and three forum threads passed 80 replies in a day arguing about it. Here is exactly what was said and what it means for your gear.
The October 1 WoW Forever beta build raised the cap to 30, gave Warriors 100% more rage on crits, rebuilt the Fury tree, made respecs 1 silver, nerfed Gnome Eureka again and locked Tauren Cultivation behind player level. Plus the 16 Legacy point grant, what the devs said on the class podcast, and the rough launch night.
Blizzard's September 23 Legacy deep dive in plain terms. How Legacy Points are earned, why one character can reach 29 of them without an alt, all 21 perks across the Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness trees with their demo ranks, the Spectral Bear rewards, the Hardcore rules, and the 16 points we would spend first.