This week in WoW Forever: 31 October to 6 November
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The week's biggest news and its most-watched clips, in one place. Leading the week: WoW Forever's launch notes: more damage for every class, Shank for Rogues, Lava Burst removed.
The week's biggest WoW Forever news and its most-watched clips. See this week's full page, with every clip and Play them all.
The week's biggest news
WoW Forever's launch notes: more damage for every class, Shank for Rogues, Lava Burst removed
Blizzard's last development notes before launch raise damage across all classes, rework Rogue, Paladin and Druid talents, remove Blessing of Salvation and change training costs, bags and respawns.
November 5 hotfixes: Plainsrunning nerfed in battlegrounds, Druid trainer and trade bag vendors fixed
The first round of WoW: Forever hotfixes since launch stops the Tauren racial Plainsrunning from helping flag carriers and from stacking in a battleground's prep phase, fixes a Druid trainer and the trade supply vendors on Zephras Isle, and speeds up two quest spawns.
Blizzard's Rulesets video: WoW Forever drops the realm list, you pick PvE, PvP, RP or Hardcore
Blizzard's official Rulesets video explains that WoW Forever gets rid of the realm list: at character creation you pick a ruleset (PvE, PvP, RP, or Hardcore) instead of a server by name. That choice sets your outdoor-world rules, your faction options and your economy, and you can't swap between PvE and PvP later. Our client data backs up the parts we can see (the Azeroth map, both factions, the auction house and a "PvP RP" realm type), while the ruleset rules themselves are server-side and not something we can test from files.
Your first week in WoW Forever: levelling, dungeons, professions and camps
WoW Forever is live. Where to level, the first dungeons and their levels, getting professions going, camps, the Legacy System, and the dates still to come.
Launch-day fixes: Invite-a-Friend restrictions lifted, portals added near transport docks, city numbers to be tweaked
A hotfix removed the restrictions that had stopped Invite-a-Friend players from chatting, grouping, trading and leveling past 10. Blizzard has also put temporary portals near transport docks while boats and zeppelins get lost, and says it will tweak numbers to make quiet areas feel busier.
WoW Forever launch night: your first hours in Azeroth
WoW Forever opens at 23:00 UTC tonight. What happens when you first log in, the keys and habits Blizzard's starter guide teaches, and what to do if you can't get in.
Also from Blizzard
Known Issues - WoW Forever - Updated Nov. 5
In this thread, we will discuss issues that the WoW Forever team have determined to be notable, impactful, and already tracked with plans to fix in the future. This is not a comprehensive list of issues, and it will be updated regularly.
World of Warcraft: Forever Launch Time
WoW Forever launches simultaneously in all regions today at 3:00 p.m. PST.
Most-watched clips
These are the creators' own videos, playing in YouTube's player, so they keep the views. They're ranked by views: we haven't watched them, so a place here isn't our recommendation.
All 12 clips, and Blizzard's own videos, are on this week's page. A new issue comes out every Friday evening.