World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Welcome summer with great WoW® deals. Save 50% off Dragonflight, Pets and Mounts, 60% off The Couture Collection, up to 30% off select Game Services, and more for a limited time*. Read on to discover what’s on sale.

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Save Big on Dragonflight


Kick off your summer with the gift of Warcraft, and a new adventure in the Dragon Isles. Get 50% off the Base, Heroic, and Epic Editions of Dragonflight through July 17, 2023. With the Fractures in Time Content Update just around the corner, now's the perfect time to treat a friend and enjoy a new adventure in Azeroth together.

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Bring Your Summer Glow with Transmog Savings


Redefine your style and save up to 60% off The Couture Collection which includes 4 transmog sets, 1 transmog backpack, and a transformative toy at a flashy discount until July 4, 2023!

If you already have one or more items from The Couture Collection available in your Collection, its price will automatically adjust. All items from the pack are also available as standalone purchases.

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Up to 50% Off on Mounts, Pets, and More

Adopt or gift a pet, mount, or toy in the in-game shop or in the Blizzard Shop today! Mounts, pets, and more are now on sale up to 50% off through July 4, 2023.

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Up to 30% Off on Game Services


If you’ve been looking to reinvent yourself or find friends on a new server, the time is nigh to stock up on select Game Services*** for up to 30% off—featuring Character Boost, Character Transfer, Faction Change, Name Change, and Race Change.1 You'll also find special offers on select game services packs!

Plus, there’s no better time to take advantage of two introductory offers to expand your horizons in Azeroth: hasten your alts’ journey with the new Character Boost pack and find a home on a different Wrath of the Lich King Classic realm with the new Wrath Classic Character Transfer packs.

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Chill Out with Wrath of the Lich King Classic™

Save 50%* on the Northrend Heroic Upgrade or Northrend Epic Upgrade

Purchase of the Northrend Heroic Upgrade or Northrend Epic Upgrade will allow one character boost for Wrath of the Lich King to level 70 (limit one per World of Warcraft account; not usable on Death Knight characters). The boosted character will receive:


Northrend Heroic Upgrade

• Expert Riding Skill
  
• A race-specific epic ground mount
  
• A faction-specific rare flying mount
  
• Weapon skills up to level 70
  
• Access to Azeroth and Outland flight paths
  
• A set of level 70 Uncommon (green) quality gear
  
• Up to four Draenic Leather Pack bags (14 slots each)
  
• A little bit of gold to start their journey

In addition, the Northrend Heroic Upgrade includes Pebble, a penguin pet, and the Fishspeaker’s Lucky Lure, a toy to summon your very own tuskarr fishing companion.


Northrend Epic Upgrade

This edition includes the level 70 Character Boost† and all the items from the Northrend Heroic Upgrade, in addition to:

• The Kalu’ak Whalebone Glider, a flying mount for your Classic characters for use only in Wrath of the Lich King Classic and designed to match the look of the original expansion.
  
• The Tuskarr Shoreglider, a flying mount variant for use in modern World of Warcraft and reflecting the game’s current visual style
  
• 30 Days of Game Time, providing access to WoW Classic Era Realms, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, and modern World of Warcraft.

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Save 50% on Warcraft® III: Reforged!


Warcraft III: Reforged takes you back to a tumultuous time in Azeroth’s history, when a dark shadow eclipsed a peaceful land, the world trembled before the coming of the Burning Legion, and heroes risked it all to prevent the death of their world.

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*Offer valid through July 4, 2023.
**Toys, pets, mounts, and transmog sets not available in World of Warcraft®: Wrath of the Lich King™ Classic and World of Warcraft® Classic Era realms.
***Certain character services not available for World of Warcraft®: Wrath of the Lich King™ Classic or World of Warcraft® Classic Era characters. Consult the Battle.net Shop page for details.
After July 4, the largest available Faction Change, Character Transfer and Race Change packs will include 6 respective game services for their current offer price of 8. Certain restrictions apply. All offers end on July 4, 2023.
Introductory offers for the World of Warcraft Character Boost pack and Wrath Classic Character Transfer packs end on July 4, 2023. After July 4, the largest available Character Boost pack will include 2 Character Boosts for the current offer price of 3, and the largest available Wrath Classic Character Transfer pack will include 6 Character Transfers for the current offer price of 8. Certain restrictions apply. All offers end on July 4, 2023.
† The same restrictions as the Northrend Heroic Upgrade apply; upgrading from Northrend Heroic Upgrade to Northrend Epic Upgrade does not grant a second character boost.

Mark your calendars, the next Dragonflight content update goes live on July 11, bringing with it a clutch of new content, including:

• New Evoker specialization—Augmentation
• Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon
• Time Rifts
• New content in Eon’s Fringe
• Whelp Daycare
• The Warlock Expands to new races
• New Warlock questline and pet customizations
• Class Talent Updates
• And More…

Learn more in our previously published preview, then check out the PTR Development notes on the official forums. Keep an eye on the official site for more news and insights in the weeks ahead.

In an expansion that has had great communication so far, it seems weird we have not heard anything about season 2 MMR and inflation yet. In the past 2-3 weeks, every time I’ve opened Twitter or went to the arena forums there’s been posts asking what is going on. Even AWC chats were filled with questions about it.

At the creation of this post, Rank 1 is currently still lower than Gladiator (2369) and there’s only 37 people in NA above 2400. You guys said you would keep an eye on inflation this season, but the only thing you’ve kept an eye on was Solo Shuffle getting super inflated ratings, and ignored rated 2s and 3s that’s floundering.

I think people would appreciate an acknowledgment and that something is being done. Everyone that PvPs just feels ignored right now.

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We’ve seen a lot of discussion around ratings in Dragonflight Season 2 the past couple of weeks and we’ve reviewed and discussed the current state of ratings and matchmaking. For additional context, In Season 1 we shared some of our philosophy around rating and reward acquisition: Dragonflight Season 1 Rated PvP Rating Discussion)

Coming out of Season 1, we saw a large disparity between what rating a player could hit in Solo Shuffle compared to other rated brackets. We wanted to have less rating disparity between the different brackets, so the general skill level between each feels roughly the same, with the goal of being able to obtain the highest ratings in 3v3.

On the topic of Inflation - As noted in the above post, we did start inflation earlier this season, having started this past week (Week 5). We have noticed that a smaller amount of players are hitting the higher end of ratings compared to the same time as Season 1, which also has trickle effects on the rest of the ladder. To help improve this situation, we are taking the following steps:

• With next week’s reset, the inflation rate will be substantially increased for next week
  
  • This increase will be gradual throughout the course of the week
• The steadier inflation rate will continue for the remainder of the season

We’ll continue to monitor the numerous factors at play that impact the overall rated ladder and ratings. Thank you for your continued feedback and patience on this topic.