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by Published on 2024-04-23 06:06 PM

Get Up to 33% off Select Game Services
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
It’s a great time to dive into daring adventures in World of Warcraft® when you make the most of 33% off select game services through May 7.

Soar into the latest Dragonflight content with a 33% discount on an Enhanced Level 70 Character Boost—harness the power of level 424 raid-ready gear, take to the skies with a stable of soar-ready Dragonriding mounts, and more!

For those looking to get a fresh start, save 30% on Character Transfer Packs, Faction Change Packs, Race Change Packs, and Name Change Packs.*



Level 70 Character Boost


For a limited time, bring your hero up to speed at a 33% discount.** Grant a single character a one-time boost to level 70 and jump into the latest Dragonflight content endgame-ready! To boost multiple characters, buy a Character Boost pack and use them all at once or save some for later.

Available Level 70 Character Boost pack options:

  • 1 for $40.00 (Regularly $60.00)
  • 2 3 for $100.00




Character Transfer Packs


Time to get a move on! Transfer characters between World of Warcraft® realms or accounts, enabling you to play with a new community of players and/or find old friends on new servers—all without starting over at level one. To move multiple characters, buy Character Transfer packs and use them all at once or save some for later.

  • 1 for $17.50 (Regularly $25.00)
  • 3 for $35.00 (Regularly $50.00)
  • 68 for $80.00

Visit our support page to learn more about the Character Transfer service and any restrictions.




Faction Change Packs


See what life is like from the other side! Walk a dungeon or two in the other faction’s shoes when you use a Faction Change to convert a character’s faction from Horde to Alliance or Alliance to Horde. To move multiple characters to the opposite side, purchase Faction Change packs and use them all at once or save some for later. Changing your faction also includes a free race change for your class, so you’ll fit in with your new friends on your adventures all over Azeroth.

Available Faction Change pack options:

  • 1 for $21.00 (Regularly $30.00)
  • 3 for $42.00 (Regularly $60.00)
  • 6 8 for $95.00

To learn more about the Faction Change service and any restrictions, visit our support page.




Race Change Packs


Sometimes, a simple touch-up of your character’s looks isn’t enough; sometimes, you want to go all the way and change which race you belong to! And with a race change service, you can do just that*.

To change multiple characters' races, purchase Race Change packs and use them all at once or save some for later. The final step of a Race Change requires choosing a new appearance and includes an optional Name Change.

Available Race Change pack options:

  • 1 for $17.50 (Regularly $25.00)
  • 3 for $35.00 (Regularly $50.00)
  • 6 8 for $80.00

To learn more about the Race Change service and any restrictions, visit our support page.




Name Change Packs


The name you initially chose for your hero doesn’t have to stay the same for all eternity. Have you changed your mind or simply found something better? Either way, you can pick a new name and reinvent yourself today!

To change multiple characters' names, purchase Name Change packs and use them all at once or save some for later.

Available Name Change pack options:

  • 1 for $7.00 (Regularly $10.00)
  • 3 for $14.00 (Regularly $20.00)
  • 6 8 for $35.00

Learn more about the Name Change service and any restrictions when you visit our support page.




Purchase Race Changes, Faction Change Packs, and Character Transfers from the Battle.net shop. Or launch World of Warcraft and click the Shop button on the character select screen.

Once you’ve purchased your Character Transfer, Faction Change Packs, Name Change Packs, Race Change Packs, and Level 70 Character Boost, a new icon will appear on your character selection screen. To activate a game service, click on the token, then select the character you wish to move. Any unused Faction Change tokens or Character Transfers will remain in your account for future use.

* Only available for modern World of Warcraft. Characters cannot be transferred between World of Warcraft® and World of Warcraft® Classic games.
**Sale ends May 7, 2024

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by Published on 2024-04-23 05:02 PM

Heritage Armor Sets Obtainable by Timerunning Characters
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
If we level a character in the Remix would they get access to heritage armor in Remix or would have to wait till the war within? I have 3 that I was working on but if I can level faster in remix maybe just do there?

Hello!

After a great deal of careful testing, we can confirm that earning Heritage armor on Timerunning characters all works as intended. Your Timerunner becomes eligible for the quest when you hit 50 in Pandaria.

Please note that the game won’t offer you the quest or show the achievement as completed while you’re in Pandaria, and until the event ends, you can’t leave Pandaria. So completing it requires the event to end.

After the event ends, you’ll simply log in, and then the quest appears, and then you can turn it in to get the achievement and the Heritage armor reward.
by Published on 2024-04-23 01:41 AM

Dragonflight Season 4 Goes Live This Week
Dragonflight Season 4 goes live this week in both NA and EU!


What is Releasing This Week?


Dragonflight Season 4 Content Update Notes
Here are the official content update notes for Dragonflight Season 4.



Awakened Raid Rotation and Rewards
Dragonflight Season 4 brings back the Fated Raids system from Shadowlands Season 4, with a new rotation that includes all 3 Dragonflight raids! Every week, bosses within one raid will be empowered and drop higher item level loot.



Antique Bronze Bullion Overview
Antique Bronze Bullion is one of the new currencies in Dragonflight Season 4, used to purchase gear, upgrades for legendary weapons, and cosmetic weapon appearances.



Mythic+ Dungeon Changes
Dragonflight Season 4 brings several changes to dungeons, their progression, and rewards.



Obtaining Sparks of Awakening
Players can obtain Sparks of Awakening in Dragonflight Season 4 by completing weekly awakened activities in the Dragon Isles.



World of Warcraft Esports Events
Signups for The Great Push (TGP) and Arena World Championship (AWC) Season 4 are now open!



New Seasonal Mounts
Dragonflight Season 4 brings five new seasonal mounts and Jigglesworth Sr., previously obtained by completing all fated raids during Shadowlands Season 4. For a full list of mounts that have been added in this patch, check our Patch 10.2.6 Mount Guide.

Dragonflight Season 4 PvE



Dragonflight Season 4 PvP


by Published on 2024-04-23 01:34 AM

Season of Discovery - Limited Free Character Transfers from PvP to PvE Realms
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Good evening everyone,

When we launched Season of Discovery, we made some bold decisions, one of those was the creation of Enforced Faction Balanced PvP Realms. When we did this, we did our best to communicate some caveats that this may not end up being the experience you want from World of Warcraft, as PvP realms can be an intensely challenging experience at times. While we are very happy with how the faction balance system has worked out, we know from player feedback internally and externally that the reality of a balanced presence of both factions on a single realm, and that individual layers will not always have equal factions, means that some folks have now decided they would instead prefer a PvE ruleset, but have characters locked to these PvP realms.

To that end, we genuinely want everyone to have the best time they can in Season of Discovery, so over the next few weeks, we will be periodically opening Free Character Transfers from PvP realms to PvE realms. These transfer windows will open and close fairly rapidly, and we offer no guarantee that you will be able to transfer. The reasoning for this is simple; we need to ensure that one faction doesn’t disproportionally leave a realm, undoing months of hard work with realm faction balance.

These transfer options will be periodically available starting Tuesday and will open and close throughout the rest of this week.

As always, thank for you joining us in Season of Discovery. We’ve experimented a lot and learned much that will ultimately lead to bigger and better things.
by Published on 2024-04-22 07:41 PM

Season of Discovery Class Tuning Incoming - April 23
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Tomorrow, during each region’s normal maintenance period, we will apply the following adjustments to classes in Season of Discovery.

Druid
  • The Natural Weapons talents now increases all damage done by druids in Season of Discovery, instead of just physical damage.
  • The Gale Winds rune now reduces the mana cost of Hurricane by 60%.
  • Swiftmend no longer consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on the target when used.
    • Developers’ notes: Please note that it does still require Rejuvenation or Regrowth to be on the target to be used.

Paladin
  • Seal of Righteousness damage can now be critical hits.
  • Sacred Shield’s duration is extended to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).
  • Crusader Strike has now gained an additional effect: Crusader strike now refreshes all judgement effects active on the target to a 30 second remaining duration.
  • Seal of Martyrdom can now “twist” with other seals, including Seal of Command.
    • Developers’ notes: Seal “twisting” was an interesting emergent effect that became popular during the original Burning Crusade, that utilized the slower server messaging system used in early versions of WoW to slightly extend the duration of the Paladin’s active seal for a short time whenever a second seal was cast. This effectively allowed paladins to momentarily gain the benefit of two seals at once if they timed the application of a new seal to line up perfectly just before their weapon swing. This is something we would have considered a bug at the time, but for many players, it became a popular feature of the class, allowing skilled players to increase their output with precision gameplay.
      We recreated this playstyle in Burning Crusade Classic and since then it’s been a popular request in other versions of original WoW, including Season of Discovery. We had concerns about allowing Martyrdom and Command specifically to be twisted together in Season of Discovery for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the playstyle is highly mana inefficient, it largely requires addons such as a weapon swing timer to function properly, and twisting can be unintuitive for less experienced players. As the game matures and we continue to listen to player feedback however, we recognize that for some, this is part of the charm and uniqueness of playing a paladin during those early eras of WoW’s history. We consider this change to be experimental and we will watch the performance and behavior of Retribution closely after this change. Should it prove problematic, we may revert this change or apply additional adjustments later. We greatly appreciate the feedback we’ve received about this thus far.
      With this change to allow twisting, we do not expect to see a major change in the “optimal” way to play Retribution right away. Due to the interaction between Art of War, Martyrdom, and Exorcism, we’ll likely need a larger redesign and changes to that interaction to truly add more diversity to the Retribution playstyle. We’re evaluating options here for potential changes we can make either via hotfix during Phase 3 or as part of a larger effort for Phase 4.

Priest
  • Shadowform now increases all shadow damage done by 25% (was 15%).

Rogue
  • Saber Slash bleed now stacks up to 5 times.
  • Saber Slash bleed now also increases the impact damage done by Sinister Strike and Saber Slash by 15% per stack for the rogue who applied the bleed.
  • Saber Slash bleed now deals 3% of the rogue’s Attack Power in damage per tick (was 5%).

Shaman
  • Mental Dexterity now only triggers from dealing damage with Stormstrike and Lava Lash, and it now lasts 30 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Burn now increases Flame Shock Damage by 100% and flame shock DoT duration by 6 seconds, and causes Flame Shock to strike up to 5 targets (was 3 targets).
    • Developers’ notes: We’ve received a lot of feedback about the overall usability of mental dexterity, particularly for Elemental Shamans. This ability was not intended to be used by elemental, so the adjustments we’ve made are to help ensure its usage is a bit more enhancement-centric. To compensate, we’ve increased the output and usability of the Burn rune, with a slight quality-of-life improvement in the form of a Flame Shock duration increase which allows two Lava Burst casts to be used within a single Flame Shock duration. This is likely not going to be enough to overall bring elemental up to the level we want, so we intend to continue to make other tactical adjustments in future class adjustment updates as needed.



In the Weeks to Come
We’re carefully planning for more adjustments to Hunters, Mages, Shamans, and Warlocks in future updates. We really appreciate the feedback we’ve received since the start of Phase 3 and look forward to sharing more about our next round of adjustments with you soon.

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