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1. Blue postOct 1by KaivaxUS forums3 repliesedited Oct 1

   WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - October 1

   28 known issues · 1 resolved + 3 later posts by Blizzard in the thread

   We’re opening the WoW Forever Beta today with the following known issues.

   Known Issues
   September 18, 2026 28

   • Barber Chairs cause a LUA error.
   • Character friends in Beta disabled.
   • The minimap may be partially off the screen.
   • Waylaid Crates do not function on items with a maximum stack size smaller than the quantity required. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
   • Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Curiosities does not accept Greater Magic Essence, and incorrectly allows you to target Lesser Magic Essence. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
   • Teldrassil - During the quest “Escaping Ban’ethil”, Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom runs a bit too fast and spams her Strike ability. This is fixed in the next Beta build. Resolved
   • Starshards (Night Elf Priest Racial) does not benefit from the Twilight Focus talent. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
   • Vengeance (Retribution Paladin Talent) can activate off of periodic critical strikes. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
   • Ranking up Holy Strike doesn’t feel great per rank. This is fixed in the next Beta build. In the data: Holy Strike
   • Character pane does not display Level, Class or Titles (work in progress)
   • Create Firestone Ranks 3 and 4 do not display the conjured item tooltip portion of these abilities. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
   • Warlock pets do not display Mana as a resource on the character sheet, and do not mention the scaling from their master (work in progress).
   • Warlock pets do not display the correct scaling for Health from Stamina on the character sheet (work in progress).
   • Pet Hit chance for both Hunters and Warlocks do not display the master’s scaling coefficient (work in progress).
   • Pet Expertise is not displayed for both Hunters and Warlocks (work in progress).
   • Pet Movement Speed’s information on the character sheet is not displaying the correct base values in yards per second (work in progress). In the data: Speed
   • The Glancing Blow chance for casters is incorrect at all levels, and the damage reduction of a glancing blow is also incorrect (work in progress).
   • The Glancing Blow damage reduction penalty for Melee is incorrect on targets that are higher level than themselves.
     • The chance a Glancing Blow occurs is correct for all levels for melee characters, and the damage reduction penalty for Glancing Blows for equal-level targets is correct. It is only the damage reduction penalty against higher level targets that is incorrect (work in progress).
   • Because of the above, the Glancing Blow chances displayed on the character sheet are not accurate (work in progress).
   • You can open the Legacy System with the hotkey “Y” before reaching level 25. Doing so results in LUA errors on tab 1 and 3.
   • Player’s may find they are unable to sign guild charters. To alleviate this, we have temporarily made it possible to hand-in a guild charter with no signatures. (work in progress)
   • Coldridge Valley does not reveal on the map when explored. This will be fixed in the next Beta build.
     • The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class.
   • Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses. In the data: Bear Form
   • Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell queue window.
   • Taking damage while channeling Arcane Missiles will fire off a full damage bolt instead of a bolt with truncated damage. In the data: Arcane Missiles
   • Resurrection sickness’s duration is not correct at lower levels.

   This post will be updated as issues are resolved and/or added to this list.

   Kaivax posted again in the thread · Sep 18 · post #4 on the forum

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   Added to the list above:

   • The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class.
   • Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses.
   • Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell queue window.
   • Taking damage while channeling Arcane Missiles will fire off a full damage bolt instead of a bolt with truncated damage.
   • Resurrection sickness’s duration is not correct at lower levels.

   Kaivax posted again in the thread · Sep 24 · post #5 on the forum

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   Resolved Issues 2

   • Teldrassil - During the quest “Escaping Ban’ethil”, Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom runs a bit too fast and spams her Strike ability. This is fixed in the next beta build. Resolved
   • Loch Modan - “Snowbound” gives more XP than intended. This is adjusted in the next beta build. Resolved

   Known Issues - New September 24 10

   • Banes and Curses do not properly track if you drop your target and re-acquire a target with an existing bane or curse.
   • Healthstone cooldown cannot be tracked.
   • Priest tracks all spells by default.
   • Arcane Blast cannot be tracked.
   • Mana gem requires an additional spell to be cast by the mage to properly begin tracking its cooldown.
   • Creating or changing party composition may transfer players to a different world instance. We’re working on improvements and will provide an update soon.
   • Pet cooldowns cannot be tracked.
   • Item enhancements (such as Windfury or rogue poisons) cannot be tracked
   • The minimap in Stormwind has display issues and will be fixed in a later build.
   • Personal Resource Display doesn’t show combo points.

   Kaivax posted again in the thread · Oct 1 · post #6 on the forum

   Read Blizzard’s text

   Known Issues - New October 1 14

   • Chaining Spells together does not play the precast spell effects and sounds of the next cast until the first cast finishes.
     • For example: When you cast Fireball and cast another Fireball right away, you finish your Fireball cast, your hands won’t glow or make the crackling sound of the new Fireball you’re casting, and then once your hand comes down from the first Fireball cast, you then begin the precast animation of the next Fireball spell.
   • Enemies can Parry and Block from behind if the player is close to them. Until this is fixed, it can be avoided by not being too close to targets.
   • The size of the total installation of WoW: Forever is larger than intended. We’re working to reduce it in a future Beta update.
   • Switching to or from Gamepad UI mode resets the active edit mode layout to the default preset.
   • Scroll of Liminal Passage does not function correctly.
   • Dwarf player-characters do not have updated splash sounds in water. This is fixed in a later build.
   • Eureka does not affect every Damaging Spell or Healing Spell for some classes. This is fixed in a later build.
   • Multiple debuffs like Faerie Fire and Demoralizing Shout don’t cause threat.
   • Mages who learn Research can be prevented from accessing it.
   • Warriors’ Dual Wield Specialization is granting both your Main hand and Off-hand 2/4/6/8/10% hit chance. It should only be granted to your Off-hand.
   • Retribution Aura uses the target’s spell power instead of the Paladin’s.
   • The Taillasher Eggs for the quest “Break A Few Eggs” do not respawn as quickly as intended. This will be fixed in a later build.
   • Anduin Wrynn - and many other children – unintentionally have hats. We’re in the process of removing them, but they keep giggling and running away, so this is going to take a while.

Blizzard’s other posts of these days

1. Blue postOct 1

   Legacy Points for Beta Testing

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   Over the first two weeks of the WoW Forever Beta, we’ve seen an increasing number of testers pushing to earn points in the Legacy system.

   In a future week of the Beta, we’re planning to grant all testers 16 Legacy points so that the system can be tested without first requiring a great deal of leveling different classes, clearing dungeons, etc.

   Once applied, we expect to keep that grant in place until the end of the Beta.

2. Blue postOct 1

   Actions Taken Against Botting and RMT

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   Since our previous note on the subject of addressing Real Money Transactions (RMT) in WoW: Forever, we have been continuously actioning accounts that were found to be botting to amass gold in the WoW: Forever Beta, as well as the accounts of those who were found to have purchased or knowingly received illicit gold. We will continue to take action against RMT in both the Beta and the live game after the launch of WoW: Forever.

   We will soon add a warning to the game that will appear whenever you trade with strangers. The warning reads:

   Be wary of accepting gold from unknown or suspicious sources. If the provider is engaged in Real Money Transactions, you could put your account at risk of closure. Please see the following support article for more information: https://support.blizzard.com/help/article/379634

   Our stance on RMT in World of Warcraft is crystal clear: any account belonging to any player that is found to have participated in generating, selling, buying, or receiving illicit gold is subject to the gold being removed, account suspensions, or permanent account closures.

   Thank you to every player who has provided feedback on this subject. You’ve participated in making this Beta invaluable to us as we refine our processes around this and many other issues.

3. Blue postOct 1

   WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 1

   136 changes · 7 developers’ notes · 10 known issues in 38 sections + 1 later post by Blizzard in the thread

   Read Blizzard’s text

   Of its 136 changes, 34 match a change we found in this build’s game files (linked under each one); the other 102 are Blizzard’s word only (marked “Blizzard only”): often server-side rules or fixes the client files never show.

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   Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following updates.

   Change Log 136

   Bugfixes 14

   • Fixed a bug with casters not playing their precast animations and sometimes standing while casting. Blizzard only
   • Changed the sound effect that plays while jumping in water to be more aesthetically pleasing. Blizzard only
   • Adjusted Human death sounds. Blizzard only
   • Fixed an issue where attempting to craft items or cast spells was causing players to stand up while waiting to obtain their Campfire buff. Blizzard only
     • Players may now buff each other, cast, and craft while waiting for their Campfire buffs. Blizzard only
     • Players may now obtain a Campfire buff if they are sitting, sitting in a chair, sleeping, lying down, or using the kneeling emote. Blizzard only
   • Resolved an issue where Huey Sunnydale’s legs failed to render properly. Blizzard only
   • Fixed an issue that made a Season of Discovery rune ability visible. Blizzard only
   • Fixed an issue where Pet Happiness was not decreasing once your pet was at max loyalty. Blizzard only
   • Fixed an issue causing the Undercity Canal ooze to be much brighter than intended. Blizzard only
   • Removed a setting that could disable fog in an unintended manner. Blizzard only
   • Resolved a water display issue and fixed various other display artifacts on Mac. Blizzard only
   • Fixed a memory leak causing gradual performance degradation for some players. Blizzard only
   • Fixed an issue where in-game mail could ignore surnames. Blizzard only

   Classes 67

   • If you have not recently changed your talents, the cost is now 1 silver to re-spec. This is temporary for the Beta only. After your first talent reset, the subsequent cost will be much higher, but it will drop to 1 silver after 1 hour has passed. Blizzard only

   Druid 10

   On this site: Druid

   • Corrected an issue and now Rejuvenation can land critical hits. In the game files: Rejuvenation
   • Corrected an issue and now Tranquility can land critical hits. In the game files: Tranquility
   • Wrath base damage increased ~50%. Blizzard only
   • Thorns will now dynamically update its values based on the caster’s spell power. In the game files: Thorns
     • If the caster cannot be found or is too far away, Thorns reverts to its base values. In the game files: Thorns

   Feral 4

   On this site: Feral Combat

   • Mangle has been renamed Primal Bite. Its signature debuff has been removed, so the former name no longer accurately represented the ability. In the data: Primal Bite
     • All talents referencing Mangle now reference Primal Bite. In the data: Primal Bite
   • The Primal Fury talent has been renamed and the icon replaced with the original Blood Frenzy name and icon. Blizzard only
   • Fixed a bug where Feral Charge (Cat) could be cast on allies. Blizzard only

   Restoration 1

   On this site: Restoration

   • Corrected an issue and now Wild Growth can land critical hits. In the data: Wild Growth

   Hunter 6

   On this site: Hunter

   Pets 3

   • Furious Howl Attack Power bonus reduced 40%. In the data: Furious Howl
   • Sonic Blast ability now properly available to Bat pets. In the data: Sonic Blast
   • Tame Beast no longer works on Beasts that are higher than the Hunter’s level. In the game files: Tame Beast

   Marksmanship 1

   On this site: Marksmanship

   • Talenting out of Lone Wolf will no longer cause the Hunter to have -4% damage while their pet is active. Blizzard only

   Survival 2

   On this site: Survival

   • Corrected an issue and now Lacerating Strikes can land critical hits. In the data: Lacerating Strikes
   • Strider Kick now increases movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds. Blizzard only

   Mage 4

   On this site: Mage

   • Arcane Missiles no longer checks line of sight on each missile, just once at the beginning of the channel. So targets moving out of line of sight during the channel will not prevent the missiles. In the game files: Arcane Missiles

   Fire 3

   On this site: Fire

   • Wake of Fire buff duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds). Blizzard only

     • Developers’ notes: Wake of Fire was difficult to make proper use of while leveling, due to the Mage needing to restore mana between combat. The increased duration should help smooth out the experience.

   • Hot Streak buff duration has been increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds). Blizzard only
   • Ignite no longer double dips on % damage increase modifiers. Blizzard only

   Paladin 18

   On this site: Paladin

   • Retribution Aura will now dynamically update its values based on the caster’s spell power. Blizzard only
   • Fixed a bug causing the Flash of Light cast animation to not play at the end of the spell cast. Blizzard only
   • Fixed various issues with Consecration. In the data: Consecration
     • Fixed an issue where Consecration would fail to apply its increased damage effect to some targets. In the data: Consecration
     • Fixed an issue where Consecration’s Z axis wasn’t functioning consistently. In the data: Consecration
     • Fixed an issue where Consecration could pull targets vertically above or below the caster. In the data: Consecration
   • Holy Strike’s % of weapon damage per rank changed to 25%/29%/32%/36%/39%/43%/46%/50% (was 25%/25%/30%/30%/35%/35%/40%/40%). In the game files: Holy Strike

     • Developers’s notes: This increases Holy Strike’s damage at all points while leveling, and increases how much it contributes to your rotation. Early ranks of Holy Strike didn’t always feel like an upgrade when purchasing a new rank, and we wanted to adjust that.

   • Fixed a bug with Echo of Justice, causing it to have a higher than intended chance to activate. Blizzard only
   • Righteous Fury: Holy threat increase increased to 60% (was 90%). In the game files: Righteous Fury

   Holy 4

   On this site: Holy

   • Holy Strike’s cooldown lowered to 10 seconds (was 12 seconds). In the game files: Holy Strike
   • Improved Holy Strike removed from the Talent Tree. In the game files: Holy Strike

     • Developers’ notes: Even though there are sometimes cases where talents feel ‘required’ by classes, like Relentless Strikes for Rogues, having one that reduces the cooldown of a core ability so early on in a healing talent tree made this feel like a talent that was required. So we’ve removed it and made its behavior baseline.

   • Light’s Vigil’s tooltip has been reorganized to make it more clear that the damage component is the only version that returns some of the Mana cost. In the data: Light's Vigil
   • Holy Power now increases the Critical Strike chance of Holy Strike by 15% and retains all of its old effects. In the game files: Holy Strike

   Retribution 5

   On this site: Retribution

   • Vengeance now activates off of non-periodic critical strikes. Blizzard only
   • Vengeance’s maximum stacks lowered to 3 (was 5). Blizzard only
   • Two-Handed Weapon Specialization’s damage increase reduced to 2/4/6% (was 3/6/9%). Blizzard only
   • Sacred Arbiter now increases the damage of Holy Strike by 20% (was 10%). In the game files: Holy Strike
   • Twist of Light now additionally reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%. In the data: Twist of Light

   Priest 7

   On this site: Priest

   • Corrected an issue and now Renew can land critical hits. In the game files: Renew
   • Power Word: Shield can now always overwrite an existing Power Word: Shield on a target that does not have Weakened Soul. In the game files: Power Word: Shield

   Gnome 2

   On this site: Gnome

   • Corrected an issue and now Contingency Plan can land critical hits. Blizzard only
   • Confounding Flash now has a cast visual. The casting visual is now more Holy oriented than Arcane and the sounds have been updated to match. Blizzard only

   Night Elf 1

   On this site: Night Elf

   • Starshards now correctly gains resistance to spell pushback from the Twilight Focus talent. Blizzard only

   Undead 2

   On this site: Undead

   • Dark Sacrifice no longer breaks Crowd Control that breaks on damage. Blizzard only
   • Dark Sacrifice’s tooltip now correctly displays that the Mana gained from the ability scales with Spirit. Blizzard only

   Rogue 1

   On this site: Rogue

   • Sap now correctly flags the Rogue for PvP when used on a target that is PvP flagged. Blizzard only

   Shaman 12

   On this site: Shaman

   • Lightning Bolt: Damage on ranks 3 and 4 increased to make these spells always upgrades over previous ranks (despite changing cast times). Blizzard only
   • Windfury Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as “Windfury Totem” instead of “Windfury Totem Passive”. In the game files: Windfury Totem
   • Flametongue Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as “Flametongue Totem” instead of “Flametongue Totem Effect”. Blizzard only
   • Flametongue Totem no longer has a duration and is instantly replaced when placing another totem. Blizzard only
   • Flametongue Totem is no longer able to be stacked by repeatedly casting Flametongue Totem. Blizzard only
   • Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon. In the game files: Flametongue Weapon
   • Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Windfury Totem. In the game files: Windfury Totem
   • Tranquil Air Totem, Windfury Totem, and Grace of Air Totem no longer stack together even if used by different Shamans in the same group. In the game files: Windfury Totem

   Elemental 2

   On this site: Elemental

   • Swapped the positions of the Elemental Fury (Row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (Row 6) talents. Blizzard only

     • Developers’ notes: Critical Strike damage increases early on in trees are exciting for other specializations, but its not as exciting for the core specialization while leveling, since they don’t have enough critical strike chance to really appreciate it. So we’re moving one of the better talents for Elemental Shaman functionality, earlier in the tree, to allow them to feel like they’re hitting important progression moments (something Elemental has lacked in the early levels). We understand that this affects Enhancement Shaman’s critical strike damage with spells, but we will use this room created to add more to Enhancement Shaman in the future.

   • Lava Burst damage on ranks 1 and 2 increased to be about 10% more base damage than the Lightning Bolt rank learned around the same level. Blizzard only

   Enhancement 1

   On this site: Enhancement

   • Rage of the Far Seer (Row 7) no longer increases the Shaman’s Spell Casting Speed. In the game files: Speed

     • Developers’ notes: Rage of the Far Seer’s spell casting speed was not necessary to include for the core functionality of this ability. So we removed it.

   Restoration 1

   On this site: Restoration

   • Corrected an issue and now Riptide can land critical hits. Blizzard only

   Warlock 2

   On this site: Warlock

   • Tooltip of Life Tap has been updated to correctly display the amount of Life converted, and only states that it scales with Spirit. Blizzard only
   • Voidwalker Sacrifice now correctly scales with 10% of the Warlock’s spell healing. Blizzard only

   Warrior 6

   On this site: Warrior

   • Sunder Armor: Corrected the threat values on all ranks, including a small increase to threat generated from Attack Power. In the game files: Sunder Armor

   Protection 1

   On this site: Protection

   • Swapped the positions of the Bastion (Row 5) and Focused Rage (Row 6) talents. Blizzard only

     • Developers’ notes: We wanted to give players Focused Rage sooner to smooth out progression, as opposed to more damage from Bastion. This should smooth out some of the feeling while leveling as Protection before obtaining Shield Slam.

   Arms 4

   On this site: Arms

   • Bloodthrill’s chance to activate increased to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 2/4/6/8/10%). Blizzard only
   • Bloodthrill only activates off of Main Hand melee attacks. This includes Cleave and Heroic Strike. Blizzard only
   • Slam’s cooldown has been increased to 18 seconds (was 15 seconds). Blizzard only
   • Improved Slam now reduces the cooldown of Slam by 1.5/3 seconds. Blizzard only

   Races 4

   Gnome 1

   On this site: Gnome

   • Changed Eureka on every class to a 10% discount on Mana, Rage, or Energy abilities. In the data: Eureka!

   Human 1

   On this site: Human

   • Changed the Will to Survive visual to match Dispel Magic instead of Will of the Forsaken. Blizzard only

   Tauren 2

   On this site: Tauren

   • Cultivation now has a player-level requirement for every Herb. The level required is equal to the Herb’s level required to pick it divided by 5. Herbs that require a higher than 300 Herbalism skill to pick can be Cultivated at player level 60. Blizzard only
   • Touch of the Grave no longer breaks CC or activates from spells and abilities that don’t have a damage component to them. In the game files: Touch of the Grave

     • Developers’ notes: This means that Shadow Word: Pain activates it on cast, but not on periodic damage. Distract won’t activate it, you can’t pull Rogues and Druids out of Stealth with Distract and it activating, and you won’t activate it off of Pickpocketing. Spells like Polymorph already didn’t get broken by Touch of the Grave, but Polymorph will no longer be able to activate it.

   Cooldown Manager 5

   • The Cooldown Manager in World of Warcraft: Forever is intended to enhance gameplay by pulling critical information from the buff bar or action bar and placing it in a fully customizable location. By default, the Cooldown Manager is disabled, and it can be enabled in Options under the Gameplay Enhancement settings. Blizzard only
   • Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior, and Warlock are available for testing the Cooldown Manager. Blizzard only
   • Additional classes will become testable in future updates. Blizzard only
   • The most desired feedback for this feature is currently: spells that you wish were tracked by default. Blizzard only
   • The Cooldown Manager does not yet support spell ranks. This will be resolved in a future Beta update. Blizzard only

   Gamepad Support 16

   • Class specific flyouts have been added to the action bar interface of some classes. Blizzard only
     • Shapeshift flyout for Druids. Blizzard only
     • Pet control and pet spell flyouts for Hunters and Warlocks. Blizzard only
     • Aura flyout for Paladins. Blizzard only
     • Stance flyout for Warriors. Blizzard only
   • The pet bar no longer replaces the bottom gamepad action bar for Hunters and Warlocks. Blizzard only
   • New options have been added to the Gamepad (Alpha) section of the game options. Blizzard only
     • Use Compact Action Bar: Replaces the normal gamepad action bar layout with one that only shows the currently active action bar at any given time. Blizzard only
     • Fixed Party Targeting: While in a non-raid party, rather than having the directional pad act as directions in the party interface, each button on the directional pad is assigned to a specific party member. Blizzard only
     • Swap Target Modifier Sides: Swaps sides of the friendly and hostile targeting modifiers, putting friendly targeting on the right and hostile on the left. Blizzard only
     • Swap Friendly Target Action Sides: Swaps the directional pad and face button actions when using the friendly targeting modifier. Blizzard only
     • Swap Hostile Target Action Sides: Swaps the directional pad and face button actions when using the hostile targeting modifier. Blizzard only
   • Fixed an issue preventing edit mode layouts from being applied while the gamepad UI is enabled. Blizzard only
   • Updated Map and Quest Log bindings. Blizzard only
     • New hover functionality for POI pins. Blizzard only
   • Updated support for Compact Raid Frame Manager and Role Poll Frames. Blizzard only

   Items 5

   • A handful of guns and bows were not correctly consuming or using ammunition. They have been corrected. Blizzard only
   • A number of quests have had their rewards updated to be the correct item level. Blizzard only
   • A small number of early caster rewards have been adjusted. Blizzard only
   • Wizard Oil: Minor Wizard Oil has been reverted to Classic Era value of 8 spell power, Lesser Wizard Oil to 16, and Wizard Oil to 24. Brilliant Wizard Oil remains unchanged. Blizzard only
   • Wands: Wands no longer gain any additional damage from the user’s spell damage. Blizzard only

   Quests 23

   • Resolved an issue where several dungeon quests were shareable, which granted the receiving player a quest item when shared. Blizzard only
   • Dalaran - Faction adjustments. Spawns are now present in the area just outside the city entrance. Blizzard only
   • Dun Morogh - Snow Leopard Prowler has a much faster respawn time. Blizzard only
   • Dun Morogh - Resolved an issue where some players were unable to loot the rifle for “Treacherous Cold”. Blizzard only
   • Durotar - Reduced the respawn time for the escort NPC for “Lost in the Shadows”. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - The quest “Book Return” now properly removes the extra Book Bag from the player’s inventory when the quest is completed. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Increased the amount of crates for the quest “Stolen Enchanting Supplies”. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Murloc camps around Crystal Lake should respawn more quickly. Mrrglrlrlrmgrr! Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Mother Fang respawns a bit more slowly, and does not always drop a green item. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Shinyfinder Narf respawns more quickly. The quest item may now be looted by all party members. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Nimsy now respawns more quickly. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - You can now learn skinning from Helene Peltskinner even while you have a quest with her. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Increased the amount of supply spawns for “Stolen Enchanting Supplies”. Blizzard only
   • Elwynn Forest - Jasperlode Mine and Fargodeep Mine are a little more deadly than intended for solo players, so we’re taking their candles away. We do not anticipate any fallout from this theft. Blizzard only
   • Mulgore - Water Pitchers now respawn faster for the quest “A Humble Task”. Blizzard only
   • Silthus - Khonsu’s arrival has been removed from the beta phase, and in the future will return to Azeroth once more. Blizzard only
   • Silverpine Forest - Pyrewood Village worgen respawn more quickly. Blizzard only
   • Teldrassil - The objective count for the quest “Bounty: Gnarlpine Furbolg” has been reduced to 15 (was 20). Blizzard only
   • Undercity - The Skyborne quest “Exploring the Horde” now completes the objective to talk with Lady Sylvanas Windrunner. Dark Lady watch over you Blizzard only
   • Westfall - Increased the spawn rate of the Defias Messenger. Blizzard only
   • Zephras Isle - The High Order Skyborne quest “Catching Wind” has been redesigned and adjustments were made to the spawns at the Overlook Standing Stones in Shen’dar Highlands. Blizzard only
   • Zephras Isle - The druids of Nightclaw Cavern now award credit for “Wounds of Betrayal” properly when healed. Blizzard only
   • Zephras Isle - “A Firm Response” no longer fails to grant credit to players. Blizzard only

   User Interface 2

   • Updated the Nameplate selection display. Blizzard only
   • Personal Resource Display textures are updated. Blizzard only

   New to this build - Known Issues 10

   • Banes and Curses do not properly track if you drop your target and re-acquire a target with an existing bane or curse.
   • Healthstone cooldown cannot be tracked.
   • Priest tracks all spells by default.
   • Arcane Blast cannot be tracked. In the game files: Arcane Blast
   • Mana gem requires an additional spell to be cast by the mage to properly begin tracking its cooldown.
   • Creating or changing party composition may transfer players to a different world instance. We’re working on improvements and will provide an update soon.
   • Pet cooldowns cannot be tracked.
   • Item enhancements (such as Windfury or rogue poisons) cannot be tracked
   • The minimap in Stormwind has display issues and will be fixed in a later build.
   • Personal Resource Display doesn’t show combo points.

   Our full Known Issues post is here.

   Kaivax posted again in the thread · Oct 1 · post #4 on the forum (edited Oct 2)

   Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following.

   CHANGE LOG 165

   Bug Fixes 4

   • Improved rain visibility.
   • Removed the ‘Ray Traced Shadows’ option. This setting will be re-added to the game in a future update, after the functionality is fixed.
   • Fixed an issue where the Night Watchman’s Torch was causing some unintended lag in certain situations and could not be cancelled.
   • The visual size of weapons when held in hand and sheathed on the back has been adjusted across all races to be more consistent.

   Changes and Updates 20

   • Players can now level up to a maximum of level 30.
   • New Dungeon - Excavation Site: Wetlands (26-31).
   • Players now have access to Razorfen Downs (25+) and Uldaman (30+), in addition to the following, already available, dungeons:
     • Ragefire Chasm
     • Hall of Thanes
     • Ruins of Lordaeron
     • Wailing Caverns
     • The Deadmines
     • Shadowfang Keep
     • The Stockade
     • Blackfathom Deeps
     • Gnomeregan
     • Razorfen Kraul
     • Scarlet Monastery
   • There are now barbershops in Darnassus and Thunder Bluff, all barbershops now have barbers working at them, and city guards will give directions to barbershops.

   Camping 3

   • The Boosted Rest debuff caused by this camp feature now has a different icon intended to make the effect clearer, and the tooltip has been rewritten to be clearer.
   • Wording on camping features has been adjusted to use the term “mutually exclusive” instead of just “exclusive” to reduce some confusion around functionality.
   • Campfires no longer deal damage to players below level 5, and they deal reduced damage to players with less than 90% health.

   Items 2

   • Savory Whimsyfin Delight now uses an orc equivalent of the Ninja and Pirate outfits from the Savory Deviate Delight.

     • Developers’ notes: The prior transformations were placeholder, but we may reintroduce similar ones in the future!

   • When selling to a vendor a BoE item which has an appearance you have not collected, the item will now become soulbound (was Bound to Account).

   Classes 72

   Druid 14

   • Bear Form and Dire Bear Form now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a Critical Strike.
   • Fixed a bug causing Swipe to not scale with Attack Power. It will now correctly gain 3% of the Druid’s attack power.

     • Developers’ notes: The tooltip will not update correctly until a future update.

   • Tiger’s Fury has been removed.
   • All Shapeshift Forms are now IMMUNE to Disarm effects.

     • Developers’ notes: This is a gameplay adjustment to match how it felt in original WoW. If a Druid gets disarmed before entering a form, their form will not remove the Disarm effect, and they will also deal reduced damage for the duration of the disarm effect, so disarming a Druid before they shift will result in them dealing reduced damage.

   • Faerie Fire no longer resets your swing timer when used.

   Feral 9

   • Primal Bite: Threat generated by this ability has been roughly doubled.
   • The King of the Jungle talent has been removed.
   • Tiger’s Fury has been removed.
   • Connected to Shredding Attacks in the 4th row is a new talent - Shifting Power.
     • Cat Form Only. 16 second cooldown. Costs 55% of Base Mana.
     • Instantly convert 55% of Base Mana into 40 Energy. Shifting Power’s cost is reduced by effects that reduce the cost of Shapeshifting.
     • Shifting Power costs the same amount of Mana as Cat Form.
   • Connected to Shifting Power in the 5th row is a new talent - Improved Shifting Power.
     • Reduces the cooldown of your Shifting Power spell by 4/8 seconds.

   Hunter 5

   Marksmanship 2

   • Icon for Improved Stings changed to be more Vanilla feeling.
   • The 31st talent Sniper Shot now has a 45-yard Range and increases the range of your next 3 shots made within 10 seconds by 10 yards.

   Survival 2

   • Icon for Predator’s Edge changed to be more Vanilla feeling.
   • Deflection’s Parry increase changed to 1/2/3/4/5% (Was 2/4/6/8/10%).

   Pets 1

   • Aggressive Mode has been brought back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.

   • Developers’ notes: There were some tameable beasts with ranks of pet abilities that were too high level for that creature. They have all been fixed. This could result in a bug where your pet “forgot” the pet ability which should not happen after this fix.

   Mage 5

   • All Mage scrolls from comprehension have had an additional balance pass and can no longer be cast while moving.

   Fire 3

   • Hot Streak has been renamed to Heating Up, since it is no longer dependent on having a ‘streak’.
   • The number of charges of Combustion has returned to 3 (was 4).
   • Improved Scorch’s Fire Vulnerability will not roll a second time to see if it resists.

   Frost 1

   • Winter’s Chill’s application does not roll to see if it is resisted, since the original spell needed to hit.

   Paladin 3

   Protection 2

   • Redoubt’s chance to Block changed to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 6/12/18/24/30%).
   • Holy Shield’s chance to Block changed to 30% (was 20%).

   Retribution 1

   • Champion of the Light’s Intellect to Spell Damage ratio changed to 20/40/60% (Was 33/66/100%).

   • Developers’ notes: Champion of the Light had a tooltip issue saying it increased Healing; it did not. This tooltip has been removed.

   Priest 4

   • Devouring Plague can now correctly critically strike.
   • Fixed an issue where Shadow Word: Death was always benefitting from the Early Demise talent regardless of the target’s health %.

   Discipline 1

   • Inner Focus no longer applies its Critical Strike increase to Periodic Effects.

   Shadow 1

   • Shadow Weaving can no longer fail to apply.

   Rogue 2

   • Fixed an issue where Expose Armor missing would cause you to lose all of your combo points.

   Subtlety 1

   • Setup will now only add combo points to your current target if they are the one you dodged or resisted a spell from.

   Shaman 3

   • Ghost Wolf should now be more visible while in well-lit areas.
   • Fixed an issue where Disease Cleansing Totem wasn’t a 5-minute duration.
   • Fixed an issue where Totemic Recall was not restoring Mana.

   Warlock 5

   • Drain Soul is now correctly interrupted if the Warlock begins casting another spell.
   • The Incubus pet model has been replaced with a lower resolution model.
   • Hellfire can now critically strike.

   Affliction 1

   • Soul Harvesting has been renamed to Soul Harvest. It now correctly grants its 50/100% increase to Mana regeneration.

   Pets 1

   • Aggressive Mode is back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.

   Warrior 31

   • Players now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a critical strike with a basic attack.
   • Rend and Sunder Armor will now instantly tap enemies to the Warrior.
   • Queueing Heroic Strike will no longer increase off-hand hit chance.
   • Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%).
   • Fixed a bug that was causing Dual Wield Specialization to grant its increase to Hit Chance to both weapons.

     • Developers’ notes: Because of the above bug, our tests needed some correcting, so we did another pass on Fury Warrior.

   Arms 1

   • Spearing Strike no longer requires a 2handed weapon. Spearing Strike requires Battle Stance.

   Fury 18

   • Dual Wield Specialization no longer provides a 20/40/60/80/100% increase to your Off-Hand weapon’s Rage generation.
   • Fixed an issue with Unbridled Rage having a lower proc chance than intended.

   • Developers’ notes: Our goal here is to give Fury more access to utility and meaningful choices early in the tree for leveling, and free up points later for more choices instead of being stuck placing points into Enrage to get Flurry.

   • Booming Voice is now a 10/20/30/40/50% increase area of effect to your Shouts and a 5/10/15/20/25% reduction to their Rage costs.
   • Unbridled Wrath no longer grants twice as much Rage to two-handed weapons.
   • New Talent Lingering Rage in Row 2 of Fury. Lingering Rage increases the time before your Rage begins to decay when leaving combat by 2/4/6/8/10 seconds.
   • Blood Craze no longer activates off of Bloodthirst casts.
   • The Improved Cleave talent has been removed.
   • The Boundless Rage talent has been removed.
   • New Talent Furious Precision in Row 3 of Fury. Furious Precision increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4/7/10%.
   • Raging Blows now reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.
   • Raging Blows no longer causes your Whirlwind to strike with your offhand. Whirlwind will now always strike with both weapons without requiring a talent point.
   • Dual Wield Specialization no longer grants hit to your off-hand attacks.
   • Enrage is no longer required to reach the Flurry talent.
   • Death Wish is now required to reach the Flurry talent.
   • New Talent Gore Drinker in Row 6 of Fury, requires the Enrage talent. Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 0.5/1% of your maximum Health.
   • Improved Berserker Rage moved to Row 5 of Fury (Was Row 6).
   • Berserker Rage is now available at level 30 (Was 32)
   • Bloodthirst’s Attack Power ratio has been increased to 45% (Was 35%).

   Protection 7

   • Developers’ notes: Our goal is to give non-shield users a clear path to the middle of the tree, where Protection could serve as a PvP tech secondary specialization, with more access to Improved Bloodrage, Iron Will, Improved Disarm, Last Stand, and Improved Shield Bash.

   • Iron Will moved to the Row 1 of Protection (Was Row 2 of Fury).
   • Anticipation moved to Row 2 (Was Row 1).
   • Toughness has been removed.
   • Improved Bloodrage moved to Row 1 (Was Row 2).
   • Improved Revenge moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).
   • Improved Disarm moved to Row 3 (Was Row 4).
   • Improved Shield Bash moved to Row 4 (Was Row 5).

   Cooldown Manager 3

   • Racial abilities are now supported.
   • Rogue is now supported.
   • Duplicate entries for each spell rank on already supported classes should no longer be present.

   Gamepad Support 4

   • The pet stable interface has been updated for gamepad support.
   • The gamepad UI bindings are now static, and any gamepad rebinding only affects the keyboard and mouse interface.
   • The compact Raid and Party manager frames have been updated for gamepad support.
   • Fixed an issue preventing macros placed on a gamepad action bar from being able to be moved.

   Player versus Player 2

   • Honor costs for PvP gear and upgrade tokens have been adjusted, with most item costs increasing by approximately 50% to better align with gear acquisition targets.
   • The Honor cap has been increased from 15,000 to 25,000 to better accommodate the above new costs.

   Professions 5

   • Shenthul in Orgrimmar will now train Windshaper Skyborne.
   • A number of recipes intended for Blacksmithing and Leatherworking as random drops in dungeons are now available.

   Enchanting 1

   • All crafted common and uncommon quality wands now sell at vendors for 1 copper.

   Mining 1

   • Reduced the amount of Poor Copper Vein nodes available in starter areas.

   Skinning 1

   • Creatures can once again only be skinned a single time before disappearing.

   Quests 31

   • Developers’ notes: We appreciate the feedback on leveling speed as we continue ongoing discussions about the Beta. As part of those discussions, we’ve decided to reduce the amount of XP granted from dungeon quests with this release. Certain quest rewards have also been recalibrated.

   • Dungeon quests now reward 50% less extra experience beyond normal quest values.
   • Resolved an issue with players being unable to start escort quests if their quest log contained 25 or more quests.
   • Resolved an issue with certain quest items being multi-drop.
   • Resolved an issue with some quests that give items on start being shareable.
   • Resolved an issue with some quests that come from items being shareable.
   • Increased the respawn rate across many different creatures and objects in Hillsbrad Foothills, Ashenvale, Wetlands, Duskwood, and Thousand Needles.

     • Developers’ notes: Redridge Mountains and Stonetalon Mountains were adjusted in a previous build. Please continue to submit any areas where you have difficulty completing quests, and we will continue to make adjustments.

   • Darkshore
     • Resolved an issue with the Tharnariun’s Hope item during the quest “Plagued Lands”.
   • Deadmines
     • “Destruction in Deadmines” now sorts correctly in the quest log for the dungeon.
   • Druid
     • Fixed an issue where players were not receiving loot reliably during the quests “The Great Cat Spirit” and “The Great Windborne Cat Spirit.”
     • High Order Skyborne can now do the quest “Power Over Poison” to learn the Cure Poison spell.
   • Dun Morogh
     • Shimmer Ridge trolls will respawn more evenly, and faster in areas where they were sluggish. It be the cold, mon.
   • Loch Modan
     • Troggs in the Loch now respawn slightly more slowly for the quest “In Defense of the King’s Lands.”
   • Mulgore
     • The quest “Kyle’s Gone Missing!” has been added.
   • Orgrimmmar
     • Smooth Boulder should be far more plentiful and available to gather for the quest “Rocks to Rests”
   • Redridge Mountains
     • The quest “Blackrock Blockade” has been updated. Spawn rates have also been adjusted.
   • Ruins of Loraderon
     • “A Frightened Request” now sorts correctly in the quest log under the dungeon.
     • Resolved an issue where players could receive multiple copies of the Bloodied Insignia quest item.
   • Wailing Caverns
     • Serpentbloom Snakes now despawn after a couple of minutes. Why’d it have to be snakes?
   • Westfall
     • Significantly reduced the respawn rate of the pocket watch in Furlbrow’s Wardrobe for the quest “The Forgotten Heirloom”.
     • Increased respawn rate for the undead for the quest “Collecting Memories” and Foreman Thistlenettle for the quest “Oh Brother…”

   Races 2

   Gnome 1

   • Eureka! no longer benefits periodic effects at all. Channeled spells do not count as periodics.

   Undead 1

   • Cannibalize cannot be used if the caster is immune to Physical damage.

   User Interface 6

   • On the character sheet, when mousing over Spell Damage and Spell Healing, it is now explained that spells cast using spell ranks vastly below your current level receive less benefit from your Spell Damage and Spell Healing and have a reduced chance to activate your Class abilities and Talents. (examples: Frostbite and Omen of Clarity)

     • Developers’ notes: Another example of this reduction in activation chance – Using a Rank 1 Frostbolt at level 60 will result in a 0% chance to get a Frostbite activation. So you now are making a decision between getting a slow off quickly, or using a spell that can potentially get a Frostbite activation, instead of getting both.

   • Character Creation will display matching icons when Standard Definition models are toggled.
   • Stables frame art has been updated.
   • Combo points on the target frame and Personal Resource Display has updated art.
   • Fixed loot rolls in chat not displaying a player’s full name.
   • The auction house will now correctly display item suffixes.

   World 2

   • Adjustments have been made to world instances.
   • Party leaders should no longer be transferred when creating or updating party composition.

   • Developers’ notes: As we continue to iterate on features that impact player populations and grouping, we look forward to your feedback and bug reports.

   Known Issues - New to this build 14

   • Chaining Spells together does not play the precast spell effects and sounds of the next cast until the first cast finishes.
     • For example: When you cast Fireball and cast another Fireball right away, you finish your Fireball cast, your hands won’t glow or make the crackling sound of the new Fireball you’re casting, and then once your hand comes down from the first Fireball cast, you then begin the precast animation of the next Fireball spell.
   • Enemies can Parry and Block from behind if the player is close to them. Until this is fixed, it can be avoided by not being too close to targets.
   • The size of the total installation of WoW: Forever is larger than intended. We’re working to reduce it in a future Beta update.
   • Switching to or from Gamepad UI mode resets the active edit mode layout to the default preset.
   • Scroll of Liminal Passage does not function correctly.
   • Dwarf player-characters do not have updated splash sounds in water. This is fixed in a later build.
   • Eureka does not affect every Damaging Spell or Healing Spell for some classes. This is fixed in a later build.
   • Multiple debuffs like Faerie Fire and Demoralizing Shout don’t cause threat.
   • Mages who learn Research can be prevented from accessing it.
   • Warriors’ Dual Wield Specialization is granting both your Main hand and Off-hand 2/4/6/8/10% hit chance. It should only be granted to your Off-hand.
   • Retribution Aura uses the target’s spell power instead of the Paladin’s.
   • The Taillasher Eggs for the quest “Break A Few Eggs” do not respawn as quickly as intended. This will be fixed in a later build.
   • Anduin Wrynn - and many other children – unintentionally have hats. We’re in the process of removing them, but they keep giggling and running away, so this is going to take a while.

   Our full Known Issues post is here.

4. Blue postOct 1

   Beta Update Maintenance - Evening of 1 October

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   This evening CEST, we will take the WoW Forever Beta offline for maintenance. A few hours later, (early in the morning of October 2), the Beta will resume with an updated build that includes changes and fixes, with the level cap raised to 30.

   We’ll have all the details here tomorrow.

   Kaivax posted again in the thread · Oct 1 · post #13 on the forum

   We think we’ll take the Beta offline in about 45 minutes.

   See you on the other side!

5. Blue postOct 1

   Beta Update Maintenance - October 1

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   Read Blizzard’s text

   Tomorrow morning PDT, we will take the WoW Forever Beta offline for maintenance. Several hours later, the Beta will resume with an updated build that includes changes and fixes, with the level cap raised to 30.

   We’ll have all the details here tomorrow.

   Kaivax posted again in the thread · Oct 1 · post #191 on the forum

   We think we’ll take the Beta offline in about 45 minutes.

   See you on the other side!

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