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WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.7 makes chat a more pleasant place
The WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.7 PTR gives us a glimpse at some of the upcoming features planned to arrive in Azeroth soon, and they include a welcome way to clean up chat. While the Blizzard game is unquestionably one of the best MMORPGs on PC despite many ups and downs over the years, there’s one area where World of Warcraft has always traditionally fallen behind rivals such as Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV.
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WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.7 brings the Ret Paladin rework we deserve
Blizzard says WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.7 will include a Ret Paladin rework aimed at changing the way auras work, with some of the changes hitting in the latest update to the WoW Dragonflight PTR. Retribution Paladins are one of the staple classes for the iconic MMORPG, with their melee DPS output supplemented by excellent defensive utility. These latest changes look to streamline some of their aura usage and benefit their fellow raid and party members when things get dangerous.
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WoW Dragonflight patch notes buff Death Knights, Warlocks, and more
The WoW Dragonflight patch notes for February 7 have been updated by Blizzard, giving us a look at some of the changes coming to World of Warcraft next week. The latest expansion has been a huge boon to one of the most beloved and best MMORPGs, and multiple classes are set to receive some sizable buffs as Blizzard continues its class tuning following the release of WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.5 in late January.
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WoW Trading Post Introduces A New Way For Players To Buy Items
Blizzard has introduced a new shop called the Trading Post into its MMORPG World of Warcraft. Players can earn new mounts, pets, and gear with the Trading Post.
The Trading Post will have its own currency called Trader’s Tenders, and they can earn it in two different ways. The first is by simply logging into the game. Players will be rewarded 500 tenders each month. The other way is by completing the Traveler’s Log Task, quests which reset at the start of every month and, upon completion, reward players with an additional 500 tenders.
The location of the Trading Post will also vary based on which faction players side with. Alliance players will have to travel to the Mage District in Stormwind to meet the traders, and Horde players will have to the Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar.
Chinese WoW Servers Shut Down After 14 Years Following Expiration Of NetEase Agreement
Fans of Blizzard games like World of Warcraft and Overwatch in China are in mourning following the shutdown of the majority of Blizzard game services in the country, after Activision Blizzard and China’s NetEase Games failed to renew their licensing agreement.
The two companies had been partners for 14 years, with Blizzard’s MMORPG having operated in the country for a few years under a separate company prior to Blizzard and NetEase’s partnership. The handoff between WoW’s former operator in China and NetEase in 2009 was the first time WoW shut down in the region, though it was for only a few months.
So it begins.
It’s funny that here we call this file ‘electronic urn’, and the process of generating this file ‘cremation’.
Sadly, players won’t be able to gather in the city and wait for that final moment together like last time, b/c this service will go down with the servers. pic.twitter.com/k04HqDfiMF— Peter Yu (@Peterodox) January 18, 2023
Activision Blizzard announced late last year that it would not be renewing its contract with NetEase, with game services set to end on January 23. That time has now come to pass, as WoW players in China have been forced to download nearly two decades worth of character data in the hope that the game’s servers will one day return and their characters can be restored.
Blizzard fires WoW Classic lead after he protests employee evaluation policy
WoW Classic dev exits Blizzard, protests employee review system
Activision Blizzard publisher destroys WoW statue in live protest
Netease, the publishing company which distributes Activision Blizzard games including World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, and Diablo 3 in China has destroyed the WoW Orc statue outside its offices, in protest against a proposed extension of its current partnership deal. Broadcast live, the footage apparently shows volunteers smashing the statue from the MMORPG apart with sledgehammers, and being offered a free drink from Netease in return.
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