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Exclusive Shadowlands Interview with Ion Hazzikostas - Class Balance, Covenants, Season 1
The Wowhead team sat down with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas for an exclusive interview on Shadowlands, the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft! We learned about some of their design goals for Class Balance in Shadowlands, how Blizzard plans to handle Covenant and Legendary balancing post-launch, how many pieces of loot drop from a Mythic raid boss in Castle Nathria and more.
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Ion Hazzikostas on Classes - Class Balance, The Meta and "The Best", Class Utility
Classes are a hot topic in World of Warcraft and in the Group Interview with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, he talked about class balance throughout Beta and the answer to what is "the best", and how they're approaching balancing after Shadowlands goes live.
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Mythic Castle Nathria in Shadowlands Will Drop 3 Pieces of Loot Per Boss
In our exclusive interview, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas revealed that Mythic Castle Nathria will drop only 3 pieces of loot per boss.
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Loot from Last Two Nathria Bosses Added to Great Vault Rewards After You Kill Them Once
From our exclusive interview with Ion Hazzikostas, he revealed that rewards from the Great Vault will not contain loot from the Stone Legion Generals or Denathrius until you've defeated them at least once. The loot of these bosses is higher item level and you won't be able to RNG into a Mythic Denathrius Item only having killed the first couple bosses of Mythic.
Blizzard
Blizzard's Official Survival Guide Video for Shadowlands
Blizzard has released their Official Survival Guide Video for Shadowlands, which is releasing on November 23rd / 24th!
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Shadowlands Class and Spell Change Hotfixes (11/18) - Power Word: Shield Nerf, Legendary Base Item Costs Changed
In addition to today's earlier hotfixes, Blizzard has pushed even more hotfixes onto live servers, which includes the announced change to Bonesmith Heirmir, a nerf to Power Word: Shield for Priests and a change to the amount of materials needed to craft a Shadowlands Legendary Base Item.
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Mythic+ Dungeons are Harder This Week Due to Shadowlands Scaling Aura and Trinket Nerfs
If you're trying to get any last minute Mythic+ in BFA, Mythic+ dungeons are harder this week compared to other weeks in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch as the Patch pushed the Shadowlands Mythic+ scaling aura. Dungeons now scale much faster with key level than other Pre-Patch weeks and trinkets have been nerfed this week as well.
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Class and Spell Changes Hotfixes for Shadowlands Systems (11/17) - Kleia Soulbind Tuning
Blizzard has pushed some hotfixes to the live and beta Shadowlands servers, which includes Soulbind tuning -- specifically a large nerf to Kleia's Valiant Strikes.
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Bursting Affix Damage Increased with the Launch of Patch 9.0.2 - May Be Scaled for Level 60
This week's Mythic+ affixes are Bursting, Skittish, Tyrannical and Awakened -- however, with the launch of Patch 9.0.2 it seems that the
Bursting
affix is doing much more damage than the last Bursting week and may be scaling its damage as if players were level 60.
Edit: This has been fixed.
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Patch 9.0.2 Now Live on NA Servers!
Maintenance has completed early and Patch 9.0.2 is now live on NA servers. This patch contains more class changes, some trinket nerfs and all the data that is required for Shadowlands!
Shadowlands
Subtlety Rogue in Shadowlands - DPS Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries
Shadowlands launches on November 23rd / 24th and all classes will be getting new toys to play with -- from Covenant abilities, to Conduits and returning Legendary effects! This article, written by Undad, will provide details on the current state of Subtlety Rogue in Shadowlands, to help you to prepare for the upcoming expansion!
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Item Tuning Adjustments Coming with Patch 9.0.2 - Heart of Azeroth Nerfed
Blizzard will be nerfing the Heart of Azeroth and BFA trinkets tomorrow with the launch of Patch 9.0.2 as these items were too strong for their item level, especially going into Shadowlands.
Shadowlands
Blizzard on Overperforming Shadowlands PvE Trinkets in PvP Before Shadowlands
Blizzard has noted that they are addressing a number of overperforming trinkets in PvP before Shadowlands launches.
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Shadowlands Beta Patch 9.0.2 Hotfixes - Popular BFA Trinket Nerfs
Some last minute Trinket Hotfixes have been applied to the 9.0.2 Shadowlands Beta, which nerfs many popular Battle for Azeroth trinkets. As Patch 9.0.2 is being
pushed to live servers tomorrow
, these trinket nerfs will also probably be applied to live servers and will make your character weaker for the final week of the Pre-Patch.
Classic
Naxxramas Attunement Now Available in WoW Classic
Blizzard has announced that you can now start the Naxxramas attunement in WoW Classic, in order to prepare for its release on December 3rd!
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Today in WoW Updated with New 10 Minute Icecrown Rare Timers - Tracks Next Bronjahm and Skadi Spawn
We've updated Today in WoW to track the new 10 minute Shadowlands Pre-Patch Icecrown Rare Timers for both NA and EU! As before, this comes with extra special timers for Bronjahm and Skadi.
Shadowlands
Covenants for All Classes in Raid and Mythic+ (11/15) - Shadowlands Best Covenant Guide Updated
Shadowlands is almost a week away and many more hotfixes were applied to Classes, Covenants and Legendaries last week. As such, we've updated our Best Covenant Guide for All Classes to help you decide what Covenant provides the most power to your class -- so find out what Covenant is best for your spec now and an explanation of why from our Class Guide Writers!
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Affliction Warlock in Shadowlands - DPS Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries
Shadowlands launches on November 23rd / 24th and all classes will be getting new toys to play with -- from Covenant abilities, to Conduits and returning Legendary effects! This article, written by Xyronic, will provide details on the current state of Affliction Warlock in Shadowlands, to help you to prepare for the upcoming expansion!
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Shadowlands Beta Class and Spell Changes November 13th - Frost/Fire Mage Nerfs, Shadow Priest Nerfs
It's time to summarize the daily class and spell change hotfixes that were made to the Shadowlands Beta! Today, we have some hotfixes for Mages which nerfs both Frost and Fire Mage, a nerf to some Shadow Priest Conduits, a reworked Retribution Paladin Legendary and a change to Disc Priest's Spirit Shell.
Shadowlands
Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands - DPS Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries
Shadowlands launches on November 23rd / 24th and all classes will be getting new toys to play with -- from Covenant abilities, to Conduits and returning Legendary effects! This article, written by Undad, will provide details on the current state of Assassination Rogue in Shadowlands, to help you to prepare for the upcoming expansion!
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