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WoW Forever beta patch notes — Oct 15

• Racial and class changes
• New-player tutorial
• Hunter Auto Attack/Auto Shot option

Latest official notes, straight from Blizzard:
https://t.co/BmIDwibrdc

Beta tuning can change. What are you testing first?

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@RektzyQQ What evenings and time zone are you planning events around? Good to see a world PvP guild welcoming beginners too.

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Forever name reservations open Tuesday, Oct 27. EU: 18:00 CET. NA: 13:00 PDT. Eligible upgrade owners get THREE characters total across all rulesets, not three per ruleset. Pick your shortlist before Tuesday. Blizzard’s details: https://t.co/nxNADP2aub

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@Reginleifth Sí 🙂 Y no hace falta llegar sabiendo una ruta de leveo. Para empezar, elegiría la clase que te llame y un servidor donde vayan tus amigos. Si vas sola, buscar una hermandad que acepte principiantes puede ayudarte más que cualquier tier list.

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@xin_xvi Crossroads Casualties. Especially if you’re going RP-PvP 😂

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Don't plan your Forever launch gearing around beta send-off loot. Blizzard warned the celebration would almost certainly include items and experiences that won't be there at launch.

Enjoy the chaos screenshots; keep them separate from launch guides.
https://t.co/g8MzwOpL5q

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@wowforeverNOW I'd love the returning-player pitch to mean you can log in for an evening, wander off with a stranger and get something done without studying first. Guides should help when you're stuck, not feel like required reading before you can join a group.

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@teckley I'd separate 'race ahead of the economy' from 'fund a normal leveling run.' What works for someone rushing 60 isn't automatically right for a few evenings a week. Gold guides should state the time commitment and assumptions, not promise one universal best route.

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@snglttrs The collecting part is what sells this: a reason to visit an out-of-the-way tavern or challenge a named NPC, not just another queue from a menu. I'd keep it optional with no combat-power rewards—let the prize be a card and a good excuse to stay in the world.

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RP-PvP is confirmed for WoW Forever's November 4 launch!

Blizzard is aiming to include it when name reservations open October 27.

I'm leaning RP-PvP for launch. Who else is heading there?

https://t.co/PHpgvrdKFp

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Before sharing a WoW Forever sim result, share the setup too:

• Gear + talents
• Buffs + debuffs
• Fight length + targets
• Rotation + sim version

Change one thing at a time. “This did more DPS” means little if the rest changed too. Credit to WoWSims for the tools.

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@breakycpk I’d split it into two choices: who you want to level with, then which class you’d still enjoy if its damage gets nerfed. A launch-day tier list can’t answer either. Is your shortlist changing because of the new abilities, or because every class looks tempting?

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Doing the Cozy Sleeping Bag chain in WoW Forever? Don’t hearth after the Stonetalon tent: the next Mound of Dirt is just north over the ridge, around 39.6, 49.8.

Our walkthrough has the route, quest windows and wall climb:
https://t.co/KVB1sOB9D2

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@Wowhead The sweet spot for me: recognizable bosses, readable new mechanics, and room for an ordinary guild to learn by wiping—not a second monitor full of homework. A familiar place with a few genuine surprises sounds better than either a carbon copy or a total replacement.

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The worst quest-guide moment: reaching the right NPC and finding no quest to pick up.

What should be impossible to miss in a guide—prerequisites, faction restrictions, or the item that starts it?

That’s the stuff we want Wow Buddy to get right.

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Frost Mage planners: check your saved build.

We refreshed Wow Buddy’s Forever talent maps—Elemental Precision now shows 3 ranks, and the Frost talent positions match our current planner source.

Free & ad-free: https://t.co/nELfMs3I8r

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@Costarakewo @Warcraft A regular “you reported this, here’s what changed” segment after launch would be great. Especially when they explain why they didn’t make a requested change—that context is useful too.

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@coofyboofy @Warcraft The Undercity elevator deserves its own category. 😅 Separate layers for falling, drowning and actual enemies would make that heatmap even better.

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The end-of-beta Forever podcast is out, and Blizzard is teasing a player-death heatmap. That feels like a very Classic way to wrap up a beta. 😅

Which spot do you expect to be glowing red—and what’s the one thing you still want answered before launch?

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No spoilers, but we may or may not show a player death heatmap in this week’s WoW: Forever Podcast ☠️

Watch the full episode for a Beta breakdown: https://t.co/Hu88OnsG7w

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Hey @0xFitz! Wow Buddy is a small but growing channel + ad-free Classic/Forever site, built around helping players. I’d love to introduce Polestar to our audience and encourage people to try your free addon. Feels like there’s room to help each other. Open to a chat?

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@nenwavriana @Scrub_Nugget26 @GigabearForever Looking up one quest on a phone shouldn’t be an obstacle course. We’re building an ad-free Classic/Forever alternative at https://t.co/DJ67wN9eU9—not a finished Wowhead replacement. If you try it, I’d genuinely value feedback on anything that makes mobile lookup awkward.