Such as this magnificent, iconic beast. In it's older classic state its no good for any class, despite the unique buff.

Yes, back back

DW fist weapons on shaman goes pretty hard for me personally but I understand that classic shamans were always 2h but it seems some classes already have a bit more variation so why not shaman?

Interested in peoples thoughts I'm not super fussed either way really, but the option to do either would be cool personally.

There is just no end to mages crying and being emo. Acting like the world is completely doomed after 1 nerf or similar, shoving tons of boosts under the rug nothing to see there.

There is just no other class filled with such pampered entitled criers, since wow was came they are the pet class of blizzard and it shows like a child that never learned moderation they cry and cry and cry!

Any info on where Olympus is planned to officially go? I don’t keep up with it at all, and I want to avoid it like the plague.

So I really love the new nameplates in WoW: Forever. They are fairly customizable and are a huge improvement to the old classic nameplates. I always wished they do something like this, so we don't need a million addons for everything.
But some of the most important things are just missing for PvP.
CC tracker for example is an option that is only for NPC nameplates, why?
And DR tracker is still missing completely.
If this isn't implemented, the effort is appreciated, but kinda useless for PvP, since you still need addons for those features, and those are mostly fully reworked nameplate addons.

PS: While we're at it, make the nameplate color changing for friendly players (with whom you've grouped and played together) optional. It completely clutters the color scheme with weird shades of blue and green, very annoying if you like to use enemy and friendly nameplates at the same time (for example if you're a healer).

During the beta as an alliance player i got really worried because of all the Olympus guilds, trade chat was super weird and racist (more than usual...) and guild invites was super aggressive because they were sub sectors of Olympus.

Basically the whole alliance experience was ruined for me, because of Asmongold and his mindless cult of Olympus followers.

Then suddenly i realised Asmongold was a US streamer, and i luckily wont have to deal with this on live.

... but then the PVP tournament happend, and every chat channel is just full of people asking for streamer layer invs or streamer gank grps.

I decided to watch these streamers, and its real depressing seeing them get traded tons of reagents, consumes and bis items, and i felt like i had no chance vs these streamers in any pvp or pve enviroment, and i am really scared of acidently joining a streamer grp because of ninjaing.

I think Blizzard should really consider making a streamer server, so people can choose to avoid them.

The new lighting is awesome, but damn, is it heavy. DLSS would go a long way!

Lowering resolution helps but an FSR 1 upscaler in 2026 is just blasphemy. Blizzard, PLEASE consider adding DLSS to the game. Maybe even frame-gen!

Is it racials? Datamined mounts? Minmaxers or just crying for the sake of it?

Pretty please Blizzard, I would like that very much. I would like to not be a dwarf.

WHO DA F00K thought this change was a great idea?? I don’t give a SHIT about 15 second PVE parselord burst window! I’m trying to COMBO CRIT a gnome rogue who is biting my ankles for the last 7 seconds.

Seriously what the hell is this change??? Freaking PVE Andy’s man.

There is ZERO chance anyone lets a shaman free cast for 15 seconds

Is so people the people watching wont notice the horrible layering mess that would inevitably occur if the duels had to take place in the open world

Instead they get a nice secluded area free of layering, the best marketing move they could have done

Is it mainly just the WoW playerbase (former and current, Classic and Retail) who is hyping WoW Forever? Or are there people who have never played WoW who are intrigued enough to give WoW Forever a try?

The other question I have is: Does WoW Forever have the potential to knock GTA VI off its pedestal as the most hyped/anticipated game this year?

I'm going to lean towards "No" on this question because I know people have been waiting literally more than a decade for GTA VI and WoW Forever only became a reality last month... But WoW Forever (or Classic+ as it was referred to) has been anticipated for years also.

Anyway I'm curious what the community thinks and if we're going to get any genuine newcomers to Forever.

I just want to taunt shit, see mfers enter my piss halo, and see numbers go appear. Why you fucking with my shit, Blizzard

Where's the caster equivalent? or melee version?

I've spend wayyyyy to long trying to figure out how to launch different version of World of Warcraft in Playnite which I could have used to something useful. However, because I didn't want that time to be total waste I thought I'll post it on Reddit so at least other people can see this.. other topics on this issue have been around for years but none of them have proper solutions IMO. So.. here we go...

By default, the Playnite Battle.net library plugin lumps every single version of World of Warcraft into one giant master entry. If you’re bouncing between WoW: Forever and WoW Classic (Anniversary) and actually want Playnite to track your hours separately without forcing you to manually type in your password/authenticator every time, you have to bypass the Battle.net plugin and set up manual entries with a custom PowerShell tracking loop.

This sounds complicated but if you give it 15 min it should work.

After a bunch of trial and error (and dealing with Battle.net’s parse errors bs), here is the setup that worked for me.

Couple of things, this is tested on a Windows 11 PC and using the default installation folders. Some sort of basic computer knowledge is assumed. If you can't figure it out, run this thread through your favourite AI tool and use it as starting prompt.

Step 1: Create Separate Manual Entries & Grab Metadata

Do not use the Battle.net extension for these entries.

In Playnite, press Ctrl + N (Add Game -> Manually) to create two separate entries: one for World of Warcraft: Forever and one for World of Warcraft Classic.

1. To easily pull the right cover art and metadata from IGDB, click Download Metadata in the Edit window and search using the exact IGDB IDs:
   • WoW Forever: 417650
   • WoW Classic / Anniversary: 75379
2. Under the Installation tab, make sure the Installed checkbox is ticked for both.
3. You have to search for a game icon yourself, I had some luck with searching for "World of Warcraft: Forever icon" in the Media tab and click "transparent" at the bottom. Also make sure to select something around 500x500 or less. I got errors when using anything above that.

Step 2: Set the Specific Installation Folders

Playnite needs to know the exact subfolder for each version so it knows which .exe to watch. Go to the Installation tab for each game and set the Installation Folder path:

• WoW Forever (Beta): C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft_classic_beta_
• WoW Classic (Anniversary): C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft_anniversary_ (or _classic_ / _classic_era_ depending on which flavour you play)

Step 3: Set Up the PowerShell Tracking Script

Go to the Actions tab, click Add Action, check the Play action box, and change Type to Script.

• For WoW Forever: Use WoWF in the first line. This is the below example.
• For WoW Classic (Anniversary): Replace WoWF with WoWC in the first line

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Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe" -ArgumentList '--exec="launch WoWF"'

$elapsed = 0
while ($elapsed -lt 60) {
    $proc = Get-Process -Name "Wow", "WowClassic", "WowB" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Path -like "$InstallDir*" }
    if ($proc) { break }
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
    $elapsed += 2
}

if ($proc) {
    $proc.WaitForExit()
}

Crucial Things to Know (How It Works & Limitations)

• You STILL have to select the right version in the Battle.net dropdown: There is currently no workaround for how the Battle.net launcher handles sub-versions. Clicking Play in Playnite will pop open Battle.net, and you still have to make sure the dropdown above the blue Play button is set to the version you want before clicking Play inside Battle.net. You have 60 seconds after clicking Play in Playnite to launch the game.
• Don't mix up your launches! If you click Play on WoW Forever inside Playnite, and then decide to launch WoW Classic in the Battle.net launcher instead, nothing will be tracked!

Well, that's just my opinion anyway.

Reckon we could get a toggle for it in the settings?

The real question is, why??

The Dwarf Aggrend himself, enjoying a short break.
And lots of ale!

Also thanks to the couple Olympus Security guys who came with me.
I showed them the hidden Tavern spot. we had some fun RP getting drunk!

Hi, is there any way to make a list/addon that will show me all the quests which are giving multiple/shared reputation for Darnassus? I already have a list with the main quests (Teldrassil, ashenvale, etc.) but i am looking for the quests which are giving for example 25 Darnassus rep+100 SW rep+25 IF rep+25 Alliance rep in a single quest. Wowhead or most of the sites are not showing the shared rep, only the main rep.

Choice at log in, can set favorites, 30 min cd to switching worlds, only available in rest areas. This allows for Worlds to retain their own identity - why can't this be done? Isn't it a no brainer?

Looking like this is an unpopular opinion but I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT COSMETICS AND TRANSMOG IN THE SHOP, if this is what blizzard needs to continue making new content and balancing constantly and fixing stuff i would gladly give them my money, they have WON MY TRUST BACK FOR NOW.

I also dont mind paying for new races as they come. AS LONG AS THERE IS NO WOW TOKEN OR IN GAME CURRENCY I am content with any cosmetics you can buy. And don't use the argument that its a slippery slope and one leads to the other because that just not true. A game can easily function with a cosmetcis shop with out being pay to win.

+5% hp from stamina and +1% hit

Much of the vitriol and hate being perceived is in large due to these bots, and so reporting+blocking is probably the best thing to do to make sure Forever discussion/feedback/criticism/praise is kept healthy.

I went through some of the recent threads over the last few days and many of the anti-feedback comments and more generally those promoting contrarian views with no real sustenance are frequently bots (or regular trolls). Obviously some real people naturally hold those positions, but many of the arguments happening are being started/fueled by troll/karma bots.

Above is probably the most egregious bot I've seen so far, but I've blanked their username for rule #3.

Instead of just pointlessly debating with them, take a quick second to at least verify account ages. There's also some username patterns especially commonly used by bots (the default, but obviously many real people have them too).