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Vote for the New, FREE Shadowlands Mount!
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Vote for the New, FREE Shadowlands Mount!

Blizzard announced today that they will be creating a new, free mount for Shadowlands that all players who own Shadowlands will receive early next year. Players will be able to vote for which one they want the team to create! There are five options to vote on, and whichever one gets the most votes will be the…

September 3rd Realm Connection Delayed
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September 3rd Realm Connection Delayed

Blizzard has announced that technical issues have delayed the connection of Eredar, Gorefiend, Spinebreaker, and Wildhammer to Hellscream and Zangarmarsh. The connection was scheduled to take place on September 3rd and will be rescheduled for another maintenance window. Blizzard has not yet confirmed whether the other September 2nd and 3rd realm connections were successfully completed.

Shadowlands Pre-patch PTR Zombie Invasion Stress Test – September 4th at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST
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Shadowlands Pre-patch PTR Zombie Invasion Stress Test – September 4th at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST

In a blue post today, Blizzard has announced that there will be a stress test tomorrow, Friday, September 4th at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST on the Shadowlands Pre-patch PTR. They will be doing a stress test of the Zombie Invasion Pre-patch event in Stormwind and Orgrimmar. Stress tests usually have some unexpected…

PvP Testing Now Open in Shadowlands Beta
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PvP Testing Now Open in Shadowlands Beta

PvP Testing is now open in the Shadowlands Beta with the September 2nd update! You’ll be able to grab PvP trinkets to test from Purveyor Zo’kuul in The Enclave in Oribos, and honor currency to test from The Test Resource Disributor in the Ring of Fates. With today’s Shadowlands Beta update, PvP trinkets are now…

Hunter and Monk Spells Added to List of Spells Being Removed from the Global Cooldown
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Hunter and Monk Spells Added to List of Spells Being Removed from the Global Cooldown

In a blue post, Blizzard just added more Hunter and Monk spells to the “Burst Cooldown” list of spells that are being removed from the Global Cooldown. The changes have already been hotfixed in before Blizzard posted this message. Hunters’ Coordinated Assault and Trueshot, as well as Monks’ Storm, Earth, and Fire have been added…

Protection Paladin Changes on Shadowlands PTR and Beta
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Protection Paladin Changes on Shadowlands PTR and Beta

In a blue post today, several changes were announced for Protection Paladins. The most significant change is that the Holy Power changes implemented July 8th have been reverted. Some of Shield of the Righteous’ damage mitigation has been moved to Consecration. Shining Light has also been replaced with Bastion of Glory. Catching up on a…

A screenshot of the outside of the bank in Boralus
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Scheduled NA Realm Connections for September 2nd and 3rd

Blizzard has announced the next round of realm connections scheduled for September 2nd and September 3rd. The September 2nd connections will be linking Oceanic realms. This is the first time in 2020 that Blizzard is linking non-US realms in the North American region. Scheduled Ream Connections for September 2nd The following Oceanic realms will be…

August 27th Realm Connections Partially Completed
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August 27th Realm Connections Partially Completed

The latest batch of realm connections was partially completed yesterday. One of the planned connection that had been rescheduled for August 27th from the previous week has been delayed again until next week’s round of connections. Rescheduled Realm Connections – August 27th Andorhal, Scilla, Ursin, and Zuluhed to Eonar and Velen Completed Realm Connections –…