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This Year in World of Warcraft 2018
Blizzard
Geposted
24.12.2018 um 11:44
von
Archimtiros
It's been a busy year! 2018 saw the end of the Burning Legion, the discovery of a new super power, rekindled old hostilities, brought together allies both old and new, and marks the way toward much more as the Battle for Azeroth escalates across Azeroth. Over the last year there's been an enormous amount of events, celebrations, and even a few tragedies along the way; today we remember them all as we look forward to the new year. Of course, not every last piece of information can be included without significantly bloating an already long list, but we dug through 173 pages of news to highlight some of the most impactful in-game events, content updates, discoveries, and announcements over the year.
Keep in mind that this does not include most minor hotfixes, bug fixes, tuning changes, guide updates, expected PTR discoveries, or other news not related to World of Warcraft. It's long enough already!
Battle for Azeroth
December
December 23
: The
Blood Soaked Tome was found
, allowing Hunters to tame Blood Beasts, alongside a few tumultuous bugs.
December 20
: The
See Ya Later bundle
hit the Blizzard Shop, marking the first time so many WoW shop items have been removed from the Blizzard store at once.
December 19
:
Suspensions issued
for players exploiting the bugged Ivus world boss loot table.
December 18
:
The Fate of Saurfang
questline went live, allowing Horde players to formally choose whether to side with the High Overlord or their Warchief.
December 18
: The
Hivemind secret mount
was found. Originally teased during Legion, it wasn't added to the game until Patch 8.1, and is the first secret which both requires and benefits an entire group.
December 16
: The
Feast of Winter Veil
returned to Azeroth, bringing new gifts to all the good (and bad) members of the Alliance and Horde.
December 13
: A unique
Greek community Q&A
was held with World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, marking the first "sub-community" outreach and expressing the intent to do more.
December 11
: The first content patch of Battle for Azeroth,
8.1 Tides of Vengeance
, released. With it came a
new Warfront
, completely overhauled
Darkshore
, Night Elf
Night Warrior
customization, several
Island Expedition updates
, extending
the War Campaign
, several
DirectX 12 upgrades
,
reputation and leveling
improvements,
Faction Assaults
,
Titan Residuum
,
GCD improvements
, and a long list of
undocumented changes
.
December 5
: The
World First Mythic +22 dungeon
was completed in time by Divinefield, Mistyigloo, Ashine, Asmondh, and Drjay.
November
November 28
: A realistic render of
Suramar City
was created by redditor Lornek.
November 19
:
Pilgrim's Bounty 2018
.
November 16
: World of Warcraft celebrated its
14th anniversary
by turning everyone into
Corgis
.
November 15
: The World of Warcraft
forums were updated
to match those of Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm.
November 13
: Mythic Helya in the Trials of Valor was
soloed by Hunter Durendil
.
November 9
: Mythic Taloc in Uldir was
tanked and defeated
using a GPD Win2 miniaturized handheld PC by Farrailgun.
November 7
: Blizzard announced that
several mobile titles were in development
across all their game IPs, likely including World of Warcraft.
November 7
: The
World First Mythic +21 dungeon
was completed in time by Lepan, Gotyo, Asmondh, Gingi, and Speedoflife.
November 5
:
100 Alliance guilds
defeated Mythic G'huun, closing the Uldir Hall of Fame, and
unlocking cross realm Mythic
difficulty for all players.
November 3
:
Day 2
of BlizzCon 2018, containing a host of interviews, Classic development panels, and live Q&A.
November 2
:
Day 1
of BlizzCon 2018 revealed a wealth of information regarding patches 8.1.5 and 8.2, Warcraft III: Reforged, the new cinematic
Lost Honor
, and more.
November 1
: Featured
Day of the Dead 2018
, and day 0 of BlizzCon included several pre-con
predictions
, a
leaked Hearthstone expansion
based on the Zandalari, the start of the
BlizzCon Charity Auction
, and the
Wowhead BlizzCon party
!
October
October 31
: We learned that a new Mythic+ dungeon affix,
Reaping would replace Infested
at the start of Season 2.
October 27
: DoubleAgent, the neutral Pandaren showed extreme amounts of patience by
reaching level 120
without ever leaving the Wandering Isle starting zone and pledging his allegiance to the Alliance or the Horde.
October 26
: We learned that Battle of Dazar'alor's
faction-specific encounters
will be completable by both factions via a story event which will change your race and racial bonuses to that of the opposite faction.
October 22
: Blizzard gave us several details about the
WoW Classic take-home demo
.
October 22
: Blizzard published a
series of new videos aimed at new and returning players
on their YouTube channel in concert with Bellular.
October 20
: Brian Holinka, former Lead PvP Developer (2012-2017)
returned to the WoW team
as Lead Combat Designer.
October 20
: Mythic Uldir had been out for a month, and we looked at the prevalence of
class stacking
among race guilds over the tier.
October 19
: We learned that
Azerite armor acquisition
from Mythic+ dungeons would be changing significantly in patch 8.1.
October 18
: The Halloween holiday event
Hollow's End 2018
came to Azeroth. Interestingly, decorations were conspicuously
absent in the new zones
, but found on the PTR.
October 18
: In anticipation of Classic WoW, we made
a new website
, which also revived all the old
Thottbot comments
from the original game!
October 17
: We got our first look at the
Blood Elf heritage armor
, courtesy of PTR datamining.
October 17
: The
World First Mythic +19 dungeon
was completed in time, and +11 and +12 keystones were completed by groups made up entirely of Blood Death Knights.
October 16
: Streamer Vale Yard
rebuilt the Stormwind Keep in Minecraft
.
October 15
: The WoW subreddit began a week long compilation of
class feedback Megathreads
.
October 15
: Method
released a video
looking back on the race to Mythic Uldir World First.
October 15
: We got our first look at the
Gnomeregan Battle Pet Dungeon
coming in patch 8.1.
October 14
: 100 Horde guilds
defeated Mythic G'huun
, securing their titles and closing the Horde half of the Uldir Hall of Fame.
October 14
: Blizzard announced their plans to hold a
March of the Murlocs
at BlizzCon 2018.
October 13
: The annual Running of the Gnomes in-game charity event was held on the Scarlet Crusade server, raising over $9,000 for breast cancer research.
October 12
: We got our first look at the
Battle for Darkshore Warfront
, during a Play with the Blues event on the patch 8.1 PTR.
October 12
: Blizzard announced their schedule to add
several new invasions
to Island Expeditions, increasing the pool of available cosmetic rewards.
October 10
: Forbes published an
interview with World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas
discussing the launch and first couple months of Battle for Azeroth.
October 9
: We got our first look at the
Siege of Zuldazar raid
coming in patch 8.1 (later renamed Battle of Dazar'alor).
October 7
:
Mal'Ganis was announced
as a new character in Heroes of the Storm.
October 5
: The Arena World Championship Fall Finale began, with Method Orange taking the Hall of Fame spot.
October 3
: Former Vice-President of Blizzard Entertainment and World of Warcraft Executive Producer
J. Allen Brack was announced as the new President of Blizzard Entertainment
, succeeding Mike Morhaime.
October 3
:
Raid testing for the 8.1
raid (Battle of Dazar'alor) began.
October 3
: Blizzard announced a series of improvements to Azerite Armor coming in 8.1/Season 2, including the addition of a 5th ring of traits.
September
September 28
: We got our first look at the
Dwarf Heritage armor
by way of patch 8.1 PTR datamining.
September 25
: We first heard the theory on the unique way
cosmetic drops worked
in Island Expeditions from redditor Flak_Knight, and it was confirmed through testing by Sangheilios and several other independent players.
September 26
: Heroes of the Storm featured World of Warcraft in its
Halloween event, Fall of King's Crest
.
September 25
: Blizzard and MSI
surprised the creator of Deadly Boss Mods
with a large care package after an
open letter
from the popular addon maintainer circulated among the World of Warcraft community.
September 24
: John Staats'
WoW Diary Kickstarter
closed at $598,999, marking it as the #1 non-fictional book ever funded on Kickstarter.
September 22
: We got our first look at the
new raid armor
coming in patch 8.1, courtesy of
PTR datamining
.
September 21
: Patch 8.1 PTR began, and we datamined a
huge amount of content
including our first look at new
Druid forms
,
Tyrande and Malfurion models
,
Night Warrior customization
for Night Elf players,
Kul Tiran Heritage Armor
,
Battle for Darkshore Warfront Armor
.
September 21
: Blizzard clarified their initial
Vicious Saddle changes in Battle for Azeroth
.
September 21
: 93 year old voice actress Maryann Strossner, also known as Granny Marl from Val'sharah and Scrollsage Nola of the infamous Tortollan Beachhead world quest,
made her Twitter debut
in a video thanking her fans for their appreciation of her work.
September 20
:
Brewfest 2018
visited Azeroth.
September 20
: We covered the
twitch analytic impact
of the first ever live streamed Mythic raid World Race.
September 19
: Method secured the
World First kill of Mythic G'huun
in Uldir, closing out the first ever live streamed World Race after 8 grueling days and a peak of 263,000 concurrent viewers.
September 19
:
Pirates Day in Azeroth
brought
two new items to the Blizzard Shop
, the Cap'n Crackers battle pet, and the Dreadwake mount as part of a 180 days of Game Time bundle.
September 18
: World of Warcraft Director Ion Hazzikostas announced the
first content patch of Battle for Azeroth
, 8.1: Tides of Vengeance, including the second
Warfront: Battle for Darkshore
, and the
requirements to unlock
the Kul Tiran/Zandalari Troll Allied Races.
September 18
: The 2018
Harvest Festival
set up feasts across Azeroth and updated Uther's Tomb.
September 17
: Blizzard
posted a recap
of the EU and NA Arena World Championship Fall Cups.
September 17
: The Protection Paladin Rextroy
soloed Mythic MOTHER
and Vectis by exploiting an oversight in the talent Last Defender. The talent was quickly hotfixed and Rextroy was initially banned for his actions,
though it was overtuned the very same day
.
September 14
: The
World First Mythic +16 dungeon
was completed in time by the Method NA Team.
September 13
: We asked former World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer and Marine Biologist Greg Street about
the impact of a Turtle making it to the water
.
September 13
: Redditor TopherAU discovered some potential
new Warfront locations
based on in-game command scripts.
September 12
: After
several weeks
of datamined theorizing, Blizzard
confirmed the effects of the Reorigination Array
special Azerite effect in Uldir.
September 11
:
Mythic Uldir released
, beginning the World Race. Meanwhile, LFR Wing 1 also opened, and the first
Glory of the Uldir Raider
groups finished their achievements including an obscure use of the
Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
and earned their Bloodgorged Crawg mounts.
September 10
: We got a
sneak peak
of the BlizzCon 2018 Goody Bag.
September 10
: The World of Warcraft Art team and Artstation conducted a week long spotlight of art in Battle for Azeroth covering
Dungeon Environments
,
Character Art
,
Animation & FX
,
Prop Art & Level Design
, and
Environmental Visual Development
.
September 10
: The
World First Mythic +15 dungeon
was completed in time by Kjell's Angels.
September 6
: World Race Mythic raid guild Method
announced their intent to live stream
the World First Mythic Uldir race, and released a
pre-race interview
with commentary from several of their members.
September 4
: Battle for Azeroth
Season 1 began
, unlocking
Uldir
,
Mythic+
,
World Bosses
, the
first Warfront
, and rated PvP.
September 2
: The first players began
achieving 100 Exalted Reputations
and unlocking their Pureheart Courser mounts, thanks to help from the Darkmoon Faire reputation buff.
September 2
: World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas was the opening
keynote speaker
at PAX West 2018.
August
August 31
: Season 3 of the
most fashionable holiday in Azeroth
, the Trial of Style, began.
August 30
:
Honest Game Trailers
parodied Battle for Azeroth.
August 30
: The Video Games Live at Gamescom in germany held
a concert dedicated to World of Warcraft
.
August 28
: John Staats'
World of Warcraft Diary Kickstarter
began, along with an AMA on Reddit.
August 28
: Artifact Knowledge began incrementing on live servers.
August 24
: World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas posted some explanations on how and why
open world mob scaling exists
and how it interacts with player power progression.
August 24
: The
Warbringers: Azshara cinematic
was revealed at Gamescom, highlighting Old Gold influence in Battle for Azeroth, hinted at in the
Champions of Azeroth questline
.
August 24
: The
Waist of Time transmog
was discovered at the end of Baa'l's Secret.
August 24
: USgamer created an impressive article
chronicling 20 years
of World of Warcraft development history.
August 23
: Battle for Azeroth was announced as the World of Warcraft's
fastest selling expansion
.
August 22
: The
secret battle pet Baa'l
was discovered.
August 19
: The Battle for Azeroth soundtrack was
released on Spotify
.
August 18
: Carbot Animations released a parody of the
Battle for Azeroth opening cinematic
.
August 17
: The Game Theorists YouTube channel released a
video about the science
of World of Warcraft, and how much damage Sargeras' sword would actually do to Azeroth.
August 17
: Kua'fon's Pterrordax Egg was
found on live servers
, starting the month-long quest chain to Ptrain Your Pterrordax.
August 15
: A surprise cinematic,
The Pride of Kul Tiras
, was uncovered upon completion of Jaina's Storyline.
August 14
: Game Informer held an
interview with several members
of the development team about the process involved in keeping the lore in World of Warcraft straight over several decades of storytelling.
August 14
: Mythic 0 (base difficulty)
dungeons unlocked
.
August 13
: Gingi of Method achieved the
World First level 120
, less than 5 hours after release, playing in concert with Meeres and Deepshades who hit soon after.
August 13
: Battle for Azeroth launched amid outages on a
few highly populated servers
.
Legion
August
August 7
: The War of Thorns concluded and the Battle for Lordaeron Scenario became available on live servers, including the
zone changes
and destruction of Brill.
August 6
: Digital copies of the Battle for Azeroth Collector's Edition novellas, Elegy and A Good War,
have been made available
on the Blizzard website.
August 4
: The Saurfang and Zappy Boi centered cinematic
Old Soldier
released.
August 2
: Blizzard released an
official preview
of the Heart of Azeroth artifact.
August 2
: Geek & Sundry hosted an special
themed episode of Celebrity D&D
run by celebrated voice actor and online Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer, with Terry Crews, Ashly Burch, Marisha Ray, Troy Baker, Jessica Chobot and Taliesin Jaffe playing as members of the Alliance and Horde. The
character sheets
used in the show were also made available for fans.
August 1
: The
World First Mythic +31 dungeon
was completed in time.
July
July 31
: The
War of Thorns Chapter 2
began, culminating in the
burning of Teldrassil
.
July 31
: Blizzard released an official Battle for Azeroth
release calendar
, confirming dates for many major events during the first month of Battle for Azeroth.
July 28
: Blizzard took to Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter to explain the
basics of World of Warcraft
to new players and advertise the conflict between
Anduin and Sylvanas
.
July 26
: Blizzard released Prepare for War teaser videos revolving around the Alliance and Horde faction leaders
preparing for War
.
July 26
: Lore and WatcherDev
took to the forums
to talk about
pre-patch leveling and scaling changes
.
July 25
: Some War Mode features
activated in Darkshore
ahead of the system's Battle for Azeroth release.
July 24
: The
War of Thorns
Chapter 1 pre-patch event began in Darkshore.
July 24
:
Four new television ads
aired featuring Battle for Azeroth.
July 23
: The Mythic Dungeon Invitational All-Stars team
Gulch Trotters was replaced by Free Marsy
due to their members violating the Terms of Use.
July 23
: The
Warbringers: Jaina cinematic
was released, featuring the song Daughter of the Sea, sung by voice actress Laura Bailey.
July 22
: Auction Houses cleared their floors and boogied the night away during the
Auction House Dance Party
micro-holiday.
July 21
: Blizzard
sponsored a wrestling match
with between Wrestlers of Lucha Libre Elite representing the Alliance, and AAA representing the Horde.
July 20: Blizzard
updated its policy
on PvP disqualifications.
July 20
: The maximum gold transfer allotment
was increased
to 1 million gold per character, up from the old cap of 250k.
July 19
: Communities were
enabled in the EU
.
July 19
: Beast Mastery Hunters rejoice over the news that
Hati will return
.
July 18
: The
Chromatic Sword
, not seen since the Cataclysm, became available again in the Battle for Azeroth pre-patch.
July 18
: A
high definition version
of the Illidari Trophy Tabards was added to the Demon Hunter order hall.
July 17
: Blizzard issued a statement on realm instability, and the Community feature was disabled to fix the issue.
July 17
: The Blizzard Battle Chest
was removed
, and the subscription fee now includes all expansions up to Battle for Azeroth.
July 17
: Wakening Essence
became the primary reward
for various content including World Quests and Order Hall missions, making it significantly easier to buy Legion legendaries.
July 17
: Normal difficulty Argus the Unmaker (Antorus) defeated with a
raid full of Discipline Priests
.
July 17
: Patch 8.0.1, the
Battle for Azeroth pre-patch
went live, and artifact weapons burned out into regular weapons.
July 16
: Blizzard
released a trailer
for the new Warbringers animated shorts coming in Battle for Azeroth.
July 12
: Heroic Antorus the Burning Throne was cleared with an
all Tank specialization group
.
July 11
: Blizzard released a preview of the Community feature ahead of its Battle for Azeroth pre-patch release.
July 9
: Players on the PTR got their first look at Battle for Azeroth's
new seasonal Mythic+ affix
, Infested.
July 6
: Mythic Argus the Unmaker
solo healed by a Priest
.
July 4
: The
World First Mythic +30 dungeon
was completed in time.
July 3
: Heroic Aggramar and Argus the Unmaker were
defeated by a group five players
.
July 2
: Normal Argus the Unmaker
defeated by a group of three players
.
July 2
: Blizzard
announced a policy change
regarding advertising boost and carry services through the Group Finder.
June
June 29
: We learned how Legion Prestige
would convert
to Battle for Azeroth Honor in order to unlock the tiered PvP rewards in Battle for Azeroth.
June 29
: Artifact Weapons became
even more unstable
, further increasing Concordance of the Legionfall to rank 76.
June 29
: Blizzard and WIRED made a video detailing the
history of World of Warcraft development
.
June 28
: Blizzard posted an overview of the Battle for Azeroth
PvP and War Mode updates
and a blog of tips for completing
pre-Battle for Azeroth content
before Legion ends.
June 27
: Forbes interviewed Game Director Ion Hazzikostas
about the decision and impact of disabling gear swapping
in Mythic+, RNG gearing, what there would be to do in Battle for Azeroth, and we learned that the Battle for Lordaeron would be available ahead of the expansion launch.
June 27
: The Mage Tower became permanently
active for the remainder of Legion
, allowing players to attempt its challenges before they became unavailable for good.
June 26
: A new quest became available caused artifact weapons to become
bloated with power and unstable
, maximized at level 126 and 76 ranks in Concordance of the Legionfall. Any leftover Artifact Power tokens could then be
vendored for gold
.
June 21
: The World of Warcraft celebrated a Welcome Back Weekend by
discounting Character Services
by 25%, as well as upgrading inactive accounts to Warlords of Draenor and making the game
temporarily free to play
.
June 21
: The
Midsummer Fire Festival
visited Azeroth to celebrate the hottest season of 2018.
June 19
: We got our first look at the
Battle for Azeroth login screen
.
June 19
: Druids got an answer as to how their
artifact-form transformations
would work in Battle for Azeroth.
June 15
: Blizzard gave us our first news about World of Warcraft Classic,
Patch 1.12: Drums of War
will be the base content level for the remastered game.
June 14
: Blizzard revealed the title music for Battle for Azeroth,
Before the Storm
.
June 14
:
Patch 8.0 hit the PTR
for pre-patch testing.
June 14
: Beta players made the alarming discovery that
swapping gear was disabled
inside Mythic+ dungeons!
June 13
: Blizzard held a special World of Warcraft
Storytelling panel at E3
.
June 12
: Christie Golden's latest World of Warcraft novel,
Before the Storm
, became available in bookstores worldwide, after
teasing
a
handful
of
excepts
over the
previous week
.
June 12
: Blizzard clarified that Blood Trolls were
not planned as an Allied Race
, despite some player hope and speculation.
June 7
: Blizzard announced that Battle for Azeroth
would launch at the same relative time
, worldwide.
June 6
: The
Thousand Boat Bash
micro-holiday allowed players in Thousand Needles to make their own ship and celebrate boat stuff.
June 5
: Blizzard announced plans for the Mage Tower to
become available for the remainder of the Legion
expansion, in order to allow players to finish obtaining challenge appearances.
June 5
: Blizzard published
Three Sisters
, a Battle for Azeroth comic giving insight on the the Windrunner sisters reunion, and the third of their three comic set.
June 4
: Blizzard launched an
EU version of the Gear Store
in order to lower shipping costs, import duties, and speed up delivery.
June 4
:
Heroes of the Storm announced Yrel
, the Alterac Valley map, and a new event, Echoes of Alterac.
June 4
: Blizzard announced that support for World of Warcraft's
32-bit client would end
in the Summer, and recommended upgrading to the 64-bit client before July 1st.
June 1
: Blizzard revealed
some rule changes
for the Mythic Dungeon Invitational Global Finals regarding map pools and remakes, and announced the All-Stars BlizzCon event.
May
May 29
: Blizzard called for
focused feedback
on Mythic+ systems in Legion.
May 29
: The second of three planned Battle for Azeroth tie-in comics, The Speaker, was published focusing on Magni Bronzebeard.
May 28
: Beta testing revealed a significant
threat generation multiplier nerf
.
May 27
: The
Glowcap Festival
micro-holiday was celebrated in Outland.
May 25
: Well known Game Critic
John Bain aka 'TotalBiscuit' passed away
at age 33, after a four year battle with bowel cancer.
May 25
: The
Warcraft movie auction
closed, selling over 500 props for nearly $1.5 million.
May 24
: Blizzard expanded on
Battle Pet Currency changes
coming with Battle for Azeroth.
May 23
: Blizzard explained which
artifact appearances would/not be available
in Battle for Azeroth.
May 22
: The first of three Battle for Azeroth tie-in comics,
Reunion
, focusing on Jaina Proudmoore was published.
May 21
: Blizzard gave us a
preview of Drustvar
, one of the six new zones being added in Battle for Azeroth.
May 18
: The WarcraftDevs twitter confirmed that the
character limit would increase to 18
per realm in Battle for Azeroth.
May 18
: Ian Bates from BlizzPlanet noticed that follower missions on the Battle for Azeroth Beta contained
background story elements
, detailing the wars effect on the rest of Azeroth.
May 15
: Blizzard announced they would be at Gamescom before the launch of Battle for Azeroth, and would be holding a cosplay contest featuring the artifact weapon Aluneth as the grand prize.
May 11
: Ivan Kuzkin created a fan made dramatization of the Wound in the World event called
World of Warcraft: Extinction
.
May 10
: The
World First Mythic +29 dungeon
was completed in time.
May 10
: The
Spring Balloon Festival
micro-holiday took players for a relaxing ride in the skies of Azeroth.
May 9
: The first of three rounds of
BlizzCon 2018 tickets
went on sale.
May 8
: Blizzard shared details on
changes coming to PvP itemization
and how those items would be rewarded in Battle for Azeroth.
May 8
: The BBC reported that a Romanian citizen,
Calin Mateias
, was extradited to the United States and ultimately sentenced to one year in federal prison for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against Blizzard in 2010.
May 4
: Blizzard Korea and Pinkfong
created a Baby Murloc video
.
May 1
: BlizzCon 2017 talent contest winner
Jay the Tavern Bard
was found immortalized in the Battle for Azeroth beta.
April
April 30
: Blizzard previewed how
honor talents would work
with Battle for Azeroth War Mode changes.
April 30
: Beta datamining gave us our first hint of the
Battle for Dazar'alor raid
.
April 30
: Even Orphans get a holiday in Azeroth during
Children's Week 2018
. The rest of the time they make shoes.
April 28
: Players celebrated the
Volunteer Guard Day
micro-holiday by playing cops and robbers.
April 27
: Blizzard published a preview of the upcoming
Mag'har Orc and Dark Iron Dwarf allied races
.
April 27
: Blizzard posted the reschedule for the
Asian Pacific Region Mythic Dungeon Invitational
after
delays due to Australian internet issues
.
April 26
: Blizzard confirmed that
Strand of the Ancients
would be removed in Battle for Azeroth.
April 25
: Blizzard posted an overview of
pet battle updates
coming in Battle for Azeroth.
April 24
: Battle for Azeroth officially moved out of Alpha and into Beta testing, sending out the first wave of keys.
April 20
: Hearthstone Game Director and former World of Warcraft QA tester
Ben Brode announced he was leaving Blizzard
.
April 19
: The ability to
gift Blizzard Balance to others
was added to the Blizzard Shop.
April 19
: The Battle for Azeroth Alpha added a new
Expansion Features category
to the achievement pane, separated by expansion.
April 18
: The winner of the BlizzCon 2017 Costume Contest,
Kazplay
, was found honored on the Battle for Azeroth Alpha.
April 18
: The
Remote Auction House was retired
.
April 13
:
Uldir Raid Testing began
on the Battle for Azeroth Alpha.
April 11
: Several Battle for Azeroth interviews were
conducted at PAX East
.
April 9
:
BlizzCon 2018 was announced
for November 2nd and 3rd, with tickets going on sale May 9th and 12th.
April 6
: Blizzard ran
special deals for Battle for Azeroth
, offering Legion and other expansions for free with purchase.
April 6
: The
Xorothian Cultists started channeling again
, starting another round of wild speculation.
April 5
: A special
Battle for Azeroth media event
was held at Blizzard HQ.
April 5
: Battle for Azeroth was
confirmed to release on August 14th
, and the
Collector's Edition contents were revealed
.
April 5
: The
March of the Tadpoles
micro-holiday was celebrated in Borean Tundra.
April 3
: Season 6
Elite Ensembles became available
for 2k+ rating Season 5 or 6 players.
April 3
: Blizzard announced the
winners of their 7th annual Blizzard Student Art Contest
.
April 2
: Demon Hunter Mionee
soloed Mythic +15 Cathedral of Eternal Night
in time on the MDI realm, just because she could.
April 2
: Spring is in the air and players are hunting for eggs during
Noblegarden
.
April 1
:
Family Guy
went full Leeroy. You never go full Leeroy.
April 1
:
Blizzard posted patch notes
regarding new battlegrounds, loot systems, upcoming micro-holidays, and customization options.
March
March 30
: Starcraft celebrated 20 years with a
Salute to Starcraft
, allowing World of Warcraft players to earn a special Feat of Strength.
March 29
: John Staats'
first WoW Diary kickstarter
launched and was cancelled only 5 days later.
March 28
: Blizzard announced World of Warcraft
demos for PAX East
.
March 27
: The
time trial stage
of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational began.
March 27
: The Battle for Azeroth Alpha introduced our first look at the top 100
Hall of Fame achievements
.
March 27
: World of Warcraft
Chronicle Volume 3
released, with
new lore and retcons
.
March 23
: Xirev was the first player in the world to
complete every achievement in the game
during Legion.
March 21
: Blizzard confirmed that
First Aid would be removed
in Battle for Azeroth.
March 20
: Blizzard collaborated with
graphic artist Kim Jung Gi
to create art depicting the Siege of Lordaeron.
March 20
:
Cross realm capability
was added to Mythic Antorus, the Burning Throne.
March 20
: Legion
PvP Season 6 ended
.
March 17
: The
Un'Goro Madness
micro-holiday was... celebrated in Un'goro Crater. We're all mad here.
March 14
: Blizzard
highlighted community achievements
throughout 2017, citing over $1.8 million raised for charity and the collaborative efforts of secret finding.
March 6
: Blizzard listed for the fourth year in a row on
Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For
at rank 84.
March 3
: Season 2 of the
most fashionable holiday
in Azeroth, the Trial of Style, began.
March 2
:
The Lost Codex
released a unique version of raid lore for Antorus, the Burning Throne.
February
February 28
: Demon Hunter Mionee
soloed Mythic +22 Court of Stars
, because groups are a crutch.
February 27
: The
Seething Shore
was added as a Brawl, and placed in the
battleground rotation
a week later.
February 27
: The Mythic Dungeon Invitational
Proving Grounds
began, with teams completing +23 dungeons in order to qualify.
February 25
: We got our
first look at Boralus
, the Alliance Hub in the Battle for Azeroth Alpha.
February 23
: We broke down the
item level and stat scaling changes
caused by the Battle for Azeroth squish.
February 23
: The
World First Mythic +28 dungeon
was completed in time.
February 23
: The
Hatching of the Hippogryphs
micro-holiday allowed players to make friend with newborns who don't know any better.
February 23
: We got our
first look at Zuldazar
and the Horde hub, known as the Royal Chambers on the Battle for Azeroth Alpha.
February 22
: We datamined several new items which seemed to allow
Mythic+ keystone customization
, though the system never made it to the live game.
February 22
: The Warcraft Korea community twitter highlighted several Battle for Azeroth and Allied Race collaborations with the artist
Nayoung Wooh
.
February 20
: 28 new World of Warcraft hero
icons were added to the Battle.net Launcher
, 35% of whom are deceased.
February 20
: Tentative loot
changes to help in transmog hunting
in Battle for Azeroth were announced.
February 20
: The Affliction Warlock Lockoclock
soloed normal Xavius
in the Emerald Nightmare.
February 20
: Seemingly unaware of satire, streamer Ianxplosion followed South Park's example in
reaching level 60 by killing 19,801 boars
. And you thought saving turtles was boring.
February 17
: The
Lunar Festival
updated with new cosmetic flower crowns.
February 15
: Blizzard announced changes to their
MVP forum program
, including application-based recruitment.
February 15
: The SimulationCraft developers discovered a
new ability damage formula
for melee and hunter specializations on the Battle for Azeroth Alpha, along with
Bleed and Poison haste scaling
.
February 13
: Blizzard commented on several
Hunter Pet Specialization changes
coming in Battle for Azeroth.
February 13
: The
Ulduar timewalking raid
became available for the first time.
February 12
: The
Xorothian Cultists started channeling again
, amind conspiracy and controversy.
February 12
:
Shu-zen, the Divine Sentinel
was added to the Blizzard Shop, after making an
early appearance in China
.
February 7
: The Battle for Azeroth
invite-only Alpha
testing phase began, along with the first round of
development notes
.
February 4
: The Horde Allied Races
really don't like the Horde Ambassador
.
February 2
:
Love is in the Air
, and you can prove it by killing things for prizes.
February 1
: Blizzard released a
blog detailing some ways to build reputation with Allied Races
.
January
January 31
:
Four extra character slots
per server were added to all accounts.
January 31
:
Several interviews
were conducted in concert with the Battle for Azeroth pre-purchase and Allied Races becoming available.
January 30
: The secret
Doomsayer's Robes
toy was discovered.
January 30
: Battle for Azeroth was made
available for pre-purchase
, unlocking the
first four Allied Races
.
January 29
: The Void Elf and Nightborne
Allied Race Crests were updated
.
January 25
: We
began datamining
Battle for Azeroth content, discovering a huge amount of
database items
,
music
,
story
,
achievements
,
models
, and
more
.
January 24
: The Battle for Azeroth Collector's Edition
reward pet and mounts
were revealed.
January 24
: Devs commented on the
class changes and their design intent
going into Battle for Azeroth.
January 24
: Blizzard gave some insight into how their iconic
Orc wolf rider statue
was made.
January 22
: The experience gain boost from the Recruit-A-Friend program were
reduced in patch 7.3.5
. Met with a large outcry, Blizzard
responded to explain their reasoning
the next day.
January 22
: Blizzard
released several
Arena advice
blogs
.
January 21
: The
Call of the Scarab
micro-holiday celebrated the opening of the gates of Ahn'Qiraj, entomophobia, and racial tension.
January 19
: The unintended
scaling issues were fixed
, reducing MoP raid mob health by ~66%.
January 17
: Transmog
level restrictions were reduced
, allowing players to transmog appearances up to the expansion level cap.
January 16
: The handful of remaining
Scarab Lords received a new version
of their unique mount.
January 16
: Patch 7.3.5 hit
live servers
, with
official patch notes
,
unofficial patch notes
, some
unintended
scaling
issues
, significant
leveling improvements
,
legendary changes
, and
four extra backpack slots
for accounts using authenticators.
January 6
: Two more
solo World Firsts
, with Garothi Worldbreaker soloed by the Paladin Rextroy, and the Eonar encounter soloed by the Warlock Krieglocke.
January 2
:
Patrick "Vanion" Michalczak
, founder of German fansite Vanion.eu passed away.
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