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- By StanCompleting 4 Mythic dungeons this week rewards a piece of Heroic Dazar'alor loot and we're exactly one week away from Mythic Season 3 launch.
Highlights
We're one week away from Mythic Season 3, opening of the Eternal Palace raid and Operation: Mechagon. Reaping will be replaced with Beguiling next week. Higher item level rewards await! More details can be found here. Blizzard released a new batch of hotfixes to implement the latest Battle for Nazjatar changes. Azerite Knowledge started this week, reducing the amount of Artifact Power needed to level up your Heart of Azeroth. Mythic Keystone Affixes
Tyrannical Bursting Skittish Reaping World Events
Battle for Azeroth Dungeon Bonus Event (July 2nd - July 9th)
Blizzard (Source)
The Battle for Azeroth Dungeons Bonus Event is underway!
THIS WEEK
All week, open Group Finder (default hotkey: I) to queue for any Battle for Azeroth dungeon on Normal or Heroic difficulty.
Alternatively, get a group of veteran dungeoneers together and travel to one of the Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficulty:
Atal’Dazar Temple of Sethraliss The Underrot The MOTHERLODE!! Freehold Shrine of the Storm Tol Dagor Waycrest Manor Look for the following all week long:
Chronicler Shoopa in Zuldazar or Chronicler Toopa in Boralus has a quest for you – Emissary of War. Or, if you forget to pick it up there, you can start it within the Adventure Journal. Quest requirement: Complete 4 Battle for Azeroth dungeons on Mythic difficultly. Rewards: One loot box containing a piece of gear from Heroic difficulty Battle of Dazar'alor. Passive bonus: The final boss in each dungeon drop additional loot on all difficulties (except Mythic Keystone difficulties.) EVERY WEEK
The Bonus Events system consists of a rotating schedule of different activities, currently scheduled to run each week beginning on Tuesdays. Each Bonus Event grants a passive bonus to a particular game activity and offers a once-per-event quest with a noteworthy reward for accomplishing a related goal. The in-game calendar can serve as your one-stop reference for the event schedule. The Adventure Guide also offers a direct link to active Bonus Events, allowing you to easily accept any associated quests.
Midsummer Fire Festival (June 21st - July 5th)
Midsummer Festival ends this week with Fireworks Spectacular. To watch the show, visit any capital city or Booty Bay on July 5th.
Darkmoon Faire (July 7th - July 14th)
The first Sunday of the month is going to mark the first Darkmoon Faire of Patch 8.2. For more details check out our Darkmoon Faire guide. - By StarymHere comes the first truly huge batch of hotfixes for 8.2, covering a giant bunch of issues from Warrior and Rogues PvE, Mechagon and Nazjatar mobs and NPCs, azerite powers, PvP, quests, items. you name it, it's here!
July 2 (source)
Brawler’s Guild
Stitches' Aura of Rot stacks again fall off when players leave the affected area. Classes
Rage is limited to a maximum of 25 at the start of a raid encounter. Rogue Resolved an issue that prevented Sap from breaking when specific spells were cast on affected targets such as Concentrated Flame (Essence). The debuff from Crucible of Flame (Essence) no longer removes Rogues from stealth. Companions
Players now retain the buffs provided by Neri Sharpfin if they log out and back in during its duration. Creatures and NPCs
Increased the health scaling and base health of all the lowest-health rare spawns in Nazjatar and Mechagon. Developers’ note: With this change more players will have a chance to engage these rare spawns before they are eliminated. Vengeful Highborne’s fear ability channel reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and its duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds). Flight Master Gizzik Kelpears now defends against hostile creatures. Reduced the spawn chance for Enforcer KX-T57. The Dopple Gang now spawns when players use the item Pressure Relief Valve. Shirakess Overseer no longer spawns inside rocks. Rolly Gulper is no longer immune to area-of-effect abilities. Lord Hydraxis is now more powerful. Dungeons and Raids
Terrance of Endless Spring Tsulong now respawns after a soft reset of the instance being inactive for 30 minutes.
Items
Heart of Azeroth Resolved an issue that caused Memory of Lucid Dreams (Essence) to break the user’s stealth when refunding resources. Memory of Lucid Dreams’ (Essence) Major Power now correctly lasts the full duration for Fire Mages, Frost Mages, and Protection Paladins. Developers’ note: The Minor Power on Memory of Lucid Dreams has a custom implementation for Fire Mages and how it interacts with Fire Blast charges. However, this wound up being too strong relative to other Essences’ Minor Powers. As such we’re reducing its proc rate by 33% for Fire Mages, which should keep this as a very strong option to use in the Minor Slot, but much closer to the potency of other Minor Powers. Crucible of Flames’ (Essence) Minor Power no longer procs when casting abilities that apply crowd control to a target. Fixed a bug preventing Purification Protocol 's (Essence) Minor Power from correctly generating threat when damaging enemies. The damage and healing granted from Omnipotence (Azerite Trait) now resets at the beginning of encounters and Arena matches. Fixed a bug that caused the Highborne Compendium of Sundering ’s proc chance to increase if an allied player also had the trinket equipped. Prismatic Crystals now stack to 200. Shaman can now activate Anti-Gravity Packs in Ghost Wolf form. Benthic gear now displays the correct amount of Prismatic Manapearls needed for upgrades. The Volatile Blaster now can be used by Druids in Cat or Bear form. Harbinger's Inscrutable Will now pacifies enemies struck by its projectile effect (was a silence). Druids can use Anti-Gravity Packs in all shapeshift forms, except Travel Form. Flap those wings, Moonkin! Player versus Player
The 'Battle for Nazjatar' event is now active when there are similar numbers of players from both factions with War Mode activated in Nazjatar. When that is not the case, 'Azshara's Elite Commanders' —a new event—becomes active and also rewards Battle for Nazjatar Commendations. The 'Battle for Nazjatar' no longer ends prematurely. Fixed an issue that prevented Horde players who participated in Battle for Nazjatar from receiving rewards if they died when it ended. Kronus’ and Fangraal's health and damage have been increased in the Ashran Epic Battleground. Resolved an issue that could cause players in Dalaran Sewers to be teleported to the center of the Arena. Players now receive Nazjatar Battle Commendations from War Supply Chests earned in Nazjatar. Shadow Sight Orbs now spawn within the Robodrome Arena. The power coils have powered-up, and are now ready to zap shy arena players within the Robodrome starting area who linger too long. Fixed an issue that caused Rogues to die when casting Death from Above while participating in a Black Rook Hold Arena match.
Quests
Players can again complete 'Sliding with Style'. Enemy players can no longer kill the opposing faction’s NPCs necessary to complete 'The Missing Crew'. Fixed an issue preventing players from turning in 'They Made Their Choice'. Pet Battle quests now give credit towards 'Rustbolt Rebellion'. Fixed an issue that caused the “Runelocked Chest” play area to clip into a nearby wall. Fixed an issue causing players to become unable to complete the quest, 'Saving Corin.' The user interface now always displays available quests for followers. Players again receive credit toward “Bounty: Dangerous Creatures” for eliminating rare spawns. The criteria for “Bounty: Dangerous Creatures” has been reduced to 1 rare spawn (was 3 rare spawns). World Quest targets in Nazjatar no longer display a silver dragon portrait, but instead show up as quest bosses or elite quest bosses. Toys
The Pearl of the Abyss can now be obtained. Flopping Fish is now much more kickable. Warfronts
Addressed an issue that caused Wood and Iron resources looted from creatures to be less common. World
Alliance players can no longer rest in the Horde Outpost Ekka's Hideaway. Players who die in the Great Sea off the coast of Mechagon are no longer teleported to the Whitegrove Chapel graveyard. Previous hotfixes. - By StarymHere come more murlocs to 'brighten' your home, as you'll be able to get swarmed buy a plush of Murgle, the Nazjatar pet, as well as a mug featuring him, starting July 9th on the Blizzard store.
Murgle (source)
The Queen of Tides has returned with Rise of Azshara, bringing a ton of new experiences to encounter—including many rare creatures—in Battle for Azeroth. One such creature is the elusive rare red baby murloc pet, Murgle. You can find Murgle in Nazjatar’s Bloodfin Village, but you’ll need to summon and defeat King Gakula first. Stirring up a little trouble with the village tadpoles is sure to draw him out.
Murgle in-game pet Your characters aren’t the only ones who can adopt Murgle, though! You can bring this adorable little murloc home in both huggable plush and mug form. The Murgle Plush and the Red Murloc Mug can be yours as they’ll be available on the Blizzard Gear Store worldwide on July 9.
Murgle Mug and Plush Those attending the Japan Expo in Paris July 4-7 will also be able to grab these tadpole-inspired treasures early. You’ll find them along with plenty of other Gear Store merchandise in the on-site Blizzard shop in hall 6 – Stand F716. (Full map) - By StanCondensed Life-Force is a DPS Essence from the Eternal Palace that will become available on July 9th.
Check out all Season 3 Essences here.
Condensed Life-Force
'The Heart of Azeroth is capable of manipulating Azerite in ways never thought possible.'
Essence Effects & Ranks
You can get this Essence and upgrades by collecting Aqueous Reliquary from the Eternal Palace raid. The items drop from Radiance of Azshara, Queen's Court, and Queen Azshara.
The major power will summon a mob to fight for you. The Elemental grows in power and grants you Haste at higher ranks.
The minor power is a passive which deals damage to your target and increases damage taken for a short period of time when upgraded.
Rank 1 (Animated Elemental Heart)
Combine 9 Aqueous Reliquary to get the Essence.
Major Power: Guardian of Azeroth - Call upon Azeroth to summon a Guardian of Azeroth for 30 sec who impales your target with spikes of Azerite every 2 sec that deal 319 Fire damage. (3 min cooldown) Minor Power: Condensed Life-Force - Your spells and abilities have a high chance to impale your target with a spike of Azerite, causing 319 Fire damage. Rank 2 (Pulsing Elemental Heart)
Combine 18 Aqueous Reliquary from the bosses within the Eternal Palace to upgrade Condensed Life-Force to this rank.
Major Power: Guardian of Azeroth - Call upon Azeroth to summon a Guardian of Azeroth for 30 sec who impales your target with spikes of Azerite every 2 sec that deal 319 399 Fire damage. Every 8 sec, the Guardian launches a volley of Azerite Spikes at its target, dealing 324 Fire damage to all nearby enemies. (3 min cooldown) Minor Power: Condensed Life-Force - Your spells and abilities have a high chance to impale your target with a spike of Azerite, causing 319 399 Fire damage. Rank 3 (Resonating Elemental Heart)
Combining 36 Aqueous Reliquary will upgrade your Essence to Rank 3.
Major Power: Guardian of Azeroth - Call upon Azeroth to summon a Guardian of Azeroth for 30 sec who impales your target with spikes of Azerite every 2 sec that deal 399 Fire damage. Every 8 sec, the Guardian launches a volley of Azerite Spikes at its target, dealing 324 Fire damage to all nearby enemies. Each time the Guardian of Azeroth casts a spell, you gain 2% Haste, stacking up to 5 times. This effect ends when the Guardian of Azeroth despawns. (3 min cooldown) Minor Power: Condensed Life-Force - Your spells and abilities have a high chance to impale your target with a spike of Azerite, causing 399 Fire damage. When an Azerite spike deals damage, all damage you deal against that target is increased by 5% for 6 sec. Rank 4 (Sparkling Elemental Heart)
Defeat Queen Azshara on Mythic difficulty (Mythic: Queen Azshara) to gain the final rank of this Essence.
Condensed Life-Force's major power gets an enhanced appearance. Effects shared with previous rank. - By StanToday, we're looking at Essences gated behind Mythic Season 3, the Eternal Palace raid, and Operation: Mechagon, available starting July 9th.
Here's a list of Essences that are currently unavailable on live servers.
The Eternal Palace Essences
Aqueous Reliquary from the raid must be gathered to unlock Rank 1 of these Essences:
Azeroth's Undying Gift (Tank Essence) Major Power: Azeroth's Undying Gift - Reduce all damage you take by 20% for 4 sec. (60 sec cooldown) Minor Power: Hardened Azerite - When you fall below 35% health, gain 2,177 Armor for 8 sec. This effect may occur once every 150 sec. Condensed Life-Force (DPS Essence) Major Power: Guardian of Azeroth - Call upon Azeroth to summon a Guardian of Azeroth for 30 sec who impales your target with spikes of Azerite every 2 sec that deal 319 Fire damage. (3 min cooldown) Minor Power: Condensed Life-Force - Your spells and abilities have a high chance to impale your target with a spike of Azerite, causing 319 Fire damage. Vitality Conduit (Healer Essence) Major Power: Vitality Conduit - Direct the Vitality Conduit toward an ally. Every 0.5 sec for 6 sec, they transfer 402 health from the highest-health ally within 30 yds. (60 sec cooldown) Minor Power: Transference - Targets of your heals have a very high chance to transfer 402 health from the highest-health ally within 30 yds. Operation: Mechagon Essence
Rank 1 of the Vision of Perfection Essence is gained from defeating King Mechagon. The major power will give a predetermined spell a chance to activate for 25% of its base duration. You can find a list of all spells in our Essence guide.
Vision of Perfection (General Essence) Major Power: Vision of Perfection - Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate for 25% of its base duration. Minor Power: Strive for Perfection - Reduces a cooldown of an ability by 10%. Mythic Season 3 Essences
The following Essences drom from the End-of-Dungeon Mythic +4 chest in Season 3 or later.
Anima of Life and Death (Tank Essence) Major Power: Anima of Death - Draw upon your vitality to sear your foes, dealing 10% of your maximum health in Fire damage to all nearby enemies and heal for 5% of your maximum health per enemy hit, up to 25% of your maximum health. (60 sec cooldown) Minor Power: Anima of Life - Azerite energy courses through your veins, increasing maximum health by 995 every 5 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This effect is lost if you fall below 35% health. Essence of the Focusing Iris (DPS Essence) Major Power: Focused Azerite Beam - Focus excess Azerite energy into the Heart of Azeroth, then expel that energy outward, dealing 4,300 Fire damage to all enemies in front of you over 3 sec. (1.5 min cooldown) Minor Power: Focused Energy - Your damaging spells and abilities grant you 15 Haste for 4 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This Haste is lost if you stop using spells or abilities against the initial target. Life-Binder's Invocation (Healer Essence) Major Power: Life-Binder's Invocation - Implant 30 Seeds of Eonar divided over all allies within 30 yds. (3 min cooldown) Minor Power: Seed of Eonar - Your heals have a very high chance to implant a Seed of Eonar in the target for 12 sec. Rated PvP Essence
You must collect 500 Conquest from the weekly War Chest located in Ashvane Docks or Mugambala in Season 3 or later. The major power allows you to use a PvP talent in PvE.
Conflict and Strife (General Essence) Major Power: Conflict - Teaches you the following PvP Talent, and allows its use against all enemies of Azeroth. Minor Power: Strife - Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your Versatility by 0 for 8 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Being the vicitim of a loss of control or movement impairing effect also grants a stack of Strife. Check out our Heart of Azeroth Essence guide to learn more about these Essences.
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What Display Mode are you using in WoW: Fullscreen, Windowed, or Windowed fullscreen? What resolution are you running the game at? And what's the native resolution of your monitor?
I'm getting reports of issues like this, and I'm fairly sure it's due to the way resolution works. The lines I'm drawing are 1 pixel wide, so if that row of pixels happens to be cut out by resolution stretching, you won't see the line. It's apparent when I draw the lines 2 pixels wide, as they all show, or if you stretch a lower resolution onto a larger monitor.
I'll add in an option to draw the lines at 2 pixels wide as a hotfix until I can get some more info on why this happens. The Line object is brand new, so there isn't a lot of info available on how it's drawn.
As much as the importance of login screens has diminished with time (mainly because of the auto-login feature), the login screen always sets the tone for the expansion. What do you think we will see this time? Given that we get two completely different continents, it's seems unlikely that any of them will be present. The other option would be to base it on the pre-expac events, but as much as I would enjoy seeing a giant burning tree every time I log in, it would probably feel a bit too disconnected from the main content of the expansion.
My best guess is some kind of battlefield to represent the struggle between the Horde and Alliance. And knowing Blizzard, they will be happy to use the chance to put in a throwback to the original Warcraft series, so I would expect something heavily inspired by Warcraft 3 title screen. What are your thoughts?
- For other timelines, see Timeline.
As time passes in game, and the lore moves and changes, another story is written - the Real Life world surrounding the game. As people start to play over time periods of years they remember some events ingame as 'Before X patch' or 'I remember the first time World of Warcraft was in a question on Jeopardy'. You also run into older players whose stories you may find hard to believe - was there really a plague that unexpectedly hopped out of a raid and into the capital cites? Was there really was a time when you had to land and pick a new flight-point at each flight-point?
This page follows the timeline from the release of World of Warcraft through present day in its culture as it applies to the players, helping us remember exactly when things happened.
After all, What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been!
1999
Development of World of Warcraft begins.[1]
2001
September 2 - World of Warcraft announced at a press conference of the European Computer Trade Show[2]
- The player base was somewhat divided on it. One of the things which kept people happily playing Diablo, Warcraft and StarCraft was that it was completely free to play those online after buying the game - all you needed was an internet connection. The fact that a Blizzard game would be a monthly pay-to-play rankled some.[citation needed]
2003
Sometime in 2003:World of Warcraft friends and family alpha released
September 9 - World of Warcraft (Livejournal Community) created
2004
The original login screen. This is the third-longest-running login screen, at 743 days.
February - World of Warcraft Beta Test begins
September 5 - it is reported that Blizzard has entered into an agreement with AT&T to handle the systems' servers.[3]
- One article refers to the prospective players as 'Warcrafters', a term which doesn't really stick.
November 17 - 'I Surrender' debuts (archived copy)
November 23 - World of Warcraft launches in North America, Australia and New Zealand
- Starting level cap is 60
- Only Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor available at launch
- Starting races:
- Alliance: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome
- Horde: Orc, Troll, Undead, Tauren
- Starting classes:
- Druid, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warrior, Warlock
- Faction-specific classes:
- Shaman for Horde
- Paladin for Alliance
- 60% speed land mount at level 40, 100% speed epic land mount at level 60. (No flying mounts.)
- There were 88 United States realms at launch (43 PvP, 40 PvE, 5 RP), plus more realms for Europe and Oceania.
- The average computer a player was using in 2004 to log in:
- Many were still using a 4:3 CRT monitor (LCD existed but was not popular yet) and a desktop computer to play. Most laptops didn't have enough power to run the game smoothly.
- Processor speeds were 2.0 - 3.4 Ghz
- Memory: 1 - 4 Gigabytes of RAM
- 3D cards had 256 or 512 megabytes ram
- People were using Windows XP, but some were still using Windows 2000 or earlier
- The game had to be installed via CD/DVDRom drive. The game was on 4 CDs (5 for the 'Game of the Year' edition) which needed to be installed, and then patching had to happen. You could not download the initial game, and initial patch downloads could take an hour or more.
- Some players played via dialup modem, and this made their characters jump around as they walked when viewed by other players
November 24 - WoWWiki Launched[4]
December 18 - Patch 1.2.0
- Maraudon added
2005
The first ever legendary item drop.
The first time World of Warcraft was an answer on Jeopardy! was on November 16, 2005.
January 18 - World of Warcraft launches in South Korea
January 28 - The world first of world first raid boss kills, Onyxia falls at the hands of Chosen (Elune-KR)
February 11 - World of Warcraft launches in Europe
March 7 - Patch 1.3.0
- Dire Maul added
March 23 - The first legendary item ever to appear to players in the game, [Talisman of Binding Shard] drops in Molten Core. It is immediately hotfixed out of the game.
April 8 - Patch 1.4.0
- PvP Honor System
April 26 - World of Warcraft open beta test launches in China under licensee The9,[5][6] with 100,000 players signing up in the first hour of registration[7]
May - The Leeroy Jenkins video becomes popular[8]
June 7
- World of Warcraft launches in China[6]
- Patch 1.5.0
- Battlegrounds introduced
July 12 - Patch 1.6.0
- Blackwing Lair added
- Darkmoon Faire added
August - World of Warcraft reaches 4 million subscribers[9]
September 13 - Patch 1.7.0
- Zul'Gurub added
- Arathi Basin battleground added
- [Corrupted Blood] begins as the result of a glitch in Zul'Gurub[10]
September 15 - Corrupted Blood incident[11]
October 10 - Patch 1.8.0
- Corrupted Blood fixed
October 28—29 - BlizzCon
- The Burning Crusade announced
November
- World of Warcraft reaches 5 million subscribers[11]
- World of Warcraft launches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau[9]
November 16 - World of Warcraft is featured in a question on the game show Jeopardy!
- None of the three players knew the answer, or even tried to guess.
November 23 - WoW Insider launches.[12]
December 20 - The famous Numa Numa song comes to World of Warcraft on YouTube.[13]
2006
The Characters of South Park in Make Love, not Warcraft. L to R: Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny.
January 3 - Patch 1.9.0
- The Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj added
- The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj added
- Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event begins
- Faction-Linked Auction Houses (Previously each AH served only its capital city)
January - Blizzard comes under scrutiny by LGBT groups for prohibiting advertising a guild as being LGBT-friendly.[14]
January 23 - Medivh-US becomes the first server to open the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj[15]
March 28 - Patch 1.10.0
- Quest Experience to Gold Conversion at Level 60
- Weather Effects
- Linked Flight paths
- Widescreen monitors supported
April - The '-50 DKP/More dots' Onyxia Wipe Animation becomes popular
April 30 - WoWRP is launched
June 20 - Patch 1.11.0
- Naxxramas added
June 26 - Wowhead launched
August 22 - Patch 1.12.0
- World PvP Objectives
Sepetember 22 - The game is brought up in an episode of Stargate: Atlantis
- A character says he has a level 75 mage, a level which was unattainable at the time (60 was the cap).
October
- World of Warcraft Trading Card Game released
October 4 - The TV show South Park features a Warcraft-themed episode, Make Love, not Warcraft
October 12 - The Burning Crusade Beta Test begins
November - World of Warcraft reaches 7.5 million subscribers[11]
November 9 - Burning Crusade announced to be released on January 16, 2007
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November 20 - One of the world's first well known World of Warcraft parodies, That's the World of Warcraft That You Play!, uploaded on YouTube by ibeckman671[16]
December 5 - Patch 2.0.1
- Looking for Group Interface Tool
- PvP Arenas
December 14 - Burning Crusade cinematic trailer released
2007
The World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade login screen debuted with patch 2.0.1 and was the game login screen for 679 days. This was not quite the case for everyone, as players who had not yet bought the expansion still had the original login until they upgraded.
Sometime.. - The Orc Statue was created.
January 9 - Patch 2.0.3
- Dark Portal Opens event
- Kruul begins attacking places in Azeroth
January 16 - The Burning Crusade expansion released
- Level cap raised to 70
- Outland added
- Draenei and Blood Elf Races Added
- Shaman and Paladin now available to both factions (previously were Horde and Alliance specific, respectively)
- Eye of the Storm Battleground added
- Heroic mode instances introduced
- Launch was plagued by server crashes and a huge percentage of the player base questing in Hellfire Peninsula, all at the same time
- Expansion sells nearly 2.4 million copies in the first 24 hours, becoming the fastest-selling PC game ever[9]
May 22 - Patch 2.1.0
- The Black Temple added
July 8 - Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition released
August 3–4 - BlizzCon
- Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Announced
September 27 - Patch 2.2.0
- Voice chat introduced
October
- On October 5, the game is brought up again onStargate Atlantis
- Toyota's [Four Wheels of Fury] commercial airs, featuring a fictional truck mount ingame
- On the American court show Judge Judy, Judith Sheindlin shows she has never heard of the game
November 13 - Patch 2.3.0
- Zul'Aman added
- Mudsprocket quest hub added to Dustwallow Marsh
November 20 - Blizzard advertises World of Warcraft on television with ads featuring William Shatner as a Shaman and most notably Mr. T talking about his Night Elf Mohawk
2008
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In July 29, 2008 a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Blizzard's offices, causing them to post a message on their login screen about the effect on their in-game and telephone support.
The World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King login screen. This login screen debuted in patch 3.0.2. It is the second longest-running such screen for the game at, 770 days. As opposed to Burning Crusade, everyone was given this login, if they had the expansion or not. Some players did not care for the dragon roaring from this screen, giving them away to family when they tried to log in discreetly.
January - World of Warcraft reaches 10 million subscribers globally[17]
March 25 - Patch 2.4.0
- Isle of Quel'Danas added
- Magister's Terrace added
- Sunwell Plateau added
- The Shattered Sun Offensive begins
April 3 - Proudmoore-US becomes the first server to complete the Shattered Sun Offensive[18]
April 7 - The Daily Show plays a clip of Democratic US representative Jane Harman chiding another congressman (on an unknown date) saying:
- 'I actually suspect that the real reason we're here is so you can get some pointers on how to get past the seventh level of the World of Warcraft, but I do think you need to know that chairing this hearing is only worth two experience points.'
June 30 - The original key-fob Authenticators first become available in the Blizzard Store. For the first few months the stocks sell out very quickly.
July 15 - Patch 2.4.3
- The point a player can first get Riding skill and use a mount lowered from level 40 to level 30
July 17 - Wrath of the Lich King Beta Test begins
August 5 - Recruit-A-Friend program introduced[19]
August 6 - World of Warcraft launches in Russia, along with the Burning Crusade expansion[9][20]
August 21 - Wrath of the Lich King cinematic released
September 15 - Wrath of the Lich King release date announced to be November 13, 2008
October - The 'Additional instances cannot be launched' issue begins on high-population servers. This continues to be an intermittent problem until after the dungeon finder is introduced in patch 3.3.0, the next year.
October 14 - Patch 3.0.2
- Achievements (This is why you never see any achievements ingame dated before October 2008.)
- Several changes were made to the gameworld to prepare for Wrath of the Lich King:
- The original Naxxramas removed
- Dalaran removed
- Alliance boats rerouted
- Stormwind Harbor added
- New Horde Zeppelin Towers
October 23
- The Zombie Infestation heralds the start of the Second Scourge Invasion
October 25-26
- The Zombie Infestation becomes so rampant that the capital cities and many aspects of gameplay are rendered almost useless. This was intended by Blizzard, and was very similar to and probably inspired by the Corrupted Blood issue, back in 2005.
- Players were affected by the plague, sometimes taking it into their raid groups and instance runs
- NPCs were also affected, meaning no NPCs for repair, sales, auction house, quest turn-ins, etc
- Many capital cities and small towns were littered with skeletons of dead characters
October 27
- The capital cities return to normal as the Zombie Infestation ends
September - World of Warcraft reaches 11 million subscribers[21]
November - World of Warcraft commercials featuring Ozzy Osbourne
November 10
- The Scourge begin regular attacks on Stormwind City and Orgrimmar
November 13 - Wrath of the Lich King expansion released
- Level cap raised to 80
- Northrend added
- Death knight Class Added
- Strand of the Ancients Battleground added
- Expansion sells more than 2.8 million copies in the first 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time[9]
November 23 - All players logging in are awarded [Baby Blizzard Bear] and WoW's 4th Anniversary
2009
'Game Fuel'. Wild berry for Alliance, citrus cherry for Horde
During the countdown to the Battle.net merger, Blizzard offered a companion pet to accounts that merged before the deadline. (While getting an in-game pet has been fairly common since, this was a first to players at the time.)
Either by or in 2009 - the 'Ghostcrawler promised me a pony' saying became popular on the forums and around WoW sites, but it's hard to pinpoint when
April 14 - Patch 3.1.0
- Ulduar added
- Argent Tournament added
April 16 - Blizzard announces that they are changing their Chinese licensee from The9 to NetEase
Late April - a player is banned for exploiting the game after using a mistakenly-mailed Game Masterartifact called [Martin Fury][22]
May 15 - The Mountain Dew Game Fuel Choose Your Side promotion begins
- Complete with a commmercial showing an orc and a night elf duking it out PvP in a real supermarket.
June 6 - World of Warcraft shuts down in China
August 4 - Patch 3.2.0
- Crusaders' Coliseum added
- Isle of Conquest battleground added
- The point a player can first get Riding skill and use a mount lowered from level 30 to level 20
August 20 - The Mountain Dew Choose Your Side promotion ends
- World of Warcraft: The Magazine announced.[23]
August 21–22 - BlizzCon 2009
- Cataclysm Expansion Announced
September 2 - Faction Change service offered
September 19 - World of Warcraft relaunches in China under its new licensee, NetEase
September 22 - Patch 3.2.2
- Onyxia's Lair revamped to level 80
October 12 - Announcement that all World of Warcraft accounts must be merged with Battle.net accounts.[24]
October 27 - Race Change service offered
November 11, 12 - The deadline passes for account mergers with Battle.net for US, EU players
November 22 - All players logging in are awarded [Onyxian Whelpling] and WoW's 5th Anniversary
December 8 - Patch 3.3.0
- Frozen Halls added
- Icecrown Citadel raid added
- The Lower Spire is open at release
- Cross-Server Instance grouping
- Improved Dungeon Finder
2010
In China, bones are covered up as with this Forsaken. This led to the need for a massive graphical overhaul before Wrath of the Lich King could be approved.
Previously, you could not play the game until the entire patch was downloaded.
The Cataclysm Loading Screen debuted in Patch 4.0.3a, and was around for only 644 days - the shortest duration for a loading screen.
January 5 - The Plagueworks of Icecrown Citadel opens
January 19 - The Crimson Hall of Icecrown Citadel opens
February 2 - Patch 3.3.2
- The Frostwing Halls, the final wing of Icecrown Citadel, opens
- The Lich King encounter is implemented
February 12 - The People's Republic of China approves World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade for release, three years after its release everywhere else
March 23 - Patch 3.3.3
- The random battleground system is implemented, and the honor system is overhauled to account for the removal of battleground Marks of Honor
May 3 - The Friends & Family phase of the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm alpha begins[25]
June 22 - Patch 3.3.5 in North America
- Real ID is implemented
June 30 - Cataclysm Beta Test begins.[26] Patch 3.3.5 in Europe.
- The Ruby Sanctum opens
July 6 - Blizzard announces their intention to have Real ID names visible when posting on the official forums.[27] This resulted in a massive outcry against the idea, based primarily on concerns about privacy issues and potential harassment.
July 9 - Due the overwhelming flood of criticism, Blizzard rescinds their plan to put Real ID names on the official forums[28]
July 27 - Blizzard releases Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, notable in that it was Blizzard's first non-Warcraft related game in ten years, since 2000's Diablo II. Many were curious what the effect would be on the player base, but the implementation of the Real ID system ensured that players playing Starcraft could keep up with their friends in World of Warcraft.
August 10 - The People's Republic of China approves a heavily edited Wrath of the Lich King two years after its general release[29]
September 7 - The first in-game events leading up into the Cataclysm Expansion begin, with Operation: Gnomeregan (Alliance) and Zalazane's Fall (Horde)
October - Wowpedia fork
October 4 - Cataclysm release date announced to be December 7, 2010[30]
October 7 - World of Warcraft reaches 12 million players[31] for the first time, and the all time record
October 12 - Patch 4.0.1
- Complete talent and ability overhaul for all classes
- Removed from game: Emblems, Badges, Marks of honor
- Ammunition for ranged weapons removed from game (Yes, you once had to keep ammunition)
October 17 - All but one of WoWWiki's active administrators leave Wikia forming Wowpedia. Over the next couple weeks, most of the active users follow.
- World of Warcraft Cataclysm cinematic trailer released
- Parts of the trailer were aired on television in the second quarter of the Dallas Cowboys/Minnesota Vikings football game on the same day. The commercial asked, 'Where will you be when the Cataclysm begins?'
October 22-23 - BlizzCon 2010
- Announcement that Cataclysm will be available for direct digital download, rather than having to buy a DVD
November 1 - Elemental UnrestPhase 1 begins
November 8 - Elemental Unrest Phase 2 begins
November 12 - Elemental Unrest Phase 3 begins
November 15 - Elemental Unrest Phase 4 begins
November 23 - Patch 4.0.3a 'The Shattering'
- Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor changed
- Specific Troll and Gnome starting areas
- New race/class combinations available
- Upper Blackrock Spire reworked into a 5 man dungeon
- Many American players spent this week torn between the Thanksgiving holiday and exploring the new Azeroth
- The Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor fixed to allow for flying mounts.
- The actual ability to fly in those two places was introduced in the Cataclysm expansion a few weeks later - however some players found you could at least explore using other methods which could fly like the Warlock ability [Eye of Kilrogg]
November 30 - All players logging in are awarded WoW's 6th Anniversary
December - Thottbot merges with Wowhead
December 7 - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm released
- Level cap raised to 85
- Archaeology profession added
- Worgen and goblins races added
- Rather than introducing a new continent or world, several zones were added across Azeroth
- Mount Hyjal and Uldum in Kalimdor
- Vashj'ir, Tol Barad, Gilneas and the Twilight Highlands in the Eastern Kingdoms
- Deepholm in the elemental plane of earth
- Expansion sells more than 3.3 million copies within 24 hours of release, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time[9]
2011
The original Lightbringer realm server, cleaned up and engraved to be auctioned for charity in October-November of 2011
January 27 - Blizzard files complaints with the online service PayPal in an effort to make payment difficult for gold sellers.[32]
February 8 - Patch 4.0.6
April 26 - Patch 4.1.0
- Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub return as level 85 5-player heroics
June 28 - Patch 4.2.0
- Firelands raid added
- Firelands Invasion daily quests added
- [Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest] added
- The Burning Crusade offered to all players at no additional cost
- The 10-day Free Trial is replaced by the new unlimited-duration Starter Edition
- Keyring removed and keys made obsolete.
September 16 - World of Warcraft: The Magazine closes after five issues[33] Fallout 4 dog apparel.
- Subscribers were offered a refund or a collection of all six of the pets available from the Pet Store
October 13 - Blizzard announces it is auctioning off old server hardware for charity[34]
- In the end, the project raised over $333,000 for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital[35]
October 21-22 - BlizzCon 2011
- Mists of Pandaria expansion announced
- Announcement that players who commit to a full year monthly subscription to World of Warcraft will receive:
- A free copy of Diablo 3
- A Tyrael mount
- Guaranteed invitation to the Mists of Pandaria beta
November 20th - Players logging in awarded WoW's 7th Anniversary and a [Celebration Package]
November 29 - Patch 4.3.0
- Darkmoon Faire moved to Darkmoon Island (Previously appeared in Elwynn Forest or Mulgore)
- The 'Ghostcrawler promised me a pony' saying is immortalized ingame with the achievement [I Was Promised a Pony].
- New instances and raid:
- End Time added
- Well of Eternity added
- Hour of Twilight added
- Dragon Soul raid added
December - World of Warcraft reaches 10.2 million subscribers, down from 12 million
2012
The Mists of Pandaria login screen debuted in patch 5.0.4, and is the longest-running login screen, running 777 days.
March - Scroll of Resurrection introduced
March 21 - Mists of Panderia Beta begins
July 25 - Release date announcement for Mists of Pandaria: September 25
August 28 - Patch 5.0.4
- Account-wide achievements, pets, and mounts
- The first Scenario is introduced: Theramore's Fall
- AOE Looting
- Cross-Realm Zones
September 7 - One of the world's most famous World of Warcraft parodies, That's the World of Warcraft That You Play!, comes out with a new version called That's the World of Warcraft That I Used To Play! that features Oxhorn, uploaded by ibeckman671 on YouTube[36]
September 25 - Mists of Panderia released
- Level cap raised to 90
- The Continent of Pandaria
- Monk class
- Pandaren race, which can choose its faction
October 7 - World of Warcraft is hacked on some servers, and both players and NPCs die en masse. Blizzard quickly hotfixes this in a few hours and the issue is resolved. [37]
November 18th - Players logging in awarded WoW's 8th Anniversary and a [Celebration Package]
November 27 - Patch 5.1.0
- The Pandaria Campaign begins with Operation: Shieldwall and the Dominance Offensive
- The Brawler's Guild is added
- Reset times for professions, holiday events, and daily quests are standardized across all realms, regardless of timezone
- Item upgrading introduced
December - An amusing glitch for some people lists Real ID and battletag friends as last being online '43 years ago'. Who knew the game was so popular in 1969?
2013
The Battle.net Desktop App replaced the launcher.
March 5 - Patch 5.2
- Raid tier 15, Throne of Thunder
- Isle of Thunder daily content is added
- Tap to Faction introduced for world bosses and Isle of Thunder rares (except the one not part of the achievement)
- Item upgrading NPCs removed (temporarily)
- Championing a faction for rep in one dungeon and scenario a day added
May 21 - Patch 5.3
- Item upgrading NPCs re-added, but it is announced that the service will not be implemented for future PvP gear
July - World of Warcraft player numbers come down to 7.7 million subscribers, almost down to half of its record subscriber base of 12 million in December of 2010.
July 30 - One of the world's most famous World of Warcraft parodies, That's the World of Warcraft That You Play!, comes out with an updated version with Mists of Pandaria uploaded by ibeckman671 on YouTube[38]
August 23 - It is announced that World of Warcraft Trading Card Game will end with Set 21, Timewalkers: Reign of Fire being the last set made.[39]
September 10 - Patch 5.4
- Timeless Isle introduced
- Siege of Orgrimmar to bring down the warchief, Garrosh Hellscream
- Two full-sized Hearthstone game boards are added outside the shrines in Vale of Eternal Blossoms, with NPCs appearing to play the game
September 25 - The first Connected Realms are implemented
November 8-9 - BlizzCon 2013
- Warlords of Draenor expansion announced
November 18th - Players logging in awarded WoW's 9th Anniversary and a [Celebration Package]
November 27th - Longtime Lead Systems Designer for World of Warcraft, Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street announces he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment
December - World of Warcraft reaches 7.8 million subscribers, up from 7.7 million
December 9 - It is revealed that the United States NSA (National Security Agency) and the United Kingdom's GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) have been actively spying on MMORPGs, including World of Warcraft.[40]
- It was revealed that a 2008 memo circulated at the NSA had called online gaming a 'target-rich communications network' where terrorists could communicate 'in plain sight.'
December 10 - Patch 5.4.2
- For the first time, players gain the ability to buy mounts, pets and certain items at an In-Game Store, without having to go to the online Blizzard Store
- Cross-realm mailing for Bind to Account items implemented
2014
The Character Boost setup, step one.
A group of players gather at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior to commemorate the passing of Robin Williams
The Warlords of Draenor login screen debuted in patch 6.0.2
The Iron Horde makes its mark on Times Square
The Iron Horde makes its mark in Shanghai, China
February 6th - World of Warcraft reaches 7.8 million players, up from 7.6 subscribers[41]
February 10th - Blizzard Entertainment gets the street that runs between their buildings renamed 'Blizzard Way', but the street sign is misprinted 'Bizzard Way'[42]
- This lead to a 'bizzard' of amusing comments, with various game-related sites saying things like the sign should have been given more time on the Public Test Realm, to try the company's games like 'Word of Warcraft' and 'Diabo', or the sign was 'obviously showing a lack of Spell power'
February 11th - Blizzard announces it is retiring the Scroll of Resurrection on February 18th.[43]
February 18th - Patch 5.4.7
- Preparation for the upcoming Warlords of Draenor Collector's Edition
- The Scroll of Resurrection has retired
March 10th
- Pre-orders open for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
- The Character Boost service is introduced, available to all with the latest expansion for $60/£40, with one Boost free as reward for pre-ordering Warlords of Draenor
March 11th - The [Hearthsteed] mount is introduced as a promotion to mark the launch of Hearthstone
- The World of Warcraft mount is earned through winning 3 matches in Hearthstone, marking the first significant and rewarding cross-over between the two games
April 3- Warlords of Draenor internal alpha testing begins.[44]
May 20 - Patch 5.4.8
- The maximum upgrade level for items is increased from +8 to +16.
June 4 - Warlords of Draenor friends and family alpha testing begins.[45]
June 21 - The player Doubleagent becomes the first neutral pandaren character to reach level cap (90).[46]
- He achieved this without ever leaving the starting area and only mining or picking herbs for experience points. He began in 2012, and his time played on reaching 90 was over 170 days.
June 27 - Warlords of Draenor enters beta testing.[47]
July 4 - Blizzard releases some comical 'extra footage' from the Mists of Pandaria cinematic, featuring the human and orc characters drinking in a tavern, supposedly shot 'just moments after' the original cinematic's end.[48]
August 12 - Following the death of comedian and actor Robin Williams, known to have himself been a player of World of Warcraft and Warcraft III, many players ask for an NPC to be created in his honour, with one player even creating a petition on Change.org, gathering more than 10,000 signatures in just 16 hours.[49] On August 12th, following assurances from CM Celestalon and Williams fan Brian Holinka,[50] the official World of Warcraft twitter account tweets '.@robinwilliams Thank you. You gave us so much joy in our lives, and we hope you enjoyed your time in our world. We’ll see you in-game.'[51] The message is widely taken as confirmation of the creation of an in-game tribute.
August 14 - Blizzard debuts the Warlords of Draenor cinematic at GamesCom, and announces a release date of November 13th.
October 8 - The last of the planned realm connections is completed, almost a year after the first realms were connected.
October 14 - Patch 6.0.2
- Unified Auction Houses for each realm, combining the previously separate Horde, Alliance and Neutral Auction Houses.
- New character models.
- The stat squish, a proportional reduction of many numbers in the game to bring them down to more manageable levels.
- Inventory updates including item sorting, the Toy Box, the Reagent Bank and a second Void Storage tab.
- Skirmishes are reintroduced.
- Guild advancement is removed.
November 7-8 - BlizzCon 2014
- This Blizzcon was short on World of Warcraft news with the new expansion so close. The main topic was instead Blizzard's new franchise, Overwatch.
- The movie 'Looking for Group' was premiered.
November 11 - In anticipation of the release of Warlords of Draenor, a special feature is created in Times Square, New York.[52][53]
- A New York taxi cab is placed with a gigantic Gorehowl embedded in its roof. A broken roof-top advert for Warlords of Draenor is found lying on the ground next to the cab, apparently split in half by the mighty axe's strike, while the side of the cab advertises 'Flat fare Draenor' and 'The Iron Horde is coming', as well as the date '11.13.14'. The cab also bears the number plate WRCRFT and has the Iron Horde logo emblazoned on its hood. The area is cordoned off with tape that reads #Warlords and Warlords.com.
November 13 - World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor released
- Level cap raised to 100
- Draenor introduced
- The release is marred by a Distributed Denial of Service attack on Blizzard's servers.[54]
November 13-16 - For the first time in several years many players experience queues to get into the game, some showing backups of thousands of players and hours of waiting. Debate on fansites are confused if this is due to Blizzard not having enough servers or a continuation of the DDoS attack. By Sunday the 16th, many of the problems were ironed out.
November 17 - Gorehowl crashes into Shanghai, China.[55][56]
- Gorehowl is much bigger than the one in New York. The area is cordoned off with tape that reads www.wowchina.com.
November 19 - It is announced that Warlords of Draenor sold 3.3 million box copies (the majority of players had pre-ordered digitally) and the subscriber base was back up to 10 million.[57]
November 21 - World of Warcraft turned 10 years old. Players are awarded [WoW's 10th Anniversary], along with the [Molten Corgi]battle pet.
- Temporary battleground: Tarren Mill vs Southshore
- Temporary raid: Molten Core, the Anniversary Edition
2015
January 30 - In an AOL restructuring eliminating less-profitable sites, WoW Insider closes up after nine years.[58]
February 3 - The former writers of WoW Insider open Blizzard Watch.[59]
February 24 - Patch 6.1.0
- Blood Elf character model updated
- Heirloom collections tab
June 23 - Patch 6.2.0 'Fury of Hellfire'
- Tanaan Jungle zone unlocked
- Garrison shipyards
- Hellfire Citadel raid
July 29 - In a break from tradition, Blizzard announces that the next expansion will be revealed at Gamescom 2015.
August 4 - Blizzard announces that subscriptions in the second quarter of 2015 dropped to 5.6 million in 8 months - the lowest since 2005 and the sharpest decline yet, but still posted 'better than expected financial results'.[60]
August 6 - Blizzard announces World of Warcraft: Legion
September 1 - Patch 6.2.2
- Players who have completed Draenor Pathfinder can now fly in Draenor after 9+ months of being grounded.
November 6-7 - BlizzCon 2015
- Previews of Legion content were covered at panels on the main stage and in the Darkmoon Faire area
- World and content overview
- Lore and story
- Game systems
- Main stage Q&A
- Game systems Q&A
November 8-12 - Legion class previews
- Blog posts for the 11 extant classes were posted over the span of a few days
November 17 - Patch 6.2.3
- Cross-realm Mythic raiding
- CataclysmTimewalking dungeons
- [Valor] and Item upgrading
November 23 - Legion Alpha begins
2016
The Legion login screen
February 8 - Blizzard's 25th Anniversary![61]
May 24 - Warcraft film premieres in Paris
June 10 - Warcraft film released in theaters
The singer/songwriter delivers more than expected on the 17 track project, which in typical Mateo fashion consists of original records and unique interpretations of songs such as Kanye West’s “POWER” & “Runaway,” Lil Wayne’s “Don’t Shoot Me Down” & “A Milli,” Nicki Minaj’s “Right Thru Me,” and Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” Guest appearances include Goapele, Pusha T, Kardinal Offishall, Ab-Liva, and Fashawn. Gaga mateo inspect zippyshare. Rising star Mateo unleashes his anticipated new mixtape “Love & Stadiums”, presented by producer Kerry “Krucial” Brothers and Krucial Noise. This is a mixtape in raw form, a passionate tribute to inspiration and exhibition of Mateo’s distinctive artistic talents.“I don’t necessarily want to sing the song over the beat that someone else did—I want to infuse my own style into it,” Mateo explained at his mixtape listening session.
July 19 - Patch 7.0.3
- Legion Invasions of Azeroth
- Appearances feature added
August 30World of Warcraft: Legion released
- Level cap raised to 110
- Broken Isles continent
- Demon hunter class added
- Artifact weapons added
- Class orders added
October 25 - Patch 7.1.0
- Return to Karazhan dungeon
- Trial of Valor raid
- Nighthold raid
November 4-5 - BlizzCon 2016
2017
Patch 7.3.0 - Shadows of Argus
January 10 - Patch 7.1.5
- Revamped Brawler's Guild returns with third season
- Mists of PandariaTimewalking dungeons
- Micro holidays introduced
March 28 - Patch 7.2.0
- Broken Shore zone
- Cathedral of Eternal Night dungeon
- Tomb of Sargeras raid
- Wailing Critters pet battle scenario
June 17 - Patch 7.2.5
- The Deaths of Chromie scenario
- Black TempleTimewalking raid
A classic experience
August 29 - Patch 7.3.0
- Argus continent
- Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon
- Antorus, the Burning Throne raid
- Invasion Points added
November 3-4 - BlizzCon 2017
- World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth announced
- World of Warcraft: Classic announced
2018
Battle for Azeroth cover art
January 16 - Patch 7.3.5
- Zone scaling added to all pre-Legion zones and dungeons
- Silithus destroyed by Sargeras, landscape changed
- UlduarTimewalking raid
- Seething Shore battleground
February 7 - Battle for Azerothalpha testing officially started.[62]
April 5 - Battle for Azerothcollector's edition revealed.[63]
April 24 - Battle for Azerothbeta testing officially started.[64]
Hellfest 2018
June 15 - World of Warcraft and metal music would reunite once again for the 13th edition of Hellfest from June 22-24. (Video)[65][66]
August 14 - World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth released
- Level cap raised to 120
- Kul Tiras and Zandalar 'continents'
- Warfronts added
- Island expeditionss added
November 2-3 - BlizzCon
- World of Warcraft: Classic to be released in the summer of 2019.
- New charity pet: [Whomper] with the proceeds go to Code.org.
- New cinematic: 'Lost Honor' featuring Saurfang and Anduin.
- Kul Tiran humans and Zandalari trollsallied races were updated to show available classes and racials.
- Patch 8.1.0 is slated for release on December 11, 2018. The new raid will not open until early 2019.
- New in-game cinematic: Terror of Darkshore.
- Patch 8.1.5 will bring updates to the Darkmoon Faire, Brawler's Guild, Timewalking, Microholidays and more.
- Patch 8.2.0 - Rise of Azshara revealed
- Patch 8.2.5 will update goblin and worgen models.
December 11 - Patch 8.1.0 released
- Battle of Dazar'alor and Crucible of Storms raids
- Continuation of the War Campaign
- New Island Expeditions: Jorundall and Havenswood
- Dwarf and blood elfheritage armor
- GnomereganPet Battle dungeon
Soon
Things which have not occurred yet, but are sure to occur or have been scheduled
- The next major patch cycle, tentatively 9.0
- World of Warcraft: Classic release (Summer 2019)
Videos
- The History of World of Warcraft (2001 - Today) (Note: The timeline goes only from 2001 to February 11, 2014.)
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External links
Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Timeline (1991-2012)
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