While most of the weapons from War Within are themed around the zones and cultures of Khaz Algar, weapon models to match both Night Elf Heritage Armor tints have also been added. As the Night Elf story continues its extended epilogue of renewal, we've seen many Kaldorei rewards in Dragonflight's final patches, from Darnassian Transmog to weapon transmogs around Bel'ameth ..read more

In an interview with Associate Design Director Maria Hamilton, Taliesin & Evitel discuss the challenges of planning a narrative over three expansions in the World Soul Saga, where each expansion is at in terms of development, who Xal'atath really serves, and whether or not Azeroth is really a Titan! A Story in Several Parts The world soul saga is a very large story to tell, with a lot of pieces from previous expansions ..read more

Herbalism is the first Profession to undergo tweaking in The War Within, introducing a new farm-based minigame as well as changing how some pre-existing mechanics like Seeds work. While generally following the same framework as it did in Dragonflight, Herbalists will see some new bonuses and effects in their Specialization trees, as well as have the chance to find all-new Herb Nodes out in the wild ..read more

Blizzard has posted some upcoming Death Knight changes for all 3 specs coming to the War Within Alpha. Hello Death Knights,We wanted to take a moment to let you know that we are planning some updates for the Death Knight talent trees going into The War Within. While we’re still a few builds away from deploying the changes to the War Within Alpha, we’d like to outline some our goals with the changes, to give a better idea of what to expect ..read more

With players able to swap between Skyriding and Steady Flight in The War Within, now Dracthyr will be able to do regular Steady Flying in addition to Dragonriding. The only restriction this addition has is that it ends the moment you touch the ground, so it can't be used like Druid's Flight Form to Herb or interact with objects ..read more

During the War Within alpha, we encounter the Earthen of Khaz Algar, and can learn some interesting details about them if we stay awhile and listen. Speaker of the Earthen Dagran, or Dagran Thaurissan II, is the son of Moira Thaurissan and the heir to the Dark Iron throne. Up until recently, we've known him mostly as a baby, but during the War Within alpha, we get to spend time with young Dagran ..read more

Blizzard released the War Within Developer Notes, which include a large list of class changes! Among them are specific Paladin class changes, alongside developer comments for those changes in the class feedback thread for Holy and Retribution in specific. Holy Talent CalculatorProtection Talent CalculatorRetribution Talent Calculator Experiment with these changes for yourself using our updated talent calculators ..read more

Blizzard has released all the Monk class changes alongside developer notes for The War Within Alpha, noting that the goal of the class tree is to add more options and utility, such as an Enrage Dispel! Brewmaster Talent CalculatorMistweaver Talent CalculatorWindwalker Talent Calculator Experiment with these changes for yourself using our updated talent calculators ..read more

Blizzard has released all the Druid class changes alongside developer notes for The War Within Alpha, noting that they are reducing melee range talents across the entire game. Balance Talent CalculatorFeral Talent CalculatorGuardian Talent CalculatorRestoration Talent Calculator Experiment with these changes for yourself using our updated talent calculators ..read more

In Dragonflight, Professions received a complete overhaul, changing the system from one that was relatively one-note into a more nuanced way of creating items. Secondary crafting stats, such as Inspiration and Resourcefulness, were introduced in order to better target the ability to craft specific ways ..read more