WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 15

Summary

This is Blizzard's running development notes thread for the WoW Forever beta, with posts on 24 September, 1 October, 8 October and 16 October. Early builds covered class fixes and balance, Cooldown Manager and gamepad work, and quest fixes. Later builds raised the beta level cap to 30, added dungeons, and the 16 October build reworked racial abilities, made several group auras raid-wide, and made UI and Auction House changes.

Highlights

• 24 September: temporary 1 silver respec during the beta; Mangle renamed Primal Bite; several healing-over-time spells can now crit; Holy Strike ranks buffed
• 1 October: level cap 30; new dungeon Excavation Site: Wetlands; Razorfen Downs and Uldaman available
• 8 October: City of Dalaran dungeon open for testing; dungeon kill XP up about 20%; Cooldown Manager supports all classes, racials and trinkets
• 16 October: Tauren, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Troll and Skyborne racial changes; wands need 0.5 seconds standing still
• 16 October: Battle Shout, Trueshot Aura, Moonkin Aura, Leader of the Pack and several totems are raid-wide
• 16 October: Horde players are now attacked on sight in Dalaran; battleground Marks of Honor stack to 30; new tutorial and Auto Attack/Auto Shot setting