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Associate Production Director, WoW Classic at Blizzard | Past: Disney Games, 20th Century Fox, CBSi, Marvel Studios, Activision. #AllViewsAndOpinionsAreMyOwn.

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Grouping Issues and Fixes For the last 24 hours, we’ve been aware of and working to solve multiple issues affecting players who form parties intending to play on the same layer together. Today, we deployed some changes that we...

Grouping Issues and Fixes in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary

us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/224...

07.02.2026 05:19 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Burning Crusade is only a few days away! This new art goes hard.

03.02.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

With a hotfix earlier today in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary, we corrected the level of Riding skill for boosted characters who did not receive Riding correctly. Upon completing the first boost quest "A New Beginning", boosted characters should now automatically receive Apprentice Riding.(1/2)

19.01.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Burning Crusade Hotfixes - Updated January 16, 2026 January 16, 2026 The Burning Crusade Classic Fixed an issue where Blackrock Spire only allowed 5 players to enter. Fixed a bug preventing the quest β€œThe First and Last” from starting for eligible p...

We've been fixing Burning Crusade Anniversary bugs as they pop up. Today, we addressed issues with:

- Blackrock Spire
- The quest β€œThe First and Last” eligibility
- Cleansed Songflowers
- Paladins learning Consecration
- Shamans learning Two-Handed weapons

us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/222...

17.01.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve reviewed the rate of Honor acquisition in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary's pre-patch and decided to make adjustments. We’re going to do these changes via hotfix in the next day or so, and until then, we suggest you hold onto your Honor. Thank you for all of your feedback on this.

15.01.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hotfixes: January 14, 2025 - WoW Here you will find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, Burning Crusade Classic, WoW Classic Era...

We're excited by the release of Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary pre-patch and the huge number of players pouring into the realms!

And thank you for the feedback. You can always find our latest bug fixes in our regularly-updated Hotfixes thread, too: worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...

15.01.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Greetings! As a reminder, in preparation for the launch of the Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary pre-patch, we've brought down all non-MoP Classic realms for maintenance, starting with NA realms. This includes all Anniversary, Classic Era, Hardcore, and Season of Discovery realms. (1/x)

12.01.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for your feedback on the final Honor ranking in Classic Anniversary.

We have a passion for battling for the highest ranking right to the end. So we dug into our options, and we’ve found a way to award updated Ranks one more time. (1/2)

10.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary on the (close) horizon, characters' current Honor Ranks in WoW Classic Anniversary will be their final ranks.

In addition, we're excited to announce that with the start of Burning Crusade's pre-patch, we're doubling Honor gains for the length of pre-patch.

09.01.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

VERY important news about the timing of our maintenance and closing of free character transfers:

07.01.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're excited for Pre-Patch next week, and launch on Feb 5!

07.01.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday, the Classic Hardcore realm Doomhowl in North America was impacted by a malicious DDoS attack, resulting in the deaths of some player-characters. Today, we’ve restored the dead player-characters who were lost during the DDoS timeframe and remained on the Doomhowl realm. Thank you!

05.01.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I mean c’mon

02.01.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A+ holiday gifts for us World of Warcraft team members this year πŸ‘

02.01.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TBC (news) hype!

18.11.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TBC Hype!

18.11.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to celebrate WoW’s TWENTY-FIRST(!!!) anniversary in a couple of our Classic games

17.11.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My 5-year Blizzard Entertainment tenure award! I’ll be carrying this everywhere I go from now on, tyvm.

@blizzardent.bsky.social

26.09.2025 04:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MoP Classic: Landfall PTR Development Notes Welcome to the Mists of Pandaria Classic Landfall public test realm (PTR). This 5.5.1 patch will include the Krasarang Wilds campaign, item level upgrades, the next chapter of the Legendary questline...

MoP Classic's 5.5.1 patch, Landfall, is now available on the PTR! The next phase of MoP Classic also brings new-to-Classic changes, including to:

πŸ“ˆ Increased Experience rates from 85-90
πŸ‰The Black Prince faction Reputation
πŸ›‘οΈ Item Upgrades
βš”οΈ PvP

Details here: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/215...

29.08.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mists of Pandaria Classic: Raids and Unlock Schedule Prepare to defend against the corrupted dangers that threaten Pandaria.

We just announced the Tier 14 raid and Celestial Dungeon schedule for phase 1 of MoP Classic! 🐼

Go here: news.blizzard.com/article/2422...

07.08.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gigantic post chock full of MoP Classic design goodness:

31.07.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Challenge Mode Dungeons Re-open on Tuesday -- Update July 28 We’d like to share more about what happened with the Challenge Mode Dungeon system last week, and our plans moving forward. What happened? After the launch of Challenge Mode Dungeons, we encountered...

We just posted an update about Challenge Mode Dungeons in MoP Classic, specifically focusing on our plans to correctly grant realm first achievements and remove medals incorrectly granted due to a bug.

Go here: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/213...

28.07.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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MoP Classic Base Resilience and PvP Update After wrapping up the Test Arena Season on the MoP Classic Beta, we reviewed our experimentation with the different levels of Resilience that were tested (35/57/63/65%), how those values felt for all ...

We just posted updates to PvP in MoP Classic, including to base Resilience, ahead of PvP Season 12's start this week.

Go here for full details: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/213...

28.07.2025 21:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MoP Classic PvP Vendor Update Over the last few days, we’ve been working to address the issue of disappearing PvP vendors, with mixed results. Today, to temporarily address the issue, we’ve created copies of each of the vendors, ...

MoP Classic PvP Vendor Update

We've been working to fix the disappearing PvP vendors in MoP Classic, and today we've created copies of each and temporarily placed them in the Vale Shrines.

More info and pictures of the vendors here: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/213...

26.07.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In original Mists of Pandaria, PvP gear wasn't added to the Honor Vendors until Arena Season 12 started. In MoP Classic, we’ve added PvP gear, including Dreadful Gladiator weapons, to these vendors early, so you can use Honor to buy PvP gear ahead of next week's Arena Season. This is all now live!

22.07.2025 23:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're seeing progression bottlenecks around the Horde quests "They're So Thorny!" and "Forensic Science" in MoP Classic, so we've significantly increased the related mob respawn rates and item drop rates. These quests should be much easier to complete now. Thank you for your feedback on this!

22.07.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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MoP Classic Pre-Patch PvP Updates are now Live With hotfixes that are now live: The Honorable Mention perk has been increased to a gain of 250% (was a gain of 10%). Developers’ notes: This was not bugged, but before this change, Honor gains mat...

We recently made updates to PvP in the MoP Classic pre-patch:

- The Honorable Mention perk has been increased to a gain of 250% (was a gain of 10%).
- Base resilience increased for players under level 90 to 55% (was 40%).

More here: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/213...

12.07.2025 04:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mists of Pandaria Classic Arena Updates The Arena participation in the MoP Classic Beta has been amazing. Play-testers have reinforced that keeping the Beta online and restarting the season was the right call. Thank you so much for your fee...

The Arena participation in the MoP Classic Beta has been amazing. Play-testers have reinforced that keeping the Beta online and restarting the season was the right call. Thank you for your feedback. We're moving forward with changes based on it.

Go here: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/212...

08.07.2025 00:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

More changes to "pre-pull shenanigans" in MoP Classic. Looking forward to your feedback!

30.06.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for all the feedback as we continue to test and refine dampening in PvP in MoP Classic!

26.06.2025 22:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0