Christian Thoma

We're officially in the pre-expansion lull, and as always many players will take advantage of the time to solo old expansions or farm rare mounts.

The World of Warcraft PTR servers for 9.2.7 went down on Wednesday this week, and that's raised some eyebrows.

One of the most popular stories you'll hear from the earliest World of Warcraft players is how Alterac Valley battleground matches could last many hours, with players leaving for meals or classes and then returning to find the same match going.

With the arrival of the final Shadowlands patch, World of Warcraft has officially entered its pre-expansion lull, and while the Dragonflight alpha is chugging along, many players tend to farm old expansions during the downtime, looking to pick up collectibles and transmogs they may have missed the first time around.

Ok, fine, depending on how you mark the turning of the seasons, we're still a few weeks away from it technically being autumn.

The latest alpha build for World of Warcraft's forthcoming expansion Dragonflight included a new feature coded as "Soft Targeting." An alternative to the standard tab target or click-to-interact that WoW players have been using for years, the soft target feature will automatically target an NPC or enemy within medium range that your camera is centered on -- you don't have to get right in their face, thankfully, but casters and hunters will find it hard to start combat from maximum range with this feature.

The switch from elixirs and flasks to phials is not the only exciting thing happening with the Alchemy profession in Dragonflight -- two new potions have been added that, notably, can only be used by or on a dead player.

Patch 9.2.7 arrives in World of Warcraft this week, and with it comes some changes to the auction house, including the introduction of cross-realm commodities.

Thaldraszus is the final of the four major zones of the Dragon Isles we will be exploring in Dragonflight, and it is the home of the capital city of Valdrakken where players will be spending a lot of time during the expansion.

Mitch asked for someone to take the Queue, and with my birthday just a day away I figured why not? It’s also the day before The Sandman arrives as well as new episodes of Harley Quinn and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. But that’s tomorrow.

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