WoW
Alpha Shenanigans in today’s WoW livestream on Twitch at 2 p.m. CDT
What with the release of the Alpha and the expansion of playable classes so that several are available, we've decided to forego our usual leveling stream (it'll return, don't you worry) in favor of some folks running around in the Alpha doing whatever we want, for your entertainment.
BlizzCaps: I’d like to rest my heavy head tonight on a bed of California stars
"Coming back from an extended WoW break always means reorienting and learning the newest 'normal'," writes submitter Riyahnasheed of WolfHaven on Zul'jin (US-A). "There was one small thing I was sad to see gone; mounts being affected by my druid's Glyph of Stars.
Legion beta known issues for December 2
Coming out tonight from Blizzard, right after a new wave of beta invites, is a list of known issues in Legion.
New Legion beta build highlights maps, ability changes, and bacon
A new build has been pushed to the Legion alpha servers today and with it comes a raft of changes.
Is the new Legion beta Fishing artifact a sign of more profession artifacts?
Yes, there is a Fishing Artifact currently in the Legion beta files, the Underlight Angler.
New Make-A-Wish battle pet Brightpaw is now available for $10
Announced at BlizzCon last month, this year's charitable donation pet, Brightpaw the Mana Kitty, is now available for purchase through the Battle.net shop.
BlizzCaps: Guess who’s coming to dinner
Submitter Heilandcoo writes, "On a rainy evening, members of Spectacular Death on Llane (US-A) and its Horde-side sister guild Deathtacular met at Light's Hope Chapel to share a feast of thanksgiving.
Lightsworn: Analyzing datamined Protection Paladin changes in Legion
It begins! The alpha client is being delved by intrepid dataminers, each lowered down into the depths of the code in rickety buckets, armed with a pickaxe and a headlamp, so that they can chip away at obfuscation and return with gold nuggets of much anticipated information. This is easily one of the most exciting points in the expansion cycle because the possibilities seem so endless. So far the spell changes and talents have been revealed for Protection Paladins, though not yet the artifact weapon talents. Even without a deeper look at the preliminary benefits attached to our artifact sword and board, there is still a whole lode of information that we can pore over. Let’s jump right in and see what’s in store for us so far.
BlizzCaps: A little drop of poison
Submitter Semyon writes, "Yes, that's exactly how the traditional pandaren tea ceremony goes: under the rain, with an ancient sparkling pandaren teapot on the table, and a female pandaren smiling at you unnervously.
World of Warcraft hotfixes for November 30
A new set of World of Warcraft hotfixes for patch 6.2.3 have been released and posted to the official blog.