New Loading Screens in The War Within Alpha - Dungeons and Raid

With Azj-Kahet available for testing, we have our first look at the new Nerub'ar Palace raid entrance. The palace is located at the southeast corner of the Azj-Kahet zone, at the heart of the Nerubian kingdom.

Blizzard has shared additional developer commentary explaining some of the new Shaman class changes in this week's Alpha build for The War Within, introducing the Stormbringer hero talent tree for Elemental and Enhancement specs! Check out the new tree now on our updated talent calculator!

Blizzard has posted the new development notes for Alpha 4 of The War Within, including the addition of Stormbringer Shaman for testing!

Blizzard has shared additional developer commentary explaining some of the new Death Knight changes in this week's Alpha build for The War Within, focused on the core class and Unholy trees!

Here are the spell changes for Build 54605. This build includes many Death Knight Changes and a Destruction Warlock revamp.

We've datamined a handful of new Earthen tools and ornate jeweled weapon models in this week's update for The War Within Alpha! While the tools appear to be fairly basic farm and mining implements, the weapons are similar in style to many of the Earthen weapon and armor models found in last week's build.

In the latest Alpha build, we've datamined datamined the unique model of Harronir Orweyna suggesting she might be a major lore figure that we'll interact with in future zones. While we haven't encountered the Harronir in The War Within thus far, we did previously highlight the overwhelming number of customization options of this potential Allied Race in the initial Alpha build. Perhaps Orweyna is the leader or important figure of this new race? Harronir Customization Preview

World of Warcraft fans have begun noticing their characters sitting on the Warbands character select screen in The War Within alpha. Though a seemingly innocuous change, World of Warcraft players are excited to see what this new life breathed into the login screen could mean for the future.

Blizzard has posted additional developer commentary explaining some of the new Warrior changes in this week's Alpha build for The War Within, from redefining Arms AoE rotation, to punching up Fury's Bloodthirst, and major buffs for Bladestorm! There are a few Warrior updates in today’s Alpha build. After giving Arms and Fury access to both Bladestorm and Ravager, it was clear that Ravager had strong advantages in all situations. We’d like Bladestorm to be a strong pick for burst AOE, so we’re buffing its damage significantly, and reducing Ravager’s damage slightly. This should help make the choice between these abilities more meaningful and let each ability shine in different situations. Arms We’ve heard the feedback that the Arms AOE rotation lacks definition, so we’re making adjustments to Cleave to make it the centerpiece of Arms’ AOE rotation in The War Within.

Taliesin and Evitel cover the latest news in The Weekly Reset. This week they cover a possible timeline for the release of the War Within as well as the latest from the War Within Alpha.

While most flying mounts can use Skyriding in The War Within, a handful don't currently have this feature available. We prepared a list showing every mount that cannot use Skyriding.

We've datamined some new mounts in today's War Within alpha build--Nerubian Beetles and Treasure Basilisks! For even more TWW mounts, check out last week's model datamining, including Wild Unicorns and Fireflies! War Within Alpha Mount Models