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The Earthen of the War Within are interesting — similar to our own Dwarves and yet unaffected by the Curse of Flesh… Or are they affected after all? Nobbel87 speculates...

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

Blizzard has posted development notes for War Within Alpha #3, giving details on why they made the talent changes in this build.

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.

Blizzard has posted a substantial breakdown of the Demonology Warlock changes in today's War Within Alpha build going over Demonic Cores, Resources, and Cooldowns!

Blizzard has posted a large breakdown of the Arcane Mage changes in today's War Within Alpha build going over Complexity, Radiant Spark and more!

Blizzard has posted War Within Alpha development notes for today which includes Arcane Mage and Demonology Warlock reworks!

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.

The second War Within build has added a variety of interesting models, including more Nerubian raid weapons, garden shovels, and hearty feasts.

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