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...
17.04.2024 - 18:09 / wowhead.com / Ion Hazzikostas
At the very beginning of The War Within, players are dropped into a familiar location. While we don't know exactly what's going on yet, the area is easy to recognize...
The very first quest on the War Within alpha begins with a bang: one big enough to create a whole new Dalaran Crater. According to the quest text, the last thing will remember will be Dalaran plummeting to the earth. We wake up surrounded by the ancient city's ruins, and we have to fight off hostile nerubians, who seem to have been involved in the city's fall.
Screenshots of the wreckage below:
What's more, something awful also seems to have happened to Khadgar. There are no cinematics on the alpha, but a description of a cutscene reads,
In the new Wowcast about the War Within, Ion Hazzikostas hints a little further at the events of the War Within pre-patch, suggesting that the debris that surrounds us is the result of some sort of battle that didn't end too well for us.
In the War Within alpha press kit, the image of Alleria's new model shows her standing in front of the ruins of Dalaran. We remember how during the War Within features trailer, Alleria Windrunner can be seen walking through Dalaran before speaking of a darkness that's taunting her. The trailer switches to images of the nerubians' home zone before showing us Xal'atath, who we know has recently convinced the nerubians to follow her.
It's not a big leap to assume Dalaran is attacked by Xal'atath and her nerubians, and that despite our best efforts, we lose the fight. And, we're not saying he dies, but Khadgar has not appeared on the War Within alpha yet.
And, considering the
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 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
With today's The War Within Alpha build, the new Earthen Allied Race is now available for testing! Be sure to check out all of the datamined information on Earthen below including customizations, racials, heritage armor, and more! Earthen Customization PreviewEarthen Info — Racials, Heritage Armor, Pally Mount
is celebrating its 20th anniversary with three epic expansions which will tie together to form, the first of which is coming later this year with the release of the expansion. While the overarching narrative will be one that looks at the greater picture of with Azeroth's history, Titans, and what is going on with the Sword of Sargeras, will have a more enclosed story going on in a new area.
Hello! Welcome to the 323rd edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! This week we take a look at the initial flurry of information coming with the War Within Alpha and how it might affect gold making and professions. We also take a look at the economy in Season of Discovery and how the inflation of incursions has influenced gold making. My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
It's been a busy week in WoW and here's Blizzard's recap of the awesome events that happened this last week.
With the first build of The War Within Alpha, we have loading screens for some of the new dungeons, the new Deephaul Ravine battleground, and the Nerub'ar Palace raid!