World of Warcraft just announced the plans for its public alpha testing period for The War Within, with the first public build going live on April 18. Each week after that, new parts of the next World of Warcraft expansion will be available to test for players lucky enough to receive an invitation.
The War Within, the first expansion of World of Warcraft’s Worldsoul Saga, is getting closer and closer to launch. According to the roadmap World of Warcraft shared for 2024, the alpha test for The War Within was planned to begin before WoW: Dragonflight Season 4 on April 23, so fans have been expecting an announcement for the last few weeks.
Now, the wait for this first glimpse of The War Within is almost over. World of Warcraft just announced the alpha for the new expansion begins its first wave of testing on Thursday, April 18. The lucky players who receive invites to the public alpha will be able to explore the Isle of Dorn – the first of the four zones from The War Within – and experience some of the quests, dungeons, and delves found within. Most of the class specializations will have at least one Hero Talent tree to try out during this wave, with more coming in future tests.
According to its recent WoWCast episode about the alpha, the World of Warcraft alpha will focus its testing on a different zone each week. After the Isle of Dorn, players will test the Ringing Deeps, Hallowfall, and finally Azj-Kahet, with subsequent weeks jumping around or having multiple zones available until it transitions into the beta, and finally, the full release of World of Warcraft: The War Within. Additional accounts will be added to the alpha each week, giving more fans the chance to check out the new expansion.
Players can request access to The War Within beta on the World of Warcraft website. While this doesn’t guarantee access to the alpha or beta, it can only help one’s chances at being selected for both playtests. While it won’t get them access to the alpha, fans can guarantee themselves a place in beta if they pick up The War Within Epic Edition, so players who want in as soon as it starts might consider buying the premium version of the expansion.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
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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.
World of Warcraft recently made the new Earthen Allied Race playable in The War Within Alpha, revealing their racial traits, Paladin mount, and Shaman totems. The new abilities are not only powerful but both flavorful and ground-breaking in how World of Warcraft designed them.
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.
World of Warcraft recently shared a new video showing off Delves, a new world activity coming in The War Within. This new type of World of Warcraft instance can be tackled alone or in groups, and provide both cosmetic and progression rewards, so Delves have something in them for everyone.
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!