As somebody whose primary World of Warcraft character stays trapped on a separate realm from my buddies, the brand new WoW patch notes are a dream come true. Certain, I may pay for a switch, however Blizzard’s February 14 hotfix for the MMO provides cross-realm Mythic raiding for Dragonflight, that means I don’t must drop $25 / £19 to raid excessive tiers with mates.
On the time of writing, the checklist of hotfixes on the official WoW web site don’t point out this variation, however the Warcraft Twitter account lists an unlimited array hotfixes that have been apparently pushed reside on February 14.
“Hotfix highlights rolling out at this time: Cross-realm Mythic raiding, Uncapped Valor and Conquest, Mythic Raz [Raszageth] changes, class steadiness,” reads the tweet. None of those have been mentioned in full thus far, however the cross-realm Mythic raiding and uncapped Valor and Conquest are two very thrilling modifications.
It goes with out saying that some gamers begin their WoW journey on a special server to others – particularly as a result of some servers have insanely excessive populations, or are devoted to particular points of the sport (PvP, raiding, RP, and so forth). This new cross-realm raid system is extremely helpful, as a result of, let’s face it, transferring may be costly. So, if you happen to’re trying to do the odd excessive tier raid (you may at the moment do low tiers and quest collectively throughout realms) however maintain your concentrate on PvP to match your server’s alignment, then this hotfix makes it simpler to do exactly that.
The opposite notable factor is clearly the uncapped Valor and Conquest. For many who dipped out of Shadowlands earlier than Valor was re-released, it’s a particular forex used to improve Mythic+ gear. Conquest is, after all, the PvP forex which can be used to improve PvP gear. Eradicating the caps on each of those will will let you farm simpler, improve extra typically and, in flip, get higher gear.
The opposite components of the hotfix like class tuning and modifications to Mythic Raszagaeth are additionally necessary, after all, however we’ll want to attend and see what precisely these are.
Till then, we have now a WoW Dragonflight tier checklist that will help you choose your class and spec, in addition to the entire greatest WoW addons to make your battle in opposition to the tempest herself just a little simpler.