The cosmos divided cannot survive what is to come

Check in on your local human, skyborne, and maybe Orc. They put on a strong face but deep down things might not be okay. Suggest they play something like Gnome and that the model "really isn't that bad once you get used to it"

They replaced axe specialization with savage (+1% crit) which at least helps every orc regardless of class. But now savage is being removed too, and Command is coming back: +5% damage for hunter and warlock pets.
Am I missing something here or is this inconsistent? Curious what other orc players think.

I recognize that this may not be news to many of you but, to anyone that it is, I want to warn you not to purchase Battle.net currency if your intention is to use that currency to pay for one of WoW's various subscription bundles (particularly ahead of Forever's launch next week).

Essentially, Battle.net's storefront has a hidden design flaw: their subscription bundles (with their various mounts, pets, transmogs, etc.) are ineligible to be paid for using your Battle.net account balance and, intentionally or not, their subscription page provides you zero warning about this... as I only discovered this upon arriving at their final checkout screen...

Therein lies the predicament I now find myself in... I purchased $170 in Battle.net currency via Amazon because I happened to have a Prime Visa (thus enabling me to get 5% cashback instead of 3) and some accrued rewards dollars to spend and, by doing so, thought I could somewhat mitigate the cost of committing a year-in-advance to WoW: Forever (that I had already pre-purchased via the Warcraft Forever Bundle). When their system shockingly (at least to me) prevented me from doing this, I opened a ticket requesting that billing manually deduct the funds from my balance and then grant me the 12-month bundle, and above is the response I got...

In short, the GM told me that their system won't allow them to do this and their recommendation was to pay another $170 using a "valid recurring payment method" to get the bundle and to just leave my initial $170 sitting in my Battle.net wallet "for future purchases down the road."

My response (also above) was that I've been a sub, and Battle.net customer, for over 20 years and that telling a customer to casually float over $320 out of pocket because your automated storefront lacks basic structural transparency is ridiculous and that other platforms, like Xbox or PlayStation, let you fund recurring subscriptions via your digital wallet.

I've now requested a manual override to deduct the cost of the bundle from my account balance or to use that money to refund my credit card if forced to go that route.

TL;DR: Do NOT buy Battle.net currency if your intent is to then purchase a subscription bundle with it. Blizzard will take your money, lock it in your wallet, and then tell you to swipe your credit card again...

A main theme of Warcraft is Escalation

In the words of Rooster Teeth: they have a base over there because we have a base over here. It's an arms race

I don't think that we need exact, immediate symmetry

In fact, some asymmetry is a lot more realistic

It should balance out though over time

- Alliance get Dalaran, a huge magical city

- Horde get major based in Riverlands and Swamp of Sorrows with the Oges, get into talks with Feralas Ogres

- in response the Alliance build a new Garrison on Feathermoon Island

- in response the Forsaken make a dock on Northern Tirisfal

These things don't have to be exactly equal in that sense, and I think the game would be better for it

Its not elitist or retail brained. Its common courtesy. If you are already ready to go, you shouldn't feel bad about not wanting to wait for someone to finish a quest, turn it in then travel from the other side of the world while you stare at the wall. Kick them. Or better yet just check where they are first. But never let people put you on blast for being ready to go and having standards. No, its not part of the experience. Its just a part of theirs.

Command is only useful for 1/3 of the class selections for orc. It’s a dead racial otherwise.

They removed weapon specializations because it’s restrictive in how players gear. They even personalized gnome racials to fit the respective class that’s selected. So why add back command to orcs?

I get it, orc was too strong with both blood fury and crit chance (along with the other two racials). But this feels pretty drastic and frustrating considering it’s now a wasted racial.

*IN SD PEOPLE ARE HARSH ON HD I 'M A SD ADVOCATE - I DON'T WANT RETAIL TOO BUT THIS IS IS VERY MUCH "LOW FANTASY" AND CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN CLASSIC EASILY*

This is just cool I need these hoods / shoulder drapes in WoW Forever it screams adventurer.

A travelling Warrior / Hunter / Rogue vibes really nice.

Those boots look Classic to me too throw those in!

This is a PSA to please please please please please join a guild if you have any desire to raid in WoW Forever. During SoD, a lot of people were complaining on here about how raid content was too difficult, and even the devs had to step in and tell people to join a guild.

I promise you that you will have a better time if you just join a guild that works with your raiding schedule. You'll be able to make friends, raid on a consistent schedule, have a consistent quality of raid nights, and not have to compete with a revolving door of people for loot.

There's a disproportionate amount of people on this sub who only pug, and most of the problems they complain about on here would be resolved by not pugging and just joining a guild. This includes long raid nights, idiots dragging down the whole raid, and over-competition for loot. I'm not saying that guilds can't be bad or can't have idiots in them, but you can always just jump ship and find a quality guild; I promise you that they're out there, and they're not as hard to find as you might think.

Of course, Reddit is Reddit and people always have excuses:

"I don't have a consistent play schedule!"

That's fine. You can join a guild that has multiple raid teams that raid on multiple nights.

"I don't want to deal with corruption!"

Just leave and find a better guild, or don't join a guild with a loot system that you don't like.

"I don't want to play with a bunch of sweaty tryhards!"

That's fine. Casual dad guilds exist. Just join one of those.

If you've played in a competent guild before and just genuinely prefer to pug, then of course I'm not casting shade on you whatsoever; honestly this post isn't meant for you. I'm just suggesting that serial puggers may have a better time if they leave their comfort zone and try to join a community of likeminded people. I understand that much of this behavior is borne out of social anxiety, but there's merit in leaving your comfort zone and getting some social reps in.

If you've had a bad experience with a guild or two and have sworn off joining one again, I'm begging you to give it another shot and genuinely try to find a guild that aligns with your play style and goals.

EDIT: I'm not telling you to join a guild right this instant. Just whenever you reach level cap and want to raid.