It’s the last Tuesday reset for World of Warcraft before The War Within arrives, and in many ways, the game is already off to the races. Of particular note is that the three-month Pandaria Remix event has concluded and all involved characters will wake up, blinking like newborn babes, in the light of normal servers after the downtime.
As players take advantage of the last few days of the Radiant Echoes pre-expansion event this week, they’ll also need to adjust to a nerf to buffs that just arrived: “To make our raid buffs more equal across varied group compositions, we’re reducing the effectiveness of Arcane Intellect and Chaos Brand from 5% to 3%.”
The War Within’s early access period for more expensive edition purchasers begins this Thursday evening, followed by the full global launch on Monday, August 26th.
Meanwhile, the narrative team at Blizzard wants you to know that it’s really upped its storytelling game for The War Within, including more complex villains, environmental tales, and better arcs:
