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The week in Forever · Oct 24, 2026
Recent simulations from MythicSim and SixtySim place the Survival Hunter at the top of single-target damage rankings. With the game launching on November 4th, these metrics offer a glimpse into current spec performance before real raid data becomes available.
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The WoW: Forever beta has officially closed following five weeks of playtesting. Blizzard thanked the community for their feedback, bug reports, and data gathering as development moves into the final preparation phase before launch.
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The October 26 beta build adjusted racial abilities to prioritize racial identity over generic stats. Tauren Plainsrunning now grants 2% movement speed per stack (max 60%) and no longer affects mounted speed. Human Ruthless critical chance was reduced to 1%, while Orc Blood Fury cooldown dropped to 2 minutes. Skyborne Read Leyline regeneration was halved to 50%.
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The October 15 beta build introduced significant changes to racial abilities (Tauren, Dwarf, Human, Orc, Undead, Gnome, Night Elf, Troll) and the new Skyborne race. Class adjustments include a redesigned Arcane Blast for Mages, a new Frost Blast spell, Hunter auto-shot standing requirements, and Druid talent fixes. Several pet abilities were also rebalanced.
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Forever Logs' all-dungeon leaderboard, built from level 20-30 beta logs, is led by a Destruction Warlock at 1,088 DPS, far ahead of Frost Mage (449) and Elemental Shaman (395). A single best parse at low level says little about level 60 raids; Warcraft Logs has no Forever section yet.
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Blizzard took the beta down for what it called a full suite of bug fixes and gameplay adjustments. Fan patch notes report dungeon monsters giving about 20% more experience and the City of Dalaran dungeon opening; official notes haven't been posted yet.
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The October 1 beta update lifted the cap from 20 to 30 and opened Excavation Site, Razorfen Downs and Uldaman for testing. Talents up to the 21-point milestone can now be tried out.
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The beta runs from 17 September to 21 October 2026, starting with a level 20 cap. Expect talents, class tuning and item stats to keep shifting until launch, so treat anything you read about the beta as provisional.