United and Honored Official Guild Blog: News Roundup 4/18 to 4/22

Welcome to this week's edition of News Roundup! This time we will cover Legion's release date, some upcoming Pet Battle tuning changes, and more!

World of Warcraft: Legion™ Release

Blizzard has announced that the next expansion for World of Warcraft will release on August 30th, 2016! A lot of people are concerned about this, as the game isn't even in beta yet. Some people feel that Blizzard is rushing it, and some think it is too long without content. What are your thoughts?

Mob Tapping Changes

With the upcoming expansion, the way mobs are tapped will be changing. Most creatures will now allow up to 5 players on their tap list by default. The mob's name will gray out when you can no longer obtain credit for attacking it. Parties are a special exception, as all members will be added onto the tap list if one person is already there. Rare spawns and world bosses are unaffected by this change, and still allow an unlimited number of taps.

Legion Pet Battle Tuning

A while ago, Blizzard released some changes they were considering about pet battle tuning. For the most part, the changes were well received, however some were questioned. Just Tuesday, Blizzard release another round.

Cleave damage reduced by 25% (no longer has a 1 round cooldown).
Dev note: We heard your concerns about adding a cooldown to cleave and agreed that this felt like a better solution.
Shell Armor duration reduced from 3 rounds to 2.
Dev note: Shell armor was very powerful compared to other flat damage reduction abilities. This should bring it more in line with them.
The damage bonus from Howl now only affects one attack.
Pandaren Water Spirit's Whirlpool and Geyser now share the same ability slot.
Dev note: This is our first iteration at disarming the Howl Bomb strategy in PvE, which has proven to be very powerful in too many situations. The goal is to make PvE battles more interesting and encourage the use of a wide variety of pets.