WoW: Forever Just Changed The Math On What Race To Play In A Big Way

World of Warcraft has spent two decades refining its systems, and one of the quieter consequences is that racial abilities have lost much of their weight. In the contemporary game they are so minor that they mainly seem aesthetic, chosen for flavour rather than power. World of Warcraft: Forever appears to be taking the opposite approach. According to the current teaser, Blizzard has implemented significant alterations to the game’s diverse racial skills, a change that could reshape how players think about their characters. The timing is notable. Forever’s beta phase is scheduled to conclude in just a couple of days, on October 21, yet that has not stopped the studio from making meaningful adjustments so late in the process. For anyone new to the concept, racial skills are abilities tied to a character’s race rather than their class. Race and class are chosen together at creation, and in earlier versions of the game those...