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Blizzard has released the pre-patch for Battle for Azeroth (coming August 14th). As usual, expect major gameplay and class shake-ups and changes. In addition, Blizzard has added some new minor features: War Mode and updated PvP talents The upcoming end of PvP season 7 Same-faction, cross-server comm...

Welcome back! It is indeed pretty quiet here lately, but I do try to keep everything running smoothly.

The latest EverQuest expansion, Ring of Scale, is live now. This expansion includes another level cap increase (to 110), as well as new zones, content, class abilities, spells, and AA. https://www.everquest.com/expansion-content https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/game-update-notes...

The next World of Warcraft expansion, Battle for Azeroth, was announced at Blizzcon. https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/battle-for-azeroth Additionally, Blizzard is apparently launching World of Warcraft Classic (a "classic" server, or servers) at some point. There don't seem to be many details on th...

We had a user registration issue related to the board upgrade. That should be fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We made the jump to the latest phpBB version. As before, please send me a PM if you notice any issues.

This version should also be more mobile-friendly, and look a little better on smartphones.

EverQuest turned 18 years old this week, and Daybreak is running anniversary events: https://www.everquest.com/news/everquest-turns-18-march-2017?cid=1069558 Additionally, current and former players can log in before the end of March for a free Heroic Character: https://www.everquest.com/news/free-h...

MassivelyOP has an interesting MMOG druid comparison article up:
http://massivelyop.com/2016/09/08/perfe ... s-mmorpgs/

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/patch-notes/7-0-3

As usual for a pre-expansion major patch, the patch contains pretty sweeping changes. There is a preview of some of the druid-specific changes in a developer article:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19956929/