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World of Warcraft: Forever hotfix puts a stop to super speedy flag carriers that were dominating PvP battlegrounds

Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed·Connor Makar·4 days ago
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World of Warcraft: Forever has received its first major hotfix patch, which among other things has put an end to an especially powerful bug that made PvP battlegrounds like Warsong Gulch favoured to the Horde's advantage.

While Taurens are running, they gradually build up stacks of increased movement speed. They gain a two percent movement speed bonus per stack, and it stacks up to 30 times. That means a Tauren can gain 60 percent increased movement speed, though it's worth noting that when they stop moving, these stacks decrease. In short, cows run fast.

Here's the cinematic reveal trailer for World of Warcraft: Forever. Watch on YouTube

The Hotfix, detailed in this Blizzard blog post , stops the Tauren's plainsrunning passive from stacking during a battleground's preparation phase. What players were doing to exploit this was running back and forth in the minutes before the Warsong Gulch battleground let both teams loose.…

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