https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-builds-azeroth-from-a-2d-map-first-five-stages-an-18-yard-aggro-circle-e92686 RuneGroveen 2026-09-16T19:43:13.851Z Blizzard Builds Azeroth From a 2D Map First. Five stages, an 18-yard aggro circle, a 35-second run test, and a zone about living in Azeroth, not saving it. Runeterra has the same gaps. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-froze-wow-forevers-level-cap-at-60-no-catch-up-no-token-one-bank-of-1f54d9 RuneGroveen 2026-09-16T19:43:03.134Z Blizzard Froze WoW Forever's Level Cap at 60. No catch-up, no token, one bank of points shared across every alt, and a studio whose games never had a power ladder to begin with. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-prototyped-wow-hardcore-in-two-weeks-concurrency-went-from-200-to-1500-d3c452 RuneGroveen 2026-09-16T19:42:42.454Z Blizzard Prototyped WoW Hardcore in Two Weeks. Concurrency went from 200 to 1,500 over one holiday, the boss face-palmed and said yes, and Runeterra already keeps a lodge of the dead. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/necrit-says-blizzard-built-the-mmo-riot-reset-his-321000-view-take-on-wow-e16ca7 RuneGroveen 2026-09-16T19:18:40.327Z Necrit Says Blizzard Built the MMO Riot Reset. His 321,000-view take on WoW Forever names the realm-less server question Riot has never answered and warns a second reset would end the project. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-made-transmog-optional-in-wow-forever-turn-it-off-and-everyone-looks-cd4af6 RuneGroveen 2026-09-16T18:40:47.192Z Blizzard Made Transmog Optional in WoW Forever. Turn it off and everyone looks like what they earned, a dungeon drop hands its look to the whole group, and Riot sells looks for a living.