https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/pykes-kill-list-ran-out-of-names-the-night-the-last-one-came-off-he-found-a-02370f RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T19:57:46.391Z Pyke’s Kill List Ran Out of Names. The Night the Last One Came Off, He Found a Midshipman on His First Night in Port, and the City Hunting Him Keeps the Same Kind of List. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-is-banning-gold-for-loot-raids-wow-forever-will-not-allow-gdkp-because-97200e RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T19:55:57.980Z Blizzard Is Banning Gold-for-Loot Raids. WoW Forever will not allow GDKP, because the format swallows guilds and prices out new players, and gold buyers get punished aggressively. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/riot-mmo-producer-says-its-time-to-lock-in-sarah-tudors-five-word-post-drew-192b9e RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T19:55:43.633Z Riot MMO Producer Says It’s Time to Lock In. Sarah Tudor’s five-word post drew 12,000 views, both Riot MMO trackers and a colleague’s shocked GIF, and she has not said what it means. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-is-keeping-wows-dead-time-on-purpose-its-lead-engineer-says-the-flight-e54828 RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T16:59:30.280Z Blizzard Is Keeping WoW's Dead Time on Purpose. Its lead engineer says the flight path stays long so you answer general chat, and the campfire only buffs you after a minute of sitting. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/riots-mmo-should-never-let-you-fly-blizzard-ruled-out-flying-mounts-in-wow-4ed34f RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T16:58:45.256Z Riot's MMO Should Never Let You Fly. Blizzard ruled out flying mounts in WoW Forever and added ships instead, and its lead engineer explains why the long way round is where players meet. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-built-a-campfire-to-make-you-wait-every-profession-feeds-one-fire-the-2b1a60 RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T11:35:24.221Z Blizzard Built a Campfire to Make You Wait. Every profession feeds one fire, the buffs take a minute of sitting, the flight paths stay long on purpose, and that minute is what Riot's MMO should copy. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-is-deleting-the-realm-list-in-forever-rule-sets-replace-servers-the-26909f RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T10:25:12.881Z Blizzard Is Deleting the Realm List in Forever. Rule sets replace servers, the world keeps showing you the same strangers, and Riot's MMO is being built by the engineer who shipped WoW Classic. https://runegrove.com/articles/riot-mmo/news/blizzard-put-a-gamepad-mode-in-wow-forever-official-controller-support-after-26ba1f RuneGroveen 2026-09-17T03:16:48.879Z Blizzard Put a Gamepad Mode in WoW Forever. Official controller support after two decades, a first-login mode selector, and a Riot MMO job ad that asks for twin-stick controls. 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.