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Legion on Valor: the server already runs, but it is closed — here is why
Legion on Valor already exists. Not as a promise in a roadmap, but as a running server: it is up, people walk around in it, quests get tested on it. I...
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Season 3.2 on Valor: What Trial of the Champion and Trial of the Crusader Are
On 24 June 2026 season 3.2 opened on Valor - with Trial of the Champion and Trial of the Crusader. If your Northrend consisted of Naxxramas and Ulduar...
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4 min
Mini-Games on a WoW Server: Why the Project Needs a Shooter and a Dota Mode
The content of World of Warcraft as it stood in 3.3.5a runs on a weekly rhythm. The raid lockout resets once a week, and nearly everything else gather...
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Why Pushing Back the Release Date Is a Good Sign
The reaction to a moved date is almost always the same: so they are not going to make it. From which follows the conclusion that if they missed this d...
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4 min
How the Open Beta Went: March and April 2026
An open beta on a private server has nothing to do with a beta in the marketing sense. It is not a product showcase and not a reward for registering e...
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4 min
Valor's Custom Races: The Story of a Single Bugfix
On 20 February 2026 an entry appeared in the Valor news that is easy to scroll past: the creature type on the custom races was fixed. One line in a ch...
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3 min
The Valor Chronicle: From a New Core to Mythic+ Keystones
Private servers rarely have a written history. Usually there's a website, there's a population figure, and there's a vague «the project has been runni...
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