For Europeans, a small but fine detail changes in World of Warcraft. The weekly reset shifts by a few hours.
Wednesday morning at 8:00 AM (standard time) or 9:00 AM (daylight saving time) is a quite important date for players of World of Warcraft. This is when weekly activities reset and, for example, the Great Vault drops its loot. This appointment has been set in stone for years and is now being changed. Soon, the reset will happen a few hours earlier, causing an adjustment.
What is changing? The time for the weekly reset changes for Europeans in World of Warcraft. Starting November 16, the reset will always take place at 5:00 AM in the morning (standard time). During daylight saving time, the reset will then be at 6:00 AM. According to Blizzard, this change is supposed to be “forever” – or until something else is decided.
What does the reset do? The reset affects a number of game contents. These include:
- Weekly quests
- Weekly rewards (Great Vault)
- Raid IDs
- Weekly caps (like valor or conquest points)
It is to be expected that the daily reset – such as for daily quests – will also shift to this time to align with the weekly reset.
Who does this affect? Since the reset only shifts a few hours in the morning, it is likely that this will have little impact on most players, as they will be in school or at work during that time. However, those who play at rather atypical times – namely early in the morning – may find that “a quick round of M+ in the morning” is no longer worthwhile on a Wednesday or counts towards the next weekly reset.
The typical “gathering on Wednesday morning,” where all present players pick up their loot from the weekly reward box, is likely to be a bit smaller in the future – as there will likely be significantly fewer players online at 5:00 AM.
What does this mean for competitions? This change is also interesting for the “World First” race. The earlier reset also shifts the time difference between American and European guilds. Until now, Americans had nearly a ¾ day more time and could start the new content earlier. The earlier reset now shrinks this lead a bit – from 16 hours to 13 hours.
Thus, the start is still not simultaneous, but a few hours can make all the difference in particularly tight races.
Does the earlier weekly reset affect you in any way? Or do you not care whether the reset takes place at 5:00 AM or at 8:00 AM?
