Blizzard Kills Dungeon XP for Trivial Mobs in Hotfix

Blizzard has released a hotfix for World of Warcraft: Forever that removes experience point rewards from dungeon enemies deemed trivial to the party. The change was implemented yesterday. Reported by GameSpot and Destructoid.

According to the patch notes published by PC Gamer, killing enemies in dungeons now awards zero experience to all party members if the enemy's level is trivial to one or more of the participants. An enemy is classified as trivial when its level falls below the player's current level, indicated by gray font text in the game interface.

This adjustment follows a series of recent tweaks to experience values in the game. Initial patches nerfed mob experience, while subsequent updates buffed dungeon enemy experience without returning it to pre-nerf levels.

Blackrock Depths contains trash mobs ranging from level 48 to 52 alongside the level 59 elite Emperor Dagran Thaurissan.

Lewis Ainslie described the decision as "mad" on X, stating it feels like Blizzard does not want people to play with friends. User Yunghonch argued on the same platform that those upset about the change are arguing against safety measures comparable to seatbelts.

Blizzard recently addressed faction balance issues in PvP rulesets, where community manager Kaivax noted population splits were at roughly a 55/45 ratio.

World of Warcraft: Forever launched last week following a record-breaking debut.