According to an advertisement present within Blizzard’s Battle.net launcher, World of Warcraft’s most recent expansion, Battle for Azeroth, has temporarily had its asking price reduced by $20. This discount will remain active through Monday, September 30th, 2019.

The discount brings the expansion’s price down to $29.99 for the standard edition, and $49.99 for the Digital Deluxe edition. The latter of these editions includes the expansion itself in addition to various cosmetic goodies usable within World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games.

For those who might be curious, these cosmetic items include such things as faction-exclusive mounts within World of Warcraft, a unique faction-themed card back for Hearthstone, an exclusive “Primal Flamesaber” mount usable within Heroes of the Storm, and Alliance and Horde-themed StarCraft II sprays.

While in-game mounts and other cosmetics are a nice touch, I would argue that a more enticing reason to upgrade to Battle for Azeroth if you haven’t done so already is the fact that both versions of the expansion include a single-use character boost to level 110. This boost will allow you to jump directly into everything Battle for Azeroth has to offer after you complete two required scenarios.

I feel I should mention that you’ll notice a considerable benefit, as well as a slight caveat, which I think are worth bearing in mind if you intend to use your level 110 boost immediately after upgrading to Battle for Azeroth. Specifically, this benefit is the fact that if you use your boost on a character that’s level 60 or higher, that character’s skill levels in their two primary professions will be appropriately increased to match their new level.

Alternatively, the slight caveat I alluded to will mean that if you elect to boost a character who’s under level 60, you likely won’t be able to change your character’s combat specialization or select talents for a time. That’s because, as I mentioned earlier, boosted characters whom the game doesn’t designate as “veterans” (that is, those who are below level 60) must complete a combat training scenario. While within said scenario, characters may only use abilities present within one of their class’ specializations.

After completing the combat training scenario, you’ll be able to freely change your character’s specialization and talents as you see fit. I strongly suggest doing this immediately after you finish the combat training scenario, however. I offer that suggestion because boosted characters are also required to complete the Battle for Lordaeron scenario before they can freely experience Battle for Azeroth’s content.

I leave the final word on this matter to you, dear reader. If you haven’t upgraded to Battle for Azeroth yet, is this discount significant enough to tempt you? If so, which class and specialization would you be most likely to play within the expansion’s content? Do feel free to sound off in the comments below!

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