On September 27, 2026, a player on the Blizzard forum questioned the logic of Warrior nerfs in Forever: horizontal progression, in their view, makes such changes unnecessary.

On September 27, 2026, a post appeared on the official Blizzard forum in which the author pushes back on the logic of Warrior nerfs in Forever. The player leans on the project's stated philosophy — horizontal progression.

Horizontal progression is an approach where new content doesn't make old content obsolete: new sets are added to the game, but previous ones stay useful across different builds and situations. That's exactly how The Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2 work — the two titles the post's author cites. According to them, Blizzard itself has said Forever should follow the same philosophy — and from that follows a simple conclusion: adding new items won't cause Warriors to "spin out of control" in raw power.

The post's author wonders why the developers are nerfing Warriors "so hard" if Forever is a horizontal game. In their view, the fear of Warriors becoming as dominant as they were in the original Classic no longer applies: the systems that, in the original Classic, drove the power gap between classes are absent in Forever. The example given is world buffs (World Buffs) — according to the player, those have been removed, and that takes away the main source of imbalance.

If Forever really is horizontal, the author argues, new sets should give players stronger or more varied tools without raising the overall power ceiling. In that case, older sets will keep their value simply because they fit specific builds and tasks — not because they're "from a past season."

The post is still without a Blizzard response. The discussion is unfolding in the middle of the open beta (which started on September 17 and runs until October 21, 2026), and it's right now that players can finally put class balance to the test.

In practice

• The post is still without a Blizzard response: the author is waiting for an official reaction and considers the nerfs unnecessary.
• It's useful to understand how Forever is positioned — horizontal progression means old sets shouldn't become trash after new raids and dungeons drop. That is the core of the discussion.