Was Arathi Highlands nerfed in WoW Forever?

Not as a whole. Arathi Highlands changed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: updated flight masters. The changes do not all point one way, so it is listed as changed rather than nerfed or buffed.

Zones / Arathi Highlands

Zone · Eastern Kingdoms changed

Arathi Highlands

Q: What changed for Arathi Highlands in WoW Forever?

Updated flight masters. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Arathi Highlands was changed in WoW Forever: updated flight masters. Zone in Eastern Kingdoms, 2 flight masters. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

What changed for Arathi Highlands in WoW Forever

One field changed from Classic Era.

Flight masters

Hammerfall, Arathi routes 8 → 10 ↑

Arathi Highlands details: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same record from each client, side by side.

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Arathi Highlands

Zone · Eastern Kingdoms

Flight masters

Refuge Pointe, Arathi · Alliance · 10 routes · placed by map region

Hammerfall, Arathi · Horde · 8 routes · placed by map region

Forever 1.60.1.70009

Arathi Highlands

Zone · Eastern Kingdoms

Flight masters

Refuge Pointe, Arathi · Alliance · 10 routes · placed by map region

Hammerfall, Arathi · Horde · 10 routes · placed by map region

Areas inside it

Blackwater Shipwrecks, Boulder'gor, Boulderfist Hall, Circle of East Binding, Circle of Inner Binding, Circle of Outer Binding, Circle of West Binding, Dabyrie's Farmstead, Drywhisker Gorge, Faldir's Cove, Go'Shek Farm, Hammerfall, Northfold Manor, O'Breen's Camp, Refuge Pointe, Stromgarde Keep, Thandol Span, The Drowned Reef, The Forbidding Sea, The Sanctum, The Tower of Arathor, Thoradin's Wall, Witherbark Caverns, Witherbark Village

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
flightPoints	[ { "faction": "Alliance", "id": 16, "link": "region", "name": "Refuge Pointe, Arathi", "routes": 10 }, { "faction": "Horde", "id": 17, "link": "region", "name": "Hammerfall, Arathi", "routes": 8 } ]	[ { "faction": "Alliance", "id": 16, "link": "region", "name": "Refuge Pointe, Arathi", "routes": 10 }, { "faction": "Horde", "id": 17, "link": "region", "name": "Hammerfall, Arathi", "routes": 10 } ]

Arathi Highlands change history by build

Build Compared to Change

1.60.1.70009 1.15.9.69722 1 field

1.60.1.69977 1.15.9.69722 1 field

1.60.1.69913 1.15.9.69722 1 field

1.60.1.69893 1.15.9.69722 1 field

1.60.1.69876 1.15.9.69722 1 field

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