That sounds like a headache, although the Classic community is clearly big enough for the effort to be worth it - Activsion Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has spoken approvingly of the effect Classic has had on WOW subscription numbers. This option is strictly one-time-only, because "we don't want to minimise the accomplishments of those who have worked so hard in Classic to get their characters ready," Dawson said.īlizzard now finds itself maintaining three versions of its flagship MMO simultaneously potentially more, if this model continues through to subsequent WOW expansions. Furthermore, diehard Burning Crusade fans who haven't been playing Classic and can't face the long grind up to the level requirement for the expansion can pay for a boost to level 58. Lead producer Holly Longdale and production director Patrick Dawson told me over Zoom that players who don't want to choose between the two versions of the game will be offered a paid service to clone their character across Classic Era and Burning Crusade servers. Serving a retro community as it splits into camps who want to experience the game as it was in different eras is a potential minefield, but Blizzard does seem to have thought through all the options.
Classic Classic? (Blizzard is calling them Classic Era servers.) Production director Patrick Dawson.
Players whose dedication is really to the original version of the game won't be forced to upgrade you can choose whether to progress your character onto the Burning Crusade expansion along with the rest of your server, or move to a server that will stay forever on the current version of the game - which I guess we now have to call Vanilla Classic. As before, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic (it's dropped the "the", for some reason) will be included for free in a WOW subscription.
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