Blizzard has posted an update to explain the what people are seeing as it relates to the WoW Classic Beta that appeared on their CDN. Bornakk Community Manager Hey folks! I’ve got a small update here to help quell some of the rumors and let you know where we are at for WoW Classic. We …
The Classic Beta on the CDN is actually an employee Alpha Read More »
Earlier today users noticed that the WoW Classic Beta is now showing up in the list in Blizzard’s CDN. This has been confirmed across multiple sources: https://github.com/mdX7/ribbit_data/tree/master/products/wow_classic_beta https://bnet.marlam.in/ It’s possible this could mean we’re within 2-4 weeks of a roll out of a beta of some kind.
Today Bornakk posted the PVP content plan for WoW Classic. It will be rolled out across the previously mentioned phases with only world PVP and no honor system being in place at launch. Also worth noting is that when the honor system does release they will be including Dishonorable Kills. The full phased roll out …
Blizzard releases the PVP content plan for WoW Classic Read More »
The WoW: Classic development team has been trying their best to emulate the gameplay experience of Vanilla WoW. With recent announcements detailing their phases content releases and minimal loot trading, it does seem they’re keeping fairly true to style. Another aspect of gameplay that is quite impactful is spell batching. Spell batching refers to the …
Blizzard talks about Spell Batching in WoW Classic Read More »
One of the bigger nuances of Vanilla WoW involved loot. When you looted a soulbound item, whether by accident or intentionally, it quite literally meant the item was bound to you. In Retail WoW, nearly all loot items come with a 2 hours window during which you can trade the item to an eligible member …
The WoW: Classic team has been fairly vocal lately on aspects of the game they plan to implement. This is a stark difference from Winter, when Blizzard was fairly quiet on news about WoW Classic. One thing that hasn’t been touched on for WoW Classic is how PVP will play out. Blizzard has recently announced …
Blizzard posts World of Warcraft Classic’s plan for Alterac Valley Read More »
When WoW: Classic was announced at BlizzCon, the content release schedule seemed questionable at best. They’ve since revised the schedule, and now will release content over six different phases, similar to the release of new patches during an expansion. This will help to create the progression experience, allowing players to slowly ramp up through scaling …
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The WoW Classic demo was a flash of nostalgia from many, returning players to the infamous zone of The Barrens. While the demo did capture that feeling, the demo was far from perfect and in fact had several bugs that users reported. Some of these bugs were in fact unintentional and have since been fixed. …
Today marks a very unfortunate day for those interested in WoW: Classic. Former community manager, Ythisens, was laid off from Blizzard just today. As of today I’m no longer an employee of @Blizzard_Ent. Wasn’t my choice. I wanted to retire here. I was just laid off from my dream job. Probably not best for me …
This past week, two developers on the WoW: Classic team sat down with German magazine company, Computer Bild. They answered some key questions about the development of WoW: Classic and the motivating force behind creating it. You can find the complete interview here, although it is entirely in German. For those that don’t speak German, …
WoW Classic Interview for Computer Bild with Brian Birmingham and Omar Gonzalez Read More »