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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic—Live Now

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The icy winds of Northrend are wailing once more, heralding news that Blizzard Entertainment's Wrath of the Lich King Classic is now live. All players with an active subscription automatically receive access to the re-creation of WoW 's acclaimed second expansion at no additional cost and can log in to begin their adventures into the frozen wilds of Azeroth's northern continent today. The legendary story can be experienced on all realms previously dedicated to World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic content.

Players will embark on a treacherous adventure through lush locales, battling foes unlike those found anywhere else in Azeroth, and will fulfil numerous quests before confronting the iconic Lich King in Icecrown Citadel and putting an end to his heartless destruction. This journey includes the rise of the fearsome Death Knight hero class, available to all players (even new ones!) and starting at level 55, the original iteration of the World of Warcraft achievement system to recognize various accomplishments in the game, and the Inscription profession, which enables players to scribe ability-enhancing glyphs that alter the appearance and modify the properties of spells and abilities.



Originally released in 2008, the core experience of this beloved expansion has been carefully maintained, while some social and gameplay functionality has been modernized for the present day and Classic community. The current grouping tools have evolved while preserving the experience of forming groups organically. Players will also see other quality-of-life updates that have been crafted to maintain the soul of Classic and to ensure players' journeys through Northrend are as gratifying as they are challenging.

"Wrath of the Lich King Classic contains an iconic adventure from a momentous time in the history of Azeroth—we love this expansion, and we've carefully balanced both the nostalgia for veteran players and the modernization needed for players discovering it for the first time," said World of Warcraft vice president and executive producer Holly Longdale. "By giving extra care to the way players group for raids, as well as their end-game journeys, we've worked hard to ensure all players can experience everything that the massive continent of Northrend has to offer."

Community is at the heart of Classic, and there is plenty of group content for players to explore with friends: from today, 12 dungeons are available as part of the player leveling and maximum-level experience, with 16 total to become available across the expansion. On October 6, those seeking even more formidable thrills can take on the first three of the seven raids—Eye of Eternity, Obsidian Sanctum, and Naxxramas—before continuing their adventures in Ulduar, Trial of the Crusader, Icecrown Citadel, and Ruby Sanctum in future updates.

Players looking to further enhance their experience can choose from two upgrades available for purchase on Battle.net:
  • Northrend Heroic Upgrade: a level-70 character boost complete with appropriate gear, mount, starting gold, and expert riding skill, Pebble the penguin pet, and Fishspeaker's Lucky Lure, a toy to summon your very own tuskarr fishing companion.
  • Northrend Epic Upgrade: all items included in the Heroic upgrade, plus the flying Kalu'ak Whalebone Glider mount for your Classic characters, the flying Tuskarr Shoreglider mount for your non-Classic Characters, and 30 days of game time.

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The king is dead, long live the king.
 

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Now I need GT 9800 or HD 4850, i mean it is alright.
 
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Imagine supporting Activision/blizzard in 2022....
 
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After 10,000+ arena matches, 500K lifetime PvP kills, over 500 days played - I'm not ever coming back to WoW. I would have liked to, but the Developers spent far too much time demonstrating their lack of class-balancing skills that, yeah... Then the constant trimming of class features to make everything more casual friendly.

The biggest problem was, I feel, listening to their customers bleat so loudly on the forums that class A wasn't fair in a fight with class B. Changes inc. Instead of designing the game they wanted.
 
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Now I need GT 9800 or HD 4850, i mean it is alright.
Lol that's me about 15 years ago ;) actually picked up that 4850 and was very happy for it, ran woltk like a champ ;) still in a box somewhere. :eek:
 
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I tested this game a few days back to check if it works on windows 7 "DX12", & yes it woks flawlessly default is DX12 start of game, zero issues. There's one more game out there that also uses DX12 on win 7, but it failed to launch.
 
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After 10,000+ arena matches, 500K lifetime PvP kills, over 500 days played - I'm not ever coming back to WoW. I would have liked to, but the Developers spent far too much time demonstrating their lack of class-balancing skills that, yeah... Then the constant trimming of class features to make everything more casual friendly.

The biggest problem was, I feel, listening to their customers bleat so loudly on the forums that class A wasn't fair in a fight with class B. Changes inc. Instead of designing the game they wanted.
Didn't you love it when they decided that "class quests" also were not "inclusive" enough and they needed to make it so everyone could do everything regardless of class...

Be glad WoW didn't get companions like SWTOR. They took them from decent helpers that you could equip and plan your uses for to "i-win" buttons. Tank companions could be healers, could be DPS, could be anything... Then also they nerfed the content so bad you could just sit there and let your companion fight it while you stepped away and did other stuff.

The social media F2P generation ruined MMOs. Glad to say I'm retired from them. As much as I enjoyed Classic-LK(Pre-Argent Tournament), I just can't go back into it and do it again. Wouldn't mind another romp in Ulduar and face Algalon again but, I despised what Blizz did with Argent Tournament and it's "i-win" button loot designed to gear everyone up to see LK. The developers which slaved over Ulduar and created such a grand masterpiece that it was, should get apologies for what the tournament did in ruining progression.
 
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Been there, done that.

I was subscribed non-stop from February 2006 until August 2017. And last time i played was December 2018, i'm well clean :p

Believe i have about 25000 hours clocked.
 

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Imagine supporting Activision/blizzard in 2022....

Nostaliga is powerful. That's what M$ is counting on when it bought them out.
 
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man I think I still have Cataclysm Collector's sealed... I never had the time to play it lol
 

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man I think I still have Cataclysm Collector's sealed... I never had the time to play it lol

that's probably worth some money now. or will be someday. leave it sealed at this point.
 
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It was great fun back in the day, Blizzard killed it and promptly shot themselves in the nads whilst doing it. Such a pity.
 

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It was great fun back in the day, Blizzard killed it and promptly shot themselves in the nads whilst doing it. Such a pity.

Honestly I was hoping for a Warcraft 4 RTS, a proper one. With a new story set far in the future or something, a fresh palate, but maybe "ancient time" relics dedicated to the most famous Warcraft lore, like an eroding statue of Thrall, etc.

If properly done with a unique art style, I would have been sold. Corporations are so blinded by money, they forget the art is what got them rich enough to make it to this point where they can be exploitative just for the sake of it. (Diablo Immortals' financial success comes to mind) Disgusting what the industry has become.
 
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Imagine supporting Activision/blizzard in 2022....
Imagine you trying to get a few thumbs up with that comment. Everyone has baggage even you. Dont pretend like youve never done anything wrong.

After 10,000+ arena matches, 500K lifetime PvP kills, over 500 days played - I'm not ever coming back to WoW. I would have liked to, but the Developers spent far too much time demonstrating their lack of class-balancing skills that, yeah... Then the constant trimming of class features to make everything more casual friendly.

The biggest problem was, I feel, listening to their customers bleat so loudly on the forums that class A wasn't fair in a fight with class B. Changes inc. Instead of designing the game they wanted.
God who cares if youre having fun with the game? Ive been playing since the tail end of TBC and only quit playing the game maybe 4 times during that time. Youre just creating more issues for yourself rather than enjoying what is there.

When was the last time you played anyway?
 
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I didn't have enough time to play last night, but my warrior is 71 now and I'm enjoying tanking instances in Northrend again.
 

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I didn't have enough time to play last night, but my warrior is 71 now and I'm enjoying tanking instances in Northrend again.

how did you get to level 71 so quickly? server just launched yesterday? i read someone is already 80 and it only took 9 hours?

how is this even possible in Classic. it took me months of many hours a day to get to 60. i don't understand. heh.
 
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