Blizzard bringing aboutWorld of Warcraft Classicin mid-2019 was yet another stroke of brilliance, allowing the studio to offset the time between expansions to the standard title with the drip-feeding of expansions to theClassictitle. Players then get to experience whatWorld of Warcraftwas before the “Wrath of the Lich King” in all of its glory while not necessarily stressing over item-levels and pushing the bleeding-edge of Mythic Raids. The bots, however, traveled intoWorld of Warcraft Classicalong with a slew of players, and some are looking for some respite.
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That respite is coming on March 5, as more than 1,300 players pledge to re-roll their characters entirely on a low-population server to ready themselves for theWorld of Warcraft Classic: Burning Crusadeexpansion. Blizzard confirmed the expansion to be arriving sometime in 2021, yet opted to not dedicate to an official release date for the release of the expansion ontoClassicservers. The community endeavor currently includes seven guilds on an international scale.
The server that has been chosen is not going to be revealed until closer to March 5; the community doesn’t want to show its hand early and meet a slew of bots that it is attempting to stymie, nor encourage players to jump in early and grab a head start resulting in skewed levels on the first day. The community has currently reached 1,758 members, and is planning on spreading out to both theHorde and Alliance factionsin the PvP server.
The community of gamers still notes that botting will likely continue to be an issue in spite of the fresh start, although players may have an advantage on the bots for the first few days until a heft of scripters note that the server has drastically increased in population. The less populated server, however, doesn’t experience theinflatedWoWeconomythat massive servers do and should offer the community an “even playing ground” compared to others.
The core concern from the players is the runaway economy, brought about by the GDKP dungeon runs that have players bidding with gold for items, and crafting materials being a cutthroat market thanks to botting mats and undercutting other bots. After seventeen years,Blizzard is clearly still struggling with gold farmersand scripts that wreak havoc on legitimate players, but this doesn’t mean the love ofWorld of Warcraftneeds to suffer.
World of Warcraft Classicis available now for the PC.
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