Burning Crusade Classic leaks ahead of BlizzCon
Ahead of this weekend's BlizzCon game-announcement frenzy, two of Blizzard's secrets have sneaked out in the form of a leak. Both revolve around World of Warcraft: one for the latest Shadowlands expansion, and another for the World of Warcraft Classic server option.To get more news about wow classic gold eu, you can visit lootwowgold official website.
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the latter case, 2007's hugely popular WoW expansion pack, The Burning
Crusade, will be bolted onto the WoW Classic option inside the Blizzard
Launcher starting sometime in "2021." The news comes from an apparent
leak of official BlizzCon press release materials, all formatted with
official images and descriptions of what's to come, as found on
Blizzard's official servers by users at Reddit's WoW community.
As
with 2019's official WoW vanilla launch, The Burning Crusade will return
without any new or special features on top of what originally came with
the game. You may recall that this expansion pack included a trickle of
content drops while Blizzard maintained it before selling Wrath of the
Lich King in 2008. Meanwhile, Blizzard's leaked document claims that the
original version's update cadence will return: "Content from the
original game will roll out in phases, at a cadence paced for the WoW
Classic community. Prepare for the opening of the Black Temple, gear up
to confront the gods of Zul'Aman, and gather your allies to face the
fury of the Sunwell."
Since the document doesn't mention any
quality-of-life (QoL) changes, you'll likely have to make your peace
with the expansion's original quirks, albeit boosted by improved balance
between the Horde and Alliance thanks to the Blood Elf and Draenei
races newly appearing in this expansion. If this is exactly where you
want your WoW memories to live on via an official Blizzard server, then
you'll be in heaven—especially since this is a free update for anyone
who already pays for a WoW subscription. Meanwhile, if you really want
to keep things vanilla, you'll have the option to hold your WoW Classic
characters back to remain in a world that doesn't know the kiss of the
Outland. (If you need help making that decision, perhaps flip through
Ars' 2007 review of TBC.)
Offering both options on official WoW servers is a great indicator of Blizzard's dedication to the appeal of reliving the old WoW days, though we have to imagine the nostalgia for WoW Classic players may run out with this expansion. Our reports on fans bringing older WoW versions back to life on private servers, which Blizzard fought back on, certainly never broached the Lich King or Cataclysm eras.
The other leak in the wild, for Shadowlands' upcoming "Chains of Domination" update, also came in the form of a leaked Blizzard press release, which WoWHead breaks down with plenty of images and descriptions of what's to come. Fans playing the latest expansion can expect at least one new raid and mega-dungeon, along with more of the usual expansion-patch trimmings, at some point. This leak didn't include a release date, but we're not sure if that means we should expect a stealth drop when the update is announced tomorrow.
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