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World of Warcraft: Classic
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World of Warcraft as it is today is a different game than when it first released in 2004. Through continuous updates, expansions, changed game mechanics and overhauls, the world of World of Warcraft has seen many changes. These updates and expansions definitely kept the game interesting, and World of Warcraft still holds the title for the world's most popular MMORPG to this day, and for good reason. However, there were always players yearning for ye olde days. These players started their own unauthorised servers with older versions of the game, known as Vanilla WoW. In 2016, Blizzard started shutting down these servers and in 2017 announced there would be an official version of classic World of Warcraft released. Better yet, it would be completely free as long as you have an active WoW subscription.To get more news about buy wow gold classic, you can visit lootwowgold official website.
Upon release, there were immensely long queues to log into WoW Classic. Some players even reported having to wait for several hours before they could play. This in itself was already a nostalgic throwback to the early beginnings of World of Warcraft because full servers have been a problem since the start. Blizzard took the servers down for maintenance on Tuesday, however, players were still dealing with long queue times when everything came back online. When you do manage to log on, Azeroth as it once was is waiting for you to (re)explore it. As it was back in 2006 specifically, when patch 1.12 (known as 'Drums of War') was live.
The core game of WoW has been unchanged since 2004. Set in the world of Azeroth, you have two different factions (Horde and Alliance) who do not like each other all that much (PvP). You level up, learn new skills and abilities, get new gear, and eventually, you might qualify to join a raid and fight much bigger threats (PvE). Yet, there have been many significant changes to the game between then and now. If you are familiar with the current live version of World of Warcraft - Battle for Azeroth - you will notice the differences between 'then and now' from the moment you create a character. Playable races have been narrowed down to the original four from each faction; Dwarves, Gnomes, Humans, and Night Elves for Alliance, and Orcs, Trolls, Tauren and Undead for Horde. Similarly, classes have been pushed back from a dozen to nine with Paladins limited to Alliance and Shamans limited to Horde. The highest level you can achieve in Classic is level 60 as opposed to level 120 in Battle for Azeroth.
The classic 'Talent Trees' are also back, giving players up to 51 points to spend on talents that can improve existing abilities or stats (such as weapon skill), give new functionality to abilities, or even brand new abilities themselves. It's up to you how to spend these points, and you can divide them evenly among specialisation trees, or fully invest in a tree to get the final special ability at the end. Before you learn anything new or if you want to make any changes, you must seek out your Class Trainer. This means spending points willy-nilly and changing talents on the fly is no longer an option - you must choose wisely. Going back in time means the map is significantly smaller; continents later introduced to the game are gone, and the world has not (yet) felt the wrath of the Lich King or been turned to ruin by Deathwing. Much to our delight, the original lands have come back with the original soundtracks too. The smaller map does not mean that getting around is easier - in fact, it is now much, much more time-consuming. Over the years, Blizzard has made it easier for players to get around; you can purchase a cheap mount early on in the game and there are many connecting points for fast travel. World of Warcraft: Classic offers no such luxury and your character will be running a lot because you need to wait until you've hit level 40 before you can and even think about buying a mount. Even then you might not be able to purchase one just yet because trusty steeds don't come cheap! Speaking of which, making poor financial decisions is something you should avoid in Classic altogether. Making money is relatively easy in Battle for Azeroth, but Classic will definitely put the grind back in your daily grind. Yes, we ended up being 'that guy' who couldn't afford a mount and who had to run everywhere. In our defence, we felt like buying a herd of non-combat companion cats was a great idea at the time!