This sense of vulnerability permeated throughout the whole game.

In vanilla, there was very much the sense that you were merely a soldier, part of a wider, more dangerous world. You mingle with kings and generals, destroy world-killing gods, and lay waste to entire armies. In the story in modern WoW, your character is regarded as a hero of the Horde (or Alliance. There are things about vanilla that, even 15 years ago, worked far better than they do in the modern World of Warcraft.Īlthough Blizzard has been working to reintroduce this experience in retail WoW, a combination of difficulty, reduced hand-holding, and PvP chaos made vanilla Azeroth a far more daunting, and therefor epic place to exist. However, for a grizzled veteran like myself (over 10,000 hours played, Lord, have mercy), there's plenty about Classic that I definitely do not miss. I was there in the old days, and I am excited to take a trip down memory lane. Indeed, for many, it'll be their first foray into 'vanilla' WoW. Naturally, some of those realms were closed down following lawsuits and cease-and-desist notices, but the popularity of those servers proves that the OG WoW experience still has an audience.īlizzard has also warned that some of the servers it has populated may experience queues during launch, as it appears it may be underestimating demand, all over again.

The story of Classic (also known as vanilla WoW) is an interesting one, as it represents Blizzard's efforts to reach out to communities who were playing on pirated realms, who yearned for the vanilla WoW experience.

World of Warcraft: Classic is gearing up to launch, bringing the 15-year old WoW experience back into the limelight.

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