World of WarcraftClassicreleased in 2019 after years ofWorld of Warcraftplayers requesting a way to experience the popular MMO how it was before all of its many expansions. Later, it was announced thatWorld of Warcraft Classicwould be receiving the MMO’s first expansion,Burning Crusade.
Burning Crusadewas originally released in 2007, and notably brought two new playable races to the title, the Draenei for the Alliance and Blood Elves for the horde. The expansion is also fondly remembered by many fans for raising the game’s level cap to level 70 and introducing flying player mounts for players to traverse the world with. It also brought a whole new story, dungeons, andraids toWorld of Warcraftthat players can expect to return toWorld of Warcraft Classic.
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WhileBurning Crusade Classicbeta invites started being sentout by developer Blizzard just last month, players will not have much longer to wait to return to the expansion themselves. Blizzard announced today that the expansion will be added toWorld of Warcraft Classicon June 1 at 3 pm PDT, with the associated pre-expansion patch rolling out on May 18. The expansion will be launching worldwide at the same time, so everyone will get access to the new expansion simultaneously, which should make for a fun experience for players jumping in on launch day.
Although the release ofBurning Crusade Classicwill have some differences from the original, hopefully, the worldwide release will create some of the exciting first days after launch that the original release saw. When the expansion launches,World of Warcraft Classicplayers will have a choice to make for their characters. For any players that don’t want to move on to the expansion, they will have to move their characters over to a Classic Era realm that will not run with the expansion. Players who are ready to move on toBurning Crusadewill have the choice of either moving their character to aBurning Crusaderealm or cloning their character to have a version of it in each type of realm.
It is nice that Blizzard is allowingWorld of Warcraft Classicthe choice of whether or not to play with the expansion, as well as letting players jump and forth between the two experiences. It is a safe approach that should satisfy all players, while also being a cool way to approach the difficult task of archiving a video game that is constantly being updated and changed. Thankfully, fans will not have much longer to wait before they canjump back intoBurning Crusade, and it will be interesting to see what else is in store for the MMO.
World of Warcraft Classicis available now on PC, with theBurning Crusade Classicexpansion launching June 1.
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