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New WoW Classic Realm Population Label System Hotfix
Blizzard has changed how realm population labels work to better indicate if a realm has a queue. Edit: this is now part of the official hotfix blog.
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Classic Race to World First, Day 1 Recap
Exactly 24 hours have passed since Classic WoW has launched! After one day of exciting coverage of the Classic Race to World First, presented by Method and WSOE, the leaderboards have been updated. Who is ahead of the pack? What strategies have they implemented? And who will be first to level 60?
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WoW Classic EU Realm Restarts - 3 am CEST August 28th
Blizzard will be restarting Classic WOW EU realms at 3am CEST, August 28th.
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Activision Blizzard Stock rises after Classic WoW Launch
Activision Blizzard Stock sees a sharp 6% Rise after yesterday's close, on August 26, 2019. Stock peaked at $52.22 and was selling at $50.35, an increase over the previous day's close at $48.69. Twitch viewership for World of Warcraft peaked over 1.1 Million on Monday.
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More WoW Classic EU Realms - Finkle, Lakeshire, Transcendence
Three more EU realms are added - Finkle (PvP French), Lakeshire (PvE German), Transcendence (PvP German).
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Forbes interview with Ion Hazzikostas
Ion Hazzikostas, Game Director on World of Warcraft, was interviewed by Forbes on the topic of realm queues, layering, and the Classic WoW launch. During the interview, Ion shared a few specific numbers, which haven't been shared publicly up until this interview.
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Blizzard Explains Why Medium Population Classic Servers Have Login Queues
Players on medium population servers have been experiencing login queues, as we've been covering in our
NA/OC
and
EU
reports, updated regularly. Game Director Ion Hazzikostas explained why the medium population realms still have queues.
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More WoW Classic EU Realms - Ashbringer, Dragon's Call, Rhok’delar, Dreadmist
Three more EU realms are added - Ashbringer (PvP English), Dragon’s Call (PvP German), Rhok’delar (PvP Russian).
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Mass DCs on Mograine, Firemaw, and Golemagg - Blizzard Monitoring EU Classic Realms
Blizzard has posted they are aware of the disconnects especially on Mograine, Firemaw, and Golemagg and are monitoring the status of EU realms.
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Best Addons for WoW Classic
Addons are an important part of WoW's gameplay, demonstrating the dedication and passion of the community to the game. Addons have been recently in the spotlight recently with the
controversy about ClassicLFG
and other discussions around the limitations of the addon API in Classic. With addons being so important and so many players talking about them, we prepared a list of addons that you can install ahead of time in your Classic client, so you are ready to go the moment the servers are live.
Inside you will find our recommendations for many different categories of addons. On top of that, our
Class Guides
have been updated with more information on addons.
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WoW Classic Leveling Guides and Recommended Quest Zones
Leveling in Classic WoW is very different from Battle for Azeroth, with no dynamically-scaling zones in Kalimdor or Eastern Kingdoms. To help you decided where to level, we put together Classic WoW leveling route guides with zone recommendations!
In these guides, you'll learn about notable rewards, environmental terrain, mob density, and chance of encountering PvP in every zone. We also group each zone by level range and provide recommendations on which are the most optimal or convenient for each race.
Check out our
Alliance Leveling Guide
and
Horde Leveling Guides
for best routes!
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WoW Classic Class Guides and Best in Slot Gear
WoW Classic launches today, and we're happy to share our Classic WoW Class guides! In addition to our popular
Talent Calculator
, Wowhead has published detailed guides to all WoW classes including recommended talent builds, optimal rotations and abilities, best in slot gear, macros, and addons.
Want to prepare even more for WoW Classic launch? Then check out our list of
Best Addons for WoW Classic
and our
Survival Guide for Day 1
!
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Minimal WoW Classic Downtime Scheduled for August 27th Maintenance
Blizzard will be briefly taking the Wow Classic realms down, as part of scheduled maintenance, the morning of August 27th for the NA region.
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New PvP Realms and RP-PvP Realm Now Open on NA Servers
Blizzard has opened two new PvP realms and one new RP-PVP Realm on NA servers. Smolderweb (PvP-Pacific), Sulfuras (PvP-Eastern) and Deviate Delight (RP-PvP-Eastern) are the new servers.
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Finally a New Oceanic WoW Classic Realm - Yojamba (PvP) and Felstriker (PvP)
Every other region has been receiving new realms, and finally Oceania has one - Yojamba PvP. This will open at 11:00 A.M. AEST.
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More Classic WoW NA Realms - Ashkandi, Kirtonos, Rattlegore
Even more Classic WoW realms are opening, including Ashkandi (Normal Eastern), Kirtonos (PvP Eastern), and Rattlegore (PvP Pacific).
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Popular Quests on the Launch of WoW Classic
WoW Classic has launched and some quests have become very popular on the site. This article recaps the most popular quests on Wowhead a few hours after the servers went live.
REMINDER
: If you're using the website for Classic WoW, make sure that you're on the
https://classic.wowhead.com/
domain. Otherwise, if you're on the Live database, many quests will be missing maps, comments and other useful pieces of information as many of the quests were removed in Cataclysm.
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Launch Classic WoW Server Queue Times (US/OC)
Wonder how long you'll have to wait to get in on NA servers? This will continue to be updated with the current number of players in queue and the estimated time that Blizzard shows on each server.
Last updated 8/26 @ 10:08 PST. # of players in queue and estimated waiting times subject to change. Average Queue (US): 4,048 players / 89 minutes
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Launch Classic WoW Server Queue Times (EU)
Wonder how long you'll have to wait to get in on EU servers? This will continue to be updated with the current number of players in queue and the estimated time that Blizzard shows on each server.
Waiting in queue? Check out our
Classic WoW Survival Guide and Giveaway
!
Last updated 8/27 @ 2:53 AM CEST. # of players in queue and estimated waiting times subject to change.
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New WoW Classic PvP Realms Available on NA and EU
Blizzard has added two new WoW Classic Realms on NA servers -- Kromcrush (Eastern) and Kurinnaxx (Pacific).
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