Blizzcon Interview with Classic Developers by Crix - WoW Classic

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Crix hosted an interview at Blizzcon with World of Warcraft Classic developers Josh Greenfield and Nora Valletta. They answered questions about Season of Discovery, Hardcore's upcoming Self Found Mode, Cataclysm Classic and the end of Wrath of the Lich King Classic. You can find some highlights from the interview below, as well as a link to the interview to watch it yourself.

Crix's Live Interview with Josh Greenfield & Nora Valletta BlizzCon WoW Classic What's Next Panel Summary

Highlights

The interview covered all versions of WoW Classic, and as such we have divided the highlights into categories covering each game.

Wrath of the Lich King

• Overall, the team is happy with how Wrath Classic has played out, including the difficulty of the Icecrown Citadel raid.
• The Ruby Sanctum raid will release in early 2024.
• They are still working out the timing for when to introduce the ICC player buff.
• There are currently no plans for a Wrath Era server, but they are listening to player feedback.

Cataclysm

• The team is excited about the Cataclysm Dungeon difficulty and hope that it will challenge players.
• Patch cadence will be faster than when Cataclysm was originally released.
• There are no plans to change Raid lockouts from how they worked back in the day.
• They are looking at making the Raid loot system work similarly to how it worked in Naxxramas when new phases rolled out, perhaps make 25-man raids drop an extra item to motivate running with a bigger group.
• The Guild progression system is getting changes, to not only benefit mega Guilds but also feel rewarding for «Mom and Pop» Guilds.
• No planned changes to the Talent system.
• Zul'Gurub and Zul'Aman will most likely be released as an in-between patch, rather than as