Classic What's Next BlizzCon 2023 Liveblog

wowhead.com:

The Classic: What's Next panel has just begun at BlizzCon 2023, and we're liveblogging all of the most interesting highlights!

Cata Classic

• Cataclym Classic is coming, bring everything players might already expect from the original release: Goblins, Worgen, transmog, rated battlegrounds, new class/race combos, old world flying, and more.
  
• Titan Rune dungeons (Heroic+) were very successful, so the same spirit is being brought forward into Cataclsym Classic.
  
• The Collections UI is already active in Classic, but account-wide transmog will also be included!
  
• Leveling speed will also be sped up in Cataclysm Classic.
  

Classic Hardcore

• Self Found mode is a new optional ruleset coming to Hardcore in 2024! If opted into, the character will be unable to mail, trade, or use the auction house until the character reaches max level.
  

Season of Discovery

• Discovery starts out just like regular classic, until class trainers set players off on a quest to go find a rune, though only the first will be quest directed, while the rest will have to be discovered on your own! Discoveries are secrets hidden throughout the game world — they're not traditional quests, they're not on the map, and they can vary between a small lootable deep within a mine or a more complicated puzzle that takes several players to figure out.
  
• The intent of discoveries is to evoke a sense of adventure in an otherwise comfortable and familiar world, but there won't be any public PTR or beta testing, in order to preserve the mystery.
  
• Discoveries are purposefully crafted to feel familiar to the rest of Classic, not stand out like something new.
  
• Level banded content phases keep players all at the same pace. Starting with the first phase, the level will be