Future Plans for Chinese Servers - Character Restoration, Missed Rewards, & Recasting Gorehowl Statue
Following the announcement of a renewed partnership to bring Blizzard Entertainment games back to mainland China, NetEase has released further details explaining their plans to support World of Warcraft for their restored playerbase!
Included are preparations for various e-sport events, more anti-cheating measures, better support for content creators, and ways for players to earn to missed rewards during Dragonflight. Additionally, NetEase has shared plans to work with Blizzard artists to design a new Gorehowl statue incorporating community collected player messages, which will be renamed Bloodhowl.
NetEase said:
Work hard to heal, and then recover beyond the limit.
A letter to the players of Blizzard’s national server.
Dear Blizzard players, long time no see, we are about to reunite! Just now, the national server has officially announced its return! We are ecstatic and deeply responsible for this, so we hope this letter can answer some of your questions and share some of our vision.
The agreement has been signed, but we still need a lot of time to make technical preparations for opening the server. For example, we need to rebuild a new server room, restore various data, etc.
We are very sorry that we cannot deliver the Blizzard family bucket to you soon.
Both NetEase and Blizzard will do their best to shorten your wait. Each game will be launched in sequence, and the first returning game will be reunited with everyone in the summer.
When the server is turned on, we will ensure that your account data is completely retained.
Please do not listen to rumors and participate in unprotected transactions of accounts or account data.
During your absence from the national server, you missed many activities and benefits.
We will provide you with the opportunity to regain them whenever possible. We will also prepare return commemorative welfare and operational activities for players in the national server.
We will observe and collect players' needs for the game's.
