Gravity Is The Deadliest Enemy Of All When You Only Have One Life In WoW
More than 74,000 WoW Classic Hardcore players have fallen to their deaths.
By Cameron Koch on
Forget deadly monsters or even other players; the ground is World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore's most dangerous foe.
Blizzard in a new video has revealed the latest stats for WoW Classic's permadeath servers, where players only get one life. Nearly 3 million players have died so far, amounting to about one death every one and a half seconds since servers went live in late August. But it's the list of the deadliest things in Azeroth's that is really putting into perspective just how dangerous the journey to level 60 can be.
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As revealed in Blizzard's stats breakdown video, even low-level enemies can become terrifying when one life is all a player has. The NPCs that have claimed the most lives are almost all found within the game's lower level zones, with monsters like Kobold Tunnelers and Wendigos found just a small walk from some of the game's literal tutorial areas. It all makes sense considering the lower-level zones are also the most populated, but it's still a little shocking to learn than a puny level 7 enemy is capable of cutting so many adventures short.
Other players have contributed their fair share when it comes to lives lost. Though PvP is disabled by default in WoW Classic Hardcore, a new duel to the death mechanic does allow players to challenge one another in high-stakes battles, with the loser dying permanently. That helped PvP become the
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