World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic is so Popular the Boats and Zeppelins Broke

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With Wrath of the Lich King Classic in full swing, many World of Warcraft players are encountering problems with the boats and zeppelins to Northrend due to overpopulation. World of Warcraft has implemented a fix to this issue by allowing the boat and zeppelin master NPCs to instantly teleport players to and from Northrend.

As many expected, Wrath of the Lich King Classic has been exceptionally popular since its launch on September 26. The massive crowds gathering to head to Northrend has caused high server loads, triggering all sorts of issues with boats and zeppelins going to the new zone. Some players found themselves thrown from the vehicles, while others encountered other issues while zoning into the zones of Northrend.

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World of Warcraft’s solution to this is to provide a dialogue option to the NPCs who watch over the boats and zeppelins headed to Northrend. By selecting this option, players can instantly transport to their destination without having to wait for the vehicle to arrive. This not only prevents server bottlenecks while entering Northrend zones in Wrath of the Lich King Classic, but also avoids these and other unexpected glitches.

This solution is almost certainly temporary.World of Warcraft Classic is all about preserving WoW's nostalgic spirit–and a contemporary feature like instant transportation goes against that design philosophy. Once Wrath of the Lich King Classic is out for a bit, and the hype dies back down to a manageable level, World of Warcraft will probably remove the teleportation option.

However, some World of Warcraft Classic players love the added teleportation option.