WoW Classic Players Are Divided Over The Lack Of Dungeon Finder In Wrath Classic

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic's September 26 release is just a few weeks away, but many players are still hoping that Blizzard will budge on one major feature that has been confirmed to not be part of the re-release of the wildly popular expansion: the Dungeon Finder.

Added in 2009 as part of the last major content patch for the original Wrath of the Lich King expansion, the Dungeon Finder made it so players no longer needed to look for groups manually or travel to dungeons directly. Instead, it linked servers across what Blizzard called «battlegroups» and allowed players to select their desired role and matchmake with other players for either specific dungeons or random ones. Once a group was found, the Dungeon Finder would then automatically teleport players to the start of the dungeon.

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The introduction of the Dungeon Finder changed the way WoW was played forever, and depending on who you ask, maybe not for the better. It signaled a move away from the more social aspects of Blizzard's MMORPG that were dominant in the game's early days in favor of convenience features that have continued to mold the modern version of WoW into what it is today.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic will operate on the original expansion's final patch for balance purposes, which means one might expect the Dungeon Finder to be a part of the experience. That, however, won't be the case. Blizzard has made clear since Wrath of the