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More Entries for the WoW Classic "Not a Bug" List - Gnomes and Tauren Correct Size
Blizzard has added more entries to the WoW Classic "Not a Bug" list, including confirming that Gnomes and Taurens are the correct size.
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Warsong Gulch and Honor System Beta Test
Blizzard is testing the PvP Honor System and Warsong Gulch on the WoW Classic Beta over the weekend.
Learn more about Classic PvP in our
Classic PvP Honor System Overview
and
Classic PvP Honor Sets Overview
.
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WoW Classic Stress Test on May 29th
An additional Classic Stress Test has been scheduled for May 29th! Blizzard has acknowledged the issues many players faced failing to log in, and since then issues prevented them from fully testing other aspects of the game during the stress test, they have decided to schedule an additional ones.
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WoW Classic Stress Test Highlights - Ragnaros and Patchwerk Spawning, Omar Trolling
The WoW Classic Stress Test took place earlier today. While we spent some of our time battling the login screen boss, we also experienced some fun times we wanted to share with you all--like C'Thun, Ragnaros, Patchwerk, and Onyxia spawning in Elwynn Forest.
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Wowhead's Classic Stress Test FAQ - Classic Beta Stress Test Starts 4 PM Pacific
The long-awaited Classic Beta Stress test is almost upon us, with a little shorter than two hours until it begins at 4 pm Pacific. If you're planning on participating to experience the current state of Classic and help Blizzard test their
Layering
technology, we've prepared this article with all the information you will need!
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Classic Wowhead Client Working - Submit Your User Data for Site NPCs and Quest Info
We're very happy to announce Wowhead's addon now supports Classic WoW, allowing players to upload data to improve the accuracy on our Classic Database Pages. By using this addon, we've also added hundreds of Classic quests to our database yesterday.
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Wacky Wednesday - Savory Deviate Delight, Magic Dust, Arena Master
Welcome to our first edition of Wacky Wednesday! Every Wednesday, we highlight Classic WoW items with fun or very unusual effects. These items are not exactly vital to player progression, but obtaining them can be a fun side activity if you need something to distract yourself.
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WoW Classic Class Leveling Guides and Best Leveling Specs
Leveling in WoW Classic is quite different than Battle for Azeroth, so we're pleased to announce WoW Classic Leveling guides which detail the best leveling specs, talent builds, leveling gear, and when to train higher spell ranks.
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Elite NPC Damage Is Not Way Off in Classic WoW - Blizzard Reply
Blizzard responded to claims that Elite NPC damage is way off in Classic WoW. Using their test reference environment, they showed that the damage is correct.
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WoW Classic Subreddit Hits 100,000 Subs
The
WoW Classic Subreddit
recently hit 100,000 subs--congratulations for them!
The
mods shared some noteworthy subreddit stats
documenting the explosive growth since the Classic Beta announcement. Two trends we think are particularly interesting are pageviews and unique visitors.
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WoW Classic Roundup - Stoneskin Totem Known Issue, More "Not Bugs"
In addition to announcing the
WoW Classic Stress Test
today, Blizzard confirmed there is a bug with Stoneskin Totem...and also that there
aren't
bugs with some reported aggro radius and Polymorph "issues." These join the long list of reports in the
infamous "Not a Bug" blue post
, one of the most popular posts of the year.
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WoW Classic Stress Test on May 22nd
Blizzard has announced that the first WoW Classic Stress Test will occur on Wednesday, May 22nd. Blizzard will be adding a significant number of players to the stress test who have opted in for the beta but have not yet been selected.
If you've been invited to the Stress test, you'll see a
Beta & Stress Test: WoW Classic
option on the Battle.net App in the coming days. Note that the max level for the stress test will be
Level 5
.
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WoW Classic Interview with Shacknews and Omar Gonzalez
Shacknews interviewed World of Warcraft: Classic Senior Engineer Omar Gonzalez about the technical challenges in marrying 15 year old code to modern systems in order to recreate the original World of Warcraft experience.
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xDlate WoW Classic Interview with Ion Hazzikostas and Calie Schie
Russian content creator
xDlate
interviewed
Calia Schie
and
Ion Hazzikostas
on WoW Classic. Notable topics include why Blizzard chose to bring back Classic over another expansion like Wrath, services like server transfers and race changes potentially for sale later on, and the possible return of Eyes of the Beast.
We also learned that Blizzard engineer Omar Gonzalez came up with the prototype for Classic WoW's setup, inventing a way for the modern client and server to read 1.12 data.
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WoW Classic "Not A Bug" List
Due to players reporting aspects of WoW Classic that were not actually bugs, Blizzard made a list of these commonly-reported features such as feared players running quickly and slower respawn rates.
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Classic Wowhead Database Now Available in Many Languages
The Wowhead team is pleased to launch Classic Wowhead in numerous languages! You can find the translated version of the database at by adjusting the language dropdown found at the top-right corner of any page, on the Classic domain.
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WoW Classic Summit Community Information Round-Up
In the past few days, many different community figures that attended the information summit at Blizzard revealed more details about WoW Classic. They were able to play a demo version of WoW Classic and ask the developers questions. We've made a round-up of all information gathered from the interviews!
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WoW Classic Beta - Known Issues List for May 15th
Blizzard has posted a list of known issues with the WoW Classic beta, including bugs with hunter pets and talents missing requirements text.
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WoW Classic Beta is Now Live
Beta has started for WoW Classic. Remember: Accounts are being flagged for Classic. There are no keys at this moment.
We'll be streaming periodically over the next few days!
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No Beta Keys for WoW Classic
WoW Classic beta testing starts today, and Blizzard sent out a reminder that there are no beta keys. Instead, an automated system will add new testers to the WoW Classic Beta Test.
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