What you need to know before playing World of Warcraft Classic

The truth is, World of Warcraft is a completely different game than it was 15 years ago.

World of Warcraft Classic offers an old fashioned experience. In addition to the low-resolution graphics or poor image quality, Classic also evokes the era when World of Warcraft added the word “RPG” to the MMORPG.

So, if you’ve started playing after Cataclysm and are entering the original Warcraft world for the first time, this article will help you. Here are 8 things you need to know before jumping into the world of World of Warcraft Classic.

The class in the game is very limited

When I first started playing World of Warcraft, I got the Dwarf Paladin. The dream then was to become the one to sweep the zombie army with the power of light. Paladins can wear plate armor. And only one other class can wear it.

Several seasons later. I finally reached level 60, during my first guild raid, to hunt trolls in Zul’Gurub. The high level paladin in the guild required me to change to a healing lane. Not only that, Paladin also told me to change all strength equipment to Intellect and Spirit-buff items. I couldn’t find good healing equipment, so the team asked me to use what I had, Leather armor”.

This is the sad truth for the Paladins of the original. This class is only useful in PvE with the function of healbot (standing heal for allies). That’s fine, I really loved the support role, but my first Paladin inspiration was shattered. Now, classes in World of Warcraft are very diverse: Druid can tank, heal and deal magic damage. But back in 2005, if you were a Druid in a raid guild, there wasn’t much you could do but spam Innervate and Restoration. Warriors almost exclusively tank take hits. Mage specializes in Frost. Hunters must always summon beasts. You understand then.

What I want to say here is, Please find out carefully. The class you choose will be much more limited in what’s going on in the current patch.

Beware of Manslaughter

With the current World of Warcraft, you can almost kill anything. But in the original version there was a rather strange system, if you kill another party’s NPC marked as ‘civilizian’ – salesman etc – it will count as a Dishonorable kill. Dishonorable kill is very eye-catching. You won’t be able to access premium lootboxes in PvP.

So be careful when playing!

First Aid is very important

The First Aid job was removed from World of Warcfat in Battle for Azeroth. That’s completely understandable: it’s almost useless when the player’s health can be restored in an instant. But in Classic, First Aid is one of your most valuable assets. The character was very weak at that time. Very weak I must say. And healing takes a long time. Therefore, if you increase the skill for First Aid, you can survive higher in your journey.

Druid, Paladin, Priest and Shaman can also hold the First Aid skill, although they can heal with mana. Specifically, many high-class guilds required everyone to raise the First Aid skill to the maximum.

So, don’t sell Linen Cloth! They cost more than you imagine.

Have food and water ready

In Classic, resources regenerate very slowly and any good gamer must stop in front of the food and water stall to ensure his health and mana are full. Did you notice the fruit vendor walking around Ironforge? Their existence was really important at that point in the game.

Level up

Now, every time a World of Warcraft expansion comes out, Blizzard does its best to make sure players reach the highest level as quickly as possible.

Back in 2004. Blizzard had 60 levels in total, and they wanted the leveling process to be as slow as possible. It took almost a year for me to reach level 60.

Therefore, do not think too much about the highest level. Do not rush to farm experience. The logic of 2019 is not applicable to the product of 2004.

Save money because mounts are expensive

Blizzard offers current World of Warcraft mounts as free candy. You can play a Hearthstone game and get it instantly credited to your Battle.net account. But in the old days, reaching level 40 and accumulating enough gold to buy a basic mount in the game was very difficult. They cost 100 gold and your wallet will be almost empty in Classic. No one wants to be level 45 without a mount. Therefore, or save gold offline!

The key used to open the door

In the Dungeon Finder era, you were instantly teleported to the dungeon portal. Then you slaughter everything you see without having to communicate with the random players in the party. Back to Classic, of course we will not be able to do the above. New players need to be familiar with the concept attunement (empowerment).

A lot of the late game content in World of Warcraft often requires at least one party member to complete a chain quest, in order to obtain the key to the dungeon. For example, in Molten Core, each player in the 40-person raid needed to quickly complete a chain quest in order to break through the Ragnaros cave inside. Want to do Upper Blackrock Spire? Okay! As long as you know someone who has completed the chain quest, which requires hypnotizing a dragon in Dustwallor Marsh.

This is one of the RPG traditions found in World of Warcraft Classic. This also creates a great opportunity for you: you can make yourself a valuable asset in your party or guild if you own the Blackrock Depths key.

Reputation is more important

Nowadays, you can get through anything without communication in World of Warcraft. The game has been optimized for solo play. When you need to play in groups, Blizzard will connect other players on other servers for you.

But the original is not. Game quests don’t only require parties, if you enter a dungeon, you need to form a squad with people who are on the same server. That said, if your reputation is lazy, greedy, or useless, don’t expect to be invited back.

Old players will surely remember the case where a lazy guy stole all the Onyxia loot and then his name was posted on the forums. So, play carefully and be a true World of Warcraft Classic gamer.

According to PCgamer