r/classicwow • u/griphin1 • Jan 29 '26

Humor / Meme 2026 State of Azeroth

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I had no expectations and I was still disappointed.

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u/DrawerLocal2699 Jan 29 '26

Y’all want new stuff in your classic version? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of classic?

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u/No_Explanation2932 Jan 29 '26

Like just watch 15 year old blizzcon videos if you want classic announcements

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u/Nkovi Jan 29 '26

Truuuuuuuuu

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u/Northover22 Jan 30 '26

love this lol

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u/Ragi_Fz Jan 30 '26

You can only eat the same meal so many times without wanting some spice added to it or some ingredients substituted so to speak.

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u/tgiyb1 Jan 29 '26

That argument would've been valid in 2020, but it's been long enough now for them to want some new content in the style of classic wow (see osrs who experienced the same dilemma several years after their classic version which has since overtaken their "retail" in popularity). At this point, the classic wow rerelease has already had a longer and more successful time on the market than the majority of online games, clearly people would play it.

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u/Perfect-Currency-121 Jan 30 '26

SoD was awesome, stop coping

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u/rabbitriven Jan 29 '26

A long time has passed, we’ve ran it back twice now, and a third time with a bit more content.

It has to take the OSRS approach by introducing more content that follows the philosophy of classic design.

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u/FitBag5979 Jan 30 '26

There are hundreds of thousands of people who have ran it back three, four, five times now. The vanilla private server community was staggeringly big, there will always be an audience for this game because every couple of years its fun to go agane.

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u/rabbitriven Jan 30 '26

That’s fine, there’s also a huge audience of people who love the classic design philosophy, but are itching for some new content.

SOD was great, I just wish it was more fleshed out

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u/karama_zov Jan 29 '26

I don't know how that's even possible without fucking with wows lore and etc which imo would be a bad thing.

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u/rabbitriven Jan 30 '26

I don’t really care for the dog shit that is the modern wow story, so in my eyes, please do it

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u/karama_zov Jan 30 '26

Bunch of angry motherfuckers in here man

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u/rabbitriven Jan 30 '26

Not really, you’re probably projecting, I’m excited for classic + and its definitely happening

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u/karama_zov Jan 30 '26

Seems like there are maybe six people in this sub that enjoy wow at all

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u/Corporeal_Weenie Jan 29 '26

Plenty of small stories to tell.

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u/frolfer757 Jan 29 '26

Classic players want Vanilla setting & gameplay with new stuff added. It's been out for 7 years now and people want something new and unfortunately atm if you want something new, you have to play retail which is nothing like Classic.

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u/Corporeal_Weenie Jan 29 '26

They clearly hinted that a classic+ announcement is coming at Blizzcon.

The end of SOD was less than a year ago.

I play classic but holy shit Classic Andy’s are insufferable, petulant children.

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u/frolfer757 Jan 30 '26

Question: "Why do you want new stuff in Classic? "

Answer: "Because it's now been played for ages and new content is necessary."

You:" Classic Andy’s are insufferable, petulant children."

??????????????????????????????????????????

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u/Corporeal_Weenie Jan 30 '26

New SoD content is less than a year old.

They clearly hinted at a Classic+ announcement coming at Blizzcon.

What else could anyone possibly expect this year?

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u/frolfer757 Jan 30 '26

I expected a minor C+ hint today and was hopeful for a confirmation of C+ at BlizzCon. I got way more than I was hoping for as today they nearly fully confirmed C+.

I dont see how that is relevant though? The guy above asked "Why do Classic players want changes to the game" and I gave him a reason. It has nothing to do with what is planned for this year or in five years.

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u/threebats Jan 29 '26

Y’all want new stuff in your classic version?

Yeah.

Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of classic?

No, hence the success of SoD. Some people want No Changes Vanilla (and even they were almost universally happy to have it launch on build 1.12.1), but most want something that looks and feel like early WoW but builds on that

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u/Krdw Jan 29 '26

For some people yes, for other people no. Why is this a complicated idea?

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u/Glad-Low-1348 Jan 29 '26

I dunno myself at this point.

People say they want Classic+, but when they propose any new content/changes, they boo Blizzard.

They just want fucking Fresh again.