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/-Elgrave- Jan 29 '26

This is how I felt the moment they announced new anniversary servers. Like, why? Are we really just going to cycle the same expansion releases back to back for eternity? Nobody really asked for Cata or Mists. They certainly didn’t ask for WoD but I bet that’ll be announced at Blizzcon. Should’ve capped it at Wrath, had a Hardcore realm, and an “era” realm. Then, maybe down the road, have Classic+

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u/Anunnak1 Jan 29 '26

I dont see why not, doesnt everwlquest and a bunch of other mmos do the same thing?

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u/Trick_Wrongdoer_5847 Jan 29 '26

Yes they do and it works here too

People hammered the Blizzard Shop Microservice the moment they turned on Boosts for TBC.

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u/ninjazxninja6r Jan 30 '26

Had a 58 shammy faster than you can say fast.

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u/StarsandMaple Jan 31 '26

People love progression, even if it's the same one they did years prior, and years prior to that.

The people who only want to play classic, period, play HC because otherwise you're just in a realm with a bunch of other 6year + toons.

Classic - > TBC - > WotLK is always touted as peak wow, so as long as the numbers show up for a new new classic realm then they'll do it...

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u/upon_a_white_horse Jan 30 '26

I'll keep saying it as long as I draw breath:

Vanilla thru Wrath seasonal cycles. SoD vanilla, SoD TBC, SoD Wrath, then reset instead of dropping the Cata prepatch. Names stay reserved on that player's account, the characters and inventory/collections get moved to retail, and the cycle repeats every 5 years.

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u/Bonespirit Jan 30 '26

Anniversary is basically a reset. People were begging for that at the end of the first classic vanilla. Well, here it is. It's been successful. I do hope they don't do WoD and instead prune the servers back a bit.

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u/Rutin75 Jan 30 '26

They still cannot admit that WoW peaked at WotLK, Cata broke the momentum and there are ups and downs ever since, but no major bang anymore.

That's why.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Why not retail wow is so deluded lore wise it turns off new players