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jannickz 07 มิถุนายน 2565 , 14:35:13
Patrick Dawson and Tim Jones of the Blizzard Classic Team were interviewed by World of Warcraft writers on World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. We've rounded up the top takeaways about the Era Server, how long it will take before the patch, class balancing, and more.

World of Warcraft: Legion of Dragons and Wrath of the Lich King Classic were announced, and a series of interviews with Blizzard developers were conducted that unearthed many additional details. For example, we had the chance to talk to Game Director Ion Hazzikostas about the Dragon Islands, the Dragon Class, and Dragon Riding.

The new WotLK Classic info block
In fact, most of the interviews revolved around Dragonflight. The WoWHead writers also had the chance to talk to Patrick Dawson (Production Director) and Tim Jones (Technical Designer) from the Classic team about WotLK Classic and below we summarize the key new insights.

Unlike the transition from World of Warcraft Classic to TBC Classic, there will be no era servers for the Burning Expedition in the transition from TBC Classic to World of Warcraft Classic. These may come later.
Classic will definitely have another season of champions.
There are currently no plans for a race or faction change service. We want to continue to monitor player feedback here.
There are no plans to remove restrictions on PvP servers through WotLK Classic (so the ability to have both Horde and Alliance characters on a PvP server is something that came with patch 3.2).
As far as class balancing in WotLK Classic goes, patch 3.3.5 is the benchmark the developers are sticking to. This is not necessarily the case with systems and functions.
In WotLK Classic, players receive individual ratings in PvP, not team ratings. So you are free to switch your teammates for the arena.
The WotLK Classic pre-patch phase should last a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of six weeks. The current trend is three to four weeks.

These are the stages of WotLK Classic
According to Tim Jones, the content stages of the WotLK classic will likely look like this.

Activities prior to installation (two to six weeks)
Phase 1: WotLK Classic release
Unlock the first team copy of Naxxramas, Eternal Eye, Obsidian Sanctuary (about a week after launch)
Phase 2: Ondur
Tier 3: Trials of the Crusaders, Silver Tournament
Tier 4: Bastion Icecrown
Tier 5: The Ruby Sanctum

You can find our overview of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic here. In addition, we have summarized the differences between WotLK 2008 and WotLK Classic 2022 at https://www.wotlkclassicgold.com/