BlizzCon 2019 was something that Blizzard was expected go all-in on, but with only two days before the start of the convention, the community is calling that into question based on controversy surrounding the prize pool for the WoW Arena World Championship and the Wow Mythic Dungeon International.
Esports organization Complexity Gaming has formed a partnership with Limit Guild. Limit Guild, now rebranded to COMPLEXITY-LIMIT, is currently ranked as the #1 North American Warcraft PvE guild.
The Following are descriptions of the digital content available to all BlizzCon 2019 attendees and Virtual Ticket Holders:
This week, Asmongold and his legion of guildies gathered enough materials and rare drops to craft one of the most iconic and powerful weapons in World of Warcraft: Classic.
Riot Games has fined G2 Esports for 'commercial violation' in the amount of €1,000. The violation in question falls in the lap of Top Laner Martin "Wunder" Hansen, according to the LEC penalty tracker.
If you’ve started your World of Warcraft Classic journey and are missing addons, which can help you in Azeroth, then look no further. This guide is designed to show you how to install all the addons you love in retail onto your World of Warcraft Classic game.
On the classic server Fairbanks, some sellers are posting prices as high as $1.87 USD for 1 piece of in-game gold. It is a market defined by fast delivery and maximum purchase limit.
"On September 6th, WoW: Classic finally fell just barely behind the "Just Chatting" category. Since then, it remains either the most popular game or in the top three games streamed on Twitch."
Most notably, it was revealed that three new realms were being created. The realms that can transfer to them are among the most populated (and overcrowded) realms in WoW: Classic.
"We are working to open our Free Character Move service for select WoW Classic realms in the coming days."
While the rest of us were clearing Deadmines and leveling through the early starting zones of World of Warcraft: Classic, a guiled called APES playing on the EU server Gehennas were traversing through Molten Core.
The small amount of initial servers and developers public concern with players actually sticking around makes it seem like, still, after all this time, Blizzard doesn't actually grasp how many players want to play WoW: Classic for reasons other than a short nostalgia trip.
"What wasn't expected was the surprisingly well mannered in-game behavior of hundreds of players waiting for the same quest objective. Rather than fight over mobs in a chaotic mess, multiple servers have all reported the emergence of astonishingly patient lines."
The first new servers were Kromcrush and Kurinnaxx. Then about 2 hours later, more servers were added, Ashkandi, Kirtonos and Rattlegore.
The majority of those players were, ironically, stuck in the most nostalgic and classic World of Warcraft experience of all -- being stuck at the "Realm is Full" screen upon login.
In 2004, Blizzard "vastly" underestimated World of Warcraft's popularity. Today, Classic developer leads "slightly suspect" they that are going to do that again.
"You have to think on your feet and adapt to the situation around you. Sometimes it's ok to leave an over-crowded area"
It is hard to imagine how World of Warcraft: Classic gameplay will actually feel in such unprecedentedly large servers.
There are absolutely tons of ways you can optimize Classic leveling, but the 6 tips above can all be used without much effort to enhance your experience and help you stay relatively up-to-snuff when traversing Azeroth.
Today, World of Warcraft: Classic community manager Kaivax made a post on the official Blizzard forums warning players of unprecedented levels of server capacity regarding the Classic PvP realm, Herod.