Blizzard confirms major quality-of-life changes for WoW Classic Fresh servers
Due to player feedback, the WoW Classic Fresh servers are going to get a few important quality-of-life changes. Of course, this has upset a very vocal part of the community who feel Classic servers shouldn’t get any changes that might make them easier or more manageable. Nonetheless, according to Kaivax, one of the game’s Community Managers, they will get some important updates.
These WoW Classic Fresh servers were revealed as part of the World of Warcraft Classic 2025 roadmap. While the plan is to retain the ideals and style of the vanilla experience as much as possible, some changes will be made for the overall health of the game.
Three important quality-of-life changes are coming to WoW Classic Fresh servers
When the WoW Classic Fresh servers launch on November 21, 2024, at 2 pm PST, they will bring a series of important quality-of-life changes. Some will be available right from the start, with the others scheduled for later. These won't be game-breaking alterations.
At launch, players will have access to instant mail between characters on the same account, and the buff/debuff limit will also be removed from the game. These are solid, minor improvements that will improve combat and help you easily send items/gold to your alts.
However, dual specs will be added at a later date. We don’t know if it will be like the older dual specs system or the more modern one, where you can set and swap builds for free. This can make the game “too easy” in the Classic system.
In the vanilla days, players had to go back to a Class trainer and re-spec each time they wanted to change their build. This got more and more expensive with each re-spec, making it incredibly costly for some players.
Other changes are also coming, and the ones more common across the Classic-era servers have been mentioned below:
- Reporting system improvements
- Dethroning system (guild leadership transfer)
- The Chronoboon Displacer (and making it stack to 10)
- Improved PVP Honor Ranking system
- Graphical improvements
For those who aren’t familiar, the Chronoboon Displacer is an item that suspends beneficial world effects from Dragonslaying, Dire Maul, Zul’Gurub, and Felwood, allowing you to use these buffs at a later time. This item is only available on the WoW Classic servers and will be again on the Fresh Start Anniversary servers.
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