By Darren Allan
Blizzard has revealed more details on exactly how World of Warcraft Classic will pan out, with the nostalgic spin on the MMO set to be based on the game as it was during Patch 1.12 (known as Drums of War).
Drums of War went live in August 2006 and was the last patch before the first big expansion for the game landed (Burning Crusade arrived at the start of 2007). Blizzard said it took much deliberation over exactly where to pitch WoW Classic, and chose this point because it “represents the most complete version of the classic experience”.
Work is underway on rebuilding the old game, but predictably – considering this is a build dating back well over a decade – the developer encountered plenty of thorny issues to untangle, like compatibility problems with modern graphics cards, and a lack of support for Blizzard’s modern security systems.
So the idea is to present players with a vanilla version of World of Warcraft pre-Burning Crusade content-wise, but also bring it fully up to date with the important bells and whistles of the modern game, such as the firm’s anti-cheating countermeasures.
The end result should be the best of both Worlds (of Warcraft). What Blizzard …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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