For WoW the 11th expansion for the game is coming soon, and its first features like housing can already be tested. A user posted a picture on Reddit that has the community in absolute nostalgia for the very first expansion.
What is this picture? In the Reddit for WoW Classic, DN6666 posted a screenshot from a 19-year-old Windows version. The window World of Warcraft v1.12.1.5875
is presumably displayed on Windows XP: The launch window of World of Warcraft 2006 featuring the advertisement for the expansion Burning Crusade, released on January 16, 2007.
The picture has now been upvoted over 2300 times and has received over 150 comments. In those comments, players indulge in nostalgia. Some celebrate the good times they had back then. Others wish for this launcher to return, as it was not a storefront for all sorts of purchasable in-game items with real money.
Here you can see the announcement trailer for Burning Crusade in WoW Classic:
Original Launcher of WoW: Burning Crusade brings tears, but also frustration
How do players react? In the comments, many WoW players indulge in nostalgia. Reddit user mrvalrek, for example, writes, Thank you, now I’m crying
. shadedren, on the other hand, says he still has the release box at home. Redditor _Keelo_ writes: Take me back. Man, the days when you had to monitor a CD installation for a whole day were so great when I think about it.
The most upvoted comment is from SpectresCreed. He writes that he misses the old launchers and installation programs. The discussion underneath, however, doesn’t just go in a nostalgic direction. Among others, LysanderBelmont states, Yes, back then launchers and installation programs were not damn storefronts.
garlicroastedpotato writes that he had to wait two weeks for the expansion to arrive by mail. In contrast, Desuexss states that he queued in freezing cold for the add-on.
How was Burning Crusade received back then? In fact, Burning Crusade on Metacritic still has a score of 91 and a user rating of 8.2. The new areas and the new races, like the Blood Elves, were praised at the time. The new monsters were also considered great.
However, there were reportedly some issues at launch. According to WoWHead.com, the expansion struggled with server problems and crashes at release. At the same time, the add-on was the fastest-selling video game of all time at that time. Since 2007, Burning Crusade has also been available in WoW Classic and has impressed MeinMMO editor Benedikt Grothaus back then.
Retail World of Warcraft will release the 11th expansion Midnight in 2026. First features are already playable, including a trimmed-down version of player housing. MeinMMO demon Cortyn has been busy with it for the past few weeks: I spent 2 weeks just on housing in WoW – This is the result
