Anyone who was planning to earn some specialties for their account in World of Warcraft: Classic is out of luck.
There will basically be no “cross-rewards” between the current version of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and World of Warcraft: Classic. So, if someone finds a nice weapon in the Classic version of WoW, they will not unlock it for their Battle.net account and their collection. WoW: Classic is intended to remain a closed system.
WoW: Classic is scheduled to be released in summer 2019.
Two separate games: In the official forum, Community Manager Ythisens explained that “Classic” and “Retail” (the current version) are two completely separate games until something else is announced. That is not currently the plan, and the current opinion on this matter is “rock solid”.
Some players are disappointed: For some players, the approach of World of Warcraft: Classic was primarily motivating because they hoped to earn old rewards for the current version of World of Warcraft. They wanted to obtain the T3 sets from Naxxramas, which are no longer available in the current version (or only for several million gold and with much luck in the black market auction house).
Exception for Collector’s Edition pets? It is still under discussion whether players who owned a Collector’s Edition back then would also be granted their special pets again in “Classic”. After all, these pets exist in the Retail version of the game, and the license they acquired back then applies. This topic still needs to be discussed internally.
What do you think about this strict separation between Classic and the current WoW? Is it good for rewards to retain their value from back then? Or should it be relaxed later?
