World of Warcraft launches a new game mode today. With the ‘Hardcore’ variant, you can prove how good you really are.
“In the past, World of Warcraft was much harder” was one of the views that many veterans convinced themselves of before the launch of WoW Classic. However, most had to realize: No, it was just more time-consuming. But now Blizzard is introducing a truly “hard” variant of World of Warcraft Classic – namely the Hardcore variant. If you die here, you stay dead.
This gives many the opportunity to prove that they can meet this requirement. Special servers with very specific game rules are starting today.
What is “WoW Classic Hardcore”? With World of Warcraft Classic, Blizzard is bringing official servers that implement particularly tough rules already imposed by parts of the community. This means in detail:
- Characters have only one life. If you die, you stay dead. Resurrecting is not possible.
- Dungeons have a lock timer of 24 hours. Players significantly higher level than the dungeon ensure that everyone in the group receives significantly less XP.
- The limit of 16 debuffs and 32 buffs has been lifted.
- Paladins cannot use their Hearthstone while they have Divine Shield or Blessing of Protection activated.
- There are duels to the death: With /makgora, you challenge another player. The loser stays dead, the winner receives a stack of “Ear Necklace,” a buff that shows your kills.
The Hardcore variant is included in the normal WoW subscription. So if you just want to take a peek at the new servers and want to permanently walk as a ghost in the world at least by Hogger, you can easily do that.
When does it start? The servers for WoW Classic Hardcore start one hour before midnight, at 11:00 PM on August 24. So you still have a few hours to stock up on energy drinks and plenty of tips to avoid giving up the digital spoon at the first tougher quest.
Will you play WoW Classic Hardcore? Or is that not for you?
