In WoW Classic, pirates are taking the World First in leveling and boss kills. Both the first level 60 and the raid guild that first defeated the bosses Ragnaros and Onyxia gained their experiences on illegal private servers. This is unlikely to please Blizzard.
Here was the situation before the launch: Before the release of WoW Classic, it was believed that the “big World First” guilds like Method would take the race in WoW Classic:
- The guilds that usually raid the official WoW servers semi-professionally with sponsor deals to secure mythical World First kills and prestige were already in the starting blocks.
- Big Twitch streamers like Asmongold or Sodapoppin wanted to keep up and be among the first to reach level 60. They forwent sleep and wanted to push through violently.
This is how it has gone now: In fact, Twitch streamers and professional raid guilds play no role when it comes to the World Firsts.
Leading are players specialized in WoW Classic. They have been playing this version for a longer time. However, on servers that are a thorn in Blizzard’s side. They are “P-Servers”, private servers or pirate servers, which are operated under dubious circumstances without a license and run “older versions” of WoW:
- It is said about the mage Jokerd, who was the first to reach level 60, that he had also gained the first 60s on the private servers Elysium and Light’s Hope. These are two of the largest WoW Vanilla servers overall.
- The successful raid guild APES, which defeated Ragnaros and Onyxia, has also been playing together on private servers for years.
This is openly communicated – the players are proud of their achievements there.
WoW Classic is the Hour of Private Servers
This is what’s behind it: Private servers have been a big thing in WoW for years, but they operate in the shadows. When private servers become too popular like Nostalrius, Blizzard takes action against them and has them shut down.
Players on official WoW servers often say: “Private servers don’t count” – who knows what special conditions apply there.
Over the years, the sentiment has built up that private server players want to show everyone when WoW Classic goes live and want to gain their recognition. That is exactly what has happened.
For Blizzard, this is a double-edged sword:
- With the official servers, they now entice “private server players” to play an official WoW again.
- But the fact that the pirates are now profiting so much has a strange aftertaste – after all, they have circumvented official WoW for years. They are known for being very critical of Blizzard and retail WoW.
For the private server people, it must be a satisfaction. They see themselves as a driving force in the creation of WoW Classic, which has pushed Blizzard to get going and move away from their “You think you want it, but you don’t want it” attitude.
