The beta of Wrath of the Lich King Classic has started. Finally, you can return to Northrend and relive your WoW childhood.
Slowly but surely, a childhood dream is coming within reach for many WoW fans. Wrath of the Lich King Classic will be released later in 2022 – and the beta for it has now started. Here, Blizzard wants to thoroughly test the “new, old” expansion. This is necessary, as there are still numerous quirky or serious bugs that could spoil the gaming experience.
What’s already available in the beta? In the first week of the beta of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Blizzard primarily wants to test the basic gameplay during the leveling phase, as well as the overhaul of the group finder tool. At the same time, the use of interface extensions (addons) is completely prohibited, forcing all players to initially play with the standard interface. This also helps to obtain pure feedback, where any possible bugs caused by addons are definitely ruled out.
How can you participate? If you want a chance to get into the beta of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, you can register on the official WoW Classic site for it.
Are there any restrictions? Yes. For now, the maximum level in the beta is capped at 76, after which there will be an XP lock. This ensures that Blizzard can thoroughly test the content during the leveling phase, limited to the initial areas.
Later, the level cap will be lifted when the focus shifts to testing the heroic dungeons and other endgame content.
Numerous bugs still in the beta: The fact that Blizzard cannot simply “take the old WotLK from back then” and transfer it 1:1, but has to manually reset many contents is also evident from the plethora of bugs and errors still present in the current version. Some of the funniest – or most serious – bugs are:
- The mana and energy regeneration of several classes is still not functioning correctly.
- The Argent Tournament in Icecrown looks quite buggy. Many objects are missing, and it should actually be completely removed (as it does not exist at that time).
- Haste rating does not increase spell haste.
- The “Battle for Undercity” questline has many bugs and cannot be completed correctly.
- Death Knights have many bugs: missing voice effects, death runes do not function.
- Demons scale incorrectly with the Warlock’s stats and are far too strong.
- Leaving a vehicle can cause a disconnection.
- Many NPCs in Orgrimmar spawn in the wrong location and get stuck halfway or completely in the ground.
- The vendors in Dalaran are still faulty and sell loot from later patches.
As you can see, there are still a lot of bugs and issues that Blizzard is already aware of – in addition to those that players will hopefully uncover in the beta.
Are you in the beta and already leveling your first hero in Northrend?
