A new patch for World of Warcraft Classic is set to adjust the Alterac Valley. Are both sides now on equal footing?
The player-versus-player combat in World of Warcraft Classic is not always balanced. In the battlegrounds that have endured for more than 15 years, many players know tricks and exploits. To put an end to this, Blizzard is making some changes. Soon, many of these strategies will no longer be effective.
Changes being made: The developers have planned the following changes for Alterac Valley.
- Players can no longer climb up the waterfall to access the Frostwolf base.
- Players can no longer scale the cliffs to come out near the Dun Baldar graveyard.
- The Icewing bunker can no longer be bypassed.
- The Horde warmasters can no longer be drawn far enough away from Drek’thar to fight him alone.
- It is no longer possible to use some tricks to pull Vandar out of the bunker to defeat him alone.
Additionally, the Alliance will now always receive reputation and honor when they defeat Galvangar, regardless of whether Balinda is still alive. This behavior is now the same as the Horde, who also always receive honor and reputation for killing Balinda, regardless of whether Galvangar is still alive.
Why is Blizzard making this change? Part of the changes are based on the principle of fairness. The fact that the Horde and Alliance receive different amounts of reputation and honor for the same events was simply a mistake. This has now been corrected.
Other things, such as blocking certain paths or the behavior of the general’s guards are based on the developers’ intentions. Such behavior was not desired back then, and if it had been exploited in the past, developers would have intervened.
4 new bag slots in WoW Classic
What else is changing? In addition to the adjustments mentioned above, a feature from modern WoW will also be transferred to Classic. In the future, all players of WoW: Classic can earn 4 additional inventory slots. They just need to secure their account with an authenticator. This provides more security and makes it harder for scammers to hack the account.
Blizzard is aware that 4 additional inventory slots in Classic are a major change. However, they consider the security of accounts so important that the developers want to reward this additional security.
When is the patch coming? The patch will be released along with Ahn’Qiraj and is currently still being tested on the PTR. So it will probably be several weeks before these improvements are actually implemented.
What do you think about the changes? Is it good that Blizzard is doing this? Or should it have stayed in Classic?
