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WoW: Forever is Classic Plus, and it's real
Blizzard just announced a third World of Warcraft, set in 2004 but going places vanilla never did.
In brief
Blizzard just announced a third World of Warcraft, set in 2004 but going places vanilla never did. Classic Plus finally exists as WoW: Forever, a 2004-era WoW that keeps growing instead of staying frozen. Originally reported by PC Gamer.
The rumors were true
What fans called "Classic Plus" has a real name: World of Warcraft: Forever. It resets the clock to 2004, the year WoW launched.
Not a museum piece
Unlike WoW: Classic, this isn't about reliving the old run. Forever adds new parts of Azeroth and tells stories the original progression never got to.
“telling stories that weren't told during the MMO's original progression”
Level 60, still
The cap stays at 60 "for the foreseeable future," and the new content spans all levels rather than piling up at the top.
“for the foreseeable future”
What you actually get
Three new zones, nine dungeons, two raids, and several vanilla zones overhauled to fill the blank spaces on the old map.
“filling in the blank spaces of the vanilla map”
Skyborne Elves arrive
A new playable race joins, plus new race and class combos. The trailer appears to show a Forsaken paladin, a dwarf shaman, and an orc mage.
Straight out of RuneScape's playbook
Jagex treats 2006 RuneScape as a starting point, not a specimen, and OSRS is bigger now than in its original run. Beta hits Thursday, launch is November 4.
The essence
Classic Plus finally exists as WoW: Forever, a 2004-era WoW that keeps growing instead of staying frozen.
