World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic Beta Begins

Blizzard announces beta testing is underway for World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic, so if you've been burning to try this out, now's your chance. Current WoW subscribers can find details on how to opt in on this page. Here's word:
The Burning Crusade Classic beta test has begun! Over the course of the test, we’ll be inviting opt-in beta testers and more to check out the upcoming Classic expansion and give us feedback.

Players selected to participate in the beta test will receive an email invitation directing them to download the beta client directly from the Battle.net desktop app. As always, please be aware of phishing attempts—if you’re unsure whether your invitation is legitimate, please log in to your Battle.net account to verify that there is a Burning Crusade Classic beta license attached (under Your Game Accounts).

GETTING STARTED
If you’ve been selected to participate in the beta test, your Battle.net account will already be flagged for access.

  • Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date.
  • Run the Battle.net desktop app—it may need to update itself if you haven’t run it recently. If you don’t have the app installed, get started here.
  • Once Battle.net is installed and updated, select World of Warcraft from the list of games.
  • In the Game Version drop-down menu above the Play button, choose the Burning Crusade (listed under In Development), then click Install.
  • Allow installation to complete, click Play and select any of the available Test Servers.
  • Create a new test character or copy over a character from your live WoW Classic account using the Copy Character button.
  • Enter the game and test the content.

If you have issues installing and operating the Burning Crusade beta, please check our Common Technical Issues and Solutions to begin troubleshooting.

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VaranDragon wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 02:58:
Blizzard's really milking this revival WoW shit for all it's worth isn't it? I mean I would get it, if they did some kind of fancy new graphics overlay, and keeping the gameplay identical. Sort of like they did with Diablo2 Resurrected, but Vanilla and now this? Cow's tits.

The graphics ASSETS are old, but the new lighting engine breathes life into them. WoW in 2004-2006 didn't look even close to how it looks with the modern lighting engine. Your low-poly character looks a lot more angular when every polygon has the same light level for the entirety of its surface. I've played the pirate server WoW and then classic WoW and the perceived difference in graphics is huge. Light is everything.
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Re: World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic Beta Begins Mar 25, 2021, 16:48
Mar 25, 2021, 16:48
 
Is it future or is it past? The industry made it possible. We are now able to expect something that was released years ago.
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Mar 25, 2021, 16:46
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Re: World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic Beta Begins Mar 25, 2021, 16:46
Mar 25, 2021, 16:46
 
WoW is fun but I have learned to just say no these days. It's always the same with me...fun for a week or two and then the daily logins feel like a job to complete x tasks per day, rinse, repeat. Now if I need to scratch the WoW itch I log in to a pirate server and start a character and play a few levels.
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Are all/most AAA devs shells of what they were and is the reason burnout or leaving for greener pastures know as indy developers, leaving AAA's with JR dev's at best in their trails? Sort of feels that way. This is proving to be a sector (technical/art) that simply has a very hard time of continuous improvement.
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Jivaro wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 08:40:
Ant wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 03:56:
I quit WoWing before BC expansion came out. I never saw the changes since then. Maybe it's time for me to revisit.

BC was peak WoW in my estimation. I suppose everyone has a window of time that they think was the best for the game though.

To me, that peak was Legion. Shadowlands is OK, but I’m rapidly losing interest. Legion held my attention for the entire time the expansion was current.
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Ant wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 03:56:
I quit WoWing before BC expansion came out. I never saw the changes since then. Maybe it's time for me to revisit.

BC was peak WoW in my estimation. I suppose everyone has a window of time that they think was the best for the game though.
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I quit WoWing before BC expansion came out. I never saw the changes since then. Maybe it's time for me to revisit.
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Mar 25, 2021, 03:42
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VaranDragon wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 02:58:
Blizzard's really milking this revival WoW shit for all it's worth isn't it? I mean I would get it, if they did some kind of fancy new graphics overlay, and keeping the gameplay identical. Sort of like they did with Diablo2 Resurrected, but Vanilla and now this? Cow's tits.

So at it's peak WoW had 12 MILLION subscribers which has slowly been declining over the years. Players begged for WoW Classic, Blizzard said it couldn't be done. Blizzard actually looked into it and it's payed off. Players asked for BC, and Blizzard is doing that as well. Blizzard is pretty much a shell of what it once was so makes sense to do what it knows it can make money with.
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Blizzard's really milking this revival WoW shit for all it's worth isn't it? I mean I would get it, if they did some kind of fancy new graphics overlay, and keeping the gameplay identical. Sort of like they did with Diablo2 Resurrected, but Vanilla and now this? Cow's tits.
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NKD wrote on Mar 24, 2021, 23:02:
Ah man I wish this had happened years ago when I still had the energy for MMOs. TBC was great fun.

I've jumped back into WoW, and tried Classic with a friend and I gotta say..... coming from Everquest and Ultima Online at the time WoW was "easy".. but after playing WoW Classic... I put in the work the first time I like the current "easy mode".
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Mar 24, 2021, 23:18
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Re: World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic Beta Begins Mar 24, 2021, 23:18
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Yeah, I have to admit this is actually tempting. I suspect I won't jump in though.
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Ah man I wish this had happened years ago when I still had the energy for MMOs. TBC was great fun.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
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