World of Warcraft

After the recent DDoS Attacks and therefore the death of hardcore characters, Blizzard will revive these characters which have died during these attacks.

This will not mean that they will generally revive hardcore characters, but they will take into credit that server issues are not something players should be punished further with.

Greetings,

Recently, we have experienced unprecedented distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that impacted many Blizzard game services, including Hardcore realms, with the singular goal of disrupting players’ experiences. As we continue our work to further strengthen the resilience of WoW realms and our rapid response time, we’re taking steps to resurrect player-characters that were lost as a result of these attacks. Unlike the many other ways characters can die in Hardcore, DDoS attacks are an intentionally malicious effort made by third-party bad actors, and we believe the severity and results of DDoS attacks specifically warrant a different response.

In the future, Blizzard may elect – at our sole discretion – to revive Hardcore characters that perish in a mass event which we deem inconsistent with the integrity of the game, such as a DDoS attack.

Our broader stance on character restorations or death appeals has not changed. To be clear, we do not intend to revive characters which have died due to server disconnects, lag spikes, gameplay bugs, or any other reasons. Blizzard Customer Support cannot assist with issues related to characters who have died on Hardcore realms.

Thank you, as always, for your feedback.

Clay Stone Associate Production Director, WoW Classic

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Here's my background music for the day.

I just started playing after some time, created a new character, and went straight into the story of Dragonflight. At this point, is it worth buying War Within? Or should I wait until I finish the Dragonflight story?

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replace Plump with anything you're trying to find. Found this on the Lionel comments https://www.wowhead.com/npc=223143/lionel#comments%3Aid=5943295

WoW’s 20th Anniversary Event REVEALED:
🛡️ Modernized Tier 2 Transmog Sets
🌋 Blackrock Depths Raid Returns
🦟 Gates of Ahn’Qiraj Revisited
⌛ Classic Dungeon Timewalking
💪 Korrak's Revenge PvP
🎉 Additional Activities & New Rewards

It's a full patch.

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Because I'm weird I like 10 hour mixes of repetitive stuff.

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https://www.wowhead.com/news/blizzard-developers-form-the-world-of-warcraft-gamemakers-guild-union-345419

About damn time :D

The classic devs have opened a Twitter account: https://x.com/wowclassicdevs/status/1816535647190188262

Compare to the retail devs who've not used theirs in a while. https://x.com/WarcraftDevs last post Sep 2023

Machinima short showing what World of Warcraft would look like if it was about racing.

This is freaking awesome.

https://x.com/Warcraft/status/1805299860448366605

I can't find any news anywhere if winners had been chosen or mentioned!