'World of Warcraft Classic' Beta Details: How Much of Azeroth Can You Explore?

World of Warcraft Classic will bring the world of Azeroth back to 2005, allowing players a chance to play the game without expansions or updates. Players attending BlizzCon or who buy the Virtual Ticket will be able to play the Beta in early November. WoW developers just released a blog on the Blizzard site with a few more details about how the Beta is going to work.

The world of Azeroth is going to be a lot smaller for this first test of the World of Warcraft Classic Beta. Here are the biggest changes, updates and additions that will be playing in the test realm from the latest developer blog.

  • You start off level 15 and the level cap will be 19. There's only a limited time so the devs want you to spend it playing rather than grinding.
  • You will only be able to play for a limited amount of time so other players can also have time to play. There's only so much server space to go around and the WoW devs want to make sure everyone has a turn. It's unclear how much time that will be.
  • There will only be two zones available to play in when the Beta launches: Barrens for the Horde and Westfall for Alliance. "You'll be able to search for Mankrik's wife, curse at Ornery Plainstriders for not having beaks, and make a group to kill Defias Pillagers in Moonbrook," the post said.
  • The Deadmines and Wailing Caverns dungeons will not be available in the opening Beta.
  • The Battle.net app will launch the WoW Classic Beta, so you'll be able to use the client's chat function to add your friends.
  • There's support for widescreen monitors so everything won't look so squished.
  • Cheats will get you banned; Blizzard wants to make this Beta as fair as possible.

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