Let’s be honest. While WoW Classic is extremely fun, it is not very challenging, at least not with the default options that people were able to experience back when WoW Classic was released or during the Season of Mastery. However, people have found a way to make it not only more challenging but also more fun and interesting, and that is with WoW Classic Hardcore Servers.
There are EU and NA servers for World of Warcraft Classic that are for the most hardcore players and fans of the game. What makes these servers unique is that they have special hardcore rules which are followed through with an addon.
The part that makes this experience, so hardcore is that the character you create only has a single life. That means once your character dies, you can delete it or wander the astral plains of the game as a ghost who can never respawn again.
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While the official hardcore mode that boosted the WoW Classic server population also had this idea of the “iron soul” challenge, the addon has even more rules. One of those rules is that you cannot interact with the auction house, and you cannot trade with other players or receive mail from them.
Players can use all professions to craft themselves gear, and they can use all talents, but if you happen to be a Warlock or a Shaman, you cannot resurrect yourself with your abilities. Paladins are also forbidden from using the good ol’ bubble hearthstone combo.
Something that makes this challenge even more unique is that you are not allowed to ask other players to help you clear content, and you can only group with people if you are doing a dungeon.
While dungeons and raids are something that still makes WoW one of the best MMORPG games of all time, the trick with hardcore servers is that you can only do each dungeon and raid once, and you have to do it with one group that shares a dungeon lockout.
Official Blizzard Hardcore servers will almost certainly be announced soon, possibly sooner than we even anticipate. It’s expected that Blizzard will launch Season of Mastery 2 sometime in 2023, which would also be the perfect time to roll out official Hardcore servers in one combined package.
This is not just us speculating – there’s concrete evidence for this. Blizzard devs have recently spoken with the team behind the Classic Hardcore addon, and while we’re not privy to the exact details, it’s safe to assume it had something to do with official WoW Hardcore servers.
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Right now, we’re in a massive Hardcore WoW craze. Some of the top World of Warcraft streamers are either playing WoW Hardcore or reacting to it during their streams. Blizzard would be foolish not to capitalize on the immense hype, which is why we believe they’re already concocting something new behind the scenes.
WoW Classic Hardcore challenge has been so successful specifically because of all the rules and limitations set by the WoW addon. Removing or drastically changing said rules could potentially hurt the Classic Hardcore community.
However, this might change once the official Hardcore servers go live. Blizzard could opt for a more lenient approach in order to draw in more players, without straying too far from the core experience. Instead of having 1 unique dungeon run per character, they might do a 24-hour lockouts instead. It would still prevent players from spamming the same dungeon, but would allow for more avenues to get powerful gear while leveling. Just one example.
Ultimately, the decision rests on Blizzard’s shoulders and we’ll just have to wait and see what they’ll do.
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