The World of Warcraft Classic community project, The Classic+ Project has shared the survey results with the community. World of Warcraft players have been eagerly awaiting an official Classic+ announcement for years. The Classic+ Project gives players an opportunity to tell developer Blizzard what the community wants to see from an official release.
Classic+ would ideally see new content added to the pre-expansion, 2004 original version of World of Warcraft. It might include new class and race combinations, new raids, improved talent specialization for existing classes, and more. Blizzard hinted at a possible Classic+ reveal during its recent State of Azeroth event with an announcement potentially happening at BlizzCon 2026, the two-day showcase is slated to begin on September 12.
A Community Project is Giving Classic WoW Players a Unified Voice on Classic+
WoW Classic players want a say in Classic+, and a fast-growing fan project is helping them speak up.
What Players Want From an Official WoW Classic+
The Classic+ Project’s surveys cover everything from itemization to World of Warcraft Classic’s leveling experience. For example, out of 20,070 responses, 61.1% of players indicated that they don’t want any changes to the current World of Warcraft Classic leveling experience. Only 28.6% indicated they would want a faster leveling experience for Classic+, while 63.7% responded that they wouldn’t want to see phased level caps. Season of Discovery was the closest players have gotten to WoW Classic+, as it delivered content in phases which were divided into distinct level caps — 25, 40, 50, and 60.
Interestingly, from 41,544 total responses, 51.1% of players also indicated that they don’t want to see any transmog system in Classic+. Transmog is a system that originated in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and allows players to make one item gain the appearance of another item while retaining its original stats. Transmog has long been a big part of World of Warcraft, but it’s recently gotten a major update for its upcoming World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion.
Streamer and project lead Joardee, who stewards the project with creator of the Hardcore WoW All-Stars tournament, OnlyBlacksmoke, told GameRant the team plans to release more surveys in the future. For now, they are hard at work animating the World of Warcraft Classic community-created story with the most votes for Joardee’s YouTube series, similar to the Lord Kazzak animation he and his team created for The Classic+ Project’s initial announcement. Members of the World of Warcraft Classic community can cast their vote for which custom scenario they’d like to see brought to life over on the project’s website. Joardee and his team plan to reveal the video in the coming months, with additional episodes in the video series coming down the line.
“If you go to the content pages, it’s absolutely incredible to see some of the posts that people have made, and the deep knowledge that people have of the game and what might work and what doesn’t,” Joardee said.
Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield, community-facing Blizzard developer for World of Warcraft Classic, commented an eye emoji on Joardee’s most recent YouTube video covering the project. While the company hasn’t reached out in an official capacity, it at least looks like the company is aware of what Joardee and his team have been working on. Joardee told GameRant in a previous interview that he didn’t expect the developer to formally reach out regarding the project but would like to see a small nod to it. The main goal of the project is to be a resource for the development team. It also exists to show Blizzard that the community knows what it wants from an official Classic+ release.
“I was really glad that they at least nodded in a way that was like, ‘We see this,’” Joardee said. “That was enough, I think, for me to know that this has been a success, in terms of that part of the goal.”
A YouTube comment certainly isn’t confirmation that the World of Warcraft Classic developer will incorporate any of The Classic+ Project’s survey findings in whatever comes next for the 21-year-old game, but it is nice to see any form of acknowledgment from the World of Warcraft Classic development team. It’s possible that players could learn more about what Blizzard has planned for World of Warcraft Classic later this year during its BlizzCon event.
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November 23, 2004
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T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence (online interactions not rated)
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Unreal Engine
