So when World of Warcraft launched in 2004

World of Warcraft Classic turned into Classic wow gold a thing when Blizzard finally gave in subsequent years of players calling for a return to the'vanilla' experience of Warcraft. Participants got their fix for years through different personal'legacy' servers but when Blizzard ordered Nostalrius, the largest of these to close its doors back in 2016, fans once again called for an official'vanilla' server. Blizzard finally relented and declared World of Warcraft Classic through the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2018.

When World of Warcraft initially launched way back in 2004, it drew in a huge number of players and quickly grew to have millions of readers worldwide. Besides the sheer scale of the match, a massive force behind the achievement of the MMO was that the world in which it was set.

Azeroth has been around since the first Warcraft: Orcs and Humans started in 1994 and the subsequent Warcraft 2 games further built on the narrative and lore. Warcraft 3 was possibly the most popular of these early games also introduced us to a number of the characters that would go on to play huge roles in World of Warcraft, including Sylvanas Windrunner, Jaina Proudmore, along with Arthas Menethil, among others.

So when World of Warcraft launched in 2004, all the lore, history, and places that was laid out from the earlier Warcraft games have been attracted to life in Blizzard's vast MMO.

If you've just got a few hours each week to dedicate to a MMO, Classic may not be the match for you and you might be better off looking at modern Warcraft to fulfill this Azeroth-shaped hole. That being said, if you are not particularly worried about endgame content like raiding or max-level dungeons and only want to explore Azeroth as it had been in 2006 then by all means, continue. But if you want to enjoy everything that Classic has to offer, then you need to be prepared to devote a lot of time not only levelling your character however completing different Attunement quests and grinding reputation to get some of buy wow gold classic those late-game instances.