Summary
World of Warcraft Classicjust locked Lava Lash, it’s only normal roleplaying realm in Season of Discovery. With this change, there are no longer any pure RP servers available for newWorld of Warcraft Classicplayers to join in Season of Discovery.
Traditionally,World of Warcrafthas four types of realms that fans can join: Normal, RP, PvP, and RP-PvP. Each server is classified based on whetherWoWcharacters are automatically flagged for world PvP, and whether players are encouraged to engage with others in-character and follow community roleplaying courtesies.
However, one of these types of realms has effectively been destroyed inWorld of Warcraft ClassicSeason of Discovery. In a recent forum post,WoWdeveloper Fwoibles announced that Lava Lash, the only RP server in Season of Discovery, had a population below whatWorld of Warcraftwanted it to be. As such, the realm has been locked to new accounts, meaning only players with characters on the server already can make new ones there. Fans can transfer their characters from Lava Lash to Wild Growth or Crusader Strike for free, or continue to play on Lava Lash, but its population will gradually dwindle over time.
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The loss of Lava Lash is made worse by the fact that Chaos Bolt, anotherRP-PvP server inWorld of Warcraft ClassicSeason of Discovery, only recently closed down. Lava Lash was one of the realms Chaos Bolt characters were able to transfer to, meaning players who just settled in from one transfer may have to do so again almost immediately.
Needless to say,World of Warcraftfans are not happy about this decision. Transferring realms brings several annoying penalties and restrictions with it, including gold limits based on character level, a complete wipe of the friends and ignore list, and a removal of guild affiliations. What’s worse, if a character’s name is already taken on their new server, fans are forced to change it – a consequence that is especially brutal forroleplayers inWorld of Warcraft, who are even more likely to be attached to the rare names they were able to claim shortly after the servers first opened.
This population problem inWorld of Warcraft ClassicSeason of Discovery has affected other regions outside the US as well. Last week,World of Warcraftannounced the closure of the EU versions of both Chaos Bolt and Lava Lash, putting them in the same predicament as their Western counterparts. Hopefully,World of Warcraft Classicfans across the globe can acclimateto this tumult, and Season of Discovery players can keep playing without fear of their realms being locked down.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
