This Week in WoW - September 18, 2023

[Lumy]

This Week in WoW - September 18, 2023

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. The icy winds of Icecrown Citadel will sweep the lands of Northrend beginning the week of October 10. Will you and your allies have what it takes to face the Lich King in his stronghold?

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Prepare to Face the Lich King in Patch 3.4.3

Patch 3.4.3 becomes available the week of October 10, bringing with it a variety of updates to Wrath of the Lich King Classic including:

• New Dungeons
  
  • The Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, and Halls of Reflection
    
• Random Dungeon Finder
  
• New Titan Rune Dungeons: Defense Protocol Gamma
  
• New Collections User Interface
  
• And more.

Icecrown Citadel Opens on October 12

Engage in twelve encounters across five wings within the Lich King’s stronghold when the Icecrown Citadel opens its doors on October 12 at 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 GMT) globally. Players can undertake the challenge of this raid dungeon in either Normal or Heroic modes. The Shadowmourne Legendary quest chain will also be available to Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors who believe they have what it takes to wield this legendary two-handed axe.

Read the Wrath Classic 3.4.3 PTR development notes to learn more details.

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News and Events This Week

• September 19
  
  • (Event) Pirate’s Day Holiday
    
  • (Event) World Quest Bonus Event
    
  • (Event) PvP Brawl: Shado-Pan Showdown
    
• September 20
  
  • (Event) Brewfest Holiday
    
• September 22
  
  • (Article) Blues News
    

[SinR]

Lets Fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Wrath Classic Queues Intensify]

[Jtbrig7390]

Only a month away until LFD finally comes to Wrath.

Between that, retail and HC, WoW is going to consume a lot of my time.

[SinR]

I do think its funny that RDF was "THE THING" that kept people away from Classic.

I did fine in Phase 1 on my Prot Paladin. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 2 on my Fury Warrior. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 3 on a DK Tank, a Druid Tank, and that Prot Paladin. Got them good enough to do TOGC10/25.

All without RDF.

[Mendzia]

I've got BiS geared HPala.
I've got super well geared Disco.
I've got okayish geared DK that takes all the leftovers on alt raids.
LFD almost do not bother me at all in that case but i will happily push my last class that is not at least at lvl 70 - shaman so i think it is a good think it is finally here.

[Deadite]

I do think its funny that RDF was "THE THING" that kept people away from Classic.

I did fine in Phase 1 on my Prot Paladin. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 2 on my Fury Warrior. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 3 on a DK Tank, a Druid Tank, and that Prot Paladin. Got them good enough to do TOGC10/25.

All without RDF.

Yeah but the 'moved onto raids' is the thing most people don't do. Log in and do some quests and a few random dungeons and/or a few random bg's. This is the way.

[SinR]

I mean, I guess I can do RDF on a lowbie and get them to 40 for Gnome Mounts since they're the only Alliance Race I don't have 40+ atm

[craigw]

and so it begins....

[xenogear3]

Finally, Random Dungeon Finder.
Raid Finder next.

[Neotart]

I do think its funny that RDF was "THE THING" that kept people away from Classic.

I did fine in Phase 1 on my Prot Paladin. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 2 on my Fury Warrior. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 3 on a DK Tank, a Druid Tank, and that Prot Paladin. Got them good enough to do TOGC10/25.

All without RDF.

So did i...so did many people, i could ride my bike to the store 30mins away, or i could drive my car and get there in 5mins...RDF is going to be nice to have, until people abuse the vote to kick.

[Fkiolaris]

I do think its funny that RDF was "THE THING" that kept people away from Classic.

I did fine in Phase 1 on my Prot Paladin. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 2 on my Fury Warrior. Got her gear and moved onto raids.
I did fine in Phase 3 on a DK Tank, a Druid Tank, and that Prot Paladin. Got them good enough to do TOGC10/25.

All without RDF.

Nothing to do with 4 out of 5 being tanks I assume, but you do your "I am alright Jack" as you like. Also, for your 5 characters I put my 5 that I didn't bother with because of no RDF, same with plenty of others that I know. I dropped my sub in January and I have now just reactivated it purely because of RDF.

[SinR]

Nothing to do with 4 out of 5 being tanks I assume, but you do your "I am alright Jack" as you like. Also, for your 5 characters I put my 5 that I didn't bother with because of no RDF, same with plenty of others that I know. I dropped my sub in January and I have now just reactivated it purely because of RDF.

Because putting a group together is hard.

[Fkiolaris]

Because putting a group together is hard.

And it seems that not acting intentionally obtuse regarding why many people wanted RDF, never mind why Blizzard's handling of the matter left a bitter taste to them, is even harder.