Is classic truly classic?

I wanted to replay the original campaigns and i wonder if classic is fully classic. I know it uses the old visuals, but have the campaigns been changed in classic as well? And what about stuff like missing voices etc? Also, are the bugs in the classic campaign?

Up until recently the answer would have been yes. Since patch 1.36 though the SD campaign is now experiencing bugs such as TFT missions having item stacking, missing strings resulting from corrupted wts files, and disconnecting from missions during cutscenes. If you are looking to play the original campaign it would be best to use an old game version.

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I still have the installer with the old CD key, i suppose i could use that, but i wonder if there’s a pre-reforged patch that’s considered the “best”.

At first i was looking at 1.31 but i heard it has bugs like the AI heroes not picking talents and also it can crash on saves. So maybe 1.30.4 but google has conflicting opinions and there appears to be no consensus.

1.30.4 should be fine.

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Has anything been changed? Not deliberately. But bugs are a thing. :stuck_out_tongue:

Here are some changes that I know/remember (they may originated from Reforged or not):

  • (All?) RoC models has been changed to TFT version:
    Gyrocopter→Flying Machine
    Steam Tank→Siege Engine
    Catapult→Demolisher
    Ballista→Glaive Thrower*1
    Furion→Malfurion (with stag)*2
    *1: However its projectile is still bolt not glaive. And though the name, description, and the icon in unit panel of its upgrade are “Vorpal Blades”, the icon in Ancient of War panel and practical performance are “Impaling Bolt”.
    *2: Though the model is riding a stag now, they didn’t adjust his performances, therefore you will see the stag moves its legs widely but the unit moves slowly (since the value of movement speed still the same as walking Furion). They also changed Furion to Malfurion in subtitles.

  • They altered the last phase of RoC End Credit which Archimonde as director and Arthas shows on stage – Space Fel Orcs was replaced by massive Zombies and entered the battle earlier: 'cause Space Fel Orcs has been removed from World Editor since a certain version. Also the Nuke Sheep appeared before the battle was over.

  • Grom was renamed Grommash. Btw he has Pillage in Reforged mode.

  • Akama’s wolves have Pillage now however it’s in an unresearched state and there is no way to research it in the Mission except the cheat code “whoisjohngalt” so it’s useless generally.

  • Varimathras got a voice removed (along with Spellbreaker and Dryad). See below:
    Stop Messing With Voices

  • Scepter of Healing in The Founding of Durotar got nerfed (Regeneration Aura removed).

  • Some items removed from The Founding of Durotar (e.g. Searing Blade, and Helm of Battlethirst maybe?).