Is 1.12 an AQ and Naxx patch only?

Branardol-moon-guard · June 17, 2019, 1:09am

sigh, you’re correct.

Along the way, we’ve seen many questions asking if we’re also retracing the steps of incremental changes to individual items and their stats that may have occurred throughout original WoW. Such a plan could be called “progressive itemization.”

Here’s an example of progressive itemization. The Tier 2 warrior Helm of Wrath originally had Spirit and Agility on it, as well as critical strike chance. In Patch 1.5.0, the helm’s stat budget was changed to Stamina, Strength, and Defense, along with elemental resistances. Then in Patch 1.7.0, the amount of Defense on the helm was reduced. In Patch 1.8.0, the 5-piece set bonus that included the helm was fixed to work with Whirlwind, and in 1.9.0, it got a better look with an art update.

WoW Classic will only include that last version of the item, as it existed in our reference version: 1.12.

However, it seems that the changes really didn’t make items more powerful, but rather took away worthless things. It’s the “catchup” items that were more powerful, which will not come until later phases. I think things will still be difficult–the only way they will be easier is because we know the content.