Original Ragnaros world first kill was 5 months after release

[Galdor-maelstrom (Galdor)]

@Jojenpaste-mankrik

I’ve never seen anyone say that.

Here’s a quick search revealing a mix of people thinking 1.12 was the BC pre-patch and others claiming it was a catch up patch for TBC. There’s way, way, way more but I think this will suffice:

@Cyberteamsix-azgalor

Nope. It was in the preparation patch for TBC. 1.12 was a preparation patch.

@Graff-nathrezim

Classic is patch 1.12. By that time Vanilla had been heavily-tuned and nerfed. Basically, Blizzard was preparing to launch TBC and wanted to give everyone one last chance to see all the end-game content before the expansion so they made it all a lot easier.

@Enkki-eonar

True; we “originals” started with 1.0 and went through all the 1.x’s until 1.12.x (the TBC pre-patch).

@Scootin-arugal

T1 was not balanced for TBC prepatch 1.12

@Eireen-emerald-dream

1.12 was nearly a TBC prepatch.

@anon94200297

1.12 was the final patch meant to catch everyone up quickly before TBC.

@Tezla-agamaggan

1.12 catch up mode

@Brewclaw-emerald-dream

This 1.12 version is that catch-up mechanic period before TBC was released.