There are 7 versions of WoW supported by blizzard

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Retail, Classic Era, Classic Era Hardcore, Classic Season of Discovery, Classic Anniversary, Classic Anniversary Hardcore, Classic Cataclysm.

And yet they all have good to high populations.

Crazy how popular WoW is 20 years later.

What’s your fav version of wow?

Right now been focused on classic but I still like retail better. I just like the feeling that every level is an acomplishment and that it’s the journey not the destination in classic. But endgame in retail is top tier.

I played season of discovery pretty heavily in phase 1 but then haven’t touched it much. I still have a BiS phase 1 warlock sitting there.

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Always has been retail for me, I see no reason to always relive the past, those game were fun at the time, but it’s the past and I don’t intend to live there… I had some nostalgia for TBC and WOTLK, but that was quickly sated by playing it for a bit.

So for me, retail.

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Retail. I played most of the other versions before and I don’t really intend on replaying them.

The past is the past, y’know?

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waiting on tbc woo

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For me Classic Anniversary HC and Retail are my favourites.

Plan:
Get to 60 on HC, move to a non HC realm and get raid achievements done and go through BC/WoTLK etc.

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Retail WoW, but I’m not playing the latest expansion. Mostly focusing on WoD, Legion, BFA, SL, and some DF.

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Retail. I played Classic in 2006, and like seeing new expansions added. I may not be on board with EVERY addition to the game (looking at you Mythic plus), but I just play what I want to play and ignore the rest.

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SOD and self found HC , no time for retail.

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It is very interesting. I definitely scoffed at the idea of classic being viable when it was first announced but it has certainly proven me wrong. I know some people fretted about so many versions fracturing and diluting the player base but I don’t think it has really. Rather I think the different versions have just brought in or retained players who would otherwise just not subscribe. So retail ultimately doesn’t really lose anyone.

Anyway, it’s all about retail for me. No going back.

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Retail. WoW didn’t really start losing the Classic jank until Draenor, so until we get to those servers I see no reason to look backwards.

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I respect that Blizzard have iterated on classic with SoD and hardcore. But earlier iterations of WoW aren’t fun because I thought they’re a superior game to today, they were fun because I was a teenager with a lot of free time and very little responsibilities at the time.

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How is SoD going now days?

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7 versions of WoW and they shut down HOTS :frowning:

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I wish they didn’t abandon hots.

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Favourite will be classic era always because its the og wow but i play retail more to see where this woke train is gonna end up.

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Retail. Mainly waiting for my beloved fav expac MoP to show up so I can play it forever. I’ll prolly level a char soon in Cata to prepare for it. :dracthyr_comfy_blue:

I tried Hardcore for a time myself but I lost motivation for it. Time investment wasn’t going to really be worth it for something that has no real reward attached to it. I am interested in fresh Classic tho, mainly because I slept on the Classic potential back when it first started and it’s going to TBC so that would be fun to try and get time-limited stuff.

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I’d like to see a Wrath version so I could play Blood Elves in the pre cat world.
The reason I say Wrath instead of TBC is that Northend > Outland.

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Ive been having fun with cata. Started a character when it was just vanilla classic and just kept going.

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Retail.

I played most of the expansions when they were active.

I really have zero desire to go back to whatever classic variation and have no interest in all the Plunderstorms,HC and others.

If they do a WoD version I might since wasn’t around when it was active expansion but that’s a big might.

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Retail. There is no way to go back and recapture any of the original feeling. I got 14 levels when TBC classic was a thing and realized this ain’t it.

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