Why are be being forced to choose what era to play in?

[Piper-shadowsong]

@Kaelrynn-area-52

The title of this thread is “Why are we being forced to choose what era to play in” and we aren’t. You can literally play in both, which is my point

I understand what you’re saying, while the OP may have worded it poorly, I understand what the OP means and explaining it. Which is:

@Kaelrynn-area-52

“why do I have to choose where my progress goes”

So, let’s stick with that.

@Kaelrynn-area-52

I personally feel like they should allow copying. I see no harm in it

I was hoping for this:

@Piper-shadowsong

Blizzard will Copy everyone’s progress (on the Classic Servers, if they have any). Then, they will Paste it over onto their BC Servers. Anyone who did NOT start in Classic but wants to play in BC WILL have to start at level 1, if they want to play the BC version of WoW. Just like I had to, when I began my WoW journey, in BC. I had no character that was pre-BC. If you’re post-BC but want to play BC, that is what you will have to do. And, Classic will remain as is.

OR

Blizzard will Copy everyone’s progress (on the Classic Server, if they have any). Then, they will Paste it over onto their “new” Classic Servers. While they progress the Classic Servers (as they are, now) onto BC. And, the “new” Classic Servers, will be that: Classic. Again, if you didn’t play pre-BC, you don’t get the luxury of having a max level character (in this case, a level 60) to go play in Outlands with. You must start at level 1 in either version, of the game. Unless it’s the Standard Version then just pay real life money for a Boost.

If all else fails, I wouldn’t mind their BC Servers being “fresh”, like I said. But, I definitely believe I’m in the minority pool, of that one. IK I’m not the ONLY one, but it certainly isn’t the most popular option.

Again, I really don’t want Classic to cease existing, AGAIN.

@Kaelrynn-area-52

but here we are

Yep (sigh)