Why no trial for classic/wotlk?

I just don’t get. I tried retail wow and honestly, hated, the tutorial is extremely handholded, fells like your character is a soulless clone of everyone else however, really loved classic after tried and brought a boost to lv 70 for wotlk and one month of sub fee. This is the first mmo which I sub in my life and pay for a booster. Yes, I liked WotLK this much.

Classic/wotlk has extremely less size than retail which means that an guy who tries and don’t like costs even less “bandwidth”

IMO the ideal classic/wotlk :

  • Races : Only Humans and Undeads *¹
  • Classes : Only Warlocks and Warriors *²
  • Level : Till 20
  • Zones : Only starting zones eg - Ewyin Forest, Redridge mountains and Westfall
  • IF the player subs after lv 20, he gets a free race and class change or can create a new lv 20 char
  • No auction hosue, dungeon finder and so on

Note 1 : This are the most popular races,
Note 2 : WLK is the most well designed dark caster which I saw in any mmo and warrior is very popular

Probably Blizzard don’t put trial cuz they believe that only people with “nostalgia” play it… IMO classic/wotlk has potential to attract new players

I like the idea of a free trial, but I don’t like the idea of restricting certain races or classes.

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I don’t think there’s a point to a free trial. You’re not spending anything to play WoTLK. It’s free to play as long as you have an active subscription…which might I add, allows you to play both versions of the game. You may not like retail, but you can play 1-60 with just a subscription. HOWEVER, unlike WoTLK, retail you need a sub fee AND to buy the current expansion. It makes sense that retail offers a trial and WoTLK does not.

You may have paid to buy a boost to 70, but you didn’t have to. You could have simply leveled a character for free up to level 20, and if u liked the character, then bought the boost. That IS your free trial. lol

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IF you already played retail wow. For me who hated retail, classic/wotlk is not “f2p”

Yep. This suggestion honestly is only because having starting areas for all races would allow too much of the world exploration for free…

In true WotLK fashion, should have a free week with some basic limitations. No trading, AH, guild, or mail. No messaging or grouping with people who don’t have you on their friends list. And a level 60/1k gold cap. With all of it unlocking, obviously, with a paid sub.

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because it’s a 20 year old game and if people want a “trial” they know where to look for other servers…how old are you to even suggest this lol…

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Blizzard be like: “Classic brings all the milkshake to my yard.”

31 yo

Agreed and priority for sub owners because queues would be massive.


Spended few more hours in retail to test the new “features” and honestly, fells like I’m playing ArcaniA but in mmo format…

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