Will Classic WOW open with the gates closed?

The title Scarab Lord and the Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal (a.k.a. "black bug mount") are obtained by completing Bang a Gong! The first player realm-wide to complete the quest opens the gates of Ahn'Qiraj. More than one player per realm may still complete the quest and receive both title and mount, provided they do so within ten hours of the gates opening.

So does anyone know? I would love to see this happen. We need more Scarab Lords.
I believe they said they will be closed and you will have to participate in the war effort and build the sceptor.

Titles and mounts won't transfer to BFA.
Yes, they're going to roll out the old raids on a time table. Not sure how long between each, though.

Linky: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22646759/restoring-history-creating-wow-classic-panel-recap
There were no titles in vanilla. The mount will still be there, though.
Yes the gates will be closed and the event will happen again in a future content patch.
no title only the mount..

and everyone already explained it..
Yeah, they already said all of this.
so if they're going to progressively release raids and events, won't it not feel like vanilla since we're already going to be in the last patch instead of the patch relevant to each raid?
11/04/2018 08:26 PMPosted by Greenegg
so if they're going to progressively release raids and events, won't it not feel like vanilla since we're already going to be in the last patch instead of the patch relevant to each raid?


But then people would complain if all the raids were already out.
Go talk about this in Classic's forums. NOT HERE
11/04/2018 08:30 PMPosted by Slyru
Go talk about this in Classic's forums. NOT HERE


You don't have to click. GD. General discussion which this falls under. For your visual enjoyment. Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic and vanilla.
11/04/2018 07:12 PMPosted by Sorelai
I believe they said they will be closed and you will have to participate in the war effort and build the sceptor.

Titles and mounts won't transfer to BFA.


Can you provide a link where it says title and mount won't transfer. I have searched thru about 20 articles on classic and have nothing to suggest this.
11/05/2018 04:43 PMPosted by Celindas
11/04/2018 07:12 PMPosted by Sorelai
I believe they said they will be closed and you will have to participate in the war effort and build the sceptor.

Titles and mounts won't transfer to BFA.


Can you provide a link where it says title and mount won't transfer. I have searched thru about 20 articles on classic and have nothing to suggest this.


It's in the Live Q&A from Blizzcon.

https://youtu.be/Cd-yRVtNBuI
11/05/2018 04:43 PMPosted by Celindas
11/04/2018 07:12 PMPosted by Sorelai
I believe they said they will be closed and you will have to participate in the war effort and build the sceptor.

Titles and mounts won't transfer to BFA.


Can you provide a link where it says title and mount won't transfer. I have searched thru about 20 articles on classic and have nothing to suggest this.


It was a question asked during the Blizzcon WoW Q&A. The answer was that nothing will transfer from classic to BFA because they want people playing the game because they enjoy it, not for rewards.
They are going to do Classic in staggered content patches to try and mirror Vanilla some what.
11/04/2018 08:26 PMPosted by Greenegg
so if they're going to progressively release raids and events, won't it not feel like vanilla since we're already going to be in the last patch instead of the patch relevant to each raid?


Yeah, its called Classic for a reason and not, Vanilla: Again.
11/04/2018 07:13 PMPosted by Viji
Yes, they're going to roll out the old raids on a time table. Not sure how long between each, though.

Linky: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22646759/restoring-history-creating-wow-classic-panel-recap


smart

because most players who want to will stomp all the content asap.

the game just was way easier back then in terms of raiding mechanics.

the only reason it seemed hard was because of the following.

1. 40 man raids
2. people with bad internet/computers
3. people with little to no gaming experience
4. less knowledge about the game.
OY MATE YOU TRYIN' TO TAKE MUH PEACEBLOOM?
https://www.wowhead.com/news=288408/classic-wow-will-have-staged-content-unlocks-including-gates-of-ahnqiraj

i think it doesn't say the length of time before each stage (as i just went to go find the link and didn't re-read it :P). it'll be nice because i wasn't there for the opening of the gates.

i do wish we would get the vanilla AV map when they open bgs, but it seems like it'll be the 1.12 version right off the bat :(.
11/05/2018 04:43 PMPosted by Celindas
Can you provide a link where it says title and mount won't transfer. I have searched thru about 20 articles on classic and have nothing to suggest this.


wow Q&A the 2nd day panel the one where chris metzen asks a question.

Basically the gates will be closed, If you open the gates and ring the gong, you won't get the mount on live.