The War Effort begins July 10 at 3:00 pm PDT! Aid your faction in opening the gates of Ahn'Qiraj—granting access to the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj raids for your server.
the phase where classic starts to fall off 
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Classic Vanilla concept art was so dope.
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i’m waiting for the next classic. I’ve already played vanilla enough.
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I always forget this exists until Blizzard makes a post about it.
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Why is this in retail forums rather than Classic where it belongs?
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Will this work any differently on hardcore realms?
So, this is a WHOLE lot sooner than the “Fall 2025” we were originally told. And this is now directly competing with and potentially cannibalizing MoP Classic.
Gotta say, that’s kind of a big ol’ bummer; the opening of the AQ gates is something I would’ve hoped to get a little more heads-up for. Launching two full months before the earliest interpretation of the roadmap just feels very sudden. Would be cool if the gates could be held off just a bit longer (or maybe extend the Bang a Gong quest to like a full 1-3 days).
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I honestly read “20th anniversary…” and my brain blacked out the rest. Fall 2025 is the 21st anniversary–the honeymoon period of that branding is over.
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Cata servers could barely stay alive, I doubt anyone cares that much more about MoP classic for Blizzard to really consider it.
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My question is why did no one on these “Classic” servers do the work to open AQ, isn’t that the whole point of keeping things, “Classic”
I doubt anyone fought that shark with lasers on it’s head being called a guppy by a certain dragon
Maladath gate will open July 2028
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Different audiences I’m not touching MoP classic but i’m very much into classic anniv.
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Has this happened in Classic before? Or is this the first time since Vanilla?
Its interesting it starts auto turning in mats in 15 days, pretty sure we were doing this long past 15 days back in the day.
Fond memories of selling stacks of silk all day long for 2g to the guilds prosecuting the event.
The the slide show that was the War period. Epic to be sure, but still a slide show. No doubt that’s all fixed now.
Exciting time back in the day, though, watch the racing servers.
Any bets on the gong ringing is bugged
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of all the threads that normally appear here this is probably the least offensive lol. I would be more worried about the spam threads like a certain warlock with horrible Dad jokes or a particular goblin warrior that likes to talk about weird crap.
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What’s wrong with bad dad jokes?
I see your point here though.
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Dono if trolling or not, but you have to do the work to open the raid. I’ve def done in way back in like 06 myself.
Well I dont know what is going on with the classic servers so no trolling here. Did you all do the war provision thing too? Did players bring back letters from the warfront to people in the capitals? Which guilds fought the “guppy”?
I’m curious
Will Bang a Gong! be required on Hardcore realms too, or will their gates automatically open after a set date?
If it is required on Hardcore realms, is any provision being taken to prevent collateral player deaths due to the 10 Hour War or the boss fights? For example:
- The Eranikus fight in Moonglade will likely kill every Druid/player in the zone who is not in the raid group.
- The 10 Hour War adds bosses throughout Tanaris and other zones that will easily one-shot levelers.
- Obelisks above areas like Gadgetzan will Mind Control players, resulting in them dying almost immediately to guards.