World of Warcraft: Nearly 100 Thousand Players Died the First Day of Hardcore Classic

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TheWorld of Warcraft Classic Hardcoreservers have already proven to be absolutely brutal, with close to 100,000 characters dying on the first day. The officialClassic Hardcoreservers are now live, soWorld of Warcraftplayers are experiencing the euphoric highs and crippling lows of the one-life realms firsthand.

On August 24,World of Warcraft’sofficial Hardcore realms forClassic WoWwent live. Thousands of players flooded the servers, with packs of new characters banding together for safety while others waited in long login queues.

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About 24 hours later,World of Warcraftshared a post on its official Twitter revealing just how deadly the first day ofClassic Hardcorewas. Over 90,000 characters died in this time period, and according to the heatmapWorld of Warcraftsharedin the post, most of the character deaths took place in each race’s starting zone, with some making it into the adjacent areas before meeting their untimely ends.

According toWorld of Warcraft’s data, theenemies with the most kills inHardcore Classicare:

At the time of the post, the highest-level character inWorld of Warcraft Classicwas 33, but players have already begun to share videos of their characters tragically dying at level 36 and beyond. At press time, no player has successfully hit the level cap of 60, but it is only a matter of time before someone reaches the milestone – though they can certainly expect thousands more to die before and after that happens.

Either way, tons ofWorld of Warcraftfans are buckling down and givingHardcore Classica try, creating a surge in popularity. Hype over the exciting new mode will eventually calm down, and its population will stabilize, but the Hardcore community that hasalready formed aroundWorld of Warcraft Classicis dedicated. Now that this challenge mode has official support fromWorld of Warcraft, this diehard community will only continue to grow.

In the meantime,Wrath of the Lich King Classicwill soon be addingFall of the Lich King, the patch that introduces the Icecrown Citadel raid. Players can expect the update to drop some time in October – which means the Joyous Journeys experience buff could return toWoW Classicin September to help players prepare for the new raid season.