by World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic is set to release before the end of the year, and while fans already knew Blizzard would be making changes to the beloved expansion, an official blog post provides new details and the reasoning behind them.
In the blog post, Blizzard outlines a few core design pillars that have informed how the company approaches re-release. The first pillar is to “nurture and protect social experiences”. The social nature of WoW Classic has become one of its defining characteristics, and Blizzard seeks to preserve this in both Wrath of the Lich King Classic and future versions of WoW Classic. As such, features such as automated party search, which was added late in the original life of Wrath of the Lich King, will not be found in Wrath of the Lich King Classic.