One super careful World Of Warcraft player tragically lost their hardcore character due to a malfunctioning Goblin Mortar, serving as a warning to hardcore goers everywhere.
29.08.2023 - 12:01 / gamesradar.com / Hardcore
A WoW Classic player has won the race to boost a character to the maximum level cap on the MMO's newly introduced Hardcore servers.
Streamer VitochieR1 has achieved the feat as of August 28 with a run that clocks in around 70 hours, which is four days after the perma-death server launched.
As Wowhead notes, the dedicated combatant used a Gnome Mage with a dedicated frost area-of-effect build. While most runners opted for a single-target frost build as it's the safer choice, Vitochie took a gamble on something more dangerous, and it's paid off nicely.
While new expansions in World of Warcraft frequently signal the start of a community-wide race to reach the level cap, hardcore servers hit differently, as death for your character is permanent. As such, you can see why someone might opt for a single-target build to boost their survivability better. VitochieR1 did not, however, and clearly won the day.
As ever with races to the level cap, we've soon oodles of bumps along the way. One popular figure in the World of Warcraft community returned after a two-year hiatus from the MMO only to perish to a swarm of Troggs at level 14. To be fair to them, they're far from the only person in the public eye to fall at a hurdle before getting back up and giving it another whirl.
As Blizzard explained back when Hardcore servers for WoW Classic were announced, these punishing realms are World of Warcraft as you know it with a few twists. Death turns your character into a ghost, free to remain to "facilitate communication with in-game friends and resolve logistical matters such as handing over guild leadership", but not a lot else. PvP is still very much a thing, though measures have been taken to make fighting people more pronounced so as to not accidentally send a poor soul to their grave.
WoW Classic's hardcore servers are out now.
This MMO streamer is letting their chat play World of Warcraft for them, and they've hit level 60 in just over a week.
One super careful World Of Warcraft player tragically lost their hardcore character due to a malfunctioning Goblin Mortar, serving as a warning to hardcore goers everywhere.
After two weeks of Hardcore, there have been many interesting ways that players have died. We're following up Week 1's Death Clips with a brand new batch! If you're interesting in learning more about Hardcore in Classic WoW, check out our guides below -- Hardcore WoW Overview Hardcore Tips & Tricks Hardcore WoW Leveling Tier List
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WoW Classic recently got its own hardcore mode, which for most of us means one thing: people dying and losing enormous amounts of progress in amusing ways (and maniacs hitting max level in a few days). Hardcore modes are increasingly popular across all games, and take various forms, but the common element is permadeath and, in MMOs especially, that can mean hundreds of hours of playtime disappearing in the blink of an eye. Or in this case, when one unfortunate soul shut their eyes for too long.
It's been an exciting first week of World of Warcraft Classic with over 360,000 deaths globally! Blizzard has even made an infographic showing off some cool data from the Hardcore Classic launch, listing off the top 5 most dangerous mobs in Hardcore. Here's a list of some of the most popular death clips from the first week of Hardcore WoW Classic! And if you're interesting in learning more about Hardcore in Classic WoW, check out our guides below -- Hardcore WoW Overview Hardcore Tips & Tricks Hardcore WoW Leveling Tier List
WoW Classic recently got a new permadeath hardcore mode, and one unfortunate MMO player has found out just how 'hardcore' that really is.
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Pretending to be dead, only to then actually become dead, is quite a way to go.
Warcraft. Warcraft never changes. The words «hunter weapon» or «hunter loot» became its own meme back in the day, due to the fact that hunters could use—and technically benefit from—a bunch of loot otherwise relegated to specific classes. Rogue dagger? That's a hunter weapon. Warrior axe? That's a hunter weapon.
World of Warcraft Classic got its hardcore servers four days ago, an opportunity (?) for players to enjoy the experience with permadeath for their chosen character. As is the way of things this immediately triggered a race to become the world's first max level WoW Classic player. Take a bow VitochieR1 on Twitch, who achieved level 60 with a Gnome Mage specialising in frost, a feat that took them precisely 69 Hours, 53 Minutes, 34 Seconds.