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NetEase Announces The War Within Begins in China on August 1st
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26.06.2024 в 21:56
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In a streamed press conference, NetEase announced that retail WoW service in China will be restored on August 1st, starting with The War Within pre-patch and launching the full expansion on August 26th alongside the rest of the world.
A
webpage recap
is also now available.
Joined by Blizzard President Johanna Faries and Executive Creative Director Chris Metzen in welcoming players back to the World of Warcraft after
servers went offline in January of 2023
, an animated Li Li Stormstout detailed the restored service and upcoming expansion features, while offering a wide variety of bonuses to returning players.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic
As of today, Classic WoW service has been restored, starting with a special "expedited" version of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, which features special gear vendors and will progress through its phases faster than in other regions previously, before moving onto Cataclysm Classic. Access to the game will be free from June 27th to July 10th, with the in-game shop disabled until July 11th.
The enhanced bundle is said to have the same price as previous, which should be around $40 USD.
At that time, a special Wrath Classic bundle will go on sale for 298 RMB (around $40 USD), unlock all ranks of flying, all flying paths, maxing all Northrend reputations, a full set of item level 213 gear, 22 slot bags, gold, and more. By all indication, this is intended to be an extremely fast version of Wrath Classic, with Ulduar within just a couple weeks.
Retail Bonuses and Compensation
Having missed the majority of Dragonflight, NetEase is offering several bonuses to returning players, including 14 days of free game time, a "greatly increased" leveling experience from 60-70 through Dragonflight, two free mounts, the
Аура
pet, 500 extra
Торговый жетон
each month
for 12 months, and a new Trading Post NPC featuring 20 missed cosmetics from previous months! The new Trading Post NPC is
exclusive to Chinese servers
, located in The War Within capital city of Dornogal, where a new branch of the Trading Post has been opened.
Players will have the opportunity to repurchase at least 20 missed cosmetics with their extra tender.
One of the free mounts will be
Аш'адар Вестник Рассвета
, while the other will be a special version of the
Большой медведь Blizzard
previously awarded at BlizzCon 2008, with this one featuring a unique flag.
The new Blizzard Bear mount name roughly translates to "Bear of Welcoming Good Luck."
MoP Remix Not Available, Plunderstorm to Return
Although server access is being restored shortly before the
Mists of Pandaria Remix End Date of August 19th
, the activity
will not
be available on Chinese servers. However, players have been promised "other ways" to get the rewards specifically for free, which is somewhat ambiguous as to whether they'll just be added to the Trading Post.
Remix will not be featured on Chinse servers, but Plunderstorm will return at a later date.
Interestingly, the Plunderstorm Battle Royale event is said to become available at a later date, though it is unclear whether this will be exclusive to Chinese servers or also returning to other regions.
The War Within Race to World First Prize
Additionally, NetEase has announced a special reward of ¥1,000,000 (roughly $137,500 USD) to any Chinese group that wins the upcoming Race to World First in The War Within. The prize is
only available to Chinese groups
, and should none claim first place, it will be continually increase by ¥200,000 (roughly $27,000 USD) each tier, rolling over into the following Race to World First until it is claimed.
Although this is coming from NetEase rather than Blizzard directly, it stands out as the first ever "official" prize offered to Race to World First competitors, a very tantalizing way to incentivize hardcore Chinese raiders to return to the competition... or perhaps convincing Echo and Liquid to switch regions for a tier!
A special prize of $137.5k USD is being offered to any Chinese group that wins the upcoming Race to World First, increasing by $27k USD each tier.
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