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World of Warcraft Classic Hardcorerecently revealed the classes with the most deaths during the first month of the one-life servers. Though each of the nineWorld of Warcraftclasses had a high mortality rate, Hunters had the most deaths by a wide margin.
Classic HardcoreisWorld of Warcraft’s most recent twiston the retro MMO experience that began on August 24. In these realms, players who die cannot be resurrected by any means whatsoever. These characters can be transferred to normalClassicEra servers, or explore the world as ghosts, but they are otherwise unable to play the game normally.
A little over a month later,World of Warcraftshared which classes died the most so far inClassic Hardcore. Hunters had the most deaths by a wide margin, followed by Warriors, Mages, and Rogues. While the other classes had plenty of deaths of their own, these four classes made up the vast majority ofplayer deaths on theClassic Hardcoreservers.
Because of theirlimited race and faction availability inWorld of Warcraft Classic, it makes sense that Shamans, Paladins, and Druids have the least deaths, as fewer people could play them. Priests and Warlocks, on the other hand, have an abundance of survivability and crowd control abilities, with the latter also having a pet to tank for them. Rogues and Warriors can be played by nearly any race, meaning many players will choose them, and Mages and Hunters are ranged classes with pets, crowd control, and other tricks to help them survive. However, as these statistics show, clearly those tricks weren’t enough to save them in many cases.
Fans got a kick out of theseWorld of Warcraftdeath stats. Some Classic Hardcore players admitted several of these deaths were their own fault, as they repeatedly tried and failed to reach maximum level on these servers. Others wanted to seeeven moreWoW Classic Hardcorestats, such as the percentage of deaths compared to total characters made per class. Either way, from the attention theWorld of Warcraftpost got, fans agreed these demographics were both fun and fascinating.
WoW Classicfans have plenty to look forward to. Patch 3.4.3 drops on October 10, with the gates ofIcecrown Citadel opening forWorld of Warcraft Classictwo days later. Additionally, BlizzCon takes place in just a few weeks, and players have reason to suspectWorld of Warcraftwill be announcing the next big thing forClassic WoW.
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