WoW: Forever's classes won't be modernized, but Blizzard has added some new mechanics for 'engaging depth' as 'some classes' in World of Warcraft Classic 'were too simple'
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Blizzard is threading the needle between nostalgia and modern engagement—keeping the Classic feel while quietly raising mechanical depth where classes were too shallow. For live-service operators, this is the pattern: preserve identity, but incrementally tune complexity to sustain long-term retention.
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