Dungeon Finder Removed in Wrath of the Lich King Classic

Wrath Posted 2022/04/19 at 12:49 PM by Rokman

prompting Blizzard to even disable LFG addons

Wrath Classic Expansion Reveal

Expansion Features

No Dungeon Finder – Players rediscovering Wrath of the Lich King Classic won’t find the Looking for Dungeon feature originally added in Patch 3.3.5. We’ve heard from our Classic community that the importance of social bonds is a big part of what makes Classic their game of choice, and we agree.

IGN interview
By and large, Wrath of the Lich King's revival in WoW Classic will mirror the version fans remember, though there will be some changes. One of the biggest differences is the absence of a dungeon finder system, which was originally added to the game at the end of Wrath of the Lich King. According to WoW Classic lead Brian Birmingham, the decision not to add the dungeon finder at all was made to keep what the team perceives to be the spirit of the WoW Classic community.

"We know that the Classic audience is more interested in long-term social engagement, that feeling that comes from reaching out to people, talking to them about how you're going to group, trying to coordinate, who's going to do what role walking to the dungeon together, trying to figure out how you're going to get to the dungeon, who's going to summon, maybe run into a PVP fight on the way,” Birmingham says. “And then you finally get in there and you have friends that stick together with you."

Birmingham assures fans that the team is looking at improvements to the grouping tools already introduced in Burning Crusade Classic, as well as adjustments to help guide players to appropriate chat channels where they can find others to group up with.

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Comment by sombreherosis it an april fool? what a shame.Comment by psyke5150I understand Dungeon Finder wasn't added till way later in the course of WotLK (3.3 I believe), but that was probably one of my favorite additions to WoW. I don't have a problem with the social interaction part of playing by any means, however I'm a very inconsistent player; I'll play for two months straight then take a break for a month. Dungeon Finder was a great addition to WoW for players that have a lot of things going on in life. One day I'll be the same level as my buddy then I come back and he's 10 levels higher and I could use dungeon finder to quickly close that gap and be back to running with my buddies again. Wrath is well renowned for the high player base and popularity, best expansion Blizzard ever released. They should've delivered either an unadulterated version or even a version with changes that actually "listened to the community." I would be pretty confident stating that for every player that didn't want dungeon finder 5 or more players did.
I hope Blizzard reconsiders... It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.Comment by ScaryBlairyI understand Dungeon Finder wasn't added till way later in the course of WotLK (3.3 I believe), but that was probably one of my favorite additions to WoW. I don't have a problem with the social interaction part of playing by any means, however I'm a very inconsistent player; I'll play for two months straight then take a break for a month. Dungeon Finder was a great addition to WoW for players that have a lot of things going on in life. One day I'll be the same level as my buddy then I come back and he's 10 levels higher and I could use dungeon finder to quickly close that gap and be back to running with my buddies again. Wrath is well renowned for the high player base and popularity, best expansion Blizzard ever released. They should've delivered either an unadulterated version or even a version with changes that actually "listened to the community." I would be pretty confident stating that for every player that didn't want dungeon finder 5 or more players did.
I hope Blizzard reconsiders... It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.Comment by NuoriThat sounds great!
Thank you 😊Comment by CalanonBad decision. Listen to a minority.
Well, no WotLK for me then. Looking for groups sucked bad in Vanila and TBC and I am absolutely not wasting my time and money on bad decisions by Blizzard.Comment by DentureCrusherThis chage is Terrible.

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