In Game Quest Helper Removed in Wrath of the Lich King Classic

Wrath Posted 2022/06/28 at 1:32 PM by Rokman

Developer Interview on Game Rantremoval of the Dungeon FinderOther features added in Wrath of the Lich King’s development, like quest waypoint integration in maps, will be cut to preserve the Classic experience.Developer Interview on Blizz PlanetSo we do want to improve that way of like listing yourself for an interested activity, finding people and talking to them, and make that available. But the other feature to answer your question that we aren’t including, that also came in like the last patch of the original Wrath of the Lich King is the automatic integration of the quest system with the map where it would tell you where the quest objectives were directly on the map; and we’re not going to put that in because it was out in the very last patch of Wrath of the Lich King, and it changes the way you play the game; and we know some players don’t want that put right in their face. They want to be able to experience the game where they’re reading the quest text, exploring the world, trying to discover where those things are, sending them to and have that kind of immersive experience of living throughout the world and exploring that through the quest text.

While we know that there are add-ons — and we’re not doing anything to prevent these — if you want to install an add-on that does this, that’s fine. That’s okay. We want you to be able to do that, but we want players who want to be able to play without that experience, who want to experience Lich King the way they did the first time when they leveled up without that, to have that opportunity without it being pushed into their face, by the default UI experience.Quest Helper from Wrath of the Lich KingIn Game Quest Helper on Map in Wrath of the Lich KingPatch 3.3.0

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Comment by FeralSynapseI'm starting to think I'm going to "pass" on 'their" idea of what Wraith Classic should be. Whatever happened to "No Changes"?Comment by EvaikyrSo Questie will still remain relevant/installedComment by N3rukThey might as well just remove the in-game equipment manager too.
I prefer to swap my gear manually 1 by 1.Comment by kintaiYet another proof displaying how Blizzard does what it wants and not what the players want.Comment by kaliranaI for one, stopped wondering...Comment by sethsevenwhy? questie is out there and is much better than the blizzard version.Comment by snhallI don't want a vanilla classic wrath experience.
I want a WRATH EXPERIENCE.
I was really looking forward to not having to use Questie anymore.Comment by LostelfQuestie is better anyway but holy crap does this show we won't be getting Wrath Classic. Just this butchered version of it based on what Blizzard -thinks- Classic is.

Guess Wrath will be the expansion I never got to play. With so much cut this is hardly it.Comment by bobbuttonsBecause why do extra work when you don't have to? Yes, it's a thing that already exists in retail but it would require work and testing to make sure it integrates properly.

It's one thing to postpone while they address other things, imo.Comment by onefishbluefishSo Questie will still remain relevant/installedComment by N33R0Questie It is Then!Comment by DecervonThis is one of those things of "We are listening see, we care, we totally understand what you want :)" when in reality 99% of people (including classic purists) were using an addon for this exact thing. This isnt RDF level of controversy, where some wanted it some didnt. This is a feature that was almost entirely agreed upon as good. Did it streamline questing? Sure, but addons were already doing that. No one was reading quest text except the very first time we played back in 04/05, or just for "nostalgia" back in 2019 when classic first came out.

Questie is almost in everyones download addon list. I dont understand blizzard.Comment by ShrenkoIm ok with this change so people who dont want any help to guide them through can enjoy it that way and the people who want help can just get a addon for itComment by DecervonSo Questie will still remain relevant/installedComment by ChibsenYeahr blizz, gg, thats what we needed. Not

Guess blizz has contract with restedxp kekwComment by kelandiyeah sure because that is something the players wanted.
Sure i can use questie and it will be fine, but i makes no sense to me it's not like it would add much to the game, maybe they could't get it to work and came with lazy "classic experience"Comment by zomgzQuestie is better anyway but holy crap does this show we won't be getting Wrath Classic. Just this butchered version of it based on what Blizzard -thinks- Classic is.

Guess Wrath will be the expansion I never got to play. With so much cut this is hardly it.Comment by bobbuttonsQuestie is better anyway but holy crap does this show we won't be getting Wrath Classic. Just this butchered version of it based on what Blizzard -thinks- Classic is.

Guess Wrath will be the expansion I never got to play. With so much cut this is hardly it.3.3.0 (ICC patch)classicComment by evilmark443The more changes they make, the less likely I am to play Wrath Classic. It's a shame, cause this was literally the ONLY Classic version I was actually interested in replaying, because it's the only time that Blood DPS spec was a available for DKs.Comment by thesandman87Im ok with this change so people who dont want any help to guide them through can enjoy it that way and the people who want help can just get a addon for it

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