This month, I had the amazing opportunity to join all of you in the WoW: Forever beta and see all the new and exciting features Blizzard introduced into the Vanilla experience to make it fresh and intriguing for everyone, not just the old heads who were around in 2004. I absolutely loved what I saw, even though some archaic Vanilla mechanics remain in place.

The Skyborne race was my faction of choice, aligned with the Alliance of course. I was a Rogue, like most of my characters in WoW , except in post- WOTLK expansions where I would pick anything, level it to 55, and then go and make a blood Death Knight.

I made a Rogue Skyborne as my character of choice. Image via Blizzard

This new race’s starting zone was refreshing. It had a plethora of different areas clearly drawing inspiration from other locations in Vanilla WoW , and moving from one place to another gave you a sense of progression through its environmental storytelling alone.…