# World of Warcraft (WoW) Forever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [October 14, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833 "2026-10-14T15:57:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833/81 "2026-11-04T00:27:05Z")

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Apparently the devs finally fixed the bug that prevented people from creating name-reservation characters in the PvE (“Normal”) ruleset. Just in time for launch, which is kinda refreshing (fixing something before launch rather than patching it after).

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833/82 "2026-11-04T23:10:48Z")

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It’s live! Sort of!

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833/83 "2026-11-04T23:25:38Z")

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I’m in!

I even got the name I wanted.

😃

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**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833/84 "2026-11-05T01:07:43Z")

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I was quite surprised I got in within 15 minutes of launch (after several attempts).

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833/85 "2026-11-05T02:30:43Z")

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The launch was pretty smooth overall.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833/86 "2026-11-05T03:27:41Z")

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I was stunned to see so many people in the starting area (I’m a gnome so it was the Ironforge area) but it was pretty smooth (just a 1 minute wait in the queue) and it was fun to do those starting quests I remember.

I like that everything looks so much like it used to, but also improved at the same time. I think that describes every part of the game so far.

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