Classic+ is real. Blizzard just gave it a name: World of Warcraft: Forever.

Vince is a Horde Player, I'm an Alliance player. We discuss about BlizzCon 2026 who just dropped one of the biggest World of Warcraft announcements in years, and as two old-school WoW Classic players, we had to sit down and talk about it. In this episode, Cyrus Paladin and Vince Thompson go through what Blizzard has revealed about **World of Warcraft: Forever**, the new permanent version of Azeroth built around the spirit of Vanilla WoW while finally exploring the stories, zones and ideas that Classic never finished. More than 1,000 new quests. New zones. New dungeons and raids. New talents and class changes. The Skyborne. Hardcore. Transmog. HD and original character models. More World PvP. And, hopefully, a world where the journey, community and people you meet matter again. But the real question is: *can Blizzard add all of this without losing what made Classic WoW special in the first place?* We talk about what excites us, what worries us, Paladins obviously 😄, new classes we might finally try, PvP and ganking, faction and server choice, bots, unfinished Vanilla content, our favourite zones and why WoW Forever could be the excuse many old players needed to properly come home to Azeroth. This isn't a prepared marketing breakdown. It's two long-time players reacting, remembering, arguing and getting probably far too excited about playing Vanilla again. *World of Warcraft: Forever launches 4 November 2026, with the beta beginning 17 September.* 👇 Let us know in the comments: Are you coming back for WoW Forever? Alliance or Horde? PvP or PvE server? And most importantly... *what class are you rolling?* ⚔️ *CHAPTERS* 00:00 Our reaction to World of Warcraft: Forever 03:10 Is WoW Forever really Classic+? 06:12 New dungeons, raids & unfinished Azeroth 09:09 Keeping the Classic WoW art style 12:00 Transmog, HD models & character customisation 15:07 Did Blizzard actually listen to the Classic community? 18:01 PvP, Hardcore & the future of Classic 21:08 WoW Forever editions & Collector's Edition 25:48 What Blizzard is actually building with Forever 30:01 The Collector's Edition & physical WoW nostalgia 35:40 Paladins in World of Warcraft: Forever 39:46 New races, classes & what we're going to play 46:13 World PvP, ganking & class balance 47:17 A completely new Vanilla meta 48:10 Talents, mechanics & learning WoW again 49:56 Why the social side of WoW matters 51:48 The bot problem Blizzard needs to fix 53:54 Streaming WoW Forever & playing with the community 55:26 Horde or Alliance? Choosing our server 1:00:03 Our favourite zones in Classic WoW 1:07:03 New zones, unfinished quests & the future of Azeroth #WoWForever #WoWClassic #WorldOfWarcraft