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Normal, PvP or Hardcore?

The realm decision costs more hours than any other and is the hardest to undo. Three questions, one recommendation, and what each option actually costs you.

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How many hours a week will you actually play?

Be honest. This is the number every other answer depends on — it is the only one that changes what you skip.

10 to 20 hoursA serious hobby Under 5 hoursAn evening here and there 5 to 10 hoursA few sessions a week 20 or more hoursThis is what you do

What matters most?

Reaching 60 quickly Building gold on the way Being useful at 60Raids and dungeons World PvP Enjoying the runStory and exploration

Solo, or with people?

Mostly soloGroups when convenient With a guild or friendsPlanning to raid together A bit of both

Picking the realm itself

The realm list — names, types, and how many of eachHistorically published one to two weeks before launch, alongside name reservation.AWAITING VERIFICATION
Whether name reservation happens before launch day, and when it opensEvery modern Classic launch has had it. Blizzard has not said it for Forever.AWAITING VERIFICATION
Launch-day queues on the most populated realms run into hours, and the realms named in community threads beforehand are the ones that get themTrue at every Classic launch since 2019. It is a pattern we trust, not something Blizzard has said about Forever.Ding Sixty analysisPROVISIONAL

How to read these. VERIFIED — Stated by Blizzard in official material. We will tell you to act on this. PROVISIONAL — Datamined, reported, or our own read. Good enough to plan around, not good enough to bet on. It may change. AWAITING VERIFICATION — Nobody has said yet. We are not going to make something up to fill the gap.