World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic (shortened as BC Classic or BCC and often called TBC Classic) was a server option for The Burning Crusade. It was transitioned to on 30 August 2022.
==Release timeline==
Like with World of Warcraft: Classic, content in Burning Crusade Classic was released in phases. This is the release timeline over the lifespan of Burning Crusade Classic: 
* 16 February 2021: Announced at BlizzConline along with its content phases
* 3 March 2021: Closed Alpha was released 
*23 March 2021: Closed Beta was released
* 6 May 2021: Release Date Announced as 1 June 2021
* 18 May 2021: Pre-Patch released which unlocked the Draenei & Blood Elf races
* 1 June 2021: Phase 1 (Launch) went live with patch 2.5.1: Karazhan, Gruul's Lair and Magtheridon's Lair raids, Arena Season 1
* 31 August 2021: Patch 2.5.2 released: LFG Tool, Guild Bank
* 15 September 2021: Phase 2 (Overlords of Outlands) went live: The Eye & Serpentshrine Cavern raids, Ogri'la and Sha'tari Skyguard Daily Content, New Profession Recipes, Engineering Goggles & Swift Flight Form for Druids, Arena Season 2
* 17 January 2022: Patch 2.5.3 released: Incubus Warlock pet, Arena Season 3
* 27 January 2022: Phase 3 (The Black Temple) went live: Battle for Mount Hyjal & Black Temple raids, Netherwing Daily Content, Epic Gems
* 22 March 2022: Patch 2.5.4 released: Epic Gem Updates, Badges of Justice
* 24 March 2022: Phase 4 (The Gods of Zul'Aman) went live: Zul'Aman raid
* 10 May 2022: Phase 5 (Sunwell Plateau) went live: Isle of Quel'danas, Arena Season 4, Sunwell Plateau raid (opened 12 May 2022)
* 30 August 2022: All Burning Crusade Classic servers were transitioned to .
==Planned changes==
Change 	Original behavior 	Reason
Seal of Blood and Seal of Vengeance will be available to both factions. 	Only blood elf paladins had access to Seal of Blood while Alliance paladins had Seal of Vengeance. 	To better balance both factions. Overall, Seal of Blood just deals more damage and it's a big incentive to roll Horde over Alliance.
Players will be able to create draenei and blood elf characters during the pre-patch and level them before the Dark Portal opens.	Players were not able to create characters of the new races until Outland was open. 	To avoid players that want to play with characters of the new races to be stuck in the old world during the first weeks of progression. This also makes paladins and shaman available to the other faction during launch.
Arena teams will be able to hold double the normal amount of players. 	Arena teams were only able to hold enough players for their bracket (e.g. a 2v2 Arena team could only have two players).	To give more flexibility to PvPers, as this system made it impossible to play if one of the members didn't log in.
Throughout Burning Crusade Classic, using Leatherworking drums will invoke the Tinnitus debuff, preventing reuse for two minutes.	Groups could use drums in sequence, benefiting from a higher uptime the more leatherworkers they had. 	To avoid making Leatherworking "mandatory" on raids. This change brings the optimal number of leatherworkers per raid to one per group.
==Notes and trivia==
*The announcement of Burning Crusade Classic at BlizzConline was foreshadowed by the inclusion of Moon-Touched Netherwhelp in The Celebration Collection.
*Originally, players were given the option of continuing to play in World of Warcraft: Classic or transitioning their characters over to Burning Crusade Classic on the new expansion servers. Additionally, players who chose to remain on Classic servers could create a copy of their character on BC Classic for an additional fee and continue playing on both servers. The option to purchase a character copy remained for most of BC Classic, being removed only a month before the BC Classic servers were updated to .The WoW: Burning Crusade Classic Character Clone Service is Retiring Soon
==Gallery==
BC Classic - blood elves and draenei.png|An official blog header for Burning Crusade Classic news
BC Classic - blood elves transparent.png|Blood elves
BC Classic - draenei transparent.png|Draenei
BC Classic - Through the Dark Portal edit.jpg|An edit of Through the Dark Portal's art, from the official site
WoW BCClassic Deluxe Edition.jpg|Deluxe Edition
WoW BCClassic Release Map.jpg|Global Release Times - June 1/2
WoW BC Classic logo3.png|Logo as seen on the login, character select and character creation screens
Burning Crusade Classic Dark Portal Key Art.jpg|Dark Portal launch key art
Burning Crusade Classic key art.jpg|Key art
Dmitry Prozorov Overlords of Outland.jpg|Overlords of Outland key art
Black Temple Classic key art.jpg|Black Temple key art
Zul'Aman Classic key art.jpg|Gods of Zul'Aman key art
Sunwell Classic key art.jpg|Fury of the Sunwell key art
;Promotional screenshots
Burning Crusade Classic BlizzConline Fel Reaver 3840x2160.jpg|Fel Reaver
Burning Crusade Classic BlizzConline Karazhan 3840x2160.jpg|Karazhan
Burning Crusade Classic BlizzConline Nagrand Nether Ray 3840x2160.jpg|Nagrand Nether Ray
Burning Crusade Classic BlizzConline Netherstorm Netherwing 3840x2160.jpg|Netherstorm Netherwing
Burning Crusade Classic BlizzConline PaladinShaman 3840x2160.jpg|Paladin vs. shaman
Burning Crusade Classic BlizzConline Villans 3840x2160.jpg|Villains
;Other
Classic expansion choice - BC Classic.png|Expansion choice
Classic expansion choice - BC Classic confirm.png|Confirmation to continue to BC Classic
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