World of Warcraft: Classic Players Will Soon Relive Some Iconic Moments

Starting on March 26, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic will allow players to take part in Operation: Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall, two battles that will grant the gnomes and trolls a new starting zone in Cataclysm Classic. The battles will periodically occur in World of Warcraft: Classic until the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch goes live.

These battle scenarios will arrive nearly three months after Wrath of the Lich King Classic opened its final raid, The Ruby Sanctum. While the sanctum was not nearly as large as Icecrown Citadel, the raid pitted World of Warcraft players against Halion, The Twilight Destroyer. The great dragon served as the Herald of Deathwing, the main antagonist of the upcoming Cataclysm Classic, and rewarded players with trinkets and armor to use as catch-up gear. No exact release date has been given for Cataclysm Classic at the time of writing. However, Blizzard will soon give players two events to experience for the first time or relive again.

Once weekly maintenance concludes on March 26, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic will host Operation: Gnomergan for Alliance players, and Zalazane's Fall for Horde players. According to Blizzard, the battles will be exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King Classic, meaning other World of Warcraft game modes such as Season of Discovery will not see them play out. Originally released in September 2010, Operation: Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall were faction-exclusive events in World of Warcraft that lasted approximately a month, and max-level players could take part in skirmishes that saw the gnomes and the trolls attempt to retake Gnomeregan and the Echo Isles respectively from threats that had plagued them.

Operation: Gnomeregan saw High Tinker Mekkatorque and the Alliance achieve a partial victory as they reclaimed the surface of Gnomeregan from Mekgineer Thermaplugg and his forces. Though total victory was within Mekkatorque's grasp, Thermaplugg lured the gnomish forces into a