A major draw for World of Warcraft: Forever is how much slower it will be compared to the modern version of the MMO. Traveling across the world takes longer, quests take longer, and even fighting enemies takes considerably longer than most players have gotten used to.
This slower pace is basically the whole point of having an MMO set in the original era of WoW. It's an opportunity to experience what it might've been like if Blizzard never sped things up over the course of several expansions.
WoW: Forever will still evolve over time, though. Blizzard plans to regularly update it like the rest of its games. And unlike each version of WoW: Classic, it can pull from all of WoW's history to keep things going in perpetuity.
According to a recent interview with IGN, WoW: Forever's update schedule will accommodate how much longer it takes to do things. Principal game designer Kris Zierhut says it'll be "a little more laid back" than the modern game.
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