At the same time with the release of patch 4.2, Blizzard, The Burning Crusade, the first expansion of World of Warcraft, for free. Who the game now buy it, get the expansion there. Who the game already has, he can download it for free.
From June 28, joins Blizzard’s World of Warcraft with The Burning Crusade, the first expansion in early 2007 appeared. The two are like the Digital Battle Chest download for $ 20. The expansion was in the last months, at the greatly reduced price of 5 euro offered. With The Burning Crusade can WoW players to advance from level 60 to level 70. Who World of Warcraft is already in possession, but the expansion, The Burning Crusade, free download. For the later expansions, Wrath of the Lich King from 2008, and Cataclysm in 2010, must still be paid.
At the same time with the introduction of the Digital Battle Chest, Blizzard also the conditions for the trial-account is more flexible. The free trial is now called World of Warcraft Starter Edition. Who the game wants to try, can it still free to download and play. There is now no time limit longer, what is to say that players indefinitely to play. A trial account was up to now after 10 or 14 days. The other restrictions still apply. For example, the characters of a trial account does not continue to grow to level 20, they can not be more than 10 Gold in their possession and they can’t buy items from or sell to other players.
The changes in trial and expansion at the same time introduced with patch 4.2, which by Blizzard Rage of the Firelands is baptized. In the patch is the raidzone Firelands was introduced, suitable for groups of 10 and 25 man, and both formations can on Normal and Heroic to be played. Through the raid, the new Tier 12 Armor Sets to obtain for each class an entirely new line of equipment. The patch also adds a new set of singleplayerquests to the game, which tells the story of the Orc leader Thrall from the cloths is done.