Forum:Cataclysm and Reg WOW

Hey, I'm new to these forums so I don't quite now how they work. But its come to my attention that even though I bought the regular World of Warcraft disc and haven't upgraded to Cataclysm or even to the Burning Crusade yet, all of the original quests have been replaced to with Cataclysm. I have some questions about this and am really confused about this. 1. Why is this and is there any way to play the original games quests or even that of previous expansions? If not that is just really stupid. 2. Do/Have all of the expansions done this. (Like when The Burning Crusade came out did it also replace all of the original game-play with new quests even if you haven't bought it yet) 3.Is there any point in even buying the other expansions if all of there content as been replaced 4. Are the Continents that other expansions added effected by cataclysm or when I go to them is it like going back in time to the expansion that added them and doing its quests, even though in real WoW lore and current history these events have already based. And if so what about all of the Mainland quests that where leading up to them that have been replaced? Does the story that Wrath of the Lich King added start on the mainlands or in the land it added? 5. And what does Cataclysm actually add? If I can play the Cataclysm quests when all I've bought is regular WoW what content will be added if I go and Buy Cataclysm? And If Cataclysm only adds mainland quests then wouldn't all of these be replaced in the next expansion?

If someone could please explain this to me in detail I would really appreciate it because its really confusing me?

--Anonymous98223 (talk) 23:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This would probably be better asked on the World of Warcraft forums at http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/ but I'll do my best.
 * 1. Cataclysm completely replaced the old 1-60 zones and quests, whether you bought the expansion or not, because that was the entire point. The original stuff was badly outdated, both storywise and gameplaywise, and Cataclysm was intended to fix that.
 * 2. The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King expansions did not change the older content at all. Only Cataclysm did this, because, as I said, that was the idea. Incidentally, you no longer have to purchase The Burning Crusade, as it's now automatically included with all accounts.
 * 3. The expansion content has not been replaced. The only replacement that was made was the 1-60 content from the original, pre-expansion game. You still need to purchase Wrath of the Lich King in order to level beyond 70 or go to Northrend, and Cataclysm to go beyond 80 and visit the 80-85 zones.
 * 4. There's a sort of "time jump" thing going on. Storywise, it goes like this:
 * Original 1-60 content
 * Burning Crusade content
 * Death Knight starting zone
 * Wrath of the Lich King content
 * Goblin and Worgen starting zones
 * New 1-60 content
 * Cataclysm content
 * All of the Wrath of the Lich King story content takes place in Northrend, with the exception of the Death Knight starting zone.
 * 5. Cataclysm adds the goblin and worgen races, the ability to level past 80, dungeons and raids above level 80, and the zones of Hyjal, Vashj'ir, Deepholm, Uldum, and the Twilight Highlands. Like the previous expansion content, it is unlikely that these will be replaced for a long time. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 00:01, 1 January 2012 (UTC)


 * For level 1-60 content, Cataclysm and regular WoW are the same. There is no way to legally play the original WoW content. All expansions have altered the basic game a bit, even if you have not bought them. Outland and Northrend are unaffected by the cataclysm, causing a timeline discrepancy (you essentially step into the past), but their stories are mostly self-contained. Cataclysm adds level 80-85 content, and some other bits, listed by Dark T Zeratul.-- 00:06, 1 January 2012 (UTC)