This is our vision, but you will be the ones who will decide what the future will bring to our Algalon realm. We have tinkered in-depth with each aspect of this idea and we strongly believe it would be extraordinary. We are quite excited about it. We have been giving the community some strokes of information over the last year and now you can see every detail on this presentation, where we try to honour what we started back in 2013. Remember that, even though it requires some new systems, the whole concept is ideated with the sole purpose to enjoy a pure Blizzlike progression, to relieve the WoTLK content on a fully progressed realm in the order that it was conceived.

1. Why are we presenting this idea and what is behind it?

The Wrath of the Lich King expansion is something we truly love, we feel devotion for Northrend. Since the release of our Algalon realm, we strove to keep Northrend’s content always alive and relevant. Back in 2013, the only available WoTLK experience was based on leveling a character and jump directly into Icecrown Citadel. That wasn’t enough for us; we love every small step of WoTLK’s Progression and we wanted to create something where players could also savour the amazing journey that starts by trying to stop Naxxramas’ menace and continues all the way up until the defeat of The Lich King. This is why we designed something it was not seen before, the concept of a Progressive server where, not only the release of the raids would be gradually done, but also several systems would be in place to make it feel more genuine and challenging. We wanted to feed with thrill the souls of those players who, like us, wanted to relieve a fair, challenging competition across every Tier. We also thought that bringing into life things that weren’t seen before would benefit the concept we were trying to express by creating this realm, things like the long-forgotten pre-nerf mechanics from certain bosses, buffing encounters, hosting Beta sessions before the opening of new content...etc. At that moment, we could sense some skepticism about it all - it was something new for everyone so, we understood it. However, with the passing of time, several of those ideas became the standard of what a WoTLK realm needs to be and that really fills us with pride. We didn’t stop there. It was just a small step forward and the idea wasn’t finished. Therefore, after studying many possibilities, we presented what we thought would be the perfect concept idea for such realm, a realm where the progression would be eternal. A realm where you could enjoy the adventure of the WoTLK progression with your very same characters as many times as you like. Each time would be represented as an Era, and that is what we are presenting the community now. If there is something we value is the time and effort invested by players on their characters. No matter what kind of ideas crossed our minds for the future; our players had to know their efforts wouldn’t be lost. That’s why we carefully choose our motto “Make your Home here”, we wanted to provide a long-lasting home for the WoTLK passionate players where the hard work would be kept, were their time invested into their characters’ completion would always be there. We felt like the idea of an eternal progression could perfectly fit with this characteristics - players could come back anytime and continue enjoying their characters while feeling they are still relevant and able to continue their development in a place where everyone can relieve the genuine essence of the WoTLK whenever they like. Even after taking a long break. Over the years, we have received many suggestions and talked directly with old and current Citizens of Dalaran. This has served us to refine our ideas and see things from different points of view and, now that we consider is the perfect moment to do so, we would like to present to you what we strongly believe is a great opportunity for the future of Algalon, our realm. We have been working on many possible systems to support this idea and testing many things - always being absolutely respectful towards our ideals and principles: having a long lasting Blizzlike Home where the WoTLK content would always be relevant and challenging. This path leads us directly into refreshing the level 80 content, a possibility to live this fresh progression many times with your characters while keeping all your work; from gear to titles,achievements...etc. You could still be in your guild, with your friends, there wouldn’t be any need to start over. It does not matter if you are an old player or just started, you can enjoy this wonderful journey together with the rest of the community, everyone under the same conditions and taking pleasure into a fair and challenging content revival. We understand there is a demand to start this content once again and, thanks to this idea we believe we can provide a middle ground where many players will be able to meet. Either those who have their characters with us and just want to relieve it, or those who want to start anew where their effort and time invested will not be drawn into oblivion.

2. What is the Second Era actually about?