WoW: Forever Has A Streamer Problem

World of Warcraft: Forever isn't out yet, but it's already clear it has a major problem. It isn't anything in the game itself. It's not the addition of Skyborne elves that require players to pay $30, or controversial class changes like Warrior's Rage normalization. The WoW Classic community is a passionate bunch, and so there's a huge variety of strong opinions on everything related to the latest version of developer Blizzard's old-school MMORPG. That's all par for the course. Instead, it's a problem that's largely out of the community's control: streamers. Streamers have been a big part of WoW since Twitch's earliest days. The release of WoW Classic back in 2019 in particular was a watershed moment, with 1.1 million concurrent viewers and 55 million hours watched during launch week. WoW: Forever's beta isn't quite hitting those numbers so far, but considering it's not even officially out yet, interest and viewership is high. The game has a strong streamer community, and they've taken to hitting Forever's beta extremely hard, pushing it to its limits. Blizzard employees have commented multiple times that Forever's beta is breaking records. Having streamers and their communities do…

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