Shaman Classic Discord Closed in Protest of Shaman Changes in WoW: Forever

The Shaman Classic Discord has been shut down in protest of the changes to Shaman in WoW: Forever.

With almost 80k members, the Shaman Classic Discord has been a prominent place for Shamans in WoW Classic to learn about their class, including the rotation, leveling tips, gearing, and talents. It also provides a space for like-minded players to discuss and theorycraft changes and look for advice.

As of this morning, the Shaman Classic Discord server has been shut down, and all channels have been set to read-only.

Shaman Classic Discord said:

We are locking down the entire Shaman Classic server, active immediately. The reason for this drastic measure, is how the developers are approaching all shaman specs in WoW Forever. Community Feedback gets completely ignored and Class Fantasies are getting destroyed. With this we intent to give them a sign and show them, that the community is not only witj how they approached our beloved Class.

Give us back our class and spec identities, and fantasies!

Despite this protest being about WoW: Forever, the entire Discord has been made read-only. Classic-era, MoP and SoD channels are shut down even though the protest is specifically about WoW: Forever.

This is not the first time that a Class Discord has been shut down in protest. In August 2025, the Retail Ret Paladin Discord closed in protest of their performance in the current raid, feeling "left behind and ignored". This Discord was closed for less than 24 hours, as Ret Paladins were announced to be buffed shortly afterwards. There was no indication that the Discord closing had anything to do with these buffs due to the quick turnaround of the announced class tuning.