While a lot of World of Warcraft players are anticipating the release of the Wrath of the Lich King update, Blizzard forum member Shiv is thinking of doing the reverse. Shiv wondered if there's any way to downgrade a WoW account back to its pre-Burning Crusade form. Shiv also mentioned preferring not to sell the current account and purchase a new one.

Majority of the Blizzard forum members offered the same basic response: no, it's simply not possible to do so. Two WoW players, Progenitor and Guus, spoke of alternatives. Progenitor suggested that Shiv pay UK£ 8 "for a code of Ebay" and then download the game client from Blizzard. Guus recommended that Shiv buy the basic World of Warcraft client from stores - the price of which is about that of one month playtime.

Blizzard blue poster Slorkuz acknowledged that a downgrade isn't possible, yet also offered suggestions:

There is no way to downgrade an account from having TBC. If you really desire a pre-i account, you could -instead of selling your current account as it violates the EULA-, either a) buy an additional account and have both, or b) cancel your current account and use only the new one.

After all was said and done, Shiv mentioned that the player account had simply been canceled. Shiv also opted not to buy another World of Warcraft game, as it was against the player's principles.