WoW esports fans, rejoice: the game's centerpiece Race to World First is making a comeback in the form of The War Within.

"Heroic Week", the week-long period where the world's first raiders could farm gear on Heroic difficulty and get used to a new raid before it opened on Mythic difficulty, is making a comeback in the next expansion. Heroic Week was ditched at the end of Shadowlands in favor of a simultaneous raid release across all WoW difficulties, but after an outpouring of support for the week-long grace period from many top teams, it will return in The War Within.

Part of the decision to bring back Heroic Week has to do with the addition of an “early access” period for players who purchase the Epic Edition of The War Within.

“That three-day early access gives people the opportunity to play the story content, level up, hit max level … then we have a period of time where we actually have access to the Mythic zero system without the season even being live,” WoW production director Michael Bybee said in a recent interview, via WoW coverage site and database Wowhead. “Then the season starts and you have your Heroic Week and then you have the rest of the content unlocked.”