

The same heavily modified version was used during Legion until the last alpha patch for 7.0.3. During the Warlords of Draenor alpha and beta test before patch 6.0.2, the vanilla login screen was used but heavily modified.

The vanilla login screen was used as a placeholder for the beta and alpha of the following expansions: Cataclysm, Warlords of Draenor, Legion.The Cataclysm login screen is so far the only one that displayed a still-image while the rest of the game files finish downloading.The widescreen support has been available since Vanilla, but was set on by default since Wrath of the Lich King.That often irritated players who were trying to log in quietly, to the point "roaring dragon screen" complaints were rumored to have influenced the randomized and much quieter roar of a different dragon in the next expansion's loading screen. The Wrath of the Lich King screen opened with the frost wyrm, Sindragosa flying into the frame, flapping her wings, landing with a thud, and emitting an infamously powerful roar, all repeating at a set interval.The second most common is tied between dragons, featured in both the Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm screens, and Icecrown Citadel, featured in the login screens for Wrath of the Lich King and Shadowlands. Warlords of Draenor marked the third login screen out of eight to feature the Dark Portal, making it the most common theme so far.


Each login screen featured a variation of a 10-minute long piece of orchestrated score that features a medley of other music pieces that are heard throughout the game, with the beginning of the piece setting the main tone for the expansion.
