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Lolozaur August 2nd, 2019 08:43

World of Warcraft Classic - 27 august
 
Last test was announced and the min sys reqs as well; one more month baby :biggrin:

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo…um-specs/65918

And some interesting stuff

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2…d-up-to-launch
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads…nilla-was-like
https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/…4t&sh=d3e8d2ac
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Spoiler – and as a bonus
haha, i bet we will going to see stuff like that again

lostforever August 5th, 2019 15:00

I would like to try this but I am currently knee deep in Everquest 2 and FF14 so have to skip this. Its the same reason why I skipped wow back in 2004

Carnifex August 5th, 2019 16:31

I played World of Warcraft for about a week when it first launched, and didn't care for it when I compared it to Everquest, which I was still playing at the time. I doubt I'd care for Warcraft any more these days, right now the only online game I'm dabbling in in Pantheon, and I'll likely be sticking to that.

purpleblob August 6th, 2019 02:23

I never played vanilla WoW - although I'm intrigued, I'm not sure if I would have enough time nowdays to fully experience this.

Lolozaur August 6th, 2019 07:34

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo…-00-cest/66877

Character name reservation for WoW Classic opens next week on August 12 at 22:00 GMT / August 13 at 00:00 CEST.

Hastar August 6th, 2019 13:50

I enjoyed Everquest more but Classic WoW was fun. I think I will have to play this because the first month or two on new servers are the best.

xSamhainx August 6th, 2019 14:47

I played vanilla WoW for years, ended up getting into a clan and all that - it was a great game at the time.

I re-installed it a couple years ago, and i found the game a shade of it's former self. I made a Hunter, and couldnt believe what I was seeing - I STARTED with a pet. I was flabbergasted, and quite frankly offended just by that fact alone. There were other things that pissed me off, I dont remember the particulars, but I steamrolled thru a handful of levels, explored a little bit, and disheartened i uninstalled the game.

"Back in the old days", as they say " Hunters had to wait until level 10 to even GET a pet, and even then, we had to research the region where the desired pet lived. Then, like a Hunter (imagine that) we had to set out, often at our own peril, to go and attempt to TAME the pet that we wanted. Pets needed to be trained, had levels, happiness, loyalty…."

Back in the old days we had to wait until like level 40, and you needed a ton of gold to get a mount. It was a big deal to get your mount. There were people flopping all over the starting region with mounts, so they probably throw one at you at a low level, for free

Damn spoiled brats

Lolozaur August 6th, 2019 16:03

In BFA i think there is a mount you can ride from level 1, comes from an achievement, if you get a certain number of heirlooms; in classic no such thing, first mount is at 40.

And here is a simple video to see why ppl want classic back

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lostforever August 6th, 2019 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hastar (Post 1061577563)
I enjoyed Everquest more but Classic WoW was fun. I think I will have to play this because the first month or two on new servers are the best.

I never played Everquest but played Everquest 2 and I still do. However, I did play Classic WoW and found that really fun too. I stayed with EQ2 since I had good set of friends there and it was more group focused than WoW.

Open world PvP was really good in Classic WoW and I would like to give that a go but time is the issues sadly.

Hastar August 6th, 2019 20:43

I also enjoyed EQ2 for about a year. I played one of those progressive servers two years ago and had a fun time for around three months. The outdoor zones in EQ2 are fantastic. I enjoyed the dungeons in EQ1 more.

Lolozaur August 7th, 2019 19:11

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo…ple-here/66824
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo…le-here/215459

Carnifex August 8th, 2019 02:22

I've learned over the past decade that when I've tried out other online games, I'm looking to recapture those years I spent with friends in Everquest one and two. Three or four years ago I decided to stop trying. The games can be diverting for a while, but without those friends, it will not last, at least not for me.

JDR13 August 8th, 2019 05:06

Other than nostalgia for old-time fans, I can't imagine why anyone would want to play something as clunky and dated-looking as this.

Lolozaur August 8th, 2019 07:58

Look at the video i posted earlier

Anyway

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i guess europeans wont have much trouble with this

Maylander August 8th, 2019 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by porcozaur (Post 1061577775)
i guess europeans wont have much trouble with this

Depends on who will be playing it. Method is European after all. If they end up creating a WoW Classic guild, that sort of thing will definitely happen there. I don't think they will though, as they're too focused on the esport aspect of WoW.

The ones to watch out for here are probably Preach and Bellular, two of the biggest WoW streamers. I suspect they will both play Classic actively.

Personally, I'll try Classic until I get bored at around level 18 or something. Getting to 60 is simply way too grindy and time consuming for me these days. Besides, I've already done, seen it and still have the original collector edition pets.

Lolozaur August 8th, 2019 20:41

Stress test is live and only 2 servers on atm, 10000 in the queue from what i read lool

lostforever August 9th, 2019 11:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carnifex (Post 1061577755)
I've learned over the past decade that when I've tried out other online games, I'm looking to recapture those years I spent with friends in Everquest one and two. Three or four years ago I decided to stop trying. The games can be diverting for a while, but without those friends, it will not last, at least not for me.

This is spot on. This is reason why I still play EQ2 since the friends I made back in 2004 are still here. When all said and done, a MMO is really about the people who you play with and the actual game doesn't really have to be great.

lostforever August 9th, 2019 11:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDR13 (Post 1061577761)
Other than nostalgia for old-time fans, I can't imagine why anyone would want to play something as clunky and dated-looking as this.

This is a fair point and only time can tell. However I have a feeling that WoW Classic will catch on. I think there is reasonable size MMO players are fed up with most modern "single player MMO" and who long for more community based experience. Irony is that when WoW Classic was released it was criticised by many other MMO players at that time as "single player MMO" and rightly so! But it has more social hooks than most MMO these days.

For these people "clunky combat" and dated looking graphics don't matter. Having said that the combat in wow classic is much better, fluid and feel more impactful than modern MMO such as ESO so its not all that bad.

Edit: "dated-looking" - Apparently its an option to play with original wow graphics or use modern graphics as well.

Lolozaur August 12th, 2019 19:25

Test is over, they let it open for the whole weekend; didnt played it since i wont pay for a "demo" but from what i read, serious problems with that layering shit.
edit 2 more weeks, cant wait to play though i doubt it will be fun in the first week.

lostforever August 13th, 2019 18:42

I have mixed feeling about layering. One one hand, I don't want long login queues or do I want wait very long time for mobs to respawn. On the other hand, I do want to see lots of player around me! So I hope they fine tune the numbers for go live.

pibbur who August 13th, 2019 20:26

Don't know if I will play Classic, at least not for a while. I'm not playing Wow much at the moment, and I want to go to the places I've never been (everything after Northrend).

But I logged on today, and created my 3 essential alts: The Nightelf druid Pibbur. The fierce gnome (female) warrior Anhima. And the undead warlock Gangre. So at least they are ready if I ever want to play them.

pibbur who mostly is pibbur everywhere.

Lolozaur August 13th, 2019 20:35

Sadly i see the token price went up, i guess it will pass 200k til release :(. Have a token already and 50k, wanted to make the rest fro the 2nd token during the 1st token gametime but if it gets pricey, will be impossible :(

lostforever August 13th, 2019 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by pibbur who (Post 1061578290)
Don't know if I will play Classic, at least not for a while. I'm not playing Wow much at the moment, and I want to go to the places I've never been (everything after Northrend).

But I logged on today, and created my 3 essential alts: The Nightelf druid Pibbur. The fierce gnome (female) warrior Anhima. And the undead warlock Gangre. So at least they are ready if I ever want to play them.

pibbur who mostly is pibbur everywhere.

I know what you mean. I rather discover new worlds and places as well but I like the idea of "going back home" and seeing and feeling how it is now that I am 15 years older :)

I will play it but I don't see myself sticking with it for long but we will see :)

Maylander August 14th, 2019 09:52

I've reserved a few names on Pyrewood: Keldoran, Theldorn and Maylander. I'll give it a pop, but I've been there and done that, so it'll be very casual.

Lolozaur August 23rd, 2019 14:01

Couple of days left, some more servers were opened and big drama since there are already addons out there for LFG lol.

Lolozaur August 25th, 2019 20:01

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Lolozaur August 26th, 2019 20:45

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroo…e-today/za104e 3 more hours :D

purpleblob August 27th, 2019 12:48

Hope you are having fun @porcozaur :P

Lolozaur August 27th, 2019 15:45

I am, level 10 at the moment, undead mage rules :D

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroo…-queues/zf1059

Lolozaur September 2nd, 2019 19:55

https://www.wowhead.com/news=294852/…ers-in-classic

pibbur who September 2nd, 2019 20:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by porcozaur (Post 1061580193)

There is an update on that page saying: EDIT (5:30PM PDT): It looks like the promotion post was deleted from World of Warcraft Brazil's Facebook page.

pibbur who doesn't know what to think

Carnifex September 2nd, 2019 21:06

That's too bad, a distraction from stormy weather might be just what some people need to get through this week.

pibbur who September 2nd, 2019 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carnifex (Post 1061580199)
That's too bad, a distraction from stormy weather might be just what some people need to get through this week.

There is of course the new Tool album.

Pibbur who listens

Caddy September 3rd, 2019 00:50

I went back to playing Vanilla on a couple private servers, a couple years back. They were well populated mind you. I’m curious how different or similar the community is now.

lostforever September 3rd, 2019 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caddy (Post 1061580221)
I went back to playing Vanilla on a couple private servers, a couple years back. They were well populated mind you. I’m curious how different or similar the community is now.

I finally made start in Classic but I never played on any private servers. I can tell you there is real sense of excitement among players like when WoW was first released and its kind of infectious as well!

It seems many are returning players so we are looking at average age group of 30 to 40 years old so most seems well behaved but given how large the population is, there are the "special" players as well.

Lolozaur September 3rd, 2019 13:03

I guess best time to play will be one month after release? most kids will go back to the shiny retail by then.

I paused my mage since it was so annoying to stop and drink water every 2 mobs, plus i sucked balls vs elites solo. Raising a warlock now :biggrin:

pibbur who September 3rd, 2019 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostforever (Post 1061580257)
… there are the "special" players as well.

Ahh. The jumping jacks.

pibbur who knows that particular phrase means something else than he wants it to.

PS. I like to play a bit with stereotypes in games, which means that whenever I can, I usually have a little (gnome, hobbit,…) female warrior type, preferrably equipped with a two-handed axe larger than herself. Especially in WOW starting areas I was a couple of times approached by players who I think wanted to roleplay, but in a to me somewhat unfamiliar way. Always nice making fun of them. Yes, she can be a bit bitchy, too. DS.

PPS. BTW, I call her "Anhima" after my cell phone which is called "Anhima" after the "Horned screamer" bird, Anhima cornuta. DS

PPPS. I may have told you this already. DS.

Yet another PS- Then there are of course the "creative" names, like the fortunately dead gnome I found with the name "jagluktarfis", which is Swedish for "I smell like I'm farting". Nice choice on a RP server. DS.

lostforever September 3rd, 2019 13:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by porcozaur (Post 1061580268)
I guess best time to play will be one month after release? most kids will go back to the shiny retail by then.

I paused my mage since it was so annoying to stop and drink water every 2 mobs, plus i sucked balls vs elites solo. Raising a warlock now :biggrin:

I play a warrior and its even worse, I have to eat after each mob!

But mages are the OP class in classic, the first level 60 WW was a mage as you can mass pull,root and AOE them down without getting hit.

purpleblob September 4th, 2019 11:57

I was looking at WoW subreddit and it seems like a lot of people are having fun.

This got me laughing hard:

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/…a/ill_take_it/

lostforever September 4th, 2019 14:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by purpleblob (Post 1061580325)
I was looking at WoW subreddit and it seems like a lot of people are having fun.

This got me laughing hard:

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/…a/ill_take_it/

That gave me chuckle too!

People are having fun and discovering that lot of the old gameplay was sacrificed at the alter of "convenience" and "accessibility" is not really worth it.


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