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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 loading… Spoiler – and as a bonus |
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
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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.
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I never played vanilla WoW - although I'm intrigued, I'm not sure if I would have enough time nowdays to fully experience this.
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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. |
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.
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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 |
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 loading… |
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Open world PvP was really good in Classic WoW and I would like to give that a go but time is the issues sadly. |
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.
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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.
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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.
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Look at the video i posted earlier
Anyway loading… i guess europeans wont have much trouble with this |
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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. |
Stress test is live and only 2 servers on atm, 10000 in the queue from what i read lool
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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. |
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. |
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.
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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. |
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 :(
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I will play it but I don't see myself sticking with it for long but we will see :) |
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.
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Couple of days left, some more servers were opened and big drama since there are already addons out there for LFG lol.
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https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroo…e-today/za104e 3 more hours :D
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Hope you are having fun @porcozaur :P
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I am, level 10 at the moment, undead mage rules :D
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroo…-queues/zf1059 |
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pibbur who doesn't know what to think |
That's too bad, a distraction from stormy weather might be just what some people need to get through this week.
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Pibbur who listens |
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.
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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. |
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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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/ |
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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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