Topic: [CLASSIC] World of Warcraft (Read 740 times)

Hi there. I must say that it was totally worth waiting for it. Have been playing for several months already and I have enjoyed every moment.

I'm interested in knowing the player base at the moment? I feel like the fuzz went away pretty fast - but was that just for streaming activities?

World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the Warcraft fantasy universe. Wikipedia
Initial release date: November 23, 2004
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Genre: Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
World of Warcraft was the world's most popular MMORPG by player count of nearly 10 million in 2009. The game had a total of over a hundred million registered accounts by 2014. By 2017, the game had grossed over $9.23 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. At BlizzCon 2017, a vanilla version of the game titled World of Warcraft Classic was announced, which planned to provide a way to experience the base game before any of its expansions launched. It was released in August 2019.

I spent quite a lot of time playing WoW too, probably around 10 years as well, but i have no regrets, as i really  enjoyed the game. You know the saying, time enjoyed wasting is not wasted time at all  . And most of the time i wasn't playing it hardcore, so other aspects of life didn't suffer much.


I played for a 2 months, and then got bored of it, as i simply don't have enough time to play it properly. I can spare maybe 1-2 hours per day max, and you can't do much in that time in Classic WoW.


That's they exactly  one the reasons i played WoW, because it has subscription, while those free mmorpgs where mostly pay to win, they had some mechanic where those with money could gain advantage and i didn't like that. And of course WoW had huge amount f content compared to those other free mmorpgs
I understand that in some countries WoW subscription is not that cheap, but at least now it is possible to buy game time with minimum effort using in game gold, so everyone interested can join, even buy new expansion each year using gold.

Ah I had good memories with playing for almost ten years.
But to be honest after all these days now I can see. instead of spending too much time for it I could spend this time for learning some useful skill or a new language. How ever it's too later now.  
What a regret ...

This also ensures that newbies don't get top skills overnight (and the dreaded account selling). Of course the real reason was to ensure a steady cashflow, as this was (is?) a subscription game. When it takes a LOT of effort to level a character, when you encounter one you admire it. But in games where you can level up quickly, you are more like meh.

Obviously this caters to a little different scope of target player base than those in free to play (Pay to win?) games, where you can literally buy your leveled up character officially anyway, or the paid perks makes it so easy it isn't funny.

When WoW was conceived, those f2p + real money shop games had yet to take over. MMOs were either free or subscription. And there have been a lot of different attempts to monetize games ever since, with mixture of everything. Some single pay to access areas or items, some are half free half subscription some are both subscription or access, etc, etc.

But of course there have also been new game concepts ever since, and obviously the graphics department has improved a lot.

Now if you were to play in a private server, without any monthly fees, you will probably not feel hurried to level up and play at your own leisure, assuming of course the server operator doesn't disappear and is willing to maintain it for years. But many of them tweak the xp rates up anyway.

I have experience with various MMOs, but WoW in particular i never played, since i avoid subscription games. Remember that even if you only have time to play 1 day or nearly everyday, you have to pay the whole month the same. Same as with cable tv vs "video on demand" streaming services.

I did not like the classic. Too complicated, too much time is spent on banal logistics, to move from point A to point B. In addition, it takes a huge amount of time to raise a character’s level, which at the current age is a pity to spend on such things. However, I am glad that people have a long-awaited opportunity to play it again.

When I remember who much life that game sucked out of me, I'm glad I quit playing it.

Won't be returning unless they implement crypto payments or real-money auction house like in Diablo 3.

Yes, I'm playing it now. I really enjoyed it. I felt like a kid, too. It's really cool. But I don't have a lot of time for that right now, so I just bought myself a boost https://epiccarry.com/us/. So I didn't have to spend a lot of time on it.

You chose very good server, some of the top guilds are there, like APES and Nihilum.

I end up on Nethergarde Keep EU, alliance side, but i might consider switching to Gehennas if i decide to play more seriously.

Hello there, nice to see some Classic Wow Post!

I'm on Gehennas - EU, wanted Horde but Guild buddies we play for 2 years on P-Server "forced" me to go Alliance  Playing a healer, Tanks, and DPS hook me up 

Kings honor friend! (ZUG ZUG)

Yep, interest is huge.Blizzard had to keep adding new servers, and still most servers  have queues during peak hours.

Classic is great so far, if you are playing on Nethergarde Keep EU realm and want to join guild, contact me please

It is currently the most popular game on Twich

I've had my fun with world of Warcraft and don't think I will going back to play a game that is 15 years old. Nostalgia isn't much of a thing for me anymore.

I keep getting the urge to pick of classic for old time's sake on retail.
But I'm also cringing over the memory of 40-man raids and fighting over purples. 
I wish it were pure Vanilla. I miss WoW before the PVP incentives came in.  It was a fun stress killer.

Really big difference between two os huh, no wonder many people still prefer using windows is than mac

I've been paying my  Wow subscription with ingame gold for years, and many others that have some extra gold or can't afford paying with real money. As I explained before, it is fairly easy to farm enough for monthly subscription.

Private servers are fine, but nothing can compare with quality of official Blizzard servers. I tried them out of curiousity, and they have too many bugs for my taste. It's like saying that fake iPhone you bought for 100 USD is the same as the original one. At first it may look like a real thing, but after using it for some time you will notice the difference.

That is the reason why top guild from private servers are coming to Classic.

classic wow is lame, really you going to give b lizzard more of your money to play vanilla when there is like 30 free vanilla servers out there for the past 15 years?

https://elysium-project.org/
https://www.kronos-wow.com/  <--- I use this one, well used to before I got bored by lvl 8 again.
https://www.dkpminus.com/wow/private-servers/vanilla-wow/

Bethesda reacted a bit late with their  The Elder Scrolls Online that was released in 2014. Mmorpgs are not as popular as they used to be 10-15 years ago and it is not an easy job to get big share market  when you have World of Warcraft as main competition.


Few days before release, Blizzard decided to open 5 new EU English realms due high interest.


WoW Classic might have over 1 million players at the launch, interest is much bigger than Blizzard thought, and it is definitely good news for all of us that plan to play it.

They are unrelated except for the lore and creatures, i guess.  I did play all 3 as you did, but WoW was something to go against the likes of Everquest and the several many others from Japan and Korea, France, US, etc.

This game clicked, i think it was (is?) the most popular ever in the history of online gaming. And this is a subscription game so imagine that, no pay no play, unlike several many free to play (and often prettier) alternatives.

There is some free to watch drama on Youtube called "The Guild" i think, that portrays this feeling. Maybe it helps watching it to understand the phenomenon.

The Warcraft games you mention are not really RPG, but Action strategy, Warcraft came after Command & Conquer and Dune 2 and its almost the same thing. Then they developed further, and added some more lore and background. Since its their IP, they kept going further, and further, and further...

Tho at this point most should agree a ("Fantasy RPG") is pretty much shared nearly public domain IP, that should perhaps go more to Tolkien, but that's too long a discussion to make here.

Anyone can make a "Fantasy" game with Warriors, Archers, Magicians, Humans, Elfs and Orcs etc. Some are a bit more original than that, but people seem to be attached to the Tolkien legacy. funny that Bethesda didn't act on this, since they were so successful with their solo playing games...

Not at all, and there are thousands of guides for every aspect of World of Warcraft.Best source of info is probably wowhead.

I've never been able to play RPG games. Are difficult to learn play?

While i respect  Runescape as one of the more popular free to play mmorpgs, World of Warcraft is on the different level when it comes to absolutely every aspect of the game.

Runescape is a free game that has maybe 50-100k thousands active players, while World of Warcraft has 4-5 million players that are paying monthly fee (10-15 USD, depending on region).

Nah, Old School Runescape is a much better game with a bigger community. play that instead.

Thank you for creating this theme. I'm a fan of this game, it's beautiful!

Not exactly.

Dota is based on the Defense of the Ancients  game mode of Warcraft 3, and as we know it is purely PVP game.

World of Warcraft is mmorpg( ( massively multiplayer online role-playing game)) based on the Warcraft 3 engine and Warcraft world ( massively multiplayer online role-playing game), it is a combination of role playing game and multiplayer online game, where a lot of players interact between themselves in virtual world.But here you are not strictly confined to PVP, as you can do raods, you can do quests, you can explore the world etc.

Here is an example of  raid

PVP example, Arena match 3vs3 and battleground PVP 10vs10

Is this game similar to Dota 2? Right? If so, I'll try to play

Few updates:

Q&A Compilation – WoW Classic Development Team AMA

WoW Classic Content Plans


In the other news, Method,  best guild in the last 7-8 years announced participation in world first race for Ragnaros and Onyxia

My first contact with Warcraft world was in 1996, when my cousin who knew that i am big strategy fan( at that time i played Command&Conquer) brought me Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and of course it was love at the first sight.

And then 2002 came and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos was out.And it was even better than W2, that was my first online gaming experience, i still remember getting crazy telephone bills from playing it all day long using dial up.

If you love Warcraft world, i suggest you give it another try, but with Classic, not this current wow expansions,but if you can give it a a bit more than few minutes and who knows, maybe it will change your mind.It is an amazing game with awesome social component and immersion, and if you love Warcraft lore, it is still there.

I don't know if you follow recent news, but Blizzard is working on Warcraft III: Reforged, remastered classic that should be released sometimes before end of this year, i hope.

I miss the old pre-WoW Warcraft games (1,2, & 3). I always thought if they made that style of game massively multiplayer with a giant world it would be amazing to play. I tried playing World of Warcraft once for a couple minutes, just wasn’t appealing to me at all.

Since all existing EU English PVP realm are Full or High, Blizzard decided to add another server. It is obvious that  they underestimated interest for WoW Classic.


https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1107527-new-realm-coming-for-wow-classic/

I love RPGs ( role playing games) , and what is better than single player RPG? Online RPG where you play with your friends and even meet new ones. Even after 15 years and despite having to pay monthly subscription (10-15 USD, depending on the region)  in order to play, WoW is still played by millions of people and is the most popular and successful MMORPG on the market. One of the big reasons why WoW is so popular is because there is something for all kinds of players, whether you are PVP player, PVE, hardcore, casual etc.

Never understood the meaning of this game, why do you love it so much? Share with me

Message from Blizzard regarding overpopulated EU English realm Shazzrah

https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/8690-Classic-Overcrowded-Realm-Update

''Based on name reservations so far, the Shazzrah realm is looking to be massively overpopulated. If all existing players on this server remain there, login queues in excess of 10,000 players are a certainty, and possibly much higher than that.

We recently opened up the Gehennas realm, and we urge players on Shazzrah to consider moving there. There are a lot of players currently on Shazzrah and we want Gehennas to fill up before we open any new PvP realms. This is so that player population is spread as evenly as possible before launch, in order to provide the best play experience.

While we are able to fit several times more players on a single realm in 2019 than was the case in 2006, we are not going to raise that cap any further, even though we have the technical capacity to do so. Raising realm caps would simply forestall the problem, letting more players in at launch but creating an unsustainable situation down the line, with severe queues when we turn off layering permanently before Phase 2 of our content unlock plan.

Please also note that our realm population estimates of Low, Medium, High, and Full are based on this increased capacity – a Medium realm today already has more characters on it than even the most crowded realms did back in 2006.

Our top priority in planning for WoW Classic’s launch has been ensuring that we are laying the groundwork for strong realm communities that will endure over the months and years to follow, which is why we’re cautiously opening new servers to meet demand.''

Haha that is a solid alternative for those who find World of Warcraft  not stimulating enough 

WARNING NSFW: ORC BOBS AND VAGINA`S  *if you click on screenshots*

try Bonecraft instead

https://www.skidrowcodex.net/bonecraft-the-race-to-amadollaho-darksiders/

This game is insanely boring and not interesting, how can you play it?

Blizzard added another EU English PVP realm, Gehennas .Make sense, as PVP realms are most popular ones and Golemagg and Shazzrah were already full.

Hype is real!

I will be on Golemagg too, but alliance side

Seems like those 2 PVP servers (Golemagg and Shazzrah) will be most popular EU English realms.

I will probably be playing on this server aswell

Can't wait WoW Classic to start tbh

If anyone wants to come and raid with me and my admins, we'll be on Golemogg server, horde side

Be sure to join us for some raid and pvp fun

Not really, Classic is less demanding than retail WoW, and even retail WoW is not too demanding.For example, i am playing retail WoW( and raiding, that is  by far  most demanding for PC) on a PC that i bought 4 and a half years ago ( i5 4460 and nvdiia gtx 960), i am playing normally without any issues whatsoever and that is far away from powerful computer.Few days ago i tried classic on a laptop with AMD processor  and integrated GPU and it worked normally.

Now with the drop of ETH prices many farmers are getting rid of their rigs so you can get powerful graphics card  cheap, making it even more accessible than before.

Time needed to farm enough gold for subscription depends how many characters you have, right professions etc. The more experienced  and set you are, less time is needed.For example i am passively making every month for approximately 2 monthly subs(worth 30 dollars), by simply logging in every day with my 10 characters and spending maybe 10-15 secs on each character every day, just doing their profession things. So basically negligent amount of time, but of course for that you have to set it up first.
But if you are good and skilled, you can make much more by boosting people for gold, and that is also totally legit by Blizzard.

For new players that can only do basic farming , i would say it needs maybe 1 hour each day , farming herbs, ore etc.

All this is done in game, and Blizzard added option to buy game time with gold few years ago, so everything is totally legit.And not just that, you can buy any blizzard game with the gold(Warcraft 3, Diablo 3, Overwatch, Starcraft 1 &2,WoW, Hearthstone card packs and even few partner games like COD, Destiny 2 etc).

Never liked this game, it's terrible

These Requirements are minimal features, but there will be all different. In this game you need a powerful computer

OK, about how much in game time do you need for the game to pay itself? I imagine this is farming items and selling them, but is this allowed in game or outside? I remember games like EVE online kinda allowed it in game but not sure about WoW.

Yeah private  Vanilla servers are still very popular, that is why Blizzard decided to release Classic servers ( starting with patch 1.12)as naturally they want their piece of cake, as they saw that there is still huge demand for Classic Wow.

Regarding asking for money, all you have to do is to have active subscription and you have both retail and Classic WoW available.And if you dont want to pay WoW subscription with a real money, you can always pay with gold, and it is fairly easy to farm it in retail WoW.For the last 6 or 7 years i haven't spent 1 cent on WoW, all my gametime comes from ingame gold.

BTW, if someone plans to play Classic WoW and wants to reserve some cool name, you can already do it, since last night.You can only reserve 3 names though.

I have know for quite a while about people running private servers without the patches or up to certain patch, due to lack of time i didn't delve deeper but i cannot imagine what "classic" would mean at this point. I don't think asking money for this is a good idea, unless its a sanctioned official thing, but i rather play something else at this point.

Thank you for notifying me about the game, I'm just a fan of it

I didnt get my point. I5 is way more powerful then an old Intel Core 2 Duo. That is why I'm amazed

Intel core 2 Duo E6600 is processor released in 2006 , and intel i5 in 2009.How can those be great processors and basis of great computers now in 2019?You can basically buy new processor for 60-70 USD that is better than that, like Intel Pentium G series that is very good value for money.

WoW Classic is actually not demanding at all, and it is less demanding than retail WoW.

Lol atleast we will surely know that players of this will be limited for those who has a Great working Computers only.

No wonder what’s the target market of this game?why need this high capacity Pc when they can have this in lighter one.
But Goodluck to the players And aspiring

WTF?

So, since Classic WoW is almost here with launch date being August 27th 2019, is anyone else here plannning to play it?

For those that missed it , there is stress test going on  until tomorrow where you can try Classic up to lvl 15, if you have active subscription.

If you wonder whether your computer is strong enough, here are system requirements:

Official minimum requirements set by Blizzard:


Here is the list of  WoW Classic Realm Names and Types

For those that want to avoid (or maybe even join) realms where popular streamers are going to play, you can track current situation HERE


What are your thoughts, you plan to play horde or alliance; pvp or  pve realms?