World of Warcraft Classic Discussion Megathread

[omegared]

video is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTgSLyySlFE

and you dont have to buy anything, it should be in your battlenet launcher

[JohnGabriel]

Show us the video?

so to get classic beta do I need to buy something ?

You do have to buy the Blizzcon Virtual Ticket, thats $50 USD.
https://blizzcon.com/en-us/event-info/tickets/virtual

[omegared]

well that sucks...

[Acidburning]

video is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTgSLyySlFE

and you dont have to buy anything, it should be in your battlenet launcher

awesome. Melting faces.

[Apatheist]

So like i said its all about aoe damage on trash.

I don't find arcane explosion to be particularly efficient for trash farming. Rain of Fire / Blizzard (when spec'd appropriately) do more DPS and cost less mana. The only negative difference having a priest instead of a paladin as your healer will make will be the lack of retribution aura, since your tank will be using devotion. An imp in your party will give your tank fire shield which partially makes up for this and the significant boost in party HP and utility more than makes up the rest in my view. Threat is a non-issue. Consecration alone will hold agro from Blizzard spam.

What changes are you talking about in particular?

They went out of their way to keep everything as it was as far as I understand so far. Remember they have to strip the current client to be as close to 1.12 as possible. So some things might not be technically possible.

Yea, we won't get all the fancy ADDON possibilities we used to have, but to be fair that was never really in the spirit of the game... decursive anyone?

Either the lack of what was available at the time or the addition of what is currently available API-wise significantly changes the way the game plays. The inclusion of modern rules like disallowing follow in BG's (and world PvP?) make the game not worth paying for as far as I'm concerned which is precisely why I unsubscribed in MoP.

Then again, I may be wrong and Blizzard may keep it genuine in which case I'd be happy to resubscribe. It's not about the money, $75 / month is nothing. As I said, it just seems silly to pay for a service that offers me less than I can get for free. Guess I'll just have to wait and read some reviews here on the forum but judging by Blizzard's recent history I'm not going to hold my breath.

[JohnGabriel]

I promised I wasn't going to overplay the demo because I wanted it to be fresh when its finally released. But I couldn't help myself and have been playing it anyways, probably because I feel regret for buying the virtual ticket to play it.

I am happier playing retail, but will wait and see what they finally have planned for classic. I'm starting to think people only played private servers because it was free, not because classic was better.

I'm also at a loss without achievements, no goals to set, wish they had them in classic.

[Teknetron]

If anyone is creating a Multi-boxer guild I would be very interested in joining, has anyone plans of setting something like this up?
I think it would be really fun if we could get enough multi-boxers with accounts to clear all content that requires > groups of 5.

Couple questions,
Does anyone know if there will be any crossover between titles/mounts on your battle net account? Not sure if it matters too much though, I think I'll be spending most of my time in classic.

Anyone have information if classic servers will continue up past vanilla?
Like, will they have a server that follows the same release schedule as when wow was originally released vanilla > BC > WOTLK etc... I think this would be really cool for people that missed that content or just miss playing that content like myself.

Thanks!

[Apatheist]

I'm starting to think people only played private servers because it was free, not because classic was better.

That wouldn't make sense considering there are private servers for every expansion from classic to legion. If people are only interested in free they can and do play Wrath or MoP just as easily.

Classic is a different game. It's more about exploring and creating your own enjoyment since the game itself offers you fewer tangible rewards. It's a throwback to older MMO's (EQ, DAoC, etc.) that were more about the experience than dangling carrots in front of you constantly to keep you interested. It's slower, there's less guidance and "QoL" changes are basically nonexistent. Some people will like that, some won't. I think that the addition of things like flying mounts and dungeon queues had an immensely negative impact on the game. No doubt there's also an element of nostalgia involved that has little to do with classic itself.

Despite what Reddit tells us, whether or not it's "better" is just a matter of preference.

[MiRai]

If anyone is creating a Multi-boxer guild I would be very interested in joining, has anyone plans of setting something like this up?
I think it would be really fun if we could get enough multi-boxers with accounts to clear all content that requires > groups of 5.

It's hard to believe that such a thing won't exist, and we're still quite a-ways out from the release of the game.

Does anyone know if there will be any crossover between titles/mounts on your battle net account? Not sure if it matters too much though, I think I'll be spending most of my time in classic.

Blizzard has stated that they are being treated as two completely different games.

Anyone have information if classic servers will continue up past vanilla?
Like, will they have a server that follows the same release schedule as when wow was originally released vanilla > BC > WOTLK etc... I think this would be really cool for people that missed that content or just miss playing that content like myself.

At this time, there has been no discussion of moving beyond the base game.

I do believe all of this, and more, is covered in both the blog post on the recap of the BlizzCon panel, as well as the WoWHead blog post of the Classic Interview with Brian Birmingham and John Hight.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ne...ic-panel-recap

https://classic.wowhead.com/news=288...and-john-hight

Despite what Reddit tells us, whether or not it's "better" is just a matter of preference.

Perhaps I'm getting the wrong feeling from this statement, but reddit very much so welcomes the return of classic. In fact, they welcome it so much that the announcement of Classic at BlizzCon 2017 was the most upvoted post of all time on the /r/wow sub-reddit.

https://old.reddit.com/r/wow/top/?sort=top&t=all

However, I agree, you can still find plenty of folks who don't like the old game or think that it's rubbish, but if you'd like to avoid them, then you could hang out on the Classic sub-reddit, instead.

https://old.reddit.com/r/classicwow/

[philadelphe]

What would you recommand for 5 men dungeon as tank ? Druid or warrior ? I go horde with 2 mages, 1 warlock and 1 priest.