I don't know. There is an argument to be made that Blizzard learned some incorrect lessons from WoW's success. That Blizzard doesn't truly understand what its customers want.
As a side note, this isn't 100% about nostalgia. My fiancee and I played a few hours tonight and she admitted she was enjoying it quite a lot. She never played the original, there is no nostalgia for her. She said she's enjoying this a little bit more than BFA because it forces her to pay attention.
Blizzard kind of knows what customers want but often listens to the wrong people
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drunkenpandarenSlapping all the goblin hamIn the top laneRegistered Userregular
What? Arcane Explosion doesn't have a cast time? #notmyclassic
But ooh boy, dropped a few hours into the game today. Hit level 15 on a mage and realise that I do miss down ranking spells. Mostly with the frostbolt to fireball to rank 1 frostbolt grind of things.
And now I kind of want to level warrior. But I gotta hit 20 first so I can just skip quests and just aoe grind my life away.
I really feel blizzard needs a better auth server as that's the choke point of why there is a que for the servers
My brother and I playing our warlocks to 10 lost track of time from about 1230 until 1830 getting to 10 and starting the bag train {I really did get a bag to finally drop!}
I don't feel like playing a warrior again in classic I made of a fool of myself then in the rush from 39 to 60 last time
But then if Blizzard is doing a improved wow progression I would make a blood elf warrior if they do TBC {and an improved TBC}
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
Yeah it's not classic as in "we're rolling out the game on the same patch schedule it was on to fix how shit things were." Aside from adding the content they did they went on a journey of fixing and revamping the class talents. 1.12 was the last version that happened so, yeah, cast-time arcane explosion is gone forever.
I'm having a blast, but I get home from work at like 5:30 EST and even if I jump in the queue the moment that I walk in the door, it's after 8pm before I can actually play. All of my friends are pulling ahead of me, and it's so frustrating. I think today I'll ask my son to queue me up as soon as he gets home from school. Maybe then I'll be able to play at a reasonable time.
horde and alliance with the goblin black market as it was
Been super tempted to roll an undead on the server I'm on so I can level them up and farm for a dalaran tabard to throw on the gobbo AH so I can buy it on my Alliance mage to wear.
Jumped in the queue around 8pm Central last night, the estimate was ~4k people and 40 minutes. At around 9:30pm it was still ~2k and 20 minutes, but the queue started dropping like a rock and I was in at 9:45 or so.
Rolled up Rius the Dwarven Hunter, never goes out of style, and got to level 9. I should be able to queue today at ~5pm instead so I'm hoping to be ahead of the rush a little bit. I need to catch up my skinning and leatherworking so's I can keep on it while I level.
My 37 minute queue last night was more like 25 minutes, so that was nice (being in queue wasn't a huge deal since it's still ~1.5 hours from when I get home until my daughter goes to bed and I actually have the time to play).
I wonder how the numbers will look today compared to yesterday.
Her: "Oh man, my mana regens so slooooowlyyyy. I have to drink after killing like two enemies!"
Me: "Don't complain, you're a Mage! Now trade me some of that sweet manawater plskthx"
Steam: Spawnbroker
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
I hit 20 on my priest and have been having a blast. Westfall was rough at the start but by the end and a deadmines run I was feeling real good with spirit tap and wand spec going. Also I can make wool bags and greater magic wands now so I've made like 3g which means that currently I am RIIIIICH
And then I had to go back to work, which is an injustice.
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
Hey seeing as this is classic and all, is PvP going to operate on the ranked system like it was before?
it will be added in phase 2 and will work completely identically to the way it did before
Except Tuesday honor calc will be instant instead of taking hours of maintainance.
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
I remember back in the day when they were discontinuing that rank PvP system we helped one of our guys in the PAA become the last Grand Marshal of the Alliance. He was still granted the title / achievements associated with it, thank goodness.
I feel conflicted on whether or not renew my subscription for Classic. I mained a Warrior during Vanilla, leveled a Priest halfway & raided as far as BWL. I was an avid fan of Warcraft III before I joined & I thought the world was quite immersive/magical back then.
I'm glad Blizzard brought back Legacy WoW - glad to see the social features, sense of adventure/danger etc .. but the tedious grinding (and the annoying queues for log-in and elite/special mobs) is wearing out my patience. I don't quite care for the leveling, I just want to get to 60 and gear up for raiding, but I still feel discouraged by the incredible time commitment I'm expected to invest for such endeavours. I suppose I'll play until my sub runs out, but chances are I probably won't renew it despite being a fan.
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jmcdonaldI voted, did you?DC(ish)Registered Userregular
Classic has been everything my wife and I could have wanted. We spent a couple hours leveling together today and is was just like 15 years ago - except for the kids.
We’re likely re-subbing only for classic. Dipped my foot into retail a couple times after name reserving and I pretty much hate it.
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
The only thing that could get me to go back to Classic is if a reliable guild of people I knew formed, with zero [goosery] from people. The latter being the problematic part.
The only thing that could get me to go back to Classic is if a reliable guild of people I knew formed, with zero [goosery] from people. The latter being the problematic part.
Have you heard about our guilds on Pagle and Fairbanks?
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
The only thing that could get me to go back to Classic is if a reliable guild of people I knew formed, with zero [goosery] from people. The latter being the problematic part.
Have you heard about our guilds on Pagle and Fairbanks?
No and I hope there's two because there's one for Alliance and one for Horde.
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FairchildRabbit used short words that were easy to understand, like "Hello Pooh, how about Lunch ?"Registered Userregular
It let me install the game, start it, pick a server...and then it says I can't log in without a subscription. Which is strange, since it doesn't have the big clock icon with 'your subscription is expired' like regular WoW does. Where you can usually play for like 20 levels without an active sub.
Oh well, guess I should've been following the news about this whole thing a bit closer.
Both, it seems like the Alliance side has 40+ people and the Horde side has 5. My brother and friend, Pailryder and his friend, and me.
Haven't had a chance to make the guild because queues have been so rough.
Now I have a dumb question because of foggy memory
If I wanted to make a guild my signature on my account counts once so I cannot make it with my warlock and sign with my priest?
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As a side note, this isn't 100% about nostalgia. My fiancee and I played a few hours tonight and she admitted she was enjoying it quite a lot. She never played the original, there is no nostalgia for her. She said she's enjoying this a little bit more than BFA because it forces her to pay attention.
But ooh boy, dropped a few hours into the game today. Hit level 15 on a mage and realise that I do miss down ranking spells. Mostly with the frostbolt to fireball to rank 1 frostbolt grind of things.
And now I kind of want to level warrior. But I gotta hit 20 first so I can just skip quests and just aoe grind my life away.
Steam: pandas_gota_gun
Oh lacerate, you are truly gone forever...
My brother and I playing our warlocks to 10 lost track of time from about 1230 until 1830 getting to 10 and starting the bag train {I really did get a bag to finally drop!}
I don't feel like playing a warrior again in classic I made of a fool of myself then in the rush from 39 to 60 last time
But then if Blizzard is doing a improved wow progression I would make a blood elf warrior if they do TBC {and an improved TBC}
horde and alliance with the goblin black market as it was
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004484595
Been super tempted to roll an undead on the server I'm on so I can level them up and farm for a dalaran tabard to throw on the gobbo AH so I can buy it on my Alliance mage to wear.
Steam: pandas_gota_gun
Rolled up Rius the Dwarven Hunter, never goes out of style, and got to level 9. I should be able to queue today at ~5pm instead so I'm hoping to be ahead of the rush a little bit. I need to catch up my skinning and leatherworking so's I can keep on it while I level.
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
I wonder how the numbers will look today compared to yesterday.
It's called: No, I don't want that anyways, it's worse than auto-fire!
Her: "Oh man, my mana regens so slooooowlyyyy. I have to drink after killing like two enemies!"
Me: "Don't complain, you're a Mage! Now trade me some of that sweet manawater plskthx"
And then I had to go back to work, which is an injustice.
They will be doing that stuff with the titles and all that, but right now it's not in. It's in phase 2 or 3 I think
Except Tuesday honor calc will be instant instead of taking hours of maintainance.
I'm glad Blizzard brought back Legacy WoW - glad to see the social features, sense of adventure/danger etc .. but the tedious grinding (and the annoying queues for log-in and elite/special mobs) is wearing out my patience. I don't quite care for the leveling, I just want to get to 60 and gear up for raiding, but I still feel discouraged by the incredible time commitment I'm expected to invest for such endeavours. I suppose I'll play until my sub runs out, but chances are I probably won't renew it despite being a fan.
We’re likely re-subbing only for classic. Dipped my foot into retail a couple times after name reserving and I pretty much hate it.
Have you heard about our guilds on Pagle and Fairbanks?
Both, it seems like the Alliance side has 40+ people and the Horde side has 5. My brother and friend, Pailryder and his friend, and me.
Haven't had a chance to make the guild because queues have been so rough.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Oh well, guess I should've been following the news about this whole thing a bit closer.
Now I have a dumb question because of foggy memory
If I wanted to make a guild my signature on my account counts once so I cannot make it with my warlock and sign with my priest?
Ain't nothing respectable about Alliance.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
*Laughs in Ghost Wolf*
or our guild tbh
i mean we let @bowen in