Post by Regolyth on Nov 6, 2017 10:09:37 GMT -5
It was announced at BlizzCon that Blizzard will be creating a "vanilla" WoW server. This seems pretty cool. I'm guessing it'll be everything before Burning Crusades; whether it's launch-day (LOL, the crashes) or later on, they didn't say.
This is how Blizzard plans to finally bring back Vanilla WoW servers
That last sentence kind of hits on what we were talking about in a different thread last week: the type of gamers that WoW brought in wanting instant-gratification and not wanting to put work into their efforts (which seems to reflect real-life too, IMO). Endless arrows? Where's the fun, and danger, in that?
Easymode = meh
I haven't played WoW since 2009 or so. This does sound interesting though. I wish I had the time to give it a try.
This is how Blizzard plans to finally bring back Vanilla WoW servers
Still, it will be interesting to see what the long-term response to Classic World of Warcraft will be. Some are quick to criticize the direction World of Warcraft has taken this past decade, the convenience of features like automated matchmaking for dungeon groups or faster ways of travelling the world. But Brack says there’s much smaller minutiae people have forgotten too—little design decisions that made Vanilla World of Warcraft much more arduous and time-consuming. It’s something the team discovered for themselves when they met with the Nostalrius private server team last year. Before their meeting, Brack says Nostalrius turned over its code to let Blizzard play and pick at it to see what they had accomplished.
"It was very surprising for us," Brack laughs. "I didn’t remember that after casting an intellect buff I had to drink , and then I’d cast it again on another party member and then I had to drink again. I was surprised at how much I had forgotten. You know, that’s not going to be for everyone."
He says that he expects quite a few "looky-loos" will stop by just to remember the good old days for a bit. He expects they’ll be a great deal that they’ve forgotten too, like having to farm fire resistance gear, feed pets, or buy ammunition—little nuisances that were eliminated years ago so players weren’t spending more time doing chores than adventuring.
"It was very surprising for us," Brack laughs. "I didn’t remember that after casting an intellect buff I had to drink , and then I’d cast it again on another party member and then I had to drink again. I was surprised at how much I had forgotten. You know, that’s not going to be for everyone."
He says that he expects quite a few "looky-loos" will stop by just to remember the good old days for a bit. He expects they’ll be a great deal that they’ve forgotten too, like having to farm fire resistance gear, feed pets, or buy ammunition—little nuisances that were eliminated years ago so players weren’t spending more time doing chores than adventuring.
That last sentence kind of hits on what we were talking about in a different thread last week: the type of gamers that WoW brought in wanting instant-gratification and not wanting to put work into their efforts (which seems to reflect real-life too, IMO). Endless arrows? Where's the fun, and danger, in that?
Easymode = meh
I haven't played WoW since 2009 or so. This does sound interesting though. I wish I had the time to give it a try.
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