Pages: 1 ... 3 4 [5] 6
|
|
|
Author
|
Topic: World of Warcraft Classic announced at Blizzcon 2017 (Read 50430 times)
|
luckton
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5947
|
I was going to write something snarky to explain things, but Ezrast beat me to it. But let's talk about how AOL dial-up was at it's peak during the same time WoW was being developed
|
"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
|
|
|
Cyrrex
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10603
|
Jesus people. Was just yelling at clouds.
|
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
|
|
|
luckton
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5947
|
Jesus people. Was just yelling at clouds.
|
"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
|
|
|
HaemishM
Staff Emeritus
Posts: 42629
the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
|
Let us never forget that no MMOG, not even the most successful ones, were ever written with any more than the most seat-of-the-pants spaghetti code sort of way. It's a wonder any of them ever worked after the first live patch.
|
|
|
|
luckton
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5947
|
Anarchy Online is still....online.
|
"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
|
|
|
ezrast
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2125
|
Jesus people. Was just yelling at clouds.
Ha, sorry. You stumbled across one of my triggers as an ops guy; not your fault.
|
|
|
|
Cyrrex
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10603
|
On the bright side, you got a chance to write a wall of text. So there’s that.
|
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
|
|
|
Setanta
Terracotta Army
Posts: 1516
|
Let us never forget that no MMOG, not even the most successful ones, were ever written with any more than the most seat-of-the-pants spaghetti code sort of way. It's a wonder any of them ever worked after the first live patch.
eve.exe aka how to take down your customer's computer as an added bonus
|
"No man is an island. But if you strap a bunch of dead guys together it makes a damn fine raft."
|
|
|
Malakili
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10596
|
I got all the nostalgia I wanted out of this by watching someone stream playing an undead rogue for 7 minutes.
|
|
|
|
Bungee
Terracotta Army
Posts: 897
|
I got all the nostalgia I wanted out of this by watching someone stream playing an undead rogue for 7 minutes.
I started playing on a private server, had fun, got level 12 and got hit with the grind flashback *hard*. I'll still play classic, mostly because I promised to join some ex-guildmates but I doubt I get past lvl 30 before Christmas.
|
Freedom is the raid target. -tazelbain
|
|
|
Comstar
Terracotta Army
Posts: 1952
|
I didn't know you could play WoW for free to level 20. Found out last night. I think i played in...2006?
Goldshire is different...and yet hasn't changed a bit. Orks instead of defliers in red masks. The little kobold mine is closed and makes me sad for some reason I can't explain. Being offered a ride tor the bridge and seeing a Gryphon station outside the inn seems sooo...wrong. The map tells you excatly where to go and nothing is hidden. What, WALKING is too much now? I know the game was mostly a theme park, but everything's on a travellater now?I feel like I might as well be given a Segway and a tour guide.
No one is talking around the Inn like I seem to have memories of. There's 50 people here. Maybe it's because I'm on a free account?
There is one guy spamming asking for new members for a new guild...and I think it's the same spam I saw 10+ years ago.
I'm really confused by the lack of choosing talents..I just get given to me now without making any choice? I'm level 6 and the only choice I've made is my hair colour.
I can see why Classic mode is such a popular idea to a lot of people now. I know I'm not the target for the game now - 99% of people have hit max level and seen everything and done everything already. Again, I suspect I'm not the WoW target audience, never having even done a raid or gotten high enough to see most of the dungeons that I guess everyone has by now.
I think I will be interested in paying for a sub when Classic comes out.
|
Defending the Galaxy, from the Scum of the Universe, with nothing but a flashlight and a tshirt. We need tanks Boo, lots of tanks!
|
|
|
Triforcer
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4663
|
Will sub WoW to try this. I stopped playing WoW after about two weeks of BC- eager to see if it can transport me back in time to being 23 with no kids and unlimited free time, as obviously promised.
|
All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu. This is the truth! This is my belief! At least for now...
|
|
|
lesion
|
Yeah, the beta hit the buttons for me but it's a mix of "oh daaaang I remember this heh that's cool but also so god damn slow" and "I have to do the dishes or my partner will leave me."
|
|
|
|
Xanthippe
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4779
|
I'm torn between playing a hunter, which is and was my main, and playing something different, like pally or druid.
It's going to be interesting to see how it all shakes out. Will people who didn't play before find it interesting enough to play? There are an awful lot of quality of life improvements that have been made, but something has been lost along the way (i.e., the speed and ease of getting to max level rather than exploring all the nooks and crannies and finding things of interest).
Or perhaps that is just my nostalgia kicking in.
|
|
|
|
Comstar
Terracotta Army
Posts: 1952
|
I've signed up a new account, for some reason my old one didn't exist anymore. Looks like nearly every server is FULL. 10,000+ queues.
See you in the hells of the wait times I guess.
|
Defending the Galaxy, from the Scum of the Universe, with nothing but a flashlight and a tshirt. We need tanks Boo, lots of tanks!
|
|
|
Azuredream
Terracotta Army
Posts: 912
|
Queues are going to be brutal. I'm hoping they release another PvE realm. I'm on Pagle at the moment but I'd jump ship if they opened another one so I don't have to deal with queues.
|
The Lord of the Land approaches..
|
|
|
Rendakor
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10131
|
Brutal queues are a fundamental part of the Vanilla WoW experience.
|
"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
|
|
|
Chimpy
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10619
|
Brutal queues are a fundamental part of the Vanilla WoW experience. Along with frequent server crashes and emergency maintenance.
|
'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
|
|
|
Cyrrex
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10603
|
Dumb question, but is there a free trial with this like with current WoW? I kinda want to get my boy to try it, so he can see how MMOs were in the olden days of yore, where you had to run a mile to find the arrow shooting trainer and you loved it.
|
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
|
|
|
Rendakor
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10131
|
No idea, but with overwhelming queues there shouldn't be.
|
"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
|
|
|
Comstar
Terracotta Army
Posts: 1952
|
Dumb question, but is there a free trial with this like with current WoW? I kinda want to get my boy to try it, so he can see how MMOs were in the olden days of yore, where you had to run a mile to find the arrow shooting trainer and you loved it.
AFAIK free trial only applies to normal WoW.
|
Defending the Galaxy, from the Scum of the Universe, with nothing but a flashlight and a tshirt. We need tanks Boo, lots of tanks!
|
|
|
HaemishM
Staff Emeritus
Posts: 42629
the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
|
I've signed up a new account, for some reason my old one didn't exist anymore. Looks like nearly every server is FULL. 10,000+ queues.
So you really are partying like it's 2003? I guess I can recycle my review of the original WOW beta/release - "Hire more AZNs."
|
|
|
|
Triforcer
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4663
|
T minus 18 hours to go. As a US guy in Japan, I guess I will go Arugal. I'm sure I will play but rarely, but any Australians here should feel free to say hi if they ever see my name or a close variation thereon (always Horde side, life still hasn't brought me low enough to roll Alliance).
|
All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu. This is the truth! This is my belief! At least for now...
|
|
|
Xanthippe
Terracotta Army
Posts: 4779
|
Tried to log in to Whitemane 20 minutes before live. Queue was 13000+.
Switched to the least populated newest server, and am 1,987 in queue, 20 minutes after live.
Like launch only worse.
|
|
|
|
Azuredream
Terracotta Army
Posts: 912
|
And once you make it through the queue, you get stuck on the loading screen for 2+ minutes until it boots you back to character select with a "World Server is down" message.
Truly the authentic classic experience.
|
The Lord of the Land approaches..
|
|
|
01101010
Terracotta Army
Posts: 12003
You call it an accident. I call it justice.
|
So they went the route of too authentic, too true to the classic?
|
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
|
|
|
Rasix
Moderator
Posts: 15024
I am the harbinger of your doom!
|
I am disappointed in some people right now. You know who you are.
|
-Rasix
|
|
|
Salamok
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2803
|
I remember queues and tons of downtime with EQ but I played WoW from day 1 and never remember waiting 15 minutes to get in the game, then again that was a very long time ago so maybe I am misremembering. Chasing the dragon eventually leads to a heroin overdose and death, instead of revisiting them some things are better left as a fond memory.
|
|
|
|
Chimpy
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10619
|
I am disappointed in some people right now. You know who you are.
Everyone NOT playing this money grab?
|
'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
|
|
|
Paelos
Contributor
Posts: 27075
Error 404: Title not found.
|
I don't know how any of your still have time for this idea It was a time drag the first time around when I was in my 20s. I can't even begin to imagine trying to level now in my 30s. I'd get to level 10 and probably forget about it for 2 weeks.
|
CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
|
|
|
Cyrrex
Terracotta Army
Posts: 10603
|
To be honest, the idea of classic WoW is more appealing than modern WoW.
|
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
|
|
|
Bungee
Terracotta Army
Posts: 897
|
I got all the nostalgia I wanted out of this by watching someone stream playing an undead rogue for 7 minutes.
I started playing on a private server, had fun, got level 12 and got hit with the grind flashback *hard*. I'll still play classic, mostly because I promised to join some ex-guildmates but I doubt I get past lvl 30 before Christmas. Day 1: Level 13, 5h played. :shame:
|
Freedom is the raid target. -tazelbain
|
|
|
Setanta
Terracotta Army
Posts: 1516
|
Pretty much how I remembered it, I'm not hating it.
|
"No man is an island. But if you strap a bunch of dead guys together it makes a damn fine raft."
|
|
|
01101010
Terracotta Army
Posts: 12003
You call it an accident. I call it justice.
|
But the real question is: how's Barrens chat?
|
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
|
|
|
Bungee
Terracotta Army
Posts: 897
|
I started playing on a private server, had fun, got level 12 and got hit with the grind flashback *hard*. I'll still play classic, mostly because I promised to join some ex-guildmates but I doubt I get past lvl 30 before Christmas.
I'll hit lvl 60 next week. 7 weeks past release. That's with 2 weeks of not being able to play due to RL. It's been surprisingly pleasant (I think) and full of flashbacks. Killing hundreds of raptors for those 8 talons, getting drive-by'ed while fighting a big mob pull and all.
|
Freedom is the raid target. -tazelbain
|
|
|
|
Pages: 1 ... 3 4 [5] 6
|
|
|
|