Ok, that’s actually really Interesting. I almost kinda wish that we had a bit of progression, and people would still have to grind MC etc. But wait... maybe they actually do! Still have to gear up for Naxx etc. if I recall quickly, there’s no easy way to do that apart from raiding right?

Holy shit, if there’s no cross server anything, I will actually play this I think.

I have way too many good memories of WSG with Zin Rohk.

 

They do have to grind MC; there's no way to do Naxx without gear from AQ40, and you can't do AQ40 without gear from BWL, etc.

Also, they're timegating content. First batch of raid content is MC + Onyxia, then BWL + ZG, then AQ20+40, then Naxx. I don't believe they've given a timeframe for it, but it's probably a reasonable guess that the first batch will be unlocked a month or two after launch, to remove the grind pressure for competitive folks, and then new raid content every 6-9 months after.

 

Yeah, ok, I'll definitely be playing this. But on Aus/NZ servers.

Mage and warrior were my first two characters, and I see no reason to do anything different this time around.

Ok, I'm actually pretty hyped for this now.

Edit: Ok, I started raiding as a Shadow Priest in BC. Were they a needed thing, ie mana providers, in classic?

 

Yes, except at the time, and I can't remember when this changed but I'm 98% certain it was when BC launched, they (and Shaman totems + bloodlust) were limited to just the group they were in, not the raid as a whole. So what would happen is the raid would have 2-3 shadow priests and they'd get rotated into the healer group and ordered to mana battery as the healers required. It wasn't strictly necessary, as potions didn't have the fight lockout they do now and could be chugged every minute or so (not to mention how downranking worked), but spriests saved a lot from the potion budget and were just generally quite appreciated.

 

Nope, totems and SP were group based for all of BC. It’s how I always got into a bloodlust group with shaman healers!

Ok, maybe I’ll play SP + War then. Old SP was so much fun.

 

Might go for wow classic, this sounds neat. Kinda hoping they will go down an AU story path where they don't repeat the stupid mistakes there.

 

Apparently they've been talking about adding content that they never were able to add in the original, or even adding some stuff from BC or WotLK.

 

While vanilla private servers does not function exactly as classic wow (simply because we haven't known how certain things were calculated, things like certain stats and spell mechanics). It has taught us a lot more about how viable some classes are.


In PvP, druid should be all good. For raiding, you'll have no problem finding a guild as restoration. There'll be a demand (not as high demand as priests, but the supply for rdruid is also lower).

You'll be good in terms of loot priority (you'll be competing with rogues, so you'll be geared faster than most specs). Here's a link to a very interesting discussion on MMO-Champ

Personally for Vanilla, I'm probably gonna roll Warrior as a main. I have almost 300 days logged on my my druid on retail, but I want to switch things up a little.

 

I am actually genuinely excited about this now. I would love it if they added BC to it about 2 years from now. I never raided much in classic, just MC, BWL, Ony, ZG, and AQ20. The opportunity to do AQ40 and Naxx as it was would be amazing.

I wonder if the nostalgia will be enough to sustain gameplay. I think it’ll depend on the communities that form on the servers. That was always the best part of WoW for me. You had a reputation on your server. It was a currency.

I’m going to have a horrible time deciding between horde or alliance here... human female warrior was who I was. I think it’s going to have to be that. Can always get Noggenfogger for undead male model. Which would be my second choice.

 

Good news then.

 

Shadow priest giving mana was a BC thing. The only thing they have is buffing shadow damage for locks.

 

Haha, I am WAY too old to live through the original Naxx again. Fuuuuck that.

I think we were about the fifth-sixth guild to beat the original Four Horsemen fight, and that was mainly due to absorbing a few tanks that had the first set bonus when the raid killed the other big guild on our server - we'd figured out how to do it, along with the other ridiculous raid guilds of the time, but as with everyone else just couldn't get the gear to drop consistently. I really hope they keep the drop rates how they originally were too, just so people get the true experience, lol. Having to full-gear from AQ40 beforehand too, just so you can survive the one-shots that happen if you're not geared enough... *shudder*

People actually wanted this?

 

Yes, basically why I've little to no interest in classic. The formula of the game was better from an MMO standpoint in my opinion, but the content is still regurgitated.

 

The new cinematic is pretty cool. Green Jesus is Back.

 

It was cool and all....


Where the fuck is my sexy Jaina cinematic?


Tbf, this focus on Saurfang isn't my thing as a life-long Alliance boi, but it's very clearly (to me) setting up some permanent change in the Warcraft universe, which i appreciate.

 

After two cinematics of Saurfang being sad for committing genocide, another cinematic of Saurfang doing a grin after punching some random undead and Blizzard declaring that "the night elves got their revenge in darkshore" my investment in lore is probably dead for good and with the classes being super boring pretty much killed this expansion for me.

Flynn, Shaw, Wyrmbane and the dark iron are cool though

 

So I guess most of you have stopped playing and/or are waiting to spend your time n classic only?

I've personally been playing Dota for the past month or so with the battle pass... So I just got around to playing 8.2.
On a side note... it is freakin weird that Dota brings out the worst in me but I never get tired of playing it; And Wow brings out the best in me but I get bored every once in 4 months or so. So weird.

Anyway, Nashjatar is frankly meh for me. They seem to be going back to what worked in Legion. The zone is a combo of Aszuna, Suramar and Argus, which I guess fits the theme and lore. The quests are pretty much normal stuff. The normal grind. We'll have to see what the raid looks like.

Mechagon though... Mechagon I love. XD
I am now leveling a Gnome warrior.

 

I didn't play Legion which is probably why i love Nazjatar.

In terms of gameplay, I ended at 3485 io last season, top 200 world 8D I played more than i should have, but somehow still less than I wanted.