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World of Warcraft Classic Stress Test Pushed Back, But Release is Still On Track for August - MMORPG
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World of Warcraft Classic Stress Test Pushed Back, But Release is Still On Track for August - MMORPG.com
The World of Warcraft Classic forum has been updated with a brief note to let players know that next week's Global Stress Test has been pushed back to an indeterminate date. However, the team also assured players that Classic is still on track for an August 27th release date, though devs need more time to prepare its "final pre-launch worldwide test".
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I will not be buying World of Warcraft Classic Stress Test. I'm tired of epic store exclusives ruining the gaming industry. If they want me to buy World of Warcraft Classic Stress Test they need to make it available day 1 on steam.
i hate wow i wont lie but this move by blizzard seems like cash grab for a dying game (in current game u can buy game time for ingame items trade value can u not and gold so essentially its a free to play)
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Ummmm what? What do you mean purchase WoW Classic Stress Test? lol.
I don't get it. Are people that uninformed or refuse to admit the obvious. There have been private servers for many years now. Nostalrius was a good example where it constantly had 10k players online 24x7 and the server just couldn't handle more otherwise they would've been more. A lot of players are reluctant to play private servers(for example me and all my friends) because they can disappear 2 months down the road and you've just wasted your time, however with official servers that worry is gone.
Do I think that the classic servers will have 1 mil playerbase? No absolutely not.
Do I think that those people that have been playing private servers will lose interest in 1 year's time? No because unlike any other game where in half the time you can experience the whole game in 1 year's time at best you would've played 2 classes to 60%-70% "completion"(giving really generous numbers tbh). There's plenty more classes to play and before people argue that it's the same... yeah... like any other game. You do the same shit except with classic it's slower and it feels more rewarding when you do something and you get something. Finally that 10 day grind for 1 particular item will be worth it because after that I'll use it for few weeks if not few months unlike now where you replace it within few days unless you are super unlucky.
Also 50k players... if those players are spread between 2 servers, those servers will be more populated than any other game. Essentially you will be encountering people nonstop. That's A LOT of people. It seems that some people have gotten used to seeing numbers in the millions and don't realize that servers used to have cap and the top servers had population of around 10k online players.
Personally I don't care if it has millions of players or if it's just 1 server for each region with 3-4k players online at any time. That's more than enough for me to enjoy the game to it's fullest
Also if Blizzard shuts down classic servers in few months I will agree that it's a cash grab, but I doubt that they will be up for anything less than at least 1-2 years. Pretty sure that they will put quite a bit of effort into providing a good experience, because to me it seems that the classic servers are the filler till the next expansion. BfA is a massive flop and doesn't stand a chance to keep players for another 12-16 months.
Post of the year. Is this generated using a bot or something? Haha
If they are going to go to that outdated version of the game then they need to also do somethint else imo.
They need to add a lot more movement and backstory to npcs and npcs cities.
So for example if there is a camp of orcs near by, they dont just stay at their camp, they do something, and it causes a chain of events, that players also participate in to tip the scales.
So they are creating events so to speak, but they are constant with every NPC and their alignment with the environment determines how they act or react.
So they can also allow for mechanics for castle seiging.
Seems like a waste of an opportunity to not do that, when such old graphic with todays average PC can handle that.
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An Epic Store Exclusive? Just - wow.
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Totally agree on the movie theater thing, hence why I opted to get a projector and build a theater in my house instead.
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Well, I'd argue the point is that your getting an entirely different experience in "how" your leveling. Ex. slower pacing, attunements, no leveling gear. I just don't feel that "different experience" is worth $15....more like $5 a month at best.
The more concerning thing to put me more on the fence is the fact that classic is bundled with retail WoW sub. Meaning, they can bundle all WoW subs together and say, "10 million people are back playing WoW!". When in reality, 9 million are playing Classic and only 1 million are still playing retail because retail is a complete joke and shell of it's former self.
What, me worry?
Expect Blizzard to break the game from time to time as well... it's what they do.