Okay, in Alpha 2 there starts to be a good amount of content and features to test out. That is nice.

@DCCCXIX said in WoW Classic is coming:

@Tuoni atlest we can hope for it.
Vanilla wow's best plus was the atmosphere the community created, it will be a fake time travel.
But atleast PvE enthusiasts should try oldschool Naxx.

You are right, the experience won't be the same, not even close. All the guides, videos, Addons, private servers and of course already played content will take care of that. I wish people understand this and they do not have too high hopes and expectations.

I am actually very keen to find out what will be the player distribution between Classic and Retail, after the first weeks rush spike ofc...

@Gothix said in Fractured = SAO:

@Tuoni it will be easy to pick starting gear and go run around, however customization of that gear to fit for different purposes (go hunt specific hard fire boss) might take some effort.

Not all gear will be easily replaceable I think.. but no gear will be more powerful than some other, just fit for different purposes better, this is why it will not be hard to get back into fight, even if you lose everything, but once you get your general gear, then you will again need to spend effort to create customized gear... or go steal it from someone else through PvP.

I might be wrong, but this is what I think how it will be.

Problem is that making all gear equal regardless of the materials and time needed to craft those makes zero sense. For example bronze and steel gear has huge difference in every aspect. Moreover, gathering and traveling rare resources around the three planets, and then craft the same shit armor you already have with few different stats will definitely be a huge turnover. I understand your point, but I do not see how that will work (keep players interested) in long run.

@DCCCXIX said in WoW Classic is coming:

@Tuoni said in WoW Classic is coming:

WoW Classic is launcing 27 of August 2019. Who is interested to test that out? If you are, what are your expectations? What kind of plans you have?

People are delusional. They think that they'd have the same immersive experience, which is not gonna happen. Vanilla is figured out, FotM builds for every patch are out there, location of every weed to gather is known, strategy for every boss is known, etc. All of this flavored with dozens of addons for retards which tell you where and what to cast, where to go to do your quest, when to evade attacks, etc. Everything bound to gearscore DPS/HPS meters. The exploration element is dead, "Guilds of friends" are dead, "epic adventures and funny stories" are dead. There is nothing to do but chain questing to 60 with quest helper -> raiding with a million addons for retards.

Even more, before WoW was like an extension of WC3 story, now it's in the past, and people treated the game as a game, not as a competition of who gets to 60 faster than others.

It's just a ruse and an attempt of a company, which once made good games, to make people buy their game twice. Same with WC3 remaster everyone is pissing their pants about.

Vanilla private servers have been extremely popular for years, so only those players will be the foundation for classic. On top of that we have a huge amount of players who have not played WoW in years or who have never played Vanilla before. So it is not just nostalgia trip for all. Classic will be a success for sure, even some people are not so interested this time travel. I am not sure how long I will personally stick with Classic and clearly you are against it, still imo Classic will save Blizzard and will have huge impact for future expansion and direction of WoW.

@Gothix said in Fractured = SAO:

Gear being completely equal, there can still be HUGE difference between players... and this is what I am hoping for.... for progression to be not in gear, but in players knowledge and ability to be efficient at playing.

But that is not character progression, that is player progression what is part of all games anyways. If we can craft and wear the best gear from day one, we could predict quite short lifetime to the game. From crafter pov everything important is achieved during first week, and that is quite bad in any game based on player-driven economy.

@Psymantis Mainly yes, but with few changes. I guess we are not going to see this for example:

Here is some statistic from WoW Classic Census.

Answer the Survey

Punkrat's analysis of the results

@PeachMcD said in Fractured = SAO:

ooooh! a dangerous path! or... a road less traveled?

It is not less traveled, distance is still the same, but direction is different.

People will need goals to achieve or they can bore pretty fast. Now if the gear system won't have any tiers, it won't just affect to gear progression, but also to crafting. If I can craft the best gear I need from day one, where is my goals? In mass production?

I understand low tier differencies between gear, but totally tierless system sounds kind of dangerous path. In MMORPGs the character progression is the main thing. Horizontal progression is nice to have, but it just not feel as satisfied as vertical progression. That is one of the biggest challenges of the knowledge system. However, even knowledge system has 3 tiers so maybe gear has at least the same number..

@LilCassiopeia said in WoW Classic is coming:

I would like to play a mage on horde fraction. Any advice regarding races?

Here is one opinnion: what race for mage?