r/classicwow

I really hope they take from some recent popular server, the idea of making faction cities actual PvP objectives to promote World PvP like good old Warcraft 3 (attacking enemy base).

Its a simple concept to implement and would add an enormous amount of world pvp potential daily, that is so good to play and true to the game, that sadly was in a bad state in original vanilla/classic.

All it needs is:

Step 1: Remove Civilian DHKs

Step 2: Create an incentive points or objective reward for defeating a faction boss (for gear, consumables, gadgets, rep, etc) - to the attacking side and the defending side

Once there is incentives and no ranking penalization, suddenly capitals becomes a PvP objective, and the players themselves will generate the warfare. Guilds and raids will line up their soldiers and create epic battles within the cities making memorable fights.

It seems there are probably already plans for improving world PvP in Camelot content, but I really hope city warfare is something they consider and apply, as it was such a refreshing and enjoyable way to PvP in a classic setting.

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I’m trying to find something that is small enough to sit on a shelf in my office that won’t attract attention but if a customer who is a Warcraft fan saw it they might bring it up in conversation.

My current pick is a little 3d printed hearthstones off of Etsy. It just looks like a rock but a Warcraft fan would recognize it.

With Anniversary raids dropping soon, I keep seeing people either sweating over attunements or just chilling in BGs pretending consumables don’t exist.

Personally, I’m half‑assing dailies while my guild leader keeps yelling about flask stockpiles. Curious on what’s your current Classic routine? Raiding prep, PvP grind, mount farming?

Feels like everyone’s playing the game differently right now, so I wanna hear what your day‑to‑day Classic life looks like.

Ok so slightly random, but the question is do you have an album or an artist that you think really suits a specific zone in wow? Or that you can relate to a time (way back when) that you associate with wow.

My example would be, I think in 2008 (whenever it was released) I listened to ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace’ by the Foo fighters as I was levelling a rogue, and it just seemed to suit westfall. It seems a very autumnal album.

Would love to hear other people’s thoughts on this. Cheers!

Not only is it insane to get invited to a guild while the opening cinematic is still playing, but the mega guilds are filled with the most vile people in this games community. Ive seen more slurs and hate in guilds that mass invite than any time in 20 years.

The creator of SuperGuildInvite has been inactive on curse since 2022 and probably has no idea how much of a irritating parasite it was he released into the community.

Let me know what you guys think or if you have any questions on gear/strategies used.

And is afraid no matter how hard youll convince yourself its the right move and no matter how many bad memories you have of being ganked and against all logic and instict youll still roll pvp because "organic world pvp that brings back memories of doing it in 2006?"

Please dont let me make the same mistake again. Please tell me battlegrounds are enough to scratch the itch.

Fair game

It depends on what you enjoy. Do you enjoy being "fed" something? Or do you enjoy "building" something.

OG wow centers on leveling which is a drawn out process which is not "hard" in a skill based way, but it is "hard work" in that it's a real time investment. However, you are rewarded in a way that is satisfying as your character is "built" in contrast to modern games where you are "fed" rewards.

Because there are competing things that people enjoy, the game was re-steered towards the "feed me" crowd, which is probably a bigger audience. After all, that's what people said about wow post everquest etc.

I'd argue that the game was partially "ruined" as early as burning crusade.

No more sprawling 5 mans like uldaman, gnomer, BRD, ST. All essentially converted into hub types like SM. The devs remarked on the success of SM but I think the metrics were wrong. A place like BRD is a real dungeon crawl. Almost nobody remembers hellfire ramparts with fondness. It's fast, efficient, get in get out, but that defeats the purpose of the mmo genre. If you need a quick 30 minute in and out because you're a busy adult it's the wrong type of game to play.

I'd essentially say a lot of gamers don't know how to enjoy themselves. Dopamine hits have ruined them. The OG game worked because devs did what they thought was fun, not what would be most efficient so people could tick boxes.

It's all subjective though but I'm glad the OG game was designed in the same way that I gain satisfaction, through building a character over time. That said, you maybe can't do the whole leveling experience a second time hence the just +10 levels in BC etc. It's kind of a one off thing.

TLDR

Leveling and long dungeons made it great. Things taking a while to achieve makes a bigger payoff when you finally manage it. Being fed constant rewards devalues the rewards!

Shaman = Thrall

Hunter = Rexxar

Mage = Jaina

Druid = Malfurion

Warlock = Gul'dan

Priest = ?

Warrior = ?

Rogue = ?

Paladin = ?

I decided to roll a toon on Era servers since I got a little burnt out in TBC, and the talks of “what’ll happen to the servers and characters after WotLK” kinda got to me, so I wanted to have a character on a server that doesn’t change and isn’t going anywhere.

Wasn’t sure whether or not to run PvP or PvE, so I made the same character on both servers. PvE has fewer players, but I assumed a PvP server that has existed for 7 years had a ganking issue. I eventually say “fuck it, ganking is temporary” and play on Whitemane.

Except I didn’t. I was so confident in the fact I was on the PvP server, I never checked the right side of the screen whenever I was logging in for the last 50 in game hours. The fact everything was so populated made me assume I was in the correct server, and since I’m new seeing other servers like “Pagle” next to other people’s names meant Jack shit to me.

I didn’t realize my mistake until I finally saw a Horde player in the wild and their health bar was blue. I never saw shit like that in Nightslayer, so after a quick Google I realized my mistake, logged out, and saw Mankrik staring back at me like I was stupid - probably because I *am.*

I could always reroll and recoup my progress in Whitemane, but I love my guild. Also I’m back at my job since the summer is over, so fuck that noise. I didn’t realize how much more chill the game is when you’re not constantly looking over your shoulder. I don’t have to worry about rogues in STVietnam. Sure I won’t get to terrorize Hillsbrad Foothills in another 100 hours or so, but that’s okay.