r/wowservers

I have several questions

Which server is considered to be the "main" one

What is the go-to place for add-ons

Current phase

Class/spec distribution

Not really a wow player, have never touched twow before

Edit: Thank you all, appreciate the responses, couldnt navigate the website from the phone.

>Announcement extracted from Project Astral discord.

"Hey Everyone, As many of you have probably noticed and felt yourselves, our player count has been steadily declining since the release of the WoW Forever Beta. A lot of servers are currently dealing with the exact same problem, and unfortunately, we are no exception. We started out with around 400–500 players, but that number has continued to drop over time. The beta alone is not the only reason for this.

>A lack of new content and existing bugs have also played a major part. Right now, our player count has stabilized somewhere between 100–150 players, which makes raiding and especially finding groups through the Dungeon Browser significantly more difficult. And with the upcoming release of WoW Forever, as well as GTA 6 on November 19th, the outlook for the next few weeks is not exactly promising.

>On top of that, while working on our most recent balance patch and the currently planned Gem balancing update, I discovered some major flaws and gaps within our systems. One of the biggest problems is that there are some fundamental design problems within the Astral Tree itself.

>With every new gear content update, and especially with future expansions, we would eventually find ourselves in a situation where we have to keep nerfing classes further and further while simultaneously increasing boss damage and health more and more. First we hit Shamans and Paladins. Then Dks and Paladins. And now again Paladins.

>Eventually, we would reach a point where balancing would basically come down to choosing between: Players barely taking any damage or Players getting one-shotted. That is very clearly not the philosophy behind this server. To properly solve these problems, the Astral Tree in particular would need to be rebuilt from the ground up. This is not something that could be done within 1 or 2 weeks. It would take several week/months of development and testing and during that time I would not realistically be able to provide any new content. With the current player trend, that would most likely cause the population to continue declining due to missing content until we eventually fall below the critical minimum needed to reliably find raids and dungeon groups.

>Because of that i decided to shut the Server down on Saturday, October 10th. After the shutdown, I will create a full backup of the entire database and immediately begin working on the server to build the best possible experience we can provide. We will use this time not only to completely rework the Astral Tree and fix the Proc Engine, but also to work on all of the content that was originally planned for Season 1. The goal is that once Project Astral returns, we can relaunch directly into Season 1 with a clean, polished, and properly finished experience and something completely new for everyone.

I personally want to apologize to everyone who is disappointed by this decision. I completely understand that this is not what anyone wanted to hear, but it is something we have to do. We need to pull the ripcord now, before it is too late, and use this to properly rebuild and improve everything that needs it.

>Donations: I have removed the donation announcement as well as the donation link so that no further donations can be made for the time being. I want to sincerely thank every single person who has donated to support Project Astral. I am incredibly grateful and proud of the amount of support this project has received from the community. However, now that we have made the decision to shut the server down temporarily and work toward a future relaunch, I completely understand if anyone would prefer to have their donation refunded, and I want to give everyone that option. If you would like to request a refund, please open a ticket and provide your Name and invoice number. We will then use PayPal's refund function to return your donation. In the name of the whole Project Astral Team i want to thank everyone supporting our Project and Vision."

Hey everyone! Vynallan here, this will be the last update for a while! But I wanted to show-case what we have so far.

The game is being ported over currently, I've realized with the amount of content I'd like to add, and the progression I'd like to see, that porting makes the most sense. It could be a while before a playable alpha begins, but I'm happy with the current progress.

Thank you to u/Gizarl for helping create the RoA Discord server, I'll be posting snippets here as the demo expands...

Rise of Asteria: Fall of the Kel'Kai

Hey everyone, long time sub here, just wanted to give a bit of a spotlight. There has been overwhelming interest in self-hosted WoW servers lately, and my version of bots has frequently been shared in a few repacks. I wanted to give a firsthand showcase of the bots I've been porting down to support the now closed TWoW, filling the gap for people who still crave that experience and don't want to risk playing on servers that might be shut down.

I've been working closely with the community on Project Snapjaw. Thanks to these fantastic people and their support, we managed to tweak the core to support modularity on the 1.18.1 server core. This naturally exploded the number of different modules people came up with, one of them obviously being PlayerBots, which is pretty much the foundation of a self-hosted player experience.

I picked this up as a fun project, but it quickly led to something I keep expanding daily. I wanted to share some of what the bots can already do, and show that you can host them on your own server. Right now I am looking for people who want to playtest and report any issues!

Open World & Economy

• Wandering bots level up organically, quest, grind mobs, and travel using flight paths, boats, and zeppelins.
• They visit class trainers to learn new spell ranks, repair, and vendor items in towns.
• Fully working Auction House economy where bots list mats and BoEs, buy gear upgrades, and send gold to your mailbox when they purchase your listings.
• Automatic dungeon (LFT) and battleground (WSG, AB, AV) queue filling whenever real players are waiting.

Dungeons & Group Play

• Full combat AI for all 9 classes, including custom Turtle 1.18.1 spells and talents.
• Corner and line-of-sight pulling: tanks pull mob packs and drag them back around corners so you can fight safely away from patrols, while DPS hold fire until aggro is settled.
• Strict crowd control discipline: bots can be assigned to Polymorph, Sap, Shackle, or Trap targets, and will never break CC with AoE damage or pet attacks.
• Smooth wipe recovery: bots release spirit, run back to the instance entrance, and regroup cleanly.
• Companion management addon (TortoiseBotsManager) providing an in-game UI to handle party roles, formations, and gear without typing console commands.

Web Dashboard & Live Map

• Optional web dashboard with a live 2D map showing real-time bot positions, leveling speed (XP/hour), equipped gear, and stuck-bot tracking.

Under the Hood

• Built as a clean C++ module for the 1.18.1 core using headless sessions, keeping the base server code untouched and easy to maintain.

Links

• Repo: https://github.com/Sagiroth/TortoiseBots
• In-game Addon: https://github.com/Sagiroth/TortoiseBotsManager
• Snapjaw Discord: https://discord.gg/W4YQn4Atc visit #TortosieBots thread.
• Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/wowservers/comments/1vrlnfl/tortoise_wow_preservation_selfhosting_projects_in/

Triumvirate is kinda flying under the radar for the most part. Very community, but a very fun server. Even a few hundred more would be great. Check it out.

https://www.triumvirate-wow.com/index.php

Just call me alex twow jones eventually we will all see

Hi everyone, apologies that this has been asked many times. I’ve read every single thread already and a lot of them are quite old.

I’ve just spun up a server of my own, and I’m just wondering. Is it actually possible to run 2560x1440 res and a high refresh rate (144+) on the 1.12 client?

I just want to know that someone is doing it right now, I’ve tried so many of the “fixes” on other threads I’ve seen online. But it’s still not working.
I want to persevere, but I just want to know that it is actually doable.

Anyone out there that can confirm, or better yet help? What’s the latest?

(Yes I am running a second monitor with different specs :( )

Is there any server out there in which the quests outside of the main expansion aren't broken and I can go have a normal progression from Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor, going through all the levels and maps up until the main campaign of the expansion?

Im an old wow player and would like to experience wow draenor pve content (raids|dungeons) is it possible somehow? are there truly no good options at all even with bots?

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Tittle. I tried crusader-wow, it was dogshit. Then i bailed there, waiting for Hellfire, and its empty, with issues too. Slightly better, but alot of different bugs and 8 online people peak. Are there any other options, lets say, at least 200+ active pop , no bots ?
(dont mention any 2.5.xx please, even upcoming ones, i dont like classic clients

Anyone know if they exist?