Are you "Practicing" on a Private Classic Server?

I haven't been practicing so much as I've been making sure I know what class / race I want to main.

would not call it practicing, more like refreshing the memory ;)

Yes, I am re-learning it too on a pserver. The knowledge of the game changed from 'I know what most skills do' (which was amazing back then) to 'you can do this and that to clear MC under 1 hour'.

I kind of like that all information you get stays correct until the servers shut down forever.

Both yes and no, to be honest. I did level a hunter 1-60 on Northdale as a way of just "refreshing the memory" a decade and a half later. Not planning on playing a hunter though, want to level a class in classic I didn't play back then.

I used the BlizzCon demo to check out my picks and I am going with a Night Elf Female Hunter. I even recorded all my gameplay from the BlizzCon demo to watch back from time to time.

Hunter because it is easy/relaxing to play and Hunter has been my main for years, and Night Elf because of the animations.

Alliance is just a thing that happens because of the above. Though it certainly is nice that I can do Westfall again. I love that zone!

That said, I do play on Ascension WoW. A classless realm where you can make your own class. Pretty fun to combine stuff from multiple classes. Can make some powerful skill combo's. It's something to do while waiting for WoW.

Hell no. The less I know/remember the better. I want to be efficient in what I am doing, but I wont compromise what I consider an adventure. And practicing clearly would do that.

Hell no. The less I know/remember the better. I want to be efficient in what I am doing, but I wont compromise what I consider an adventure. And practicing clearly would do that.

Definitely agree with you it's kind of a drag seeing all these guides and people learning and playing so much before the game has even launched..

I was raiding as a priest and when we got the summer release confirmed at Blizzcon, while I was still watching the stream I logged in, said glhf to the guild and haven't played since. I want to maximize the hype for myself now that it is so close.

I've been trying out different appearance combinations so I know exactly what to roll on day 1 and minimize the likelihood of regretting my choices. I want the classic experience to be as fresh as possible so I'm refraining from playing the game until it launches.

I leveled a shaman to level twenty something to find the rythm of classic again. And although I loved it, i didn't want to spoil the experience of leveling to max level.

I was playing in the starter zones on Kronos to get a feel for different classes. Now I am on Retro WoW using the target dummies to figure out my rotations & play with max level characters & try out talents. You start at level 60 & get a lot of free pre raid nice gear on there.

Hell no. The less I know/remember the better. I want to be efficient in what I am doing, but I wont compromise what I consider an adventure. And practicing clearly would do that.

This. I already hear them cry about how off their "memory" is from what they are used to from pservers

While I have toyed around on a private server, it was nothing more than just exploring the pre-cata world again. I do plan to level efficiently, but like others, I will be reading the quests and taking my time this time around.

I also plan on leveling with some friends, so I'm sure I will have an alt that I power through.

I've been trying out different appearance combinations so I know exactly what to roll on day 1 and minimize the likelihood of regretting my choices. I want the classic experience to be as fresh as possible so I'm refraining from playing the game until it launches.

I'm doing a similar thing, although I'm also logging in to set up my actiom bars and settings so I can hit the ground running. I want to get right into playing the game when it launches and not spend an hour deciding on my appearance, name, and whatnot.