I'm excited to reserve my name as well, be it my first choice or one of the alternates I have set aside.
Do we have any definitive info on whether or not we can save the name with a placeholder character or will we need to make the final race/class/aesthetic selections, etc. prior to naming and character creation?
I'm more excited about claiming my bank alt name.
Same. Speaking of names, I have been misreading yours as "Couch-Dragon" this whole time. Might work nicely as a bank alt name :lol: I should probably get my eyes fixed at some point...
When we will be able to download the game for name reservations?
Do we have any definitive info on whether or not we can save the name with a placeholder character or will we need to make the final race/class/aesthetic selections, etc. prior to naming and character creation?
You could probably try to save the name as fast as you can on august 13 and then delete your char and create the final one on release.
I don't think the actual mechanism to reserve names has been published yet... But I'm assuming the servers will just open up in 2 weeks and let you create characters but not log in with them yet.
Kuro has a good point, you could just pick a name now to hold it and then delete/remake later on when you're ready.
You could probably try to save the name as fast as you can on august 13 and then delete your char and create the final one on release.
Better have quick fingers though, if someone takes then name in the ~5 seconds between deleting and re-creating your character you're screwed. Safer to put in those extra clicks when you're only competing with the early birds.
You could probably try to save the name as fast as you can on august 13 and then delete your char and create the final one on release.
Better have quick fingers though, if someone takes then name in the ~5 seconds between deleting and re-creating your character you're screwed. Safer to put in those extra clicks when you're only competing with the early birds.
That'd be funny :D But I think it would be so unlikely, especially if people who want your name already know it's been taken. Can't imagine them trying to create a char hoping someone will delete theirs to re-create :D
If you don't wanna waste time on name reservation day, you could always go find a private server and pick out what your characters are going to look like now and screenshot it for later. Would save you from staring at the character creation screen for an hour at a time.
Kuro I don't mean someone would deliberately snipe you, just that on release there will be such a huge volume of people punching in names for the hell of it. Chances are a common name like "Drizzt" is going to get dozens of attempts per minute no matter what server you're on.
Will there be a public listing of reserved names? Even if there is I doubt anyone will look up a name there instead of just trying it.
have they given any more info about this yet? like what time n stuff? so amped for name day
@Kuro I don't mean someone would deliberately snipe you, just that on release there will be such a huge volume of people punching in names for the hell of it. Chances are a common name like "Drizzt" is going to get dozens of attempts per minute no matter what server you're on.
Will there be a public listing of reserved names? Even if there is I doubt anyone will look up a name there instead of just trying it.
This is correct. Popular names will be spammed constantly. The meta here is to reserve your name on an alt account. Create the aesthetics you want your character to have and then delete the alt account character and simultaneously create the character you want. Now, obviously this is unrealistic for most people because they wont have dual accounts but the same can be achieved by coordinating with your friend. You reserve his names. He reserves yours. Take turns creating / deleting while communicating on discord etc... You guys get the drill.
They already say what are the server names? I want to create my character in the same server of my friends. lol
Im excited for that, but kinda afraid I will choose a realm that might be less popular than others
They are going to announce the server names prior to August 13th, so no worries about that :)
When was this announced?
When was this announced?
Hard to reserve names for your server, if you don't have a server list.
When we will be able to download the game for name reservations?
No clue, beats me.
I guess those who had beta already have it but us scrubs will have to wait it seems.
According to their website it's downloadable by following some steps (and i quote)
After creating or resurrecting an account (or you already have one)
Step 1: To play World of Warcraft Classic, you need an active World of Warcraft subscription or non-recurring game time.
You can subscribe by visiting the Blizzard Shop
Step 2: Download the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop App. Within the App, click on the World of Warcraft tab, select "WoW Classic” in the Region/Account drop-down menu, and then click the Install button to install the game.
Step 3: Every World of Warcraft Classic player will start their journey at level 1. If you had any characters previously, they will still be available in World of Warcraft, but they will not be playable in World of Warcraft Classic.
They should say on step 2 that it will become available closer to launch or something for those who don't have the beta.
I made a ticket asking why I wasn't able to download it yet and they just tried to wiggle out of it.
When we will be able to download the game for name reservations?
No clue, beats me.
I guess those who had beta already have it but us scrubs will have to wait it seems.
According to their website it's downloadable by following some steps (and i quote)
After creating or resurrecting an account (or you already have one)
Step 1: To play World of Warcraft Classic, you need an active World of Warcraft subscription or non-recurring game time.
You can subscribe by visiting the Blizzard Shop
Step 2: Download the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop App. Within the App, click on the World of Warcraft tab, select "WoW Classic” in the Region/Account drop-down menu, and then click the Install button to install the game.
Step 3: Every World of Warcraft Classic player will start their journey at level 1. If you had any characters previously, they will still be available in World of Warcraft, but they will not be playable in World of Warcraft Classic.
They should say on step 2 that it will become available closer to launch or something for those who don't have the beta.
I made a ticket asking why I wasn't able to download it yet and they just tried to wiggle out of it.
You should just be able to download it from the blizzard launcher. The 1.13 client is already downloaded and installed on my computer and has been for like a month now:
It just doesn't have any servers to connect to yet:
It's been downloaded and installed for so long now that I don't remember how I did it. I think it's just there waiting if you click the drop-down menu.
I was not part of the beta, but I did get in on the last stress test so maybe that's the only reason I have it. But as the date approaches, start looking for it in the battle.net launcher.