I'm betting private servers are going to get more popular after classic for two reasons. Blizzard can't provide new patch progression servers every year and blizzlike servers will get more accurate with a live version for reference. Sure the average player will switch but for those diehard progression players nothing is going to come close to private servers.
I don't believe this myself for a couple of reasons.
One reason being that there are people who would never touch private servers, yet wants to play Classic. As well as other reasons that has been stated above; safety from a grand company that private servers cannot provide with how unstable the private server existence is from both corrupt owners and cease
and desist letters sent from Blizzard.
Don't you feel like once Classic is released - every private server is going to feel like a imitation of the real thing?
There's going to be a genuine vanilla experience. From Blizzard. If you can afford it - I'd say there is nothing better.
Don't you feel like once Classic is released - every private server is going to feel like a imitation of the real thing?
There's going to be a genuine vanilla experience. From Blizzard. If you can afford it - I'd say there is nothing better.
The question is if even Blizzard can simulate the experience as it was. They did voice before (I think) that a lot of data is not what it once was, so enemy health and spawn location is a bit iffy.
Of course this is just a nitpick. Nonetheless, I will always go for a Blizzard server over a private server. I think the Blizzard experience will be much more genuine.
I'd love to remain on a private server mainly because it's free. But, like others have mentioned in this thread, it's the lack of security that bothers me most, and therefore makes me want to move to the official game upon release.
Part of me is still slightly worried Blizzard will completely ruin Classic WoW, and if they do, I'll stay on Light's Hope for as long as I can. Afterall, Light's Hope released a statement saying that they'd shut down if Blizzard do a good job with Classic. They also mentioned that if Blizzard mess it up, they'll remain...
Yea, I think we don't have anything to lose at this point. And if both dont satisfy me enough, there is still Pantheon coming in the future :cool:
Yea, I think we don't have anything to lose at this point. And if both dont satisfy me enough, there is still Pantheon coming in the future :cool:
I'd never heard of this game until you just mentioned it but it seems pretty cool. Just checking it out at the moment.
It is basically EverQuest v. 2 imo
It is basically EverQuest v. 2 imo
I never actually played EverQuest, although I have heard a lot of good things about it.
The only reason I'm on private servers is because until now, there was no other way to play Vanilla.
Once Classic launches, I'll be there. It's Blizzard's game, and I prefer to play the official version where possible.
I've even kept my sub active while on private servers and not retail, because I think the team ought to benefit from its work.
I would say the #1 reason I would get off the private servers is that there is zero security that my character won't get deleted or the servers shut down at any moment.
Uncle Ganus of Clan McAnus turns on https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=5502/sense-undead
Alenya casts https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=17473/raise-dead
Uncle Ganus of Clan McAnus casts https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=10318/holy-wrath
Alenya takes 512 holy damage
https://classic.wowhead.com/npc=10485/risen-aberration take 577 holy damage
https://classic.wowhead.com/npc=10485/risen-aberration dies
Uncle Ganus of Clan McAnus casts https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=10314/exorcism @Alenya
Alenya takes 666 holy damage
Alenya dies
The thing bugging me the most about pservers is that stupid FRESH mentality. I hope that this won't carry over to Classic servers.
It's also been said that if something is free you are the product. This applies to almost every private server out there. They don't charge you money to play but most of them sure skim off the top getting in league with gold sellers, account trading, in the case of old Elysium charging money to unban accounts. Other servers are up front with cash shops for in game items. Being able to pay a monthly fee to avoid all the garbage can't come soon enough.
THIS. ^^^
Hits the nail in the head.
Also, recent Blizzard updates have given me more confidence that Classic WoW is going to be a solid product.
I do wonder how Gold-selling company are preparing for classic release, middlemen are probably already budgeting to hire new farmers for release at home and abroad. Crawling through old forums to re-discover the best gold making schemes, liasing with private server farmers and mergers. With classics lack of a cash shop and influx of noob (to vanilla) players it could be more lucrative for them than retail.
You’re forgetting what people have to put up with on a private server:
Yes yes that's all good and well but private servers also offer some really cool stuff that Blizz might not match.
Custom content for example, or quick bug fixes and responses from the development team. That they do it all for free means they must love upkeeping these servers and surely the service they provide could in some cases be even better?
But servers with custom content are never played. The biggest and most populated servers are always those striving for being Blizzlike. Hell, there used to be a lot of x12 EXP or instant 60 servers because scripting for a lot of the game's quests was not there. And as soon as x1 exp, high quality servers came out, the old servers with augmented exp or levels became ghost towns. People want the blizzlike experience, and the high quality upkeep that comes with it.