Burning Crusade and Wrath Legacy Servers Possibly in WoW's Future

Pubblicato 14/05/2019 alle 21:17 da perculia

QuissyTVLast week I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with Ion Hazzikostas, Game Director of World of Warcraft & Calie Schie, Senior Game Producer at Blizzard Entertainment to ask them questions related to WoW Classic.

I decided to start the interview off with a few ice-breaker type questions to get to know their background a little better. One thing we spoke about was what characters they currently play, and I quickly learned that Ion still actively plays his original Shaman from Vanilla and plans to recreate it when Classic comes out.

We moved on to a bit more content related questions such as their planned length of Phases, which was stated that they don't have a concrete schedule and rather will let the community more or less set the tone based on progression.

Another interesting question I asked was if they have any intention to release other Legacy servers in the future, such as one for The Burning Crusade. They said they're open to what the community wants and where the demand is, and that they're not against the idea.

All in all, it felt more like a conversation than an interview. It was a pleasure to speak to both of them and gain further insight into the WoW Classic project.I think for now, we're focused on recreating the authentic experience for WoW Classic, but as Ion said, we're always open to community feedback. We'll see what happens after Classic comes out.Forbes interviewed Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen BrackmayWoW Classic
Newman: Do you have a feel for how big you expect WoW: Classic to be? As a sustainable experiment, do you expect this project to be on the level of other IP variations within the company, or is this a one-off love letter to those fans that were assiduously trying to preserve history?

Brack: It's a great question, and I honestly have no way to answer it. Because there is not a realistic or reasonable way that anyone has done, that I have found, to sort of size, what is this thing? How many people are actually going to play it? I think there's going to be a lot of interest on day one. And then what is that level of sustained, 30-days-after interest?

The answer is, I don't know. If it is wildly successful, and there are huge numbers of people who are in it and are interested, and it becomes this call for the next thing, then I think that could be something that we talk about then. We certainly now have the ability to do it in a way that we never did before. It's something that now has become possible. Whether or not we will do it, I think will really depend on the fans' interest and the fans' reaction.

Newman: So there's the opportunity for, if folks wanted it, the vanilla server, the Burning Crusade server, the Wrath server?

Brack: Yes. I don't want to trivialize the amount of work that's required to do that, or the amount of time. It's not something we can just dial up and dial down at any moment. But assuming a wildly successful Classic, we'll see what the future brings.

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Commento di InterestI'm a little mixed on this. On one hand, it would be interesting to see other iterations of legacy servers open up. On the other, it will only get more taxing to do so and I am certain there will be those who will resist how those servers are run, perhaps desiring a specific patch series or the like. There's a few who seem to be upset with how Classic WoW is being run, after all.

Even the way Everquest handled legacy content wouldn't appease such people, unfortunately (which, incidentally, would work wonderfully for transitioning from Vanilla WoW later on without trampling on players who just want to play Vanilla WoW).

I mean, this is great and all. I am happy that people that never got to play this content will be giving a chance to but I don't think constantly focusing on rehashing old expansions should be "ok". Based on the FORBES article with Brack, WoW Classic and Diablo are a main focus. Honestly, re-releasing a 15 year old game should be a priority when your current iteration of the game is going to @#$%.

WotLK was the pinnacle in WoW's timeline. I'm all for bringing it back.Bringing back the MoP... I'd cry. No joke.Commento di MightylorddkSo people wants to "experience" the same game they did a decade ago? And they're eager to pay for the same "^&*!e" they once paid? I feel sorry for these Poor Unfortunate Souls.Commento di waawaaaaUnless it replaces classic then no, it would spread the playerbase too much. I would rather have BC or Wrath though and not classicCommento di GrunzlingYES! I totally would play on the wotlk server. I loved how shadowpriests where in this addon!Commento di Chev318So people wants to "experience" the same game they did a decade ago? And they're eager to pay for the same "^&*!e" they once paid? I feel sorry for these Poor Unfortunate Souls.Commento di tethasClassic was awesome when it came out but why the hell would you want to leave all the good things that the "new" evolved WoW has behind and start over but with less comfort and MUCH more grinding ? I do not get it ...Commento di Sesyl91Alot of people have selective memory and don't remember the bad as well as the good.Commento di EspinasThis is great and I genuinely hope wotlk won't drag me away completely because that's when I liked the game the most, I think they should also focus on making the current game like it was back in the day and take inspiration on old expansionsCommento di DeihjanIronic.Commento di LysetzI wish they made MoP-servers, I miss this expansion so much.Commento di Greensmower1The major attraction to a classic server other than huge talent trees and character mechanics are reverting the changes made to the world by the cataclysm. There were not very many major changes to Outland and Northrend, thus not really a need for classic servers for those expacs. If you want to roll northrend right now, port to dalaran and run it...Commento di mheller344Nice.Commento di mheller344The major attraction to a classic server other than huge talent trees and character mechanics are reverting the changes made to the world by the cataclysm. There were not very many major changes to Outland and Northrend, thus not really a need for classic servers for those expacs. If you want to roll northrend right now, port to dalaran and run it...Commento di OakenshadowWrath and BC legacy servers... *heavy breathing intensifies*Commento di lankybritAwesome stuff. Bring on all the expansions. Let's relive WoW from the start in exactly the same timeline!Commento di AltarinThis is fine and all, and I'm very excited for Classic, but at some point I do get concerned about population fragmentation. We're no longer dividing up huge numbers like 10 million people. It's probably in the 1-2 million range, and only a small percentage of those will play these other servers full time. I guess it doesn't take *that* many to make a world populated, but fragmentation is a serious issue they'll need to consider.

I almost think it might be more interesting to simply expand Classic into TBC - not a separate server but just progress through it all. I'm sure that would upset some Classic people, but really, do you want to stay 60 forever?Commento di honny78MoP legecy servers hypeCommento di TraekenI know that Classic is getting a lot of hype but I wish that they would just focus on making the next expansion for the retail game the best that it could be instead of doing all these Legacy games. I yearn for nostalgia with a lot of things (Not WoW considering I only started at the end of Legion) but nostalgia wears off. With an expansion that's being heralded as one of the worst, I would think they'd focus on turning that thought process around rather than relying heavily on nostalgia that will fade after a few months.Commento di AsheevaSo people wants to "experience" the same game they did a decade ago? And they're eager to pay for the same "^&*!e" they once paid? I feel sorry for these Poor Unfortunate Souls.Commento di LostelfTBC is the dream. I'd play that as my main WoW for sure.

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