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Over 5 years have gone by since Classic WoW re-released in 2019. Since then, Classic has grown to be many different things, from progression realms, seasonal and more recently anniversary realms.
Today I want to delve into a big question – what will the next 5 years for Classic hold?
These are going to be some pretty bold predictions even by my standards, but let me know what you think realistically will happen with Classic moving forwards too!
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This is effectively what Everquest does with its progression servers.
They release a new one once a year usually, and usually with varrying rule sets too to keep things fresh and interesting for the format.
I expect this is what WoW Classic will move to with the "anniversary" servers especially given Holly Longdale is at the helm of WoW in general atm (She worked on Everquest most of her career. Also why I think player housing is finally happening.)
Essentially just drop a new WoW classic refresh ever other year probably with a new ruleset to keep things interesting.
Something else Everquest progression servers did on some of them I find interesting is they let the community vote on whether the game moved to the next expansion or not. I think this idea isnt a bad one for some WoW classic progression servers as it would let some progress beyond Wrath if the community wants it to rather than an endless cycle of Classic, TBC, Wrath.
Classic+ Im curious to see how it might go though. I think it has potential but it could also fall flat. Entirely depends on both how Blizzard handles it, and how the community approaches it. I also think it could run the risk of biting into the retail content too much if they're not careful so I do think it wont be as big as most might expect.
As for seasonal servers, I dont think Discovery will be the last one. I think seasonal servers might progress beyond Classic. A TBC Season of Discovery esque server or the like would be something I think they can do. or Season of Mastery TBC. Or something new entirely. They have a lot to play with in terms of seasonal content that can go beyond just Classic, and I think thats probably what they are looking at next.
Sticking to era no thanks. I like leveling as much as the next person but to do 1-60 again for like the 6th time is sickening to me. I need something with a bit more permanence
MoP is my go to expansion since im of the younger generation who still likes WoW, I really want it to stay on MoP for a while when it launches so we can experience it all over again and maybe stop there and add servers for every expansion to see what people prefer for themselves.
Classic WoD used to be a joke but looks like it’s going to happen 😂
Season of discovery being a year long is fine in my opinion. Classic’s pacing isn’t like Diablo. The basis of classic is leveling and the journey. If they made it too short it’d feel like retail and would further emphasize rushing to end game.
In this comment thread, you will find: People agreeing SoD phases are too long, people disagreeing SoD phases are too long. People who want permanent TBC era servers, people who want permanent Wrath servers, people who want an endless cycle of vanilla-tbc-wrath releases, people who want "classic+", and so so many more random requests relating to the different versions of this game.
It's not like this is some revelation or anything, as this has been pointed out many times before, but the wow community is so incredibly fractured and wants so many different things that anything Blizzard does do will be hated by many and liked by a few. It's so strange how quickly retail went back to being the best version of wow once there were 6 different versions of the game available.
Seems the 3 fav xpac rotation is a guarantee at this point. Question is how often will the cycle restart and will it be able to pull everyone back each time?
I almost want WoD to happen just for the memes, but I think it's obvious that it probably wont do well since classic servers rely on nostalgia and idk who has nostalgia for that xpac at this point.
I honestly don't think they will do Classic+ at this point. I think at best, Retail WoW gets a big overhaul (graphics update, etc) and they release "Pristine" servers that have some significant, classic-like changes and is how they plan to get classic players into the more modern version of the game.
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The biggest problem with SoD was the shitty community with raid gate keepers and item level idiots.
My classic plus theory is that it will be a premium product. The assets, character models, and character animations will be remastered, and it will be sold as a remaster with new quest content and updated class design to be closer to TBC or Wrath.
SOD showed that the interest in this sort of product is sky high. Microsoft is not going to leave that sort of money making potential on the floor. WOW also has an age issue. Modern graphical updates and less rigid class design would be far more likely to find new younger customers.
There is a monetization issue too. A premium price does some work, but It'll need more revenue to justify dev time. There's a monetization approach that players will thank blizzard for. Integrate hearthstone into world of warcraft.
past shows people are willing to play up to cata at best since the expansions that came afterwards are just garbage and you might just go retail if you are into that.
blizz just gonna continue Classic-TBC-Wrath-Maybe Cata in an endless circle now since they realized people are happily paying to replay old content over and over and over
Tbh if they're going to bother with something like Classic+ then they might as well take it one step further and release "WoW 2" in a new engine with new class design.
I do hope they merge classic into retail at the end of it all. If people are worried about people getting rare vanilla rewards in retail, I'd argue 7-8+ years of playtime in classic is sufficient for earning these things in retail as well.
I think blizzard will never do classic+ because the classic community can’t agree on shit
Next 5 years will be same old ofc. 🙂 Grind and 50% times to just travel…:)
Give us classic with the updated graphics and the achievements. Would be an experience
It's baffling how these bumbling buffoons in a mega corporation have a hard time doing what a private server has been doing flawlessly for the past years.
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I would like the anniversary servers to go to wrath. Then just do seasonal content
I would honestly just like a cycle of vanilla > TBC and TBC realms staying as TBC with a new fresh version every few years or so alongside classic+
2019 fresh hit HARD. SoD first couple phases hit REAL hard, most fun I have had playing a classic version recently. This fresh classic does not. Played for a few days but TBC was the real appeal here. Even deploying classic on TBC patch would have been better. My hope is a future, improved version of SoD (flex raiding, PvP/event and rune improvements) that can start in or progress into TBC.. but going backwards to 1-button-simulator doesn't feel nostalgic this time, it just feels bad.
I personally love classic because it is slower paced. I work two jobs and classic is my down time. I love vibing out and grinding.
At least the actual 85-90 content in MOP is so much better than the 80-85 in Cata. Remix reminded me how great Pandaria is.
I quit SoD bc it didnt have a direction. Since they have gotten a good idea of what releasing Classic + will look like they will be very strategic when released. The “trilogy” of Van/TBC/WoTLK is great especially bc everyone is doing the same timeline. Imo they will end up opening servers up for each era so people have a place to take their characters but that will split the players up in the long run and there wont be another fresh like this. Classic + will be the replacement in all its excitement and hype. No I haven’t played it yet and I’m sure it will be fun but for me this fresh release going back into TBC AND WOTLK Classic eill always be my forever ❤
Stop playing the game for a living and say it isn’t moving fast enough you donut.
They've had 20 years to make a Classic+ version. All they've cared about was making crappy expansion with tonnes of microtransaction. Vanilla had the most love and time put into it.