What’s Next for Classic World of Warcraft?

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With Cataclysm Classic’s release now only a matter of weeks away, coming on May 20th, alongside Season of Discovery pressing on, players are still unsure as to where we are headed in World of Warcraft Classic. It seems that Season of Discovery will likely lead the way for World of Warcraft Classic, as Cataclysm Classic seemingly will only be lasting till early 2025. With such things in mind, just what is next for World of Warcraft Classic, and which direction should things head in? Let’s find out.

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22 thoughts on “What’s Next for Classic World of Warcraft?”

  3. I'm excited for cata it's going to be fun never raided it so it will all be new to me. I would also like to go to MoP for classic. The remix for mop wasn't great. Where we go from there who knows. But vanilla and bc were very mid and doing vanilla over and over is not the way. I don't plan on playing SoD at all. Really think seasonal game modes are a waste of time and resources for blizzard

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  5. I think Classic Era is underrated… most of the problems in the "bad expansions" were related to content droughts or bad grinds etc…. These are all problems that can be avoided in an Era server. I'm hoping they just go through all the expansions in order with a pretty short cadence between patches.
    I've kinda lost interest in SoD… it has morphed into a version of the game that just highlights everything toxic about WoW.

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  6. I like the concept of season of Discovery. Having things level/time locked with the old world was fun. Personally if they made cataclysm its own era server it would have been better received. I personally hated cata back in the day, and so far still hate it

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  7. The problem I think is in the minds of the playerbase of WOW, and perhaps the developers themselves, that WOW is a zero sum game. That having TBC or WOTLK servers is going to hurt server numbers. You hear it all the time, "You don't want Cata or Retail? Go play CE, stop asking for TBC or WOTLK", as if someone asking for TBC or WOTLK is content with those 3 options but is demanding too much. It speaks pretty poorly of your version of WOW when you feel people having other options is going to ruin your experience. "Splitting the playerbase" is just code for shut up. Let people play what they want.

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  10. It's interesting because after playing Phase 1 of Wrath Classic I determined it was just too Retail for me to keep playing, as a Retail player already. But fast forward to now I certainly don't feel that way anymore, as I returned and am prepping for Cata because it does actually feel different enough. Moral of the story is.. Cata is still Classic and Wrath P1 fucking sucked fucking ass.

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  11. 2nd comment as I got further in the video. I wouldn't blame Cata's quality on SOD existing simultaneously. Blizzard had a large chunk of layoffs are the start of this year, and it's apparent it laid waste to the QA Team. Cata Pre-Patch and Season 4 releasing within a week of each other and both being down horrendous with bugs is no coincidence. Either way, stuff'll get fixed in time. Hope they figure it out.

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  14. SOD died for so many people when the community started to gatekeeping raids and dungeons. Espeically now with the $25 addon that lets you see character parses its over for anyone who can't play the game full time.

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  15. Runescape devs released an older version of the game. Then they set aside their pride and updated it WITHOUT just re-releasing all the things that made people want the older game in the first place. Gotta be willing to admit that a lot of updates and new ideas were shit, and little by little you wore away what actually made your game good.

    Now, over 10 years after the release of Old School Runescape, it has nearly 10 times the amount of players as the newest version.

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  16. Just have a server that has up to Wrath but BC and Vanilla content STAY like they were. Don't nerf and dumb down the mobs and areas. Keep all the elites, elite. Keep the health and damage of everything AND the time it takes to do everything.

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  17. I'd be really happy if they did a classic reset server where they have gear drop at a about 50% more and xp set to 200% to 300% and did outlands with no flight mounts made 120% land mounts instead and made flight paths accordingly. Make the rewards of flight mounts account wide that would have otherwise been there for the rest of your wow chars on other servers and perhaps a unique one for the server itself.

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  21. I'm just going to enjoy Cata raiding & Battlegrounds. I do not think they continue this ride into MoP but it has been fun. What I "want" for the future isn't something present day Blizzard Microsoft could pull off. They need to ban about all addons that track player performance metrics (parsing) & load to external systems asap (warcraft logs). It really is ruining the game for too many people now. SoD is about to flop harder than they expect in this upcoming final phase (it gets super boring/toxic quick). Cata will be fun IF they can deliver this expedited cadence with actual communication & support along the way (beta/pre-patch launch were terrible).

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