I applaud the team that either stuck with it, or got stuck on it 
Given that the game is still in a… Alpha state? Beta State? i suspect its going to take quite a while to get the game up to a State fit for “Release”.
Once the games in a suitable state for “Release” what are the plans? Blizzard made some mighty promises that they dropped the ball on, not to mention quality of life improvements that could crop up.
What is the plan once the game is “Finished”?
Will we finally get those enhanced cinematics that they promised?
(i would like to see unit tabs along the top of the UI like in Starcraft 2)
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as much as we all wish reforged was delayed 6-12 months, it didnt happen. It released and its unlikely to change very much. The majority of the remaining player base is only concerned about the ranking and ladder system which has been lacking from the game for the passed 7 months.
Blizzard just released there monthly blog about how they are still working on the ranking and ladder system, which is a joke. All the hardcore players are using a fan-made private server with a proper ranking system. Its going to be a few more months before people are able to actually see improvements, but not until after we get our ladder back.
Probably not, its very unlikely. They ditched the campaign changes back in 2018 after a bunch of so called “purists” spammed the forums with hate for how Blizzard changed the hill Arthas stood on in one tiny scene.
I think many people agree on the UI which Blizzard said they would improve, but once again they never released the improved version because it wasnt good enough or something.
Theres lots of missing features in the game that used to be in the original, and the ranking/ladder system is the life blood of this game, and the removal of all original profiles and clans is the biggest factor in a lot of the hate around the game. Sure a few youtubers make a big deal about the campaign but, thats not what keeps people playing this game for 18+ years.
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w3champions is not a private server. it’s based on custom game feature of the regular wc3 client and all games are played on battle.net 2.0 - except w3champions doesn’t match players globally so no crappy 300-600ms ping games which happen all too often on bnet.
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oh so W3champions is built-into the game as a standard feature? and my 5 year old cousin who knows nothing about how to download stuff online can access W3champions from the standard bnet launcher app without having to do anything extra? hmmm ok
thank you for letting me know how wrong I was for referring to an unofficial server as being private, i should have said exclusive
The game is never going to be over. You will never have the things you promised you would have. We are not going to have the “cinematic nines” or the “reinforced campaign”.
For now, it doesn’t even have the W3 stuff.
Maybe we have the Skins.
So your question is “wrong” should you ask if they will ever finish the game? XD
dude… you are wrong in all cases. i bet your cousin will outsmart u soon.
a private server like for playing 1.26.x happens outside of the battle.net.
- Private server can specifically mean a [server emulator], a re-implementation of online game server such as [MMORPG] genres like [World of Warcraft] or [Final Fantasy XI]. Private machines can be used in various experimental projects such as games under development or various innovative startups.
what u describe is a website which offers a download to add a 3rd party feature to battle.net based wc3 client.
@fibric - lol you just continued arguing after i actually corrected myself
you’re right its not private, its just exclusive to those who run 3rd party software from a separate unofficial website along with modifying the registry keys, which violates the EULA
didn’t know Blizzard bought my computer^^
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False. We purists got pissy because Blizzard was planning on introducing modern WoW lore concerning the Third War into the game.
I just wanted a Reforged story toggle as an excuse for more new assets
I for one was really excited to see more of Jaina and Sylvanas in the campaign. It didn’t bother me if the campaign got changed a bit to keep up with the current lore, because as I understood it that was the whole point. They always said we’d have the classic unchanged campaign to go along with it. And once custom campaigns is out the “purists” could have just exported the classic maps and played them with the reforged graphics. Blizzard simply took every excuse they could to get out of doing the work they said they’d do.
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Well I for one am glad they didn’t do the changed campaign because the modern lore sucks.
Can you explain your logic to me about this? You would have kept the original game, campaign and all, and it would have added updated lore to match current lore on top of it.
People who wanted updated lore would have got it, and the game you like would have stayed the same, why were you against it?
Because the “updated” lore sucks and has no place in Warcraft 3.
I present to you as an example:
Original Lore – Azeroth is just yet another planet ordered by the Titans because they were OCD about order.
Modern Lore – Azeroth is literally a baby Titan because apparently all Titans used to be planets.
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So pretty much because you don’t like it, no one should get it. Fair enough.
You want modern lore, go play WoW. Leave it out of Warcraft 3.
Yeah I’ll go play WoW instead of getting something that has absolutely no cons and only pros.
It used to only have pros until Reforged came out. Now it’s only got one pro and many many cons because Blizzard dropped the ball and outright removed features the original game had, plus DRM’d it to high hell thus ensuring that at some point when they decide to take the authentication servers down, nobody will be able to play it after the first month of it not being supported anymore.
Granted, Reforged in its current state, nobody would care, but the original Warcraft 3 is completely gone so those who updated because the game wouldn’t let them NOT update without constantly pestering them with a pop-up message every time the game launched, are screwed.
Not talking about any of that, your goal posts got a visa for how far they moved?
I don’t personally consider them deciding not to use crappy WoW lore a con.