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[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

Summit said on his stream multiple times he played WoW Vanilla near it’s launch so everything OP just said is completely wrong, based on assumptions and should be deleted by a blue. OP you also do nothing for blizzard but give them money and play there products like the rest of us. Streamers actually give exposure to the game to different audiences it’s basically free advertisement for WoW Classic why tf wouldn’t they invite streamers? They know so many streamers quit WoW over the years but would love to play WoW Classic again so they invite them and all people do is cry because they didn’t get lucky. Sorry you didn’t get what you want child. And man… if you really did play in Vanilla then you must be in your adult life right now and still acting like a whiny baby. That’s just sad but also funny to see lmao

Also pretty interesting u said this then made this post

After posting on this thread the first time, I went to watch his stream and you’re right, the OP’s information is false. OP, wanna respond?

Funny thing is its all about perception. If Blizzard had just framed their choice differently the entire community perception would be different.

“We will be opening a very small closed beta test. Because there will be so few participants in this test, we have chosen to invite several popular streamers to the test so that as many fans as possible can view the beta through the medium of streaming. We know our fans want to play and we look forward to being able to release the finished product to them soon.”

One paragraph could have solved 90% of these complaints. Blizzard just isn’t as customer focused as they used to be, they don’t think about these type of things.

Unfortunately I doubt it would have changed anything. It probably would’ve made the uninformed informed and add more fuel to the b*tch fire.

Do you really want to ruin your nostalgia experience on a beta test server? Is the vanilla experience ruined by having people who played a lot of vanilla test out the beta server? Who were the ones testing out the game pre launch when vanilla first came out?

Don’t worry, I still don’t agree with the OP but I think many of us want in simply to get ourselves somewhat ready.

For example; during the stress test, I took time and reminded myself how to go from the Human starting area to Night Elf starting area. I played around with the graphics, keybinds, making final decision on character looks, and so on.

During this stress test I’ll now be looking at UI mods. Hopefully I can get CT_Mod to work.

[Ameliandra-zuljin (Ameliandra)]

My account dates back from the first day of vanilla and i got invited to beta the second day, so i guess blizzard does care about loyalty

[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

My account dates back from the first day of vanilla and i got invited to beta the second day, so i guess blizzard does care about loyalty

I’m jealous! Anything stand out to you right away that felt good to be back in Vanilla again?

How do you view when you joined WoW—what date specifically?

[Carfo-stormrage]

payment history in account management will show u

[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

Thanks for swift answer.

Edit;

Hmm… it only shows when I bought the little key chain authenticator back in 2009 as my earlier purchase. I used to buy WoW sub cards rather than pay online.

[Carfo-stormrage]

i know you asked the other person, but the first thing I noticed was that spells cost a chunk of your mana even at early levels, and you’ll have to wait a short amount of time in between mobs if you’re a caster to regen mana up or drink water. just for fun yesterday i rolled a level 1 priest and smite literally cost 1 mana, i could spam it forever and my mana would never drop. on beta, at full mana, i was able to get about 5 casts before going oom. it’s also pretty easy to die if you pull more than 1 mob. i pulled 4 mobs on my warlock and i barely survived after using crowd control abilities, bandages, and a health pot. i had like 2% health at the end and it was a miracle i survived. it helped i had the voidwalker to tank or there was no way i would have survived.

[Dysmas-emerald-dream]

It would make sense to invite players who began playing in and around '04 to beta test Classic. I still remember my first day back in December of '04. And, no, I’m not in the beta test. I can’t wait until it goes live.

P.S. The “WoW Classic “Not A Bug” List” post from Blizzard still cracks me up.

[Ameliandra-zuljin (Ameliandra)]

I’ve been playing on the same account since the open beta. It feels amazingly like vanilla tbh. I feel like Cartman waiting for the Wii in south park

[Bigpopuh-stormreaver]

Makes sense, but in my opinion, being prepared ruins the experience. Opinions are what made this game great.

[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

i know you asked the other person, but the first thing I noticed was that spells cost a chunk of your mana even at early levels, and you’ll have to wait a short amount of time in between mobs if you’re a caster to regen mana up or drink water. just for fun yesterday i rolled a level 1 priest and smite literally cost 1 mana, i could spam it forever and my mana would never drop. on beta, at full mana, i was able to get about 5 casts before going oom. it’s also pretty easy to die if you pull more than 1 mob. i pulled 4 mobs on my warlock and i barely survived after using crowd control abilities, bandages, and a health pot. i had like 2% health at the end and it was a miracle i survived. it helped i had the voidwalker to tank or there was no way i would have survived.

I look forward to that again. I dunno, maybe it was because I had to pay attention to what I was doing more rather than just looking at my second monitor spamming 22222222222222 over again.

I’ve been playing on the same account since the open beta. It feels amazingly like vanilla tbh. I feel like Cartman waiting for the Wii in south park

Ha funny. I wonder if South Park will take another crack at it a decade later.

[Carfo-stormrage]

I would hit “C” a lot (my mount button) and be like “oh yeah I can’t mount” lol. the world feels a lot bigger when you have to travel on foot everywhere, and there are a lack of flying mounts, like in brill there’s no flying mount, so you have to run to the undercity to catch a bat

having to read quests to find out which direction to head makes you feel like what you’re doing has meaning as well instead of just looking for yellow ? on the minimap

[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

Makes sense, but in my opinion, being prepared ruins the experience. Opinions are what made this game great.

I can agree too, being too familiar can lower the excitement.

[Kerg-scarlet-crusade]

It’s simple math. Accept it…

You pay $15/month. That’s it.

Streamers will pied piper tens of thousands of people to play the game who probably wouldn’t have played it otherwise, and EACH will pay $15/month.

So those streamers are tens of thousands of times more worthy of a beta invite than you. You didn’t earn it. They did.

[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

I would hit “C” a lot (my mount button) and be like “oh yeah I can’t mount” lol. the world feels a lot bigger when you have to travel on foot everywhere, and there are a lack of flying mounts, like in brill there’s no flying mount, so you have to run to the undercity to catch a bat

having to read quests to find out which direction to head makes you feel like what you’re doing has meaning as well instead of just looking for yellow ? on the minimap

It makes you really appreciate flight paths lol. Although I liked the approach of Guild Wars 2 back in the day with no mounts whatsoever but fast travelling, however I feel it can take away from the overall fantasy world experience.

I agree on the questing thing. Sometimes it can be very tedious, but that’s what thottbot is for. Majority of the time I’ll be quickly reading the quest. What I like about that is how it makes me pay attention to the the zone and surroundings. Makes the zones more memorable.

[Geralt-thorium-brotherhood]

its not that big deal if your in or not

[Slipperybuga-ravenholdt]

I’ll agree with your said statement not because you’re crying about not receiving a beta invite but because the ONLY thing blizzard cares about is dat No questions asked.

[Scorqueeger-stormrage]

Welcome to how the world works. I am sorry the public education system and your family failed you to where this is a controversial topic for you. Good luck .

[Alyorbase-elune]

It’s a god damn beta… not the actual game.

It blows my mind you group of complainers care so much about not getting in and being entitled to it.

The actual game will be available to you… you will get to play… everything will be fine.

this…my GOD 1000 times this!!!

[Xarlath-area-52]

[Yujiza-bleeding-hollow]

I’ll agree with your said statement not because you’re crying about not receiving a beta invite but because the ONLY thing blizzard cares about is dat No questions asked.

Of course, anyone who played this game 15 years ago probably are old enough to know that any company’s decisions have profit in mind. I think they do care of course, but make calculated decisions to benefit them and the players as much as possible.