the only thing that worries me is the start. starting new servers back in the day was part of the fun, seeing all the new guilds forming and spamming invites, seeing right off the hop who was a douch and who wasn't. That's what im worried about devaluing. but we shall see, its not a game breaker so to say for me.
Still going to be a thing, vanilla launch got 1.5 million players in 3 months. We should see 3 million plus on day 1
This is the reason they are thinking of sharding. As long as its only starting zones and not capital cities. I dont have an issue.
11/07/2018 08:12 AMPosted by
Duul
Sharding ruins the feeling of World in World Of Warcraft.
I remember tons of people hanging out on top of Orgrimmar Bank, you would see all the main tanks on their mounts waiting for their raid to begin.
You would know players who would log on at just about the same time everyday. Players like the enchanter and blacksmith who would be up there to all the time, you would rely on them being there so they can help you out. Never will forget having my Lionheart Helmet forged, the crit chance on it really improved your DPS as a warrior.
I remember Bigspeedy and Krazyasian were some of my best friends and my High Warlord best friend Melrok. Great warriors.
Raiding towns and cities like Iron forge and storm wind was a real event for the ages. Killing their world leaders was amazing fun, I wish there was loot on them!
If sharding is in I will not be playing Classic.
I was 14 when I played WoW Vanilla, was main tank for raiding guild that got all the way to AQ40 and Naxx but did not clear them. 40 Mans are amazing - the communications I had with my friends and that feeling will not ever leave me.
I am turning 29 soon and this would be an amazing game to stream.
Quick question: how many people are going to be in any given shard?
11/07/2018 12:57 PMPosted by
Ristra
Quick question: how many people are going to be in any given shard?
about this many
https://clips.twitch.tv/UnusualComfortableStrawberryKappa
It's only in the starting zones for the first few weeks, way to over react lol.
11/07/2018 12:59 PMPosted by
Babana
11/07/2018 12:57 PMPosted by
Ristra
Quick question: how many people are going to be in any given shard?
about this many
https://clips.twitch.tv/UnusualComfortableStrawberryKappa
Wrong question to answer. I did not ask about the demo.
11/07/2018 01:06 PMPosted by
Ristra
Wrong question to answer. I did not ask about the demo.
I answered you perfectly. Oh you want an exact number? Good luck. The answer is, until right before it becomes unstable. Since it's used to make things stable.
11/07/2018 01:10 PMPosted by
Babana
11/07/2018 01:06 PMPosted by
Ristra
Wrong question to answer. I did not ask about the demo.
I answered you perfectly. Oh you want an exact number? Good luck. The answer is, until right before it becomes unstable. Since it's used to make things stable.
You answer a question you wanted to answer. It has nothing to do with my question. The question wasn’t even to you. Since you want to get involved.
The OP’s premise is based on “feel”.
I remember tons of people hanging out on top of Orgrimmar Bank, you would see all the main tanks on their mounts waiting for their raid to begin.
Sharding can easily accommodate the “feel” the OP is reminiscent about.
If you give Blizzard a little room in classic with sharding, they will eventually take all the world and implement sharing like they did back then. Dont even give them an option to this because they wont stop with a little.. they'll keep going. Dont give them an inch in classic. NO SHARDING!
With sharding and other people talking about spreading sharding to other areas after the starting areas will start to kind of mess with the status of who has the best gear, guilds, pvp ranks, etc.. on each server. I can understand a very small sharding period it the beginning of the launch, but sharding needs to go away completely for the authentic game play to come into full effect. Player status/ranking on each server is and was very important in Classic/Vanilla WOW.
Sharding is just horrible and immersion breaking. Keep that crap out of Classic.
11/07/2018 08:38 AMPosted by
Duul
11/07/2018 08:16 AMPosted by
Gurrag
Jesus, is your life so pathetic you have to complain about everything. It's only going to be used at the start because a lot of people are going to play at the start, and then the numbers will come down to earth and they will remove it. Try to do some research before posting and making an !@# of yourself.
I think you have a little too much faith in that statement.
They can certainly go back on that and just keep sharding.
this is a bad argument because they can literally do this for anything...
"hey guys i know we said 1.12.1 talents but guess what... LEGION TALENTS BAAAYBAAAAAAY!!!!!"
like.... whatever they say they are going to do.. that is what our discussion should be based on.
if they actually do change their minds then we can talk about that. But to try to make an argument based on something that may or may not happen is stupid.
I'm also a veteran and I approve sharding. That is all.
Seems they only intend to shard the starting zones during launch.
This vets fine with that. It'd be a severely bottlenecked lagfest otherwise.
You must not be a true veteran. I remember launch day in 04 and it wasn't pretty. You know when the servers were packed to the hilt and you weren't able to log on effectively for days on end. Random server drops. Terrible lag. It split a lot of my friends up at the time. It was a fiasco. Sharding will just sidestep all of that for the first few weeks. I approve.
You must not be a true veteran. I remember launch day in 04 and it wasn't pretty. You know when the servers were packed to the hilt and you weren't able to log on effectively for days on end. Random server drops. Terrible lag. It split a lot of my friends up at the time. It was a fiasco. Sharding will just sidestep all of that for the first few weeks. I approve.
Launch day fine, however after that no sharding.
11/07/2018 08:38 AMPosted by
Duul
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I think you have a little too much faith in that statement.
They can certainly go back on that and just keep sharding.
this is a bad argument because they can literally do this for anything...
"hey guys i know we said 1.12.1 talents but guess what... LEGION TALENTS BAAAYBAAAAAAY!!!!!"
like.... whatever they say they are going to do.. that is what our discussion should be based on.
if they actually do change their minds then we can talk about that. But to try to make an argument based on something that may or may not happen is stupid.
Blizzard doesn't have a very good track record keeping their promises.
You must not be a true veteran. I remember launch day in 04 and it wasn't pretty. You know when the servers were packed to the hilt and you weren't able to log on effectively for days on end. Random server drops. Terrible lag. It split a lot of my friends up at the time. It was a fiasco. Sharding will just sidestep all of that for the first few weeks. I approve.
Sharding didn't prevent the BFA launch day issues.
It's only in the starting zones for the first few weeks, way to over react lol.
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LoL your the one who is over reacting, few weeks a huge amount of time.
Besides there isn't any proof it won't be in 5-12 areas and 10-20 areas.
It's only in the starting zones for the first few weeks, way to over react lol.
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LoL your the one who is over reacting, few weeks a huge amount of time.
Besides there isn't any proof it won't be in 5-12 areas and 10-20 areas.
Yes this can get out of hand