This idea has been mentioned many times; however, it needs to be brought up again.
The game has been having several major issues especially when it comes to PVP. Blizzard please incorporate a poll system where the population can vote on possible changes. Where at least 65-70% of the population would have to agree for a change to be made.
Look at the success runescape has had with 07scape and their poll system over the past few years. It’s been thriving for several years. Classic will continue to slowly die if you don’t implement a similar system. I was totally on the #no-changes boat; however, I believe some changes would benefit the majority of the player base.
The logic is the large portion of the player base being unhappy with PVP and quitting the game altogether. Have you not noticed server populations begin dwindling?
I love this idea. It really worked well for OSRS where the player base is notoriously nostalgic and fully against changes…sound familiar?
Most of the polls would not get passed, and to dissuade any “retail or troll” votes, you do what OSRS ford and make it an in game voting function. Say…only accessible by leve 40 or up…easy level gate to achieve if you are a classic player, just enough to dissuade a casual troll but not lockout a true casual player…one vote per account…yes you can own multiple accounts and vote with them all
Imagine genuinely believing that person’s choice of faction/race/class/etc is a reflection of their personality and political ideology.
Anyway OP, I don’t think that it’s a bad idea. I feel Classic needs to commit to #nochanges warts and all (such as changing class/item balance between patches) in order to recreate an authentic experience, or commit to making Classic an experience which is constantly being polished and developed (like OSRS). This bizarre middle-ground they reached is an adequate but jarring player experience which seems to satisfy no-one.
The very first thing you need to do is, convince yourself blizzard cares that much about the opinions of players that spend more time on the forums complaining about the game, than playing it.
