Cataclysm Classic: Leveling in a Shattered Landscape

WoW Classic Cataclysm Classic Discussion
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I’m pretty indifferent right now. Like, if it was TBC Classic or Wrath Classic fresh, or Cata Classic, whatever as long as it predates personal loot (so not MoP Classic, I guess) I’d be equally exited to play it.

I just want to play a version that has Arenas and GDKP. Otherwise, I’d probably just play Retail or a completely different game if I didn’t find that compelling enough, which for whatever reasons in the past, I have not.

Though, I am curious to see how Cataclysm Classic is received by the 2024 WoW playerbase, and if it will live up to expectations (which don’t seem to be particularly high to begin with).

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It’s obviously not retail, if you’ve actually played retail recently, you’d know. I don’t care whether it would be or not, just pointing out that it isn’t. I play retail myself, and enjoy it, but comparing cata to retail is just incorrect.

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It’s simply not happening, move on already.

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Why? You no longer play wrath.

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Perhaps to you or from your own personal perspective this is the case, sure. It isn’t obvious to me what people mean when they use the term Retail, unless I am already familiar with their opinions and perspectives.

Here are some common definitions of Retail as far as I am aware:

Retail can be used to refer specifically to the current latest version of WoW. This definition is inline with Blizzard’s folder schema that calls the latest version of the Classic series Classic, and the original WoW Classic 2019 Classic Era.

Some seem to think of the original trilogy as a thing, and that that is “Classic” - so WoW Classic, TBC Classic, and Wrath Classic would be Classic, and everything else may be thought of and called Retail.

At the time when The Burning Crusade originally launched, many players disliked many things about it, and stopped playing. Although I don’t recall the actual term “Retail” being used then, in today’s terminology, that would very much fit a Vanilla WoW/Retail dichotomous taxonomy.

At the time that WoW Classic was developed, Battle for Azeroth was the current version of WoW, so that was what people meant by Retail then. I suppose it would be possible that BFA, Shadowlands, and Dragonflight are Retail and everything else is Classic in some people’s minds.

I’ve come to think of all version of WoW as being retail and retail having no particular or special meaning, or perhaps that I prefer the meaning that it simply is a word chosen almost at random to represent the current latest version of the game, whereas every version that preceded was at one time at that version. Something like HEAD or Trunk, or Master/Main, or simply Current also seem to be used to represent this.

That is to say, it isn’t obvious what you personally mean when you say Retail, nor is it particularly obvious that there is a general consensus among WoW players as to what it means. In my opinion, it’s a rather meaningless distinction anyway, since it’s all WoW, though of course we all have our preferences.

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I can’t play wrath if wrath is no longer going to exist on april 30 now can I.

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Well that’s funny. I’m playing Wrath like crazy. Only thing stopping you is your childish attitude.

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No. The only thing stopping me from playing wrath is blizzard lol. As mentioned, I would be playing wrath more right now, and far, far into the future if blizz would just land a permanent wrath classic server for me to play.

But when april 30 comes along. Wrath is gone. And I can only play cata. And I find it stupid that I can’t play both cata and wrath. Cata doesn’t have the old overworld attached. Wrath does. And vanilla doesn’t have the bc outlands overworld or the northrend overworld. Or death knights. And permanent wrath classic would be the best option to preserve all of that stuff mentioned. As well as the general talent trees, and class abilities. Which in my opinion, were the best in wrath. Better than vanilla and bc.

And I am glad you are playing wrath currently, and are willing to give all that up to make way for cataclysm when it comes out. Like good for you. And you are fine with just vanilla era and the other vanilla variants. I am not. Hence why I am complaining.

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Blah blah blah. Same old trash you spam regularly. You don’t have any credibility to ask for anything wrath because you aren’t using what you have right now. Biizzard is not stopping you playing. Not unless they have suspended your account. Your refusal to play is just part of your “I’m going to stamp my feet and hold my breath until I turn blue” childish attitude. Sucks to be you.

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Neither do you. And I can ask and post for whatever the heck I feel like posting about. Just like you can post at me about how crazy I am.

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Ah, but you keep repeating the same drivel. that makes it spam and that makes it reportable.

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Someone really needs to take a step back and look at themselves, you seem to be the one acting the most childish, from looking over a lot of your posts on here. From harping on people about a point that isn’t even close to the topic at hand, as well as talking down to people about rules that you definitely don’t understand, and when pointed out that you’re wrong for whatever reason, you act even more like a petulant child.

You’re quickly going to become someone that no one outside of maybe your guild will want to interact with, if that isn’t already the case.

Before it’s way too late, take a step back, look at what you’re doing, make some changes and be better. Oh wait, I’m blocked, so you probably won’t see this. Not like it’d make a difference, anyways.

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Peak terminally online :clown_face:

The only thing reportable is you’re out of touch aggression with other forum user, go touch grass and log off for a few days.

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wrath will either return as a remix or sod. that’s the monkey paw.

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Go to a pserver already. It isn’t happening.

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Can you guys please release a permanent wrath era server so I can level in a non shattered landscape with outland and northrend content to boot also please. Vanilla era doesn’t cut it for me, as there are no death knights, or outlands or northrend contents anywhere to be found in vanilla era.

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And what are you gonna do If I don’t?

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Does this mean we don’t get the Elemental Invasion event for ‘Tripping the Rift’ achievement? :frowning:

PS: Totally should have implemented the “wayback machine” mechanic where you talk to a Bronze Dragonflight NPC to revert a zone (used for Teldrasil and Silithus). – Pretty sure this was added after the backlash Cata got for forcing zone changes.

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Trust, a lot of people exactly will lol

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I am just mad. I wasted all this time and leveling. Just to see classic turn into cata a second time. Just frustrating. I should have gone to a private wrath server in 2019.

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