Classic Content Plan

Jamdad-nathrezim · August 30, 2019, 10:53pm

Sorry Blizz, I have been here since BC, and have played every expansion, patch and instance since 2005, but you finally lost me… 5 hour queues… with no offer of realm transfers… I have 5 children and 4 of them play the game and we cannot even play together. I have defended you throughout all the missed marks through the years, but I can t defend you through this.
It has been a slice, but goodbye. thanks for not paying attention to your core

Gerhardt-dalaran · August 31, 2019, 4:10pm

Replaying old content is fun an all, but it would be even better to add additional content that’s in the style of classic.

Veriex-tichondrius · September 1, 2019, 3:28am

Join a different server, leave the big main servers. Other servers you can get in with no queue.

Therealbeef-barthilas · September 1, 2019, 4:10am

Agreed, I am firmly in the classic+ camp

I dont mind BC and it made a lot of good balance changes, but i do not want the majority of old world content to be invalidated and do not want a lot of the systems that were added wiith BC such as flying, daily quests, vehicle quests, the end of sprawling mega dungeons the list goes on

Wydas-frostmourne · September 1, 2019, 7:01am

So Sunday afternoon - here we go again … DC - black
screen log in … FFS

Gerhardt-dalaran · September 1, 2019, 9:17pm

I think the best option there is to make each expansion rollout it’s own thing, with imported characters.

If it’s to remain in the same “classic” client, a dropdown in the realmlist to select the expansion could work.

Could this fracture the ‘classic’ community? maybe, but people do have their ‘favorite’ expansion.

Ciruccy-stormrage · September 1, 2019, 9:50pm

A suggestion:

Players will undoubtedly be saving the materials needed for the War Effort… What if one of the changes put in place for this means that the required items change, or the amount of items needed changes?

Ravanar-thunderfury · September 2, 2019, 6:32am

Seems legit.

Demosthenes-dragonblight · September 2, 2019, 4:02pm

I’d rather eat hot coals than play a game that is intentionally, and radically krabbified by its creators. I’m out.

Noxina-arygos · September 2, 2019, 6:21pm

What phase will the fishing tourny start in? never done it before, never even did fishing until my current classic hunter, and im having fun with it.

Gazza-blackrock · September 3, 2019, 9:31am

Amazingly true statement here! RED SNAPPA!

Alstrcrowlee-arugal · September 3, 2019, 2:18pm

the one thing blizz has wrong is the nerf on xp when your grouped up, when the game demands you to play with others normally and at the end and in pvp. there should be no nerf or even a small bonus.

Vencher-grobbulus · September 3, 2019, 2:27pm

CAN WE GET AN UPDATE on the pvp system already?

That list hasnt been updated since march. its freaking september.

How hard is it to add the honor tokens and put the gear back in? did you really lose all the information needed to implement it? are you trying to decide if you want to cross-realm or not?

Classic isnt complete without the rank system.

Answers plox

Pilgrims-kirtonos · September 3, 2019, 2:50pm

Honor system is phase 2, AV and WSG are phase 3.

Hashbrown-grobbulus · September 3, 2019, 4:51pm

Please move DHKs to phase 3.

Vanilla PvP content:

Launch: No structured PvP content
patch 1.4: PvP honor system
patch 1.5: BGs + DHKs

Classic PvP Content

Phase 1: No structured PvP content
Phase 2: PvP honor system + DHKs
Phase 3: BGs

The DHKs are being introduced early in Classic. To better match vanilla experience, Classic DHKs should be moved from phase 2 to phase 3.

Aizensama-faerlina · September 3, 2019, 5:26pm

The Classic PvP content plan has it’s own thread

Classic PvP Content Plan

Since we broke down the six phases of content that we’ll be rolling out for Classic, we’ve heard the increase in requests for PvP details so we wanted to get you up to speed on our plans there.

As was the case when World of Warcraft originally launched in 2004, there won’t be a formal PvP system in WoW Classic at the outset. You’ll still be able to PvP, of course, and there will be no Dishonorable Kills, so you’ll be free to repeatedly hunt down every player and NPC in, say, Stranglethorn Vale to your stealthy heart’s content.

That’ll change once phase 2 rolls around and we add the Honor System, which will introduce Honorable Kills, Dishonorable Kills, and PvP Rank Rewards. The items you earn from the PvP Rank Rewards will be the versions from patch 1.12. Keep in mind though, just as it did originally, it will require a substantial time investment to rank up through the Honor System. For those interested in the Rank Rewards, earning epic gear will require consistent dedication over a long period of time as a top contributor on your realm. We don’t expect to see many people running around with these items early on, but we’re certain Hillsbrad Foothills will still see its fair share of action!

In the third phase, we’ll introduce the first Battlegrounds: Alterac Valley (version 1.12 ) and Warsong Gulch, alongside with their associated vendors. One thing to note is that there were a couple of updates to these vendors over the course of the original patch releases, so some items won’t be available right away. For example, the Spell Penetration trinkets available from the Warsong Gulch vendor weren’t introduced until Patch 1.9, so we’re currently thinking that we’ll add these in phase 5.

The Arathi Basin Battleground will follow in phase 4, along with its specific vendor. It’ll be interesting to see how many people stay behind to guard the flag.

Finally, in phase 6, we’ll have the world PvP objectives in Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands, which will come out at the same time as Naxxramas.

Here’s what the PvP content looks like mapped to the phases we recently posted about:

Phase 1 (WoW Classic Launch)

You can PvP one another in the world, but there is no tracking, and no formal rewards for doing so.

Phase 2

Honor System (including Dishonorable Kills)

PvP Rank Rewards

Phase 3

Alterac Valley (version 1.12 )

Warsong Gulch

Phase 4

Arathi Basin

Phase 6

World PvP objectives in Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands

As we mentioned before, we haven’t yet determined exactly when each of the content phases will occur but we’ll keep you updated as they draw closer.

We’re here reading what you have to say, so we wanted to thank all of you for your feedback and discussions about Classic. Keep it going!

Toxicle-dalaran · September 4, 2019, 11:16pm

I would like to know what the debuff cap is on raid bosses currently, and what changes are going to be implemented over time with debuffs as well. Affliction warlock needs to know XD, thanks!

Codyjt-kirtonos · September 5, 2019, 3:39am

Hopefully you don’t just let this game die when all phases are met.

Bedbug-bigglesworth · September 6, 2019, 3:43pm

Get battlegrounds rolling asap. Thank you.

Cjdapope-westfall · September 7, 2019, 12:22am

i cant help but feel this will follow same as retail
they will hold back phases till the absolute MAX people will play b4 getting mad
once we start getting mad and quitting
phase 2
BFA style : /
lol
maxes out the /played you know