Dev Philosophy

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

Since it keeps coming up in all these arguments, I wanted to point out the elements that make it clear Blizzard is not trying to cherry-pick from different patches for their final experience. They are presenting progressive content until CP6, but not remaining at any of those earlier patches. The recent Itemisation post has the best quote, but they have been littered through all communication that the Dev team has provided.

After careful consideration, we decided on Patch 1.12: Drums of War as our foundation, because it represents the most complete version of the classic experience.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21881587/dev-watercooler-world-of-warcraft-classic

@Kaivax

So rather than try to recreate a specific experience from 2005 that can never fully be recaptured, our aim has been to accurately and fully restore the original game’s mechanics and stats to their final and most polished state from before The Burning Crusade. That mission has been a pillar of WoW Classic’s design from its inception.

This means that while content will be unlocked progressively to allow for each raid tier to shine, systems such as class design, battleground mechanics, and stats on existing items will all be set to their final 1.12 conditions. That should take the pressure off players to be constantly figuring out what we might do next to remain exactly in line with how the game once played out, and we can all focus a little more on community building and enjoying the experience together.

@Kaivax

First and foremost, we’re planning to use the 1.12 version of Alterac Valley. For many parts of the game like this, we’re picking an original WoW patch that gives us the most clarity for WoW: Classic, and 1.12 is that patch.

@Kaivax

where we were able to confirm that the gameplay was the same in the demo as in the original 1.12 WoW.

@Kaivax

For WoW Classic, we’re moving spell casts to a low-priority loop that will cause them to be processed at the frequency that best fits how the game actually played in version 1.12.

[Seijuron-darkspear (Seijuron)]

And so are we allowed to disagree and argue or because your lord and savior Blizzard has said something we should just say amen to it?

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

No, but you’re not allowed to claim that Blizzard has said they want to cherry pick.

I get that you want to cherry pick.

[Luceron-thunderlord]

Actually, they cherry picked a poison. One I would agree with. Managing expectations and all that.

[Dealloc-dethecus (Dealloc)]

your lord and savior Blizzard

The irony of posting this on a WoW character who probably has hundreds of days of play time.

[Sabetha-turalyon (Sabetha)]

And so are we allowed to disagree and argue or because your lord and savior Blizzard has said something we should just say amen to it?

Just don’t complain when people post asking for changes like class balance if we’re going to act like Blizzard telling us how it is doesn’t matter.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

Actually, they cherry picked a poison.

Meta, very meta.