Give us OLD AV

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I’ve heard that BFA is getting an Old AV battleground option.

By rights I think Classic should be getting OLD AV, at minimum as an option but preferably as the norm.

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what makes you think classic will not get AV when the battleground phase launches?

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We are getting 1.12 A.V. That is not old A.V. It’s a stripped version not unlike modern A.V

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Yea they confirmed already that they are giving us the watered down version with resources that can dictate wins instead of killing the boss to win.

Personally though i am conflicted here on this one.
On one hand i am happy because you were gimped on honor back then for the AVs that lasted days. If you dont know, you can only get honor for killing the same player 5 times per day. After that it did not give you honor thus killing the honor farm.
On the other hand i am sad because we likely will just be seeing giant zergs instead of a war like AV is meant to be. No summoning the mini bosses to help your side. No true tower defense games.

I think they should give us a happy medium. Make it to where the resources are doubled to make it to where zerg isnt the only way to make decent honor in there. Just my 2 cents.

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AV was changed for a reason… I was there. And I hope you take it to heart when I say, no you do not want that.

you would spend an hour in que to even start one because no one would play, just to get in one and spend 4 to 6 hours of your life for crap rewards…

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Why can we not just have the game as it was presented in the classic era? Why does everything have to be watered down or edited?

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Wait, they are adding the Burning Crusade AV to Classic WoW? How does that even make sense? Reinforcements were never in vanilla, not even 1.12, it was always the boss kill.

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I dont remember this - but we also have massive server pops now in comparison based on what people are saying at least. I remember always seeing at least 3 games to choose from back when they had lobbies

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We’re getting the AV that was in 1.12, it doesn’t have reinforcements.

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Oh the way he was talking made it sound like we were.

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Yeah, I think he’s just mistaken.

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+1 for old AV
I want to retake mines, escort bat riders, and ride along side a mounted offencive.

This comes up now and then, and the vast majority of the community seem to want old AV.

I’d be fine if it were a limited thing, like for a phase it’s classic version so ppl can play AV as it was intended
But I won’t be happy if it’s the watered down retail point crap AV.

I really hope bliz listens to their classic player base

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I was apparently - thanks for clearing this up!

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Those things are in 1.12 AV. What’s missing is:

  • Korrak and the Winterax Trolls.
  • Goblin Shredders.
  • Many NPC’s, including the ones that dropped explosive mines all over the place.
  • The terrain was modified slightly.
  • Other things I’m probably missing.
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Shouldn’t that have been for Classic WoW?

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Modified terrain I believe was block off the Syndicate, gnolls, and trolls? I know what Korrak would do, never learned what the Syndicate did.

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Also missing: a considerable chunk of the original mob difficulty. Sindicate area also.

I really have to wonder how the “clarity” that Ion spoke of has relevance now that retail is getting early AV custom made, and classic is built on the same framework as retail.

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They’re doing it to try and draw players back to BFA. Not a bad idea by blizz seeing as they know players are antsy for bg’s to come out, “hey come take a break from classic and check out the old AV that will be released at a later phase in classic early!”

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All it takes is 20 or so Gigs of your hard drive!

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Yeah, wow was changed for a reason too. Why should we want classic? Clearly retail is the superior game!

anyways. give us old AV Activision.

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