Ya that’s why I originally made this thread… because the CE pets were confirmed. Murky seemed like a logical addition at that point.
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It’s more than logical, it seems like a given but Blizzard’s silence on this is more than troubling.
Murky was part of vanilla just as much as the vanilla CE pets, i’d argue that Murky WAS the iconic pet of vanilla. I can’t understand why the vanilla CE pets would get the green light, but they’d be silent or ambivalent about Murky.
MURKY belongs in Classic as much as the vanilla CE pets, or any of us.
Blizz needs to see this and acknowledge Murky will be there for those who have the little guy. I just don’t know what more we could do to get Blizz to hear us on this, and let Murky join us in classic.
This thread is big enough where they would’ve HAD to have seen it by now, read it, and just ignored it?
there is 0 logical reason at all that can be argued why Murky should be left out but the vanilla CE pets included. NONE.
Plz blizz, find this thread and confirm Murky for classic. He was part of vanilla, and deserves to join us for classic again. Murky isn’t one of TCG items, he is the OG blizzcon item and was in for vanilla for 90% of the ride. He belongs in Classic.
#ClassicMurky
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If you get Murky, I want my Lil Ragnaros too!
Please no changes, first it starts with Murky, next thing you know we have pet battles and flying mounts. Stop with changes.
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Murky wasn’t a change!!! How many times do we need to go over this? Murky was released within the “Classic” timeframe. Please stop with this “Murky will change the vanilla WoW experience” rhetoric!!!
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They are trolls… look at their level/achievement points lol.
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I didn’t even know about this Murky guy… but I think it should definitely be added. No changes. You use your code and get it for one character, as it was.
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It is account bound these days, but if the compromise was one Murky per account on classic i would do that.
I’m happy to settle with him as he was (one per) but there is no reason at all Murky should be left out and the vanilla CE left in. None.
Murky was part of WoW Vanilla and deserves to be part of Classic. he is probably the most iconic Vanilla WoW pet of all. Why on earth leave him outta classic?!
Come on, Blizz. Please give us Murky owners hope and respond. There have been dozens of threads about Murky, and more will likely pop up until something is said.
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I think Blizzard should give the pets to the 15th anniversary owners as well, and give Murky to the next Blizzcon participants. Classic should be a fresh start, including getting limited time rewards. The price of an original collectors edition now is like 3k, and I was a poor kid when I was playing Vanilla.
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Murky should NOT come back at this years blizzcon, as it would immediately open the door for vanilla CE pet outcrys, and every other blizzcon pet too. slippery slope.
BUT, i’d like to see (obviously Murky included in classic) Old Man Murky as a pet this year. Use the Murky model, but put a beard on him and a cane and have his back go out halfway through the dance and him grumble and shake his fist.
Fair enough, but then bringing back the collectors edition pets is a no go for me. People had no idea they’d be missing out on the one carry over limited time only pet by not buying a collectors edition of a different game fifteen years ago.
God bless you! <3
#ClassicMurky
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The Vanilla CE pets are almost as expensive/rare as Murky, you know that right?
Blizz brought them back already. Why not Murky?
I do think Old Man Murky is a good idea for a future Blizzcon pet, but Murky belongs in Classic just as much as the vanilla CE pets which are already approved.
These people weren’t just paying for the pet. They were putting their money towards supporting Blizzard as a company and look how far we’ve come today.
If you made the pets re-obtainable through some other way. That would be like spitting in the veteran supporters faces.
If you were one of the supporters who redeemed the pet code during Vanilla you will have it in Classic just like you redeemed back then. #NoChanges
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Fun story about that; I don’t fly to both in 05 and 09 when i went to blizzcon i drove from NC to CA for the event. They mean a lot to me.
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See I am a HUGE pet collector, was back in the day too, and if they did some sort of Vanilla digital bundle, I would not be hurt in the least, if they think it would truly bother people too much, they could change colors or add a tabard or a flag they hold, even better as it gives me moar pets!!!
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First of all it’s not a change. A lot of people who originally got the pet may in fact not be playing any more for a variety of reasons. Refreshing the number of people who have the pets for Classic would actually put the number of owners more on par with what it would have been in Vanilla. But whether more or less of them are given out won’t change the digital contents of Classic. The pet is there.
Secondly people who have the pet who really want to support Blizzard would want them to give the pet out to more people to encourage them to resub to bring life back to the game and put more revenue in Blizzard’s pockets. The collectors editions have already been sold and the money used to make TBC.
I dislike these carrot on a stick type real money limited edition things in the first place. The real money and limited time collectables and cosmetics are what brought us to retail.
Classic is a reconstruction (a replica) and therefore a distinct game from the game called “Vanilla”.
The game named “Vanilla” still exists. Today it’s just called “Retail”. It’s an inherent attribute of the game “World of Warcraft” that was released 15 years ago that it is changed over and over. From patch to patch…at least the Add-Ons are nothing else than bigger patches added to “Vanilla”.
Classic on the other hand is absolutely an own entity that is just a “copy” of a state of Vanilla. And because of it’s being as a “copy” it is not “original”.
So one must draw the conclusion: If you have a “copy” (of a patch of the original) and the “original” (even if the copy shows a no longer existing patch), then you have 2 own entities. 2 different products.
There is no connection through the Vanilla CE because the Vanilla CE is a part of game 1 (the “original”) that still exists. And it is not part of the game 2 (the “copy” of the original).
Blizzard created that connection when they decided that Vanilla CE should be handled as Classic CE. And that is what is called “pandoras box”.
And at least from another point of view one might argue: WoW: Classic as a copy of the original is a new game [“new game” here in the sense of " new product entity"]. It’s release is in August. And every player of the copy is a new player of the copy.
And therefore every player should be treated equally and no one should be advantaged because he bought anything from any other game.
I agree with this. Classic is a remake, not the same game. If they had spun up the same server with the exact same client maybe you could argue that it is, but then what is retail? But in this case, it’s literally pieces of the original game on top of a new engine, which is most definitely a different game. It just so happens they aren’t charging any money for it upfront.
Murky was a reward from the first blizzcon; if you make him available again, then legit EVERY SINGLE BLIZZON ITEM EVER has to be available as well.
The vanilla CE pets as well.
Don’t be ridiculous/overly selfish. I understand you want it, but that doesn’t mean you should want it de-valued for those still out there. We earned that distinction to have that guy.
There’s no reason he should be left out if the vanilla CE pets are included. If you wanna say you should do Old Man Murky or something as tribute to the old one, i’d be all for it but Murky should stay as is AND he belongs in classic.
Clearly, you didn’t read his post my friend. if you did, you’d have read that any pre-text of it being separate from vanilla connection went out the window the second Vanilla CE pets were included.
If they weren’t, then it’d be like “Ok tough luck for all of us” but to include vanilla CE pets and say “no” to Murky owners is outrageous since Murky was THE iconic vanilla pet, and belongs in classic as much as anyone.
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