Just for fun. If you can roll out classic your way, how would you do it? Please just focus on your opinion and let’s not insult or put down other’s opinions.
Me: I would start by creating 12 layers, one for each patch. We start at 1.1, players go at their own pace, once anyone is ready for 1.2, they can click on layer 1.2 and play there, can’t go back, only forward but at own pace until 1.12.
I will add some changes: instant mail like in TBC. Riding at 30. I would help the meme specks with mana issues to be a little more viable.
Added content after Naxx rather then Seasons. Free mounts (different looks) for each class. Easier rep grinds for faction mounts. More endgame content for people who don’t have time for raids.
Resist the opening night urge to create so many servers so that they don’t end up dead later down the road. Create a few servers per region with adaptable layering technology and faction balancing which locks new character creation after a certain point.
I’d changed all the tactics of raids and dungeon’s and made em a little dynamic too, so those pesky people who played private servers and knew how to ‘beat the game’ would have felt what it was to ‘try’ again. the Pvp ranking system would have been put to the token system like it was before classic BC realise (obviously though with needing at least Exalted in wsg etc for purchase of the Epic gear)
Also go heavily on banning bots or gold sellers and would have had a zero tolerance to in game abuse, to create a non toxic environment.
Vanilla did not have paid server transfers originally. People rerolled if they wanted to migrate.
Yes, the per-faction login queues would be a change
An alternative would be no x-realm BGs. That would quickly balance factions on a per realm basis.
In fact, I forgot entirely that if Blizzard took the #nochanges approach to x-realm BGs to begin with, then faction populations wouldn’t be a problem at all.
Faction populations are the biggest problem that exists in TBC, and they’re 100% a direct result of Blizzard’s foolish modern day meddling without thinking through the checks and balances.
I’d start with the honor system in place from Phase 1, with a total 12-month timeline for all phases. I’d add 25% 40% bonus XP to quests, and make World Buffs not apply within raids.
black lotus randomly in other herbs
hunters getting full benefit of wbuffs at the start
chrono boon at the start
nerf mage boosting
But with that being said. Id play a fresh replica of what we just had. The funnest part for me was consuming content with every other player from 1-60. And then making the power creep of phase 1 into phase 2.
I’d just leave it as is, but actually roll a gnome warlock as was my original plan and not get in with that toxic guild master I had the first 2 months of Classic. That’s what I care about, hence my excitement for SoM.
