Greetings from NGA (National Geographic of Azeroth & CN WoW player community:
I posted a thread (tid=41068632) at the end of July, aiming to collect our love/wish to SOD so far from CN community. (got a lot of things on my plate these days so its almost a month later on my posting it here.)
Want to pass the love and peace here.
Background information:
current CN SOD WoW players, now still on ‘exiled’ and its been a difficult choice for them to choose to stay in non-CN server for SOD; or just quit and wait for another season and back to home server - there is no SOD for CN server up to now.
Some still playing, or still browsing the section of the forum might/prone to be more avid/still care about the current playing/environment of SOD WOW (for most of the cases, a VPN is needed to play outside of CN server for CN WOW players currently-and most of the VPNs are not THAT cheap – so you can consider it play WOW even at extra costs on outside CN servers around the world.)
“If you like SOD, and think it is ‘not bad’ or ‘your wish for what’s coming next’.”:
(number is their UID)
- 62739979:
the AQ epic quest for the realm less gatekeeping for long-wanted players instead of only ‘the chosen one’.- 65575515:
WB raiding w/ or w/o mode.
As a healer I am not chasing after ‘WCL Parses’ for a living, but I felt the blame piled when my team members’ WB gone on death. But for most of the time, they are ‘required’ for joining the raid. I feel myself WB-loss cooked more than ‘mana concern’.- 61273469:
Want some more %dmg deduction on locks pets in PVE. A lot of locks performance is relying on pet and I somewhat agree-pet controlling is a dividing point from ok lock to great lock. But currently some inevitable damage to pets e.g.: molten MC, tank lock really cannot do much on the death of the pets. At least for PVE, some %dmg deduction can make pet controlling works right.- 41014387:
I played SOD for P1 I loved it. I quit because of the CN server stuff. But kept an eye on the news, just reading the daily posts I can see it is getting better and more fun. I wish I can have it on CN server.
Additionally, I personally want Hordes Paly and Alliance Sham – easier to balance for both PVE and PVP and I don’t want to feel forced to choose because of it.- 61491502:
It works well for me like a blast. God knows my life was a mess as a feral in original wow classic/2005. Thanks for making the world WORLD instead of just War+Mage+Priest-World.- 7527901:
Feel pretty nice playing SOD, a lot of specs/roles got buffed/tuned to functional. More fun than it was in original lv 60 world. Also I love the idea of instanced world boss, after all it was not a chance for me in the wild world before; I wish all world boss instanced in the future.- 60635874:
I little bit of awkward situation for T1 set: when graduated from T1, I don’t have much else other than 5 man dungeon. I want some more to play with! It feels like T1 FR only works for MC specifically but I don’t feel ‘powerful’ enough. Should this T1 set adding something like resisting from ‘debuff mech’?- 38258042:
I love the remastered BFD and Gnomer! The rune system works well with me. Scored on T1 revamp. I am looking forward for BWL phase now. But I have a feeling there will be no AQ and NAXX somehow, even though I have never been into this two raids since classic.
344376:
Scored:
- Leveling efficiency and nightmare incursion, x2 leveling speed rocks.
- Account-wide Ony key is great. I don’t have to trouble all my toons.
- Almost all spec/class playable now. No longer Druid can only heal/Sham can only heal.
- Great Alts catching up system, tarnish coins for gear feels more incentive for my alts.
- Revamped stats for old gears. Nice they look wearable now!
To look better:
- Is there a plan for an easier way for T0.5/for alts
- Any rep vendor for Thorium Brotherhood can be added at the FP? at least some patterns/plans
- Any idea on instant mail for characters under the same account?
- Enchant scroll tradable in AH any plans?
- Can flight masters trained better of their pets giving more speed boost? Some travel around the beautiful world is great but too excessive & slow could be exhaustive.
- Some FP/path for Alliance is really pain in the Xss
- Still wish for a summon stone function
- WB - can we reconsider all these, it is affecting a lot of things.
- 60922806:
Too lazy for more word-typing, simplifying: love it, playing it.- 65471155:
I find it satisfying for SOD. I hope there is more re-work/revamping. I love procs, name one: P1 BFD 2H, and great revamp for Endless Dark blade.- 34304927:
Not bad. Some ultra-moves and passives returned in forms of runes. It’s kinda like giving you massive talent points empowers you go deep in all 3 talent trees but also makes it difficult to balance. I see great potential in SOD. I wish there will be a raid for 5 man for better performance players and better loots like in 20 man raid or a bit lessor. We old pals can throw salty jokes with each other online playing it.- 42314113：
Realm Merge!- 41744085:
Some function from summ stone.
Some simplified recipes/plans/patterns
Faster moving among places.- 64977205:
What happened to the shadowy figure in P4?
I am honesty longing for a different story line other than greedy adventurers raiding in the lair of the bosses and triumphed and invincible. Could be there is one time line that we were striving for a breath of living and holding the last battle line for Azeroth. And it gets heated in TBC where waves of legion poured in to the gate of SW/OG- 65470342:
It is pretty obviously enough now for TW/Asian server: literally 9 bots play with 1 pay-to-win player.
Considered that the nature of classic theme calls hardly ‘complete new comers’, so the CN server is back now, most of the pay-to-win players are going back, bots chased after them.- 61386366:
Been on Asian Server for SOD, transitioning for WLK CN server for a tease, really looking forward SOD on CN server, it’s my home server.- 1961472:
By any chance, flight masters whistle?- 60980703:
Hope there be a adjust for mana cost for those rune skills, %mana cost makes healers more prone to HSP+Mana Reg. in some cases, they will have to consider INT&STA&HSP gear off to get a better mana-sustainability, absurd.- 167473:
Personal feeling first:
SOD, compared to the original, THAT world, for a 20 year time-gap, it makes me feel that I reburned in transcendence this time. Familiar NPC and Map, but new rune & content makes me feel amused & excited. Been playing from P1 to P4, it has been fantastic overall. Each phase makes me feel empowered and versatiled.
For future:
Hope there is more AOE mechanic -more DPS more interaction. E.g.: Mind Sear spreads SWP; thunder clap spreads wound; Tornado spreads Moonfire/Sunfire.
CD rune skill, e.g.: Comet storm, colossus etc.
More challenging: reward some pets/appearance diff is attractive enough.- 33797332:
In Blizzard format:
Now we are making skills/talents/professionals/reputations/other content available from later expansions content but in Classic version, we feel it coooooool.
Of course, if those content enhance life quality, like 30 min HS, more flight points, warbands sharing Rep across account. (like Ony Neck) – could be even cooler.- 639621:
I would rather post in NA battle forum for the Server amalgamation. Feeling population disporpotionated. Or just joint Lone Wolf & Lava, giving that so many bots in CS.- 33925343:
- Gear system – want some original taste – MC & BWL still worth a visit for some Bis when AQ40 opens.
Resistance Gear system looks good now – revived the whole 5 man dungeon and profesionals. Can carry some of these into BWL & AQ to prolong the raid life. Adding some more resistance & usable ones in 5 man dungeon. P3 ST made it too easy for too many gears
MC Heat 3. How about class based pets? Like water elemental pets for mages, rag pets for hunters, or flaring hound for hunters. Some more love for Engi?- Alliance flight path/points is just too old for nowadays.
- Simplify some mechanical difficulty for some specs, like fire mage, warrior.
- 61062795:
Thumbs up:
Varied choice among class, enriched class experience and more playable.
Reworked receipts have made those useless now worthy of a considerate/useable.
Expecting:
- God there is not even a single AV can be generated in Asian Server. Is PVP dead in SOD?
- More balanced rework for professionals – Engi got nearly nothing from P4.
- Want a reasonable flexible raid, maybe more than just FR dividing difficulties.
- Priest Runes are now a torture – cannot really find ppl to complete them in the dungeon
11439617:
Mailing to Toon & Enchant troubles me, and T0.5 I will have to do it for every character god this is killing me.61029981:
Really want a realm consolidation – lava & lone wolf.639621:
Is there a plan for coins – shadow skin trading? Casters is just miserable for grinding Scholo.61195950:
I love classic lv60, regardless its SOD or Era.60395266:
realm consolidation plz! God forbids a server transfer even would do the work. Or just unlock the server!65496859:
realm consolidation I wish!38258042:
By any chance Balefire Bolt can have some interaction with frozen effect, I feel the current move less mage.41621811:
Things to expect:
- MC heat level design is great, for a wider audience for better rewards. But only based on FR seems a little ‘narrowed’. I want the difficulty level divided by ‘in-raid’ player skills over ‘out-raid’ efforts.
- I am cool with WB, but if it was taken into raid, the difficult level can be a little too tricky to design/balance. I advise make WB nullified in raid.
- Any hope for classic world for making up the unfinished parts finished this time – grim batol, mount Hyjal, karazhan.
71841:- Make some use of the summon stone
- Reasonable alliance flight path/points.
- 39817165:
I really found joy in SOD, and felt the love from the dev team. But on considering that I am going back to Asian server, it’s a immediate No. God no. Prob a no even CN server is up for SOD.- 41118337:
I wish SOD was on CN server.- 422563:
Wish SOD was on CN server +1. I got a lot of pals keep away from retail & WLK (CN server current progressive Classic version) just waiting for SOD. They are all recruited by me from all news from here of SOD. They are the real coming-backers. I want us at HOME server playing SOD, after all Asian server is anything but home server.- 25823966:
Classic Era provides no flying mounts only a 100% ground, shouldn’t we consider a reasonable use for the summon stone.- 8307899:
Personally, want SOD got mixed flavor from D4 & Retail:
- No CD HS, or reduced CD.
- Warband Rep system, but toon cannot gain rep after quest completed for the 1st time on the main character,
- Flight path shared across account, adding flight master’s whistle.
- Shared Professionals, reduce the dropping recipes more learned from trainers. A mech offers all professional availability in Main city but only 2 pocket professionals.
- Weapon skills level up automatically upon character level up.
- Retail AH
- Summon stone requires only 1 player do all the summoning.
- Instant mail among character under the account, showing mail icon at the log-in welcome screen.
- Adding a 1-person tele/summon gadget with long CD.
- Mass rez
- Extra bank slots shared across the account.
- Toons can trade T0.5 with T0 after Main char completed the quest line.
- 27353:
Can we introduce some cooking recipe for mana? You want the buff anyway for the most of the part instead of really for HP. Why not for something for mana, or I still have to suck up to a mage.- 62438022:
I AFKed, but I want to share something for the time I played SOD.
I really really like the time in P1 – if things still stands I cannot really make the decision going back to CN server. I try to summarize what I loved and felt in P1 and what held me no more here:
- Excellent rune quest.
I love the RPG feeling in Classic WOW. Rune quest in P1 got the feeling right. I still remember my rogue in SFK for the rune, I felt me in Assassin Creed. Also a lot of RPG flavor from Meta/Divine storm, they require effort but I feel rewarded indeed for my power gained. Also a lot of quests call for grouping, more likely to have friends on the way.- Leveling up Experience – Good.
I love my toons in SOD and I am not alone from all the friends I have known. Leveling up sounds ‘definitive’ to me – you beat the mobs, you gain exp, simple happy as that. You don’t have to check/suck up to GM, Raid Leader. You don’t worry about Bis/Gear. And P1 Rune boosted the feeling of leveling. Mana friendly to casters, more survival for melee. But the world is still full of danger – high lv mobs around. Leveling is fun with danger. Some PVP or PVE hardship encounter in specific areas. All these gone to P3 Nightmare.- Varied Classes/Specs choice
Not only Lock & Rogue & Sham tank, Mage healer amazed me, but also those previously those specs ‘unwanted’/’unusable’ classic era now regained their lives here and thrived. No more clothy Pali! Of course, there are some room for a better tuning but the overall looks good enough for me.- More Leveling Gear!
For those classic toon-ish gear go unnoticed, SOD makes them shinny again. Those undesired class quests get more attention in SOD. For a sword in DM, hordes poured to Westfall, a lot of item got re-discovered while ppl leveling. All professionals got something from the Logistics/Supply Rep. Revived all profession – now they are not just wasting money on the leveling up points, until P3 got almost things replaced.- Chill and simplified Raid.
BFD is a good remake. Fun bosses but not difficult, almost everyone’s dish. Loot for everyone, not that long enough for a retirement. Don’t have to ask for a leave from managers. I love it. P3 get it a bit harder and lengthy – Oh my.From my point, it is not really cuz the CN server is back for SOD population shrink, 2M+ online in P1 SOD is a charm. I typed all this expansively just because I loved, loved SOD.
If there is one day, one day SOD+/Classic+ is coming to CN server, I will be there.
I want SOD in CN server.
And I personally love SOD and that is my drive for the thread.
=D
Peace