That is an overreaction. It worked extremely well for OSRS.
Really, it depends if the team is capable of making content and changes in the spirit of the original game or not.
In a year or two they have 3 options.
Do nothing. It will 100% stagnate and die after a while. How long that would take is a matter for debate, but it is an inevitability.
Follow the original expansion path and reproduce them in a similar manner to classic.
Classic+ which would have new content developed in the spirit of the original game. This could be the most interesting option if done correctly but could also be the worst if done poorly.
I am curious to see which route they take down the road though.
You realize there have been private servers maintaining healthy populations for basically ever expansion up to and including Cataclysm, right?
I wasn’t suggesting that we would get TBC AND “Classic+” just suggesting that TBC OR “Classic+” don’t have to be mutually exclusive from eternal 1.13 realms.
It has literally everything to do with “You think you do but you don’t”
OSRS has already set a precedent for this sort of thing and there’s already a lot of noise being generated for “Classic+”. What is the difference? It worked wonders for Jagex.
A large amount of people though would NOT prefer that.
This is also a new thing, I don’t think “Whitemane - TBC” and “Herod - TBC” would offend anyone if that’s what it took, which I doubt it would.
It’s not so much that it’s niche, as that there’s just SOO much that can (and will) go wrong. Players don’t know what they want. They’ll ask for every convenience. There will be mass homogenization. In the end it’ll just be BfA capped at 60.
Most things up to and through WotlK were good changes. It’s cataclysm when it started going downhill. Very specifically giving skills based of Specialization choice, that’s where the homogenization started getting out of hand and it set the stage for MoP.
Having a basic lack of logical thinking is a thing for you, I see.
Without question the majority of people would eventually grow bored with the lack of new content. I’m not saying that a die hard group wouldn’t remain–because they would.
The question becomes rather or not it would be enough to continue to support the servers staying online.
Oh, certainly. It started off on a bad foot but eventually became more popular than the main game.
Absolutely NOT. Merging Classic into BC would force people into BC who otherwise may not want to switch. Likewise, once the game progressed from Wrath to Cata, people would be forced into Cata. At which point people will quit in droves all over again. What is the point of all of this if we end up right back where we were with the dumpster fire that is retail???
Agreed. I’m stoked about Classic and am REALLY glad that we got it, but I don’t want to be stuck there forever.
I also don’t want the people who DO want to be there to get forced out and I hate to say it, but I’d rather just quit the game altogether if it would bone the people that want 1.13 servers forever.
You clearly aren’t understanding what I’m telling you.
You clearly have no idea what I’m telling you. I’m not arguing with you until you go back, read what I said, and understand what it means. Otherwise we are just going to be talking in circles and you’ll continue to spew nonsense.
Very early on Brack said they’re fine if tens of people end up staying long-term. This obsession over having to add content to sustain the game and keep people interested is an invention entirely of the forums. In reality Blizzard has said very clearly why Classic is being made.
We all know TBC is going to be the route they take anyway, let’s not kid ourselves… they know it will obviously succeed as it did before, minimal effort, the majority of people want it besides classic+. Classic+ would be way more expensive, is extremely risky as it can fall flat on its face and be abandoned rapidly, and fewer people are asking for it. TBC is going to happen, mark my words.