Post-TBC Raiding Scene

[Lucius-grobbulus]

I wonder what effect the TBC launch will have on the Classic raiding scene.

Will all of the gold chasers move on to TBC, leaving Classic with only those interested in raiding for content and experience?

Will there even be enough interest for consistent 40 man raids? Would they need to nerf them down to 30 man to keep it consistent? 20 man?

Right now I’m torn between two worlds (literally and figuratively). I love the Classic experience, but I’m afraid it just won’t be the same when The Burning Crusade releases.

[Lagspike-duskwood (Lagspike)]

We will most likely see CRZ tech for classic Era servers at some point, allowing traditional 40 mans to flourish for eternity.

[Piper-shadowsong]

@Lucius-grobbulus

Will all of the gold chasers move on to TBC, leaving Classic with only those interested in raiding for content and experience?

I doubt any Perma Servers will be completely “free” from any “gold chasers”.

@Lucius-grobbulus

Will there even be enough interest for consistent 40 man raids? Would they need to nerf them down to 30 man to keep it consistent? 20 man?

As this person said:

@Lagspike-duskwood

We will most likely see CRZ tech for classic Era servers at some point, allowing traditional 40 mans to flourish for eternity

I created a thread about this, too (2 Months Ago):

Overlooked Possibility (Keyword) That Nobody (Generalization) is Really Talking About

TL;DR - The Perma Classic Servers may be (key phrase) Connected Realms (ish). Proof below. Preface With the introduction of BC, and Blizz scrambling to find ways to appease a plethora of audience, one thing I noticed and/or heard was the possibility (keyword) of the Perma Classic Servers being “Connected Realms” (ish). How did I come to this conclusion? One of the questions (during the Q&A) was asking about how names were going to be saved for both the BC and Classic Servers. Granted, the …

@Lucius-grobbulus

Right now I’m torn between two worlds (literally and figuratively). I love the Classic experience, but I’m afraid it just won’t be the same when The Burning Crusade releases

I’m afraid for all Perma Servers “not being the same”, either due to them losing their Server Identities thanks to CRZ/Connected Realms/Virtual Realms, etc.

[Arkane-bloodsail-buccaneers]

There is already no real raiding scene outside of gdkp. Classic forever servers will have to be merged into a single server to have any activity at all.

[Oldspice-nagrand]

Outlands doesn’t have the same nostalgia for me because it’s not what I played as a kid, and my only real goal was to kill C’Thun. So I’ll mostly play Classic Era, and hopefully the community thrives in some way.

That being said I’ll probably let my rogue go to TBC to mess around with in arena and ganking some PvE nerds.

[Cauchy-heartseeker]

Thinking about it - I could see the appeal of a fresh server… In 10 or 15 years. I probably wouldn’t mind starting over when my son is old enough to play.