What will hapen to retail wow?

[Sincubus-moon-guard (Sincubus)]

Here you go, straight from the horse’s mouth.

Classic Content Plan

At BlizzCon 2018, we proposed a plan to give Classic four content phases. These were planned to be centered primarily on raid power progression. Currently, based on both your feedback and our own deliberations, we’re now planning to increase it to six phases. Our focus is still primarily on player power-progression, but we’re also aiming to capture what it felt like to play in a realm community in original WoW. To do that, we’re planning to mirror the approach taken by original WoW, with patche…

[Kesnal-moon-guard]

a few million will continue on playing BfA

lol where do you come up with this nonsense? Where were those numbers pulled from?

[Sapperd-zuljin (Sapperd)]

It will continue to be poop, yet still played, even by those like myself who think this loot pinata of a system is garbage. Want an epic, show a turtle how to make a circle!

There will be somewhat of a generational gap between player base for sure, not knocking any sensitive youngins that are reading this, so don’t get triggered, but that is what I see.

Two games in one, can have a change of pace whenever you please. Nothing will change due to Classic, if anything, Blizzard MIGHT learn something.

[Kesnal-moon-guard]

Want an epic, show a turtle how to make a circle!

Not just any epic but a heroic raid ilvl epic that can titanforge into a mythic raid ilvl epic.

[Martiny-area-52]

Nothing will happen to retail because they are not competing. People will pay the same sub fee for both. If anything, Classic will bolster revenue for more develoment of retail, at least for a while.

This is why I wish they were separate subscriptions. Retail is in my opinion. I am highly leaning towards not resubbing for classic because I don’t want blizzard to use my sub to count as support for fail retail.

[Mannie-moon-guard]

Classic Content Plan

At BlizzCon 2018, we proposed a plan to give Classic four content phases. These were planned to be centered primarily on raid power progression. Currently, based on both your feedback and our own deliberations, we’re now planning to increase it to six phases. Our focus is still primarily on player power-progression, but we’re also aiming to capture what it felt like to play in a realm community in original WoW. To do that, we’re planning to mirror the approach taken by original WoW, with patche…

This blue says otherwise. You are misinformed.

[Elae-nagrand (Elae)]

What will happen is that all the nasty people that criticize your personality will leave to Classic, never come back, and I will rule my server in complete and utter peace.

[Lasin-ravenholdt]

Having played up to lvl 15 on beta classic test servers I am pretty confident in saying although many will try it, few will stick around. Two weeks max for most people trying out classic.

[Akston-bloodhoof (Akston)]

Yo you actually said that classes are complex in BFA.

That’s a huge yikes. This is the most dumbed down classses have ever been

Classic classes are more dumbed down than BFA, when it comes to combat.

Classic classes just have a ton of flavor spells you don’t need.

[Eret-hyjal (Eret)]

This is why I wish they were separate subscriptions. Retail is in my opinion. I am highly leaning towards not resubbing for classic because I don’t want blizzard to use my sub to count as support for fail retail.

It went from I will pay extra to play classic !!! to why do I even have to pay a sub!!!

[Nalin-nesingwary (Nalin)]

Retail will a dip in numbers as the curious go over to try out Classic. Which will bump up Classic’s numbers so Blizz can yell it was a success. (And probably start the trend for bringing back older versions or cancelled mmo’s when other companies see that nostalgia is good for making money. Which better lead to CoH/CoV coming back.)

But then Classics numbers will dip as the curious come back to Retail because their so used to the QOL changes it has over Classic. While Retail’s numbers will go up because of the curious return and then both go stagnant in numbers as Retail waits for the next exp. and Classic waits the next game patch.

[Kirnos-turalyon]

Isn’t that like saying that Cherry Coke is in direct competition with Coke Classic?

[Goldtrash-aggramar]

retail WoW will be dead for a bit, then it’ll slowly come back once people get used to classic being around. people love classic, but when they see all the sights, and have a few toons under their belts, they’ll be back.

[Akston-bloodhoof (Akston)]

retail WoW will be dead for a bit, then it’ll slowly come back once people get used to classic being around. people love classic, but when they see all the sights, and have a few toons under their belts, they’ll be back

“for a bit” = 2 days?

I think people are way over estimating how many current players in WoW played classic, and are feeling nostalgic.

I feel confident most retail players won’t even create a classic character, much less play one consistently for more than a week or two.

No where near enough to get a few toons under their belts.

[Leafmealone-dalaran (Leafmealone)]

Both will do fine folks will join over to classic when it hits, hit max level, complete the raids and come back to check on retail in a matter of time. I myself plan on playing both. I also feel that at the start classic will kick off just fine but overtime folks will slowly return to retail at some point.

[Syraevia-tichondrius]

why do people think wow classic is good?

it’s like going from windows 10 back to windows 3.1. you’re going to an unrefined version of the game. lol.

classic was challenging because: bad pings, in-game bugs, addons that were way behind what they are today.

normal dungeons have more mechanics than classic raids.

[Shamajin-dalaran]

The big name streamers already got bored of classic. Classic will have no chance.

[Belkor-fizzcrank]

Classic will see a big surge of people looking for a nostalgia trip. Then things will calm down. Retail will continue to limp along into Everquest territory unless the devs do something drastic to make things feel fresh.

[Cynthyx-wyrmrest-accord (Cynthyx)]

I’m pretty sure there’s plenty who like current WoW that don’t want their sub fee funding Classic. But either way that falls under the category of too bad. I’m gonna play both, but really if I didn’t have a few friends from current WoW who were gonna pal around in Classic here and there I probably wouldn’t bother with Classic. Been there done that way back when it was actually new and it was that or nothing.

[Bilk-emerald-dream]

I mean, the one sub pays for both, so I don’t see how they are competing with each other.