Purely curious as to why they can’t, or won’t, do Time Locked Progression servers.
Start with Classic and then like every 6 months release an expansion or something like that. I’m sure it has been talked about and I assume they thought it through. Have they ever stated why they won’t do them?
I would think that with scaling, it’s going to make time locking expansions that didn’t have scaling difficult.
what would be the point when classic servers are doing this?
you have classic then progression servers every 2 years you are getting an expac
Isn’t that Classic Seasons?
Wow, I feel dumb. So I can start on Classic now and then that moves automatically into BC and then WotLK when that launches? I can keep the same character for it?
yes , you have the choice to advance from classic to Crusade with same character
Wait, so why are there 2 different downloads for Classic and BC Classic if they are the same?
Wow isn’t a game that enables custom servers for players who think they have a great idea. Doing so would make a nightmare of servers to maintain and upgrade uniquely, with only a tiny number of players on each.
Well, it isn’t my idea. It’s been done on other games and was incredibly popular.
Isn’t Classic a Custom Server? and isn’t BC Classic a custom server?
I was asking why couldn’t those evolve as the game did, but a shorter time frame than 2 years, instead of making them 2 totally separate “games”… at least that is how I understood it, though I could be wrong. I didn’t know you could level on Classic and then send that character to BC… and then I assume to WotLK when that launches. That seems pretty cool.
It’s your idea that it would be a great idea for wow to give players the option of custom servers to be created for individual players who thinks there would be a lot of demand for a server for other players who would want their own individual combination of features and systems.
Absolutely not. A “custom server” is one where a player says, “I want a pristine server, and here is my checklist of what should be on that server, and what should never be.” Another player says, “I want my server to have a different set of features.” Another player says, “I want a server where only mythic raiding takes place.” Another player wants a PvP free for all server but with no flying, Yet another wants free for all a PvP server but with flying. Etc.
Not gonna happen.
Yeah, it’s not what I am saying at all… but you seem to be pretty dug in so have a great day!
Classic will only allow you to play through to the end of Classic. TBCC allows for one to level from scratch to TBC content. When TBCC was released, they did allow you to clone your Classic character over rather than level from scratch. I’m presuming it will work the same with WotLK Classic. So that is why there are two downloads. Likely three different iterations of ‘classic’ game downloads when Wrath is released.
Things get twisted incorrectly quite often. You’re fine.
Well it was Holly’s idea for EQ when she ran it and since she’s in charge of WoW now, it might just happen…
Because there are servers that are locked to classic only where no expansion will ever exist. For those that do not want to move on. Then there are classic Burning Crusade servers that are for the most part as BC was when it released in 2007.
You can make a character on either version of classic/classic BC.
But be warned. Classic is for the most part dead. Factions on certain
BC servers are also dead. So find out which faction is the dominate one
and roll on the one with the most players on your faction.
This was the reason for my post and logic behind it…The TLP is what brought me back to EQ many many years later and even EQ2 and just was wondering if it had been talked about for WoW.
I’d prefer for them to come up with makes to make existing content more ever-green rather than fix existing game-states in a time-locked progression system.
The only reason we’d even want time-locked progression in the first place is because of the FOMO (fear of missing out) nature of WoW and the treadmill of temporary power gains.
Remove FOMO game design. Remove temporary power (looks like they’re taking a step in a good direction with Dragonflight). Make content evergreen (what they’re doing with season 4 of Shadowlands is a good exploratory start).
Are you asking because the you thought the time between expansions was too long compared to EQ’s TLP’s or because you weren’t aware of how the classic servers were working so far? ( by this I mean the Classic → TBC Classic → WotLK servers)
Personally, I like the long time locks. It’s the main reason I’m not playing the EQ one. I think I may try EQ2 though when it comes out this week. At least it’s a little bit longer than EQ’s.
Ok, guess I should have elaborated.
So I started playing WoW in 8.3 - It was pretty amazing to have 18 or so years of content all unlocked on day 1… Now that I have played pretty hardcore up until now, I really wish I could have experienced the game as it evolved… but the microwaved version of that (hence TLP comment). Like new expansion every 4-6 months starting with Classic… something similar to EQ’s TLP. Was just a thought as I would get to relive the WoW golden years as a new player that missed all that.
I see, makes sense … I think there are definitely others who would play that too … many just like the faster paced expansion unlocks. I’m not one of them, but that’s just personal preference. I am actually surprised by how many people keep playing the EQ TLP’s over and over, but there certainly seems to be a demand for it.