If Blizzard made a full team/full throttle effort into making a polished boxed version of the game would you pay for it as a stand alone expansion?
This would mean things like, a much larger development team and better polish to classes and talent trees. A revamp to the drops, classes(focus bar hunters?) and stats(int to spell power?).
It would keep the classic Azeroth map and quests but update it with newer and fresher things. Barber shops, better character creation options, improved UI, improved spell usability, more events, expansion on zones(pvp in thousand needles with zip lines?), a new storyline that abandons the current themes and keeps wow on Azeroth without flying mounts.
Would anyone be interested in this? I certainly would and I believe this is the future of the Classic wow community going forward.
Classic+: Azeroth Reborn - $59:95 (release date Spring 2025)
Even a 1964 Mustang needs a paint job once in a while. SoD is a paint job, Im talking about a full rebuild from the ground up. An engine and body renewal that keeps the game sexy and fresh.
I donât think this necessarily needs to be true. I mean things like instant mail, QOL and better character creation options to give uniqueness do not spoil the spirit of classic at all imo.
I would love to see a content drop for Classic+. Eight new dungeons, many to cover the gaps left behind by level up raids would be fantastic.
For instance, Stonetalon Mountains is ripe for a new dungeon in the 25-ish range. Youâre telling me thereâs a whole cavern system and dungeon under Stonetalon but weâve never, ever gone in there as players? Missed opportunity.
Iâm sure there are plenty of places to squeeze new dungeons. For instance, in the Hearthstone card game its implied both Felwood and Wintergrasp have dungeons that were conquered by adventurers, we just never did them as players in Vanilla. Put those in WoW.
For me, it would depend on the project intentions. If they bring all the p2w, automated nonsense then no thanks. If it is just Classic with new quests, zones, raids, et at, Iâd give it a look.
I would probably buy an expansion. Azeroth reborn. Featuring new zones. New raids. New leveling dungeons. New playable races never seen before in the game. Maybe new classes as well? necromancers, etc. All in the fashion of vanilla ofcourse.
Iâm assuming that when Blizzard first launched wow classic, they came to the realization that retail was getting out of hand and the game needed to return to itâs roots. The Classic Games, Vanilla, Burning C and WotLK are following the original path and by adding Cata, the world is continuing on a path that I like⌠Those in charge of the classic games need to stay focused and not added these foo foo things and story lines that are already in retail⌠In other words⌠Classic âISâ how world or Warcraft was suppose to have been without all this added junk. I mean I would accept the Barbar shop and transmogging⌠but thats it⌠No pet battles and other junk that retail already has. So would I pay for Classic to stay classic or on the current classic path?. yes⌠Accentually I am paying for classic now because I donât play retail. But if I start seeing more retail types instances and daily events included into classic, Iâm out.
Give me classic but with more character customization options, 3 viable avenues of gearing (PvE, PvP and solo) and polish up old models a bit (sure maybe add some variation to attack animations to spice things up but keep the same general animation style). Maybe add some changes to make some specs decent (like what they did in TBC to boomkin, shadow priest and ret pallies), and new content (at least 1 dungeon per zone, Tone of lore tidbits, new quests with new rewards and PvP rewards and more PvP content)
Idk. WoW is pretty much over imo. Retails been on the downturn for a decade and even the PvP scene has begun to dry up entirely with 45 min solo shuffle queues and low player counters in arena LFG.
I mostly play WoW and have been for 20 years for the virtual world MMO that only exists in Classic and the highly competitive PvP that only exists in retail.
If Ashes of Creation is a quarter as good as the hype it has I assume I and many others will be leaving WoW for good around that time.
Yes you are 100% correct about this I think. And I agree with you. Once AoC is fully released, and if it delivers on even half of what it promises. Then the future of WoW is looking grim.
But blizzard will probably start development of WoW2 and take the best from all expansions and try to recapture the glory that made vanilla great in a next gen package. Develop that for 5-6 years while AoC runs its course and then drop a banger for us when the mmo market ineviteably dries out again.