Quote (kayeto @ Apr 9 2016 06:56am)

ok, let's look at the details. You say they can do it, so how would they do it?

*Would players have one WoW installed at their computer, then connect to a server running version 6.2 (or whatever the current patch is) then have the option to choose a classic realm from the list of servers? If that's the model, that means Blizz would essentially have to rewrite vanilla wow for the 6.2 engine. Things have changed in the source code, making things works like they did before might be challenging.

*Or are you suggesting that players would have a unique install for every expansion they want to be able to play, then connect to different servers that are hosting different patches? In that case, blizz would have to host and provide support for discrete servers, thereby increasing their workload.

*Also, are you suggesting playing would pay one subscription fee to access any expansion they want? Or would the extra work of hosting a vanilla server be paid for by more sub fees? And is Blizzard going to be able to recoup their time spent putting this up by making people buy the expansions again for the new "classic servers"?

The more effort I take in looking at the details, the less feasible it seems. Rather than messing with the headache of hosting old expansion, the more logical way to handle it is the obvious thing that everyone wants and has been asking for years: just make the new expansions with the vanilla philosophy. It has been proven that more people liked the game the way it was before than like it now.

At one point, Blizzard had 10 million addicts begging for the privilege of buying their brand of heroin. Blizzard couldn't even retain the people they already had hooked. Activision is so bad, they can't even sell heroine to a heroine addict.

Quote (Mitchellway @ Apr 9 2016 04:55am)

If some dudes in their bedroom can set up a solid working server with over 150k active accounts with 11k players on at the same time the I'm sure a multi billion dollar company can do it.

Quote (kayeto @ Apr 9 2016 09:05am)

The difference between them and Blizzard is those dudes in their bedroom were not trying to maximize profit. Blizzard fitting legacy servers into their for-profit business model is where the challenge comes in.

When/if Blizzard completely abandons the pretense of trying to make good new content, then hosting old expansions would look a lot more viable.

Quote (R3LAPS3D @ 10 Apr 2016 22:21)

RIP 4x T2 geared character, 1 rank 14.
20k+ gold.

Quote (kayeto @ Apr 9 2016 09:56am)

The more effort I take in looking at the details, the less feasible it seems. Rather than messing with the headache of hosting old expansion, the more logical way to handle it is the obvious thing that everyone wants and has been asking for years: just make the new expansions with the vanilla philosophy. It has been proven that more people liked the game the way it was before than like it now.

At one point, Blizzard had 10 million addicts begging for the privilege of buying their brand of heroin. Blizzard couldn't even retain the people they already had hooked. Activision is so bad, they can't even sell heroine to a heroine addict.

Quote (gramkracka22 @ Apr 11 2016 07:22pm)

I think Blizzy is kind of right in the sense that people seem like they want it, but I can't imagine playing the same end game content (wether it be vanilla, bc, etc.) long term.

You need that constant stream of content coming in to keep people subbed