Classic WoW: Invite to CP Members

[GayFrogs]

My guild is rolling on Herod, pvp NA server

I'll probably name myself wanggang again

[listopencil]

What server did you guys pick for this? I'm assuming a pvp server?

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by listopencil

What server did you guys pick for this? I'm assuming a pvp server?

Moving to Stalnagg.

The reason is because Blizzard is telling people Herod as it stand right now will have queues in excess of 10k. Meaning you might have to wait hours before getting into the game.

[kcxiv]

im more then likely going to be playing, but ill be on a pvp server alliance (dont like alliance) but thats what my buddies guild voted for! I dont think im going to be raiding though, ill probably just be a fill in and ill be spending most of my time in AV..

[ToxSocks]

Wife called me at work.....wants us to play WoW classic....

[hometeam]

I am rolling on Pagle

[jd1020]

Blizzard adding 4 more servers on the 26th after they just added more a couple days ago.

Now they are saying that servers are getting so full that the amount of people might exceed the limits of the queue and it's possible you wont even be put in one.

I would love to compare the launch numbers of classic vs their next expansion.

[BigBeauford]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Blizzard adding 4 more servers on the 26th after they just added more a couple days ago.

Now they are saying that servers are getting so full that the amount of people might exceed the limits of the queue and it's possible you wont even be put in one.

I would love to compare the launch numbers of classic vs their next expansion.

I wouldnt be shocked if Classic pulls in 1 million+ subscribers. It's going to be hilarious to watch the drop off when kids who werent even born when Classic first launched discover the grind.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

I wouldnt be shocked if Classic pulls in 1 million+ subscribers. It's going to be hilarious to watch the drop off when kids who werent even born when Classic first launched discover the grind.

1 million seems way low. They have like 15 servers now and they are all full/high. That's like 15 Tichondrius servers and that server has 750k on it. Of course thats not accounting for currently inactive, multiple chars on one account, one person with multiple accounts, but still. And I'm just talking about NA and not even including Europe which is the same story.

I would be shocked if it wasnt closer to like 3 million. It's certainly going to die down and I would imagine more than half of that number doesnt even make it to purchasing the level 40 mount

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

I wouldnt be shocked if Classic pulls in 1 million+ subscribers. It's going to be hilarious to watch the drop off when kids who werent even born when Classic first launched discover the grind.

that that grind is like a speed bump compared to earlier mmo's! lol

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

that that grind is like a speed bump compared to earlier mmo's! lol

For real. That was part of the draw to the original WoW at the time. It was more streamlined and less grindy than say, EverQuest.

WoW made MMORPG's mainstream, partly by making it more desirable to play than an Everquest by making it less of a grind.

[BleedingRed]

39 classic servers..... as it stand right now and doesn’t count the influx that will happen at least at start.

Let’s say at least 15k per server, that puts population at 500k plus already

[BleedingRed]

Let’s say that population is accurate, blizzard already made 8 million on Classic WoW

[Indian Chief]

Is it really Vanilla if you aren't in a 500 person queue for an hour?

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Indian Chief

Is it really Vanilla if you aren't in a 500 person queue for an hour?

I dont remember being in a queue but I rolled on a medium pop server.

My first character was a gnome on day 1 and I remember a bunch of world server crashes and a ton of lag because of all the people in Dun Morogh and trying to tag that one troll mob in the cave before the other 50 people sitting there doing the same thing. I loved every second of it though. That shit was crazy. And then that first moment I walked up the long windy ramp to the gates of Ironforge I just felt so ****ing small.

The whole immersion with feeling like you are actually playing in a massive world has been lost since then. Now everything has a portal to instantly travel where ever you want to go and the addition of flying mounts ruined pretty much everything about the sense of adventure because you just fly over it all to get to your quest and then fly back over it again to turn it in.