So it's finally happening. I guess this is a setup for the following days
LET"S GOOOOOOOCATA HYPE CATA HYPE CATA HYPE
eh maybe, but... i am not sure if people hate cata as much, aside DS... or maybe feeling lore's culmination should be LKclassic rolls out faster, and many of the expansions that "sucked" can be cooler this way... and now that it isn't cool to be hatedlike pandaria, or a single year for wodlet's hope neither is destroyed by bait-y streamers as sl :(well, hf i guess... see you in a year :d
Lets hope they keep the Wotlk servers and not migrate them as they did on TBC
I hope Cata Prepatch will not be live before early summer in June.I still got a lot of dungeon gearing in Wrath (to solo ZA, a.o.) and soloing endgame in Classic to do, as well as a few lost quests that were added in BC/Wrath and are gone in Cata (which I spent a month selecting, by comparing wowhead zone-quest databases).I did not have the chance last year to play a lot of classic. In 2004 to 2006 i had not often access to the internet and before Cata in 2010 i did not have the mental fortitude to deal with a lot of stuff in my life, let alone long term plans like MMO content.This is why it is important to me now!For now, I completed all Dungeons on my Horde char and almost finished Silithus and Plaguelands grinds (It is tough to get mats and crafted items in the AH on an "empty" server).My ToDo-List includes:- BC/LK dungeon quests (some are gone in Cata)- Battle for Undercity and pre-quests- Mag'har and pre-quests- Alliance dungeon quests with Dungeon set upgrade quest-line- the mentioned lost quests (mostly by BloodElf and Draenai NPCs in the main world)- a few late/endgame zones (because some elite-quest may not be soloable on max level in classic)- Timbermaw on both sides (due to final quest)- and finally all the raids including rep grinds that are required for quests, like the Scepter questline (if BWL is soloable). I may also be able to play Paladin quests, but may never be able to see all class quests (maybe in SoD).Of course I take a lot of screenshots and maybe use them to write a few WoW stories (with a neutral perspective, no self inserts).Sorry for this spontaneous blog-post, it just right came flown out of my mind, since I don't want Wrath to end anytime soon. I think I will also post it in the WoW Wrath Classic forums.BtW: I hope something like ilevel 230-240 will suffice for soloing quests in ZulAman or even kill Zul'jin (I am playing Horde DK and consider gearing my Alliance Paladin).
Curious to see what will happen If they do to WotLK servers what they did to TBC servers.I'm on the camp that disliked Cata as an expansion, as such I don't consider it a "classic expansion". Curious to see what the community reaction will be to it. I know for sure that I won't be playing it.At least we still got Vanilla servers.
Man, I miss the days before all this Classic nonsense. Only vanilla content that didnt get updated with cata is missing from retail. So it makes sense to have a vanilla classic so players can see what they might not have when it was live. BUT THAT IS IT.Burning Crusade.Wrath of the Lich KingCataclysmAll that content has been part of retail WOW since they were live. And you can still enjoy it all. So now, the only reason for cata classic is to play while patches release every few months. That is it. There is no other reason for this to exist. That is now 3 classic versions that should have never been made available. All it does is separate the real players from the museum players. Are we going to just repeat everything 10 years later? Will there be classic 2.0s coming out in 10 years. And then 3.0s and so on? When will this end? Are they really going to make a classic version for every expansion?Classic WOW was Vanilla, BC and Wrath. (or, it can be the xpacs before the character model changes, which include those 3 versions, plus Cata and Mists of Pandaria) When will it be enough?People who want to play WOW play retail WOW. That is the only WOW that needs to exist. Every month there is more nonsense. I wish they would send a poll to all account holders so we can tell them and they can see how the majority want nothing to do with these versions, except for classic vanilla, which should be part of retail anyways.Ughhh, the decline of WOW is not going to be fun :/ But at least I can say I told them so. Just like race and gender changes, character boosts and other nonsense.
Great, looking forward to see what changes they'll bring.
I joined WotLK Classic late, so I only have one level 80 character (Paladin) with so-so GS (4800). Instead of grinding Gammas endlessly to do ICC HM, I shifted my focus to finish stuff that won't be available when Cata arrives (especially since transmog will come with it).
Important notes to take note of in Wrath going into Cata :>hailstorm becomes white color, swordbreakers bulwark (sunwell drop) graphic is destroyed and glow removed.naxx one-hand swords glow is removed. this is in favor of future artifact weapon transmog. PLEASE DONT DESTROY THEIR ORIGINAL GRAPHIC THIS TIME> Go and get south sea bucket helmet. it is forever gone. >Please make to be able to Tmog vile fumigator mask cata people. x ray goggle has a unique graphic , should be made into item . >cant hear most of other people's spells anymore , EG hammer of righteous . ? :(>THe TRAditional Hunter gun firing sound effect is GONE ! or minimized.. :(>PLease dont change the sound for Talent tab ! (n) it is very unique and old skool Sega sound effect>Frozo NPC in dalaran has BLUE variant of mage T7 shoulders. it has a GLOW and is BLUE in color, not available to players > Arugual (final boss SFK) shoulder unique item that no available. please give :)> CAN WE SEE THE LOOK OF Alpha /beta wow human female? something very special VHS looking about them. maybe put them in SoD as elves?> make alpha trolls / goblins available for players? they are very unique THNK YOU> warrior shield wall graphic is simple and gets the message across unlike retail many object clutter> warrior charge sprint and leap is much clearer and smoother in classic than retail too many animation frames , bad> we LOST the old blood elf female mining action ? please make it come back for those of us who like the fairy mining action ! <3> gnome death sound is very stupid and well side-chained in classic, that is why they are not allowed to be hunter, . PLEASE LET GNOME BE HUNTER
CATA sweet spot , MoP ERA .. thats what i think they should do. but model update ? na that screws everyhintg up. and should be made seperate . thank you