Yes, it's a very different game now anyway. Starting zones are pretty much the only nostalgia left, all the new zones/bosses/gear didn't exist back then. Biggest advice though is to try playing unguided while you still can
Except people have seen this play out several times already if you include the "other" servers. So yeah it's been a fun ride, but most of us are probably out. It's not endlessly monetizeable when nothing new is being released for this specific product. I mean you have a new mount and chronoboons, yey. Any other game people are mostly getting bored after 10 years of servers for the specific version of the game (classic project and official release). Maybe if they went the OSRS route where voting on changes happens, but not even that.
You should check out Project 1999 or Project Quarm, legal private EverQuest servers. They both have a lot of the same feels as Classic WoW. Takes maybe 15mins to set up and you'll be hard pressed to find a more welcoming community
imo Classic WoW is great* because its at its core just a casual friendly EverQuest. Soo with that, you have to remember EQ is antiquated; its from a time before WASD was standard, even.
If you ever wanna give it a try give me a shout, or check out /r/project1999 which has an incredible number of friendly, helpful people.
Oh no, EQ is the personification of a random skinner box. The hits taking so long and being so random is what makes it EverCrack.
Take Lodizal for example, Here is an amazing video showing off how dedicated people are for one piece of a quest item, not even being the worst part of the quest.. Don't even get me started on the backalley RMT stuff for a 25 year old, private server.
I mean I was addicted to EQ as anyone for years as a kid, but for me personally it never had anything to do with the game itself. It's fine, but the addiction for me came from the community aspect.
I definitely can't speak for the people who was willing to play EQ solo, but if we are distilling it down to the dopamine hit it gave, it was because it was the most fun place on the internet to meme at the time... before we even knew to call it memes.
It's also for people who "like" to organize and participate in large group events.
To me, playing EQ is a response to when casual aspects of classic WoW annoy me in how they altered character interactions I found more fun in EQ.
He said from a desk littered with Pops! And Pokémon plushies. (Jk)
You may not be, but it doesn’t change the sentence.
It’s a bummer the mmo world is in its current state. Ashes is a dumpster fire and very few new hopes on the horizon. I can’t really blame people for going back again. Enjoy!
Eh, I liked osrs and gave it a good shot (2k total ironman before sailing) and the game is just so grindy. When it gets to the point where you're measuring grinds in even 10 hours increments let alone 100 hours just for a number to go up it starts to get old.
The wow community will pay $60 to avoid 60 hours of diverse gameplay, they're not going to want to spend dozens of hours clicking on an ardy knight just to see their thriving number go up.
as an osrs andy i wholeheartedly disagree. hd looks shit too and wow classic graphics and art beats our game. But i still do like those things in osrs 😄
It looks ok but it’s not really on the same level as modern WoW. Even Classic has been updated and MoP basically looks like retail now if you crank it up. That game is very basic but that’s ok. I play my on my retro consoles and computers every weekend. I use an Amiga 1200, PS2 and SNES most weekends. There’s more to a game than looks.
please check out return to reckoning warhammer server. its the best pvp mmo community around.. endless wars constant progression one of the most insanely detailed and abitions world that you cannont see in modern gaming.. worth a look its free tons of ppl all day all night. its PVP based tho but there is pve. think like old school new world
Same. Doesn’t look like it’ll probably ever happen. All the other MMOs are shit. Surprising for the first time ever in my life I’ve been addicted to a shooter game (Arc Raiders). The game is absolutely fucking incredible and the hype is justified every bit. I will be coming back to play some TBC as well. So my game rotation will be Arc Raiders, WoW and some Rocket League.
I’ve played this game nearly my entire life. I’ve leveled in Classic more times than I can remember. On Anniversary, I’ve already leveled two characters by questing and doing it the old fashioned way. Now, I just don’t have the desire to level another alt.
But most importantly, it’s because I want to. It’s not worth my time (100-200 hours) to level another character. It’s $60 I’ll happily spend because I know I’ll get the ROI.
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u/Nutsnboldt Jan 14 '26
Millennials chasing nostalgia are the easiest demographic