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All Active NA & Oceania World of Warcraft Players Invited to Stress Test WoW Classic - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited June 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageAll Active NA & Oceania World of Warcraft Players Invited to Stress Test WoW Classic - MMORPG.com

From June 19th to June 21st, all North American and Oceania World of Warcraft players with an active account are invited to take part in the next Classic stress test. Players will be able to download the client beginning Tuesday, June 18th. All races and classes will be available for character creation and a level 15 cap will be in place. Open world and instanced content will be available for the duration.

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  • itsoveritsover Member UncommonPosts: 353
    when they say active, mean active sub account ?

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    edited June 2019
    itsover said:
    when they say active, mean active sub account ?
    Yes.

    It's the same way that it will run when Classic is released. You will have to subscribe to "WoW" which gives access to both retail and Classic.
    Folmen


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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Rhoklaw said:
    SBFord said:
    itsover said:
    when they say active, mean active sub account ?
    Yes.

    It's the same way that it will run when Classic is released. You will have to subscribe to "WoW" which gives access to both retail and Classic.
    Which is funny since most people that wanted Classic in the first place most likely don't have a subscription to the version of WoW they left in favor of Classic.
    Agreed, but that's the plan whether we think it's wise or not. *sighs*
    Folmen[Deleted User]


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  • GaladournGaladourn Member RarePosts: 1,813
    edited June 2019
    I think you can buy a stand alone subscription in the blizzard shop without any other requirements


  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    edited June 2019
    Galadourn said:
    I think you can buy a stand alone subscription in the blizzard shop without any other requirements


    No, they have categorically stated that you buy a subscription. What you play is up to you. The price paid is the same: $15/month. You can play retail. You can play Classic. You can play both.


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  • DrunkWolfDrunkWolf Member RarePosts: 1,701
    This is so smart by blizzard and a very good tactic to make money off Classic and its not even out yet.

    First they say if you have a active sub you have a ' chance " to get a beta invite. ( i wonder how many thousands signed up just to try and get lucky )

    now that month is up, we are saying if you sub now you can stress test classic. so people who already payed that month are going to pay again because now they can get in for sure! hahaha thousands more dollars off a game that came out 2004 but needs " beta testing ".
    doomex
  • sipusipu Member UncommonPosts: 200

    DrunkWolf said:

    This is so smart by blizzard and a very good tactic to make money off Classic and its not even out yet.



    First they say if you have a active sub you have a ' chance " to get a beta invite. ( i wonder how many thousands signed up just to try and get lucky )



    now that month is up, we are saying if you sub now you can stress test classic. so people who already payed that month are going to pay again because now they can get in for sure! hahaha thousands more dollars off a game that came out 2004 but needs " beta testing ".



    Dumbasses are getting milked quite hard, I'm not even sorry for them. The hype is at the max limit right now thanks to the streamers who are supported by Blizzard to keep pushing the peak.
    [Deleted User]doomex
  • p4ttythep3rf3ctp4ttythep3rf3ct Member UncommonPosts: 194
    Oh man lol well I guess at least it’s ‘free’ included with the sub to retail WoW and not $15/game/month, or 5$ extra for Classic. Very generous of Blizzard :)
    blamo2000

    That's just, like, my opinion, man.

  • blamo2000blamo2000 Member RarePosts: 1,130
    I really hate when people call other people dumb for how they spend their own money.  I, personally, would never beta test a game if they plan on having a server wipe, which is almost every beta.  I, personally, certainly would never pay money to do something I would never do for free anyways, like beta test.

    But the people who wanted to beta paying for a sub, or the people wanting to check out the stress test so get a sub, are not dumb for making a money decision you disagree with.  Life, in general, mostly sucks.  We spend our time and disposable income to make it suck less on the things we enjoy.  

    Blizzard has made one game in their whole corporate lifetime I have enjoyed - WoW up through WotLK.  I like almost nothing they do.  I can't stand either Blizzard or Ghost Crawler for destroying wow for me, but as soon as Classic goes live I will be giving them my business again, paying for something I actually enjoy.  
    SBFordxxBoneZxxXingbairongjimmywolf
  • itsoveritsover Member UncommonPosts: 353
    I will resub when classic are out

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  • XingbairongXingbairong Member RarePosts: 927
    As an EU player I really enjoyed the spit in the face...
    I guess EU "playerbase" is doing fine and Blizzard doesn't think they have to resort to this type of tactics maybe? I mean it feels like a strange decision to allow some regions and not others.
    Btw even if I had access I doubt that I would've actually bothered to even install it. I'm hyped for classic, but not to the point where I would bother with leveling up to 15 and that's it... don't see much enjoyment in that.
    SBFord
  • someforumguysomeforumguy Member RarePosts: 4,088
    edited June 2019
    Huh, how old is vanilla WoW by now? Asking full sub for such an outdated MMORPG?

    It would make more sense imo to ask a lower subscription fee for vanilla WoW and just give it for free to ppl who pay subscription to normal WoW. But hey, at least vanilla WoW will never have less players then normal WoW the way they plan to do it now :/

    I am very curious to see how many ppl will come back just for vanilla and will actually stay after the rose coloured glasses come off.
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    SBFord said:
    Rhoklaw said:
    SBFord said:
    itsover said:
    when they say active, mean active sub account ?
    Yes.

    It's the same way that it will run when Classic is released. You will have to subscribe to "WoW" which gives access to both retail and Classic.
    Which is funny since most people that wanted Classic in the first place most likely don't have a subscription to the version of WoW they left in favor of Classic.
    Agreed, but that's the plan whether we think it's wise or not. *sighs*
    Yeah but besides an open beta there are no alternatives. And I'm not sure that would be a realistic way to stress test Classic.
    Constantine, The Console Poster

    • "One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
  • KnightFalzKnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,583
    someforumguy said:
    Huh, how old is vanilla WoW by now? Asking full sub for such an outdated MMORPG?

    It would make more sense imo to ask a lower subscription fee for vanilla WoW and just give it for free to ppl who pay subscription to normal WoW. But hey, at least vanilla WoW will never have less players then normal WoW the way they plan to do it now :/

    I am very curious to see how many ppl will come back just for vanilla and will actually stay after the rose coloured glasses come off.
    It isn't outdated if people are still clamouring to play it. The desire of many for Blizzard to offer Classic has been going on for quite some time now.

    And, that's the thing. The more desire customers show for something, the more they demonstrate a willingness to pay a premium price for that thing.

    Hence, Blizzard is confident that those who want to play on an official Vanilla server will be willing to pay a full subscription price even if they have no desire to play the modern version.

    And they're right. People will.
    SBFord
  • KnightFalzKnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,583
    DrunkWolf said:
    This is so smart by blizzard and a very good tactic to make money off Classic and its not even out yet.

    First they say if you have a active sub you have a ' chance " to get a beta invite. ( i wonder how many thousands signed up just to try and get lucky )

    now that month is up, we are saying if you sub now you can stress test classic. so people who already payed that month are going to pay again because now they can get in for sure! hahaha thousands more dollars off a game that came out 2004 but needs " beta testing ".
    Well, you know, it isn't the same version of the game that came out in 2004. It is new software that obviously needs to be tested. If that testing can also be used for revenue generation, that's just a happy circumstance.
    SBFord
  • someforumguysomeforumguy Member RarePosts: 4,088
    edited June 2019
    I highly doubt it. Already saw streamers who loved WoW through all its iterations getting tired of vanilla WoW because they basically forgot how things were without all the QoL improvements.

    The low quest drop rates, quest items being items in your inventory, having to buy your skills, getting back to your corpse. There is way more going back and forth in vanilla, making everything take ages.

    I do see the attraction though. But that is for the most part (and for most people I suspect the same) with the old classes and the old talent system that gave more variety in how you could play a class. But this all means nothing the moment players get tired of all the meaningless chores without the QoL changes.
  • ACommonMuggerACommonMugger Member RarePosts: 563
    I can't wait for classic to be popular for like 5 months then completely die out. Calling it now.
    doomexsomeforumguy
  • Romulan78Romulan78 Member UncommonPosts: 99
    Thank you for the update, my subscription expires on the 21st (got it just to increase my classic beta chance) so at least I get to try it for a couple days.
  • DrunkWolfDrunkWolf Member RarePosts: 1,701
    Romulan78 said:
    Thank you for the update, my subscription expires on the 21st (got it just to increase my classic beta chance) so at least I get to try it for a couple days.


    you could give me the 30$ and i will link you to about a dozen classic wow servers that are the exact same thing and you can try them for a few days for " free "
    doomex
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