WoW Classic PTR Update - Burning Crusade and Classic Era Info

WoW Classic PTR Update - Burning Crusade and Classic Era Info
World of Warcraft Classic PTR has been updated with info about Burning Crusade and Classic Era.

Among many new strings for ray tracing and gamepad settings (which don't actually seem to be used right now), there is also a string "BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_DEFAULT_CLONE_DATE" that is set to "May 18, 2021". This could be a placeholder date for when character snapshotting might take place.


Originally Posted by Blizzard
Coming Soon: Burning Crusade

Classic will soon be split into separate games: Burning Crusade and Classic Era.

When that happens, you'll choose which game your character will play on going forward.

If you wish to clone your character and play in both versions, that service will be available for a fee.

WoW Classic PTR - New Strings
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_PREVIEW_TITLE - COMING SOON:|nBURNING CRUSADE
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_PREVIEW_DESCRIPTION1 - Classic will soon be split into separate games:|nBurning Crusade and Classic Era.|n|nWhen that happens, you'll choose which game your character will play on going forward.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_PREVIEW_DESCRIPTION2 - If you wish to clone your character and play in both versions, that service will be available for %s. |HurlIndex:43|h|cff006995Frequently Asked Questions|r|h
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_PREVIEW_BUTTON_GOT_IT - Got It
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_INFORMATION - Burning Crusade Information
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_CLASSIC_TITLE - I want to play this character in|n|cffffc437Classic Era|r
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_BURNINGCRUSADE_TITLE - I want to play this character in |cff1eff00Burning Crusade|r
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_CLASSIC_DESCRIPTION - %1$s will be locked to Classic Era.|n|nAfterwards, you'll have the option of activating %2$s in Burning Crusade as well for %3$s.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_BURNINGCRUSADE_DESCRIPTION - Exit this game and select Burning Crusade from the Battle.net App.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_CLASSIC_BUTTON - Play Classic Era
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_BURNINGCRUSADE_BUTTON - Exit Game
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_CONFIRM - %s will now be locked to Classic Era.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_CHOICE_CONFIRM_TYPE - Type in the character's name to confirm:
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_ACTIVATECHARACTER_TOOLTIP_TITLE - Activate Clone
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_ACTIVATECHARACTER_TOOLTIP_DESCRIPTION - This character is activated in Burning Crusade. You may activate them in Classic Era by purchasing a Character Clone service.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_ACTIVATECHARACTER_TOOLTIP_ACTION -
  • SHOW_UNACTIVATED_CHARACTERS - Show Available Clones
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_ACTIVATECHARACTER_CONFIRM - You are activating a version of %1$s that was saved on %2$s.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_ACTIVATECHARACTER_CHARACTERLABEL - Clone Available
  • VISITABLE_URL43 - https://battle.net/support/article/32222
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_DEFAULT_PRICE - a fee
  • CHAR_CREATE_UNACTIVATED_CHARACTER_LIMIT - You have the maximum number of characters allowed on this realm. Select "Show Available Clones" to view all existing characters.
  • BURNING_CRUSADE_TRANSITION_DEFAULT_CLONE_DATE - 44334
  • CHAR_LOGIN_LOCKED_FOR_REALM_PLAYTYPE - This character clone isn't activated for this realm type.
  • FULLDATE_NO_WEEKDAY - %1$s %2$d, %3$d
  • RENDER_RESOLUTION_LABEL - Render Resolution
  • RENDER_RESOLUTION - Render Resolution
  • WINDOW_SIZE_LABEL - Window Size
  • GXAPI_D3D11_LEGACY - DirectX 11 Legacy
  • TARGETFPS - Target FPS
  • TARGETFPS_CHECK - Target FPS Toggle
  • OPTION_TARGETFPS_CHECK - Enable this option to dynamically reduce graphics quality if you fall below a specific framerate.
  • OPTION_TARGETFPS - Framerate you ideally want to play at. If your framerate is below this number, dynamic systems will reduce graphics quality to attempt to hit this framerate.
  • SPELL_DENSITY - Spell Density
  • OPTION_TOOLTIP_SPELL_DENSITY - Controls visibility of non-essential spells.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_DYNAMIC - Dynamic
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_EVERYTHING - Everything
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SPELL_DENSITY_EVERYTHING - Always show all spells.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_ONLY_ESSENTIAL - Essential
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SPELL_DENSITY_ONLY_ESSENTIAL - Only show essential spells. Your own spells are always shown.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SOME - Some
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_MOST - Most
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SPELL_DENSITY_DYNAMIC - Reduce non-essential spells shown based on framerate. If you are above your desired framerate, everything will be shown.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SPELL_DENSITY_SOME - Reduce non-essential spells shown by around 75%.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SPELL_DENSITY_MOST - Reduce non-essential spells shown by around 25%.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_HALF - Half
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_SPELL_DENSITY_HALF - Reduce non-essential spells shown by around 50%.
  • GENERAL_SUBHEADER - General
  • RT_SHADOW_QUALITY - Ray Traced Shadows
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_RT_SHADOW_QUALITY_FAIR - Ray Traced Shadows from directional light sources at reduced resolution.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_RT_SHADOW_QUALITY_MEDIUM - Ray Traced Shadows from directional and local light sources at reduced resolution.
  • VIDEO_OPTIONS_RT_SHADOW_QUALITY_HIGH - Ray Traced Shadows from directional and local light sources at full resolution.
  • OPTION_TOOLTIP_RT_SHADOW_QUALITY - Improves shadow quality with ray tracing, which produces shadows with more natural softness, greatly increased precision, and from additional light sources.|n|nThis feature requires:|nA hardware ray tracing capable graphics card|nWindows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004)|nUp to date graphics drivers|nDirectX 12
  • ARM64_BUILD - arm64
  • VRN_NEEDS_MACOS_10_13 - Requires macOS 10.13 or above
  • VRN_NEEDS_MACOS_10_14 - Requires macOS 10.14 or above
  • VRN_NEEDS_MACOS_10_15 - Requires macOS 10.15 or above
  • VRN_NEEDS_MACOS_11_0 - Requires macOS 11.0 or above
  • VRN_CPUMEM_4GB - Requires 4GB or more of CPU memory
  • VRN_NEEDS_6_0 - Requires a shader model 6 capable graphics card
  • VRN_NEEDS_RT - Requires a ray tracing capable graphics card
  • VRN_NEEDS_WINDOWS_10 - Requires Windows 10 or above
  • GXAPI_MTL_LEGACY - Metal Legacy
  • GAMEPAD_MAC_NO_START_BACK_BUTTON_SUPPORT - Start and back button binding support requires macOS 10.15 or newer
  • GAMEPAD_MAC_NO_THUMBSTICK_CLICK_SUPPORT - Thumbstick click binding support requires macOS 10.14.1 or newer
  • MAC_INPUT_MONITORING1014 - For Push to Talk to work when World of Warcraft is not in focus, you must grant "Accessibility" permission to %s in Security & Privacy preferences, located in System Preferences. Would you like to open System Preferences now?
  • MAC_INPUT_MONITORING1015 - For Push to Talk to work when World of Warcraft is not in focus, you must grant "Input Monitoring" permission to %s in Security & Privacy preferences, located in System Preferences. Would you like to open System Preferences now?
  • MAC_REQUEST_MICROPHONE1014 - In order to use voice chat, you must grant "Microphone" permission to %s in Security & Privacy preferences, located in System Preferences. Would you like to open System Preferences now?
  • META_KEY_TEXT - META
  • LMETA_KEY_TEXT - Left META
  • RMETA_KEY_TEXT - Right META
  • WIN_KEY_TEXT - WIN
  • CMD_KEY_TEXT - CMD
  • RWIN_KEY_TEXT - Right WIN
  • LWIN_KEY_TEXT - Left WIN
  • LCMD_KEY_TEXT - Left CMD
  • RCMD_KEY_TEXT - Right CMD
  • META_KEY_TEXT_ABBR - m
  • CMD_KEY_TEXT_ABBR - m
  • WIN_KEY_TEXT_ABBR - w
  • SSAO_TYPE_LABEL - Ambient Occlusion Type
  • SSAO_TYPE_ASSAO - ASSAO
  • SSAO_TYPE_CACAO - FidelityFX CACAO
This article was originally published in forum thread: WoW Classic PTR Update - Burning Crusade and Classic Era Info started by Lumy View original post
Published on 2021-03-11 11:34 PM
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  1. NineSpine's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Selah View Post
    Clearly you don't or are poorly informed. EA and Bethesda both have tried this and we all know how well that went. I don't trust Blizzard to do it any better than they have.
    WoW has had fees for trivial digital services for over a decade. This isn’t new.
  1. Hekazi's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Selah View Post
    I don't know why we aren't allowed one free character copy per character. Seems like a money grab more than anything. Especially considering the cloning is done completely autonomously.
    Are you serious lmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by kingpinuk880 View Post
    erm none? Retail will have its own dedicated teams and staff working on it. So it doesn't matter what other teams are doing, doesn't take away from their own job. Blizzard isn't using the same people to work on multiple games simultaneously, not how it works.
    He said population, not development.
    It means that nobody might be willing to pay the fee to keep his character on both servers and much of the population would just rather transfer to TBC, do you even read?
  1. Selah's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by NineSpine View Post
    WoW has had fees for trivial digital services for over a decade. This isn’t new.
    And? Just because something is the status quo doesn't make it okay or good. Using your reasoning we should put more character customization features back on the shop. Specifically the gender selection option. If they are in so dire need of all this money, why would they take this feature off of the shop and put it in-game for free? Seems like a lot of lost revenue. Do you think they should put this back on the shop?
  1. NineSpine's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Selah View Post
    And? Just because something is the status quo doesn't make it okay or good. Using your reasoning we should put more character customization features back on the shop. Specifically the gender selection option. If they are in so dire need of all this money, why would they take this feature off of the shop and put it in-game for free? Seems like a lot of lost revenue. Do you think they should put this back on the shop?
    You can't say "We all see how that went" and predict doom about a system that has existed for over a decade.

    I think Blizzard knows better than you or I what revenue streams they need to tap to hit their goals and secure continued investment from Activision into the product. You keep talking about "dire need" and crap like someone is arguing Blizzard needs to do this or will go bankrupt. Nobody has said that.
  1. Selah's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by NineSpine View Post
    You can't say "We all see how that went" and predict doom about a system that has existed for over a decade.
    Micro-transactions shouldn't be a thing in a game where we buy expansions and monthly subs, period. Let alone services that allow you to keep a continuity of your character within the same game. And damn near every game that has those transactions in the industry ends up doing something really shitting to their players. Again, completely autonomous systems, costs Blizzard almost nothing to maintain.
    Quote Originally Posted by NineSpine View Post
    I think Blizzard knows better than you or I what revenue streams they need to tap to hit their goals and secure continued investment from Activision into the product. You keep talking about "dire need" and crap like someone is arguing Blizzard needs to do this or will go bankrupt. Nobody has said that.
    Quote Originally Posted by NineSpine View Post
    The game needs to generate profit. Blizzard has clearly determined that secondary transactions are preferable to increasing the monthly fee (which has decreased annually with inflation).
    You specifically used the word "need," do they need to or do they not need to? You're contradicting yourself now. Do you have any data to suggest that they won't be able to hit their financial goals without these transactions because I sure as hell don't.
  1. NineSpine's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Selah View Post
    Micro-transactions shouldn't be a thing in a game where we buy expansions and monthly subs, period. Let alone services that allow you to keep a continuity of your character within the same game. And damn near every game that has those transactions in the industry ends up doing something really shitting to their players. Again, completely autonomous systems, costs Blizzard almost nothing to maintain.



    You specifically used the word "need," do they need to or do they not need to? You're contradicting yourself now. Do you have any data to suggest that they won't be able to hit their financial goals without these transactions because I sure as hell don't.
    It seems like you are intentionally not getting it at this point, especially since you now trying to dishonestly conflate "Blizzard needs to turn a profit" and "Blizzard is failing and needs to turn a profit". Every business NEEDS to turn a profit. That doesn't mean every business is facing imminent catastrophic failure. It's not hard to just engage honestly. You should try it.

    "Again, completely autonomous systems, costs Blizzard almost nothing to maintain."

    These services are not discreet. They don't exist in a vacuum. WoW is an entire product. It needs a certain amount of profit to survive. Services in WoW are not priced based on the cost of the individual service, and expecting them to be is frankly really fucking dumb. Do you think it costs Blizzard $15 per month to allow you to log in? No, obviously it doesn't, so why dishonestly act like the character copy should cost whatever it costs Blizzard?

    The game needs to generate profit. It has multiple revenue streams. If these were consolidated into one revenue stream (the sub), the sub would have to increase dramatically to make up for the lack of other revenue streams. Blizzard has calculated that increasing the sub is inefficient, because it would also cause players to leave. Therefore, they established the secondary revenue streams to capitalize on players who are able and willing to spend more while players that aren't willing to pay more than $15 per month will continue to pay their sub.

    This isn't complicated. You want it to be complicated to placate your outrage, but it really isn't.
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