Can we expect a classic version of every expansion at some point?

[Gimlix]

Basic question. can we expect more versions of classic? That will make the playerbase more divided, but i also assume we might even surpass peak numbers this weak.

[Ealyssa]

Every single one I doubt, who really want cata or WoD classic.

But up to WolK is a given IMO.

[kranur]

Basic question. can we expect more versions of classic? That will make the playerbase more divided, but i also assume we might even surpass peak numbers this weak.

High chance for TBC. WotLK will likely be in demand however starting with LK, wow got modernized similar to what it is today, so it wouldn't really make much sense.
TBC barley does since almost everything is still there.

Beyond LK, I doubt it.

Private servers are a good indication I think, and past LK, expansions aren't that popular.

[Cæli]

possibly, but I doubt we'll get anything past wotlk. maybe cata and mop. after that? uh, who wants that?
I think they'll roll fresh servers every 2 years for each expansions and merge all "finished" realms into one pve and one pvp not changing ever
vanilla is mainly for a purpose of preservation I think, tbc and wotlk is where the fun is really starting

[Gimlix]

High chance for TBC. WotLK will likely be in demand however starting with LK, wow got modernized similar to what it is today, so it wouldn't really make much sense.
TBC barley does since almost everything is still there.

Beyond LK, I doubt it.

Private servers are a good indication I think, and past LK, expansions aren't that popular.

It already started in WOTLK though. Vanilla/tbc was much harder then WOTLK ever was. (Edit: Not harder, they are all piss easy compared to today, but less grindy to those standards)
So we just gonna throw it at WOTLK and beyond nah?

Does seem a bit stupid. especially after we gonna reach WOTLK classic, Cata alone will probably around 12-14 years old. (Not saying Cata was any good) but still.

Point of classic is that newcomers can experience older experience, this will remain beyond WOTLK too.

[RobertMugabe]

High chance for TBC. WotLK will likely be in demand however starting with LK, wow got modernized similar to what it is today, so it wouldn't really make much sense.
TBC barley does since almost everything is still there.

Beyond LK, I doubt it.

Private servers are a good indication I think, and past LK, expansions aren't that popular.

Cata private servers used to be actually quite a bit more popular at one point in the past, however it was just far to difficult to develop them vs wotlk clients.

Same goes with MoP.

[themortalgod]

I think it is safe to say Blizzard will just cycle through them as long as there is demand. Though I expect demand will sharply fall off for cata -> mop -> wod.

The bigger question is: Will Blizzard maintain active servers for every "version" of classic? Or will say vanilla classic turn "into" TBC classic and cease to exist?

[Smash Adams]

No. It ends with WotLK. If for no other reason than nothing from Cata-Current is totally gone from the game. And quite honestly, I think that is where interest ends for most people. The only way I could see anything beyond happening would be on a progression server that just walks through each expansion one after another.

[Ringthane]

How can you have classic versions of anything past Wrath? The draw of classic is to be able to play the way it was before the Cata revamp, to experience the game as it was originally released and designed. There hasn't been a revamp of Cata proportions since Cata - so that IS the classic version.

[Relapses]

How can you have classic versions of anything past Wrath? The draw of classic is to be able to play the way it was before the Cata revamp, to experience the game as it was originally released and designed. There hasn't been a revamp of Cata proportions since Cata - so that IS the classic version.

Thanks for defining Classic for all players, my guy. Considering a "Classic" version of Cata likely wouldn't come out until a proportionate amount of time has passed between Cataclysm's actual release and that of the version of Classic we're currently playing, I think it's the very definition of snobbery to judge people on something they may have enjoyed that you personally didn't.

[n7stormreaver]

I'd play first tier of Cataclysm (maybe 1 week of Rag too) and a lot of Pandaria to be honest. The only times in WoW i actually miss.

[Rusken]

Point of classic is that newcomers can experience older experience, this will remain beyond WOTLK too.

I'd strongly argue that this is not at all the "point" of Classic. To me the bigger point of Classic was to let the people who DID play it, play it again. Also to counter and monetize the Private Server scene.

People who played Classic and who were still playing Retail were desperate for what they did in the game to feel meaningful. They missed the days of raiding being the ultimate endgame, the feeling of upgrades actually being upgrades without any concern for all the borrowed power and gimmicks that we've been given in the last 3 expansions.

People who didn't experience that in Vanilla > TBC didn't care for it, most of them who did try Classic quit before level 30 because it was way too slow compared to the game they're used to. I'm sure there is a minority of current Classic players who never played Vanilla, but the VAST majority are people who've been playing WoW since '04-'05 and another large amount who have exclusively been playing Vanilla through private servers for the better part of the last decade.

I wouldn't even consider WotLK to be worth a Classic version, tbh. It was the beginning of the dumbing down of the entire game. It had a couple great raids for sure, but remember how mad people were when it launched and Naxx was the first raid? "How lazy and boring to rehash a Vanilla raid" was the general consensus. Dungeons were mind-numbingly easy, LFG tool came into the game and the community aspect of servers started dying immediately afterwards.

[Zyky]

Every single one I doubt, who really want cata or WoD classic.

But up to WolK is a given IMO.

The top Cata Private server is pretty popular, even the top MoP one too. I would expect them to stop with MoP, just because of how WoD lost them the majority of their subs.

[Nutri]

Point of classic is that newcomers can experience older experience, this will remain beyond WOTLK too.

This is absolutely a 100% not the point of classic.

[Kallisto]

Every single one I doubt, who really want cata or WoD classic.

But up to WolK is a given IMO.

I dunno you look at the retail wow section and it seems a lot over there basically are demanding raid logging wod back.

[Hellobolis]

Once you go past WotLK I doubt the demand will still be there for the expansions as they were then.

But if they end up doing seasonal servers for the classic at that point, it becomes a lot easier to add the "greatest hits" of the less in demand expansions after that.

[Ealyssa]

I dunno you look at the retail wow section and it seems a lot over there basically are demanding raid logging wod back.

I don't care about you retail psychosis buddy.

[Lodreh]

Every single one I doubt, who really want cata or WoD classic.

But up to WolK is a given IMO.

Cata Classic would bring account-wide transmogs... that would be... interesting.

[Aviditas]

Im personally looking forward to Classic BFA. "The woonz (mmo)champions!"

[Nak88]

If it is profitable, which they are, then they will do it. Plain and simple.