Do you anticipate progress updates at Blizzcon 2018?

[Lochton]

Pretty much the title. Do you anticipate progress updates about Classic WoW at Blizzcon 2018, and if so, what magnitude?

I expect nothing more than a big...



SOON^(TM)

[Projectmars]

You dont need players for this to test it, i wouldnt know what else they need players for test just let them do the testing and be done with it.

Testing to see if everything works well with large numbers of players on, mostly. Also more testers means any smaller (or in some cases larger) issues that may have gone unnoticed during their own testing get noticed and coud be fixed before (or soon after) the game launches for real.

[chronia]

Testing to see if everything works well with large numbers of players on, mostly. Also more testers means any smaller (or in some cases larger) issues that may have gone unnoticed during their own testing get noticed and coud be fixed before (or soon after) the game launches for real.

Why would you want large number of players though, large number of players is not Vanilla WoW, for a authentic experience they should respect the original caps of the game back then, i think it was something like 3500 per server in 2005 at EU release. It should not look like mega servers or something like that. I believe that only with small population caps like in vanilla you might get that real thight knit community feeling again. If you start off with large pop caps i think that will never happen.

[Fenderxx]

No, I do not expect any updates for the next 6-8 months. I would love to get updates or just behind the scenes workings because I think that stuff is cool. However, I bet they want to keep the spotlight on BFA, so it will be a good time after BFA launches that we get any real update.

[MalfLFT]

Think it would be really wierd if they had nothing new to say at that point

[Wondercrab]

Alpha and Beta for a game they have already released once? LOL, What would we have to test?

The stability of the new architecture, integration with modern battle.net services, bugs caused by modern hardware etc., along with anything else they change either in the game or under the hood. It's not just a case of copy/pasting the old vanilla code.

[Vestig3]

The stability of the new architecture, integration with modern battle.net services, bugs caused by modern hardware etc., along with anything else they change either in the game or under the hood. It's not just a case of copy/pasting the old vanilla code.

And thats why i said let them test it internaly we players dont have to test that.

[Wondercrab]

And thats why i said let them test it internaly we players dont have to test that.

Why would they say no to additional free QA, though? It's one of the best ways to make sure your game works on a wide variety of hardware and identify as many issues as possible. Given that Blizzard already have all the infrastructure in place for easy beta testing via the battle.net app there's no real reason for them not to test classic realms the same way they do all their other updates.

[Dug]

I wouldn't expect much. Nothing thats going to take precedence over future patches for live just "its coming soon™"

[Segus1992]

I expect them to say not much at all besides "we are working on it" which would still be wasting to much time at BlizzCon talking about Classic.

Aw, so edgy.

There'll likely be information, but I doubt it'll be enough to warrant more than a Q&A panel (if that) to make their intentions clear about what changes they'll make.

[alturic]

They mentioned it already in a Forbes interview: mostly updating databases from an old out of date version to a current one. Also integration with battle.net.



They are redoing it to work on the new systems and stuff. I would at least expect a short testing period make sure it works properly when thousands of people more than they can ever test internally are turned loose onto it Nothing longer than a month should be needed to make sure everything works as intended.

I didn't read anything (skimmed, but search still works), about b.net integration. The best I got out of it was yea, old code, doesn't compile, old tech, old db schema. The rest was so wishy washy. I also got "deciding on old or new char models, the community will help us decide". If they community hasn't been involved in something as simple as that at this point, it's NOWHERE near having any real info to share outside "Again guys, we're working on it, but it's a MUCH bigger endeavor than you realize, and even we originally thought".

[cuafpr]

i expect a playable demo to be honest, with this being a between expacs year for WoW it makes sense to use the demo area for classic

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And thats why i said let them test it internaly we players dont have to test that.

b.c. its not possible to test same player loads and hardware configurations internally as it is via a Beta even if its a short one.

[Projectmars]

I didn't read anything (skimmed, but search still works), about b.net integration. The best I got out of it was yea, old code, doesn't compile, old tech, old db schema. The rest was so wishy washy. I also got "deciding on old or new char models, the community will help us decide". If they community hasn't been involved in something as simple as that at this point, it's NOWHERE near having any real info to share outside "Again guys, we're working on it, but it's a MUCH bigger endeavor than you realize, and even we originally thought".

It hasn’t been outright stated, however it seems to be widely assumed that it will have bnet integration similar to how the SC1 remaster got it, mainly due to that being the platform they use to launch games now. There’s also the fact that they have referred to Classic as a “server option” a few times which, at least to my understanding, indicates that they may use the same client as Current WoW (also meaning one account & sub fee gets access to both) which would further indicate bnet integration.

So No actual statement, but I would say smart money says to expect it.

[McNeil]

I'm expecting classic to be a huge focus in the upcoming Blizzcon. BFA will be long out by then and all they can reveal is a new major patch, while classic should be coming closer to release (I'm expecting Q2/Q3 2019). I wouldn't be surprised if they will announce TBC and WotLK servers to come aswell after classic has been out for at least a year.

[The Stormbringer]

I voted 'Yes, a little amount of progress updates', as I think it's likely they'll tell us they've finalized the team and worked out what they want to do big picture, and have even started creating a new client while referencing the old one. Maybe we'll get some screenshot teasers or something.

EDIT: What we really need is that WC3 HD announcement!

[Morbownz]

Nope. I am no expert in computing but from the little we do know (nothing) seems like this project could be way off. I'd rather they just made an announcement before Blizzcon to say "we won't be discussing Classic", although thinking about it now... having something to announce (anything- the lead dev's first childhood pet was a Labrador named Vanilla!) could lead to more digital passes being sold.

[Vargulf the Happy Husky]

i hope they come out and say "nah, classic is cancelled guys. we can't make you feel 13 again, sorry."

[Chaelexi]

Alpha and Beta for a game they have already released once? LOL, What would we have to test?

Since they will have to rebuild the data base, build a new client(skinned over Live client, they have said it make no sense to run 2 clients), bnet integration, bug tests, test exploit fixes. Many things. They are re-releasing Vanilla but making classic. There will be lots of testing.

[MoanaLisa]

Voted no. Perfectly happy to be wrong. It will likely be mentioned but whatever they say will never be enough and most of us already have an idea of what it's going to look like.

I'd be amazed if they announce a date although they may say something like "Next year" or something.

Hoping to be wrong but I don't think there's really a lot to say.

[Auberdeen]

I hope and believe they will announce the release to be around xmas 2018 (This year) or Q1 of 2019.

oh god no WAY! more like Q3/Q4 2019 maybe even 2020