Not reading these walls of text entirely, but do keep in mind the old Lordaeron was (if i'm not mistaken) the same core as the other WotLK realms with all their bugs and etc. Barely any care was given to the realms at that time (we should know why), and nothing got fixed. So, people started wondering why they were playing a 1x realm when all the content was just as buggy as the 7x and 20x realms and it was a nightmare to level. So, they moved on to an easier leveling realm, to compensate for the bugged state of the realms.
Now, coming back to Warmane Lordaeron.. It has a much higher appeal to nearly every player on private WoW servers, and that is a dedicated staff that knows wtf they're doing (go look around and you'll see "Dedicated Staff" everywhere but few hold true to that claim and others that do are too far behind Warmane to compete). From what people playing the realm have seen, the bugs are indeed almost non-existent. I don't know how long any of you have been on WoW private servers, but being beyond 90% bug free is really something impressive. This realm is the closest thing to blizzlike quality that's not Blizzard itself, and I do believe that even people like myself that loathe leveling would rather play here than a #x realm purely due to the lack of bugs and dedication given to this server.
Yes, some players will drop off after they've had their fill, but I don't truly expect to see a major shift until Warmane brings the quality and dedication they've given to Lordaeron over to the other expansions.
-
Member
-
Banned
well i would say this to counter that... we like things working retail like even on 20x to 10x to 7x. just we dont like to spend weeks or in some cases months, leveling and gaining rep which im sure you are aware of already is the choice many make in going to a higher rated realm. i mean the only difference is gold rates when you boil it down. it gives no advantage other than to acquire buyable items in the action house at a much faster rate, gain reputation faster, and hit 80 faster. it does not make you a better raider. it does not help you become a better pvp player. it does not make one realm more "pro" than the other. i mean sure the point of the 1x would get affected. but it also impacts the higher rate realms as well.
look im glad a new core was used and implemented (although i hope when changes come to other wotlk realms on a different core that the transition goes well). I am glad it gave the community a much needed boost in players (looking back a year ago there is a huge drop off in players) im not against it entirely im just questioning some of the reasoning's that people have regarding it. If people want 1x im all for it. people prolly think i am a scrub and noob and lazy and not hard core for playing on rag. we all have our personal reasons. i will continue to play on lord sporadically but personally i wont invest any significant time into it unless later insta 80 becomes an option (dont have time to level or i would no life that ****) and tell kaer to answer me on skype for the love of god i know hes busy but he told me to get a hold of him 3 weeks ago and still no reply back. thank you for the replies obnoxious!
actually not to bring up the evil herpes man but he actually really did some really good things for a while. maybe you missed that. yes in the end things happened but remember the buff stacking being fixed? a lot of things got fixed (and broken) in the process. so dont act like it was entirely bad and never worked on because that is just insanity.
leveling was pretty bugless to be honest. every once in a while you would get a quest that would not work (sometimes getting quests that were broke in good ways)you would just move on. either way i cant see that being as much of a factor as you make it out to be. did it have an effect? maybe was it enough to make thousands leave to other realms? highly doubtful.
totally agree with the last part though. i think you will see a huge shift once they are all on the same patch and after lord has had time for RF LoD and for guilds to gear alts and mains. until then it will more than likely remain the most played.Edited: October 2, 2015
-
Member
Till a exploit ruins the economy or if all goes well, till after ICC, at which point I would expect them to pull a "Lordaeron"esque Cataclysm expansion and so forth, but thats YEARS worth of content, it all depends on how it goes.
-
Member
FunkyMusic If you dont want to level slowly etc just keep playing on rag, instead of questioning lordaeron. You seem to completely misunderstand Obnoxious.
The whole point of people loving 1x rates is the leveling, and the fact you have to put the effort into reaching your goal. It keeps people from being lazy. What I hated the most on high rate servers was the lack of effort and commitment from players. However I am not saying that ALL players are like that.
I can understand people hate to level slow and dont have time for it, but if you dont have time, try and make time for it and just level aas much as you can when you actually can play.
what I cant understand is when people start to complain about an 1x server saying how they dont like the grind to level etc and want instant 80 or transfers. That itself will ruin the effort everyone else have put into leveling, grinding rep, and working hard to get that nice gear.
the population will most likely drop yes, but people comes and goes. the people that dont like the slow rates will move on, and people who loves it will stay. New people will also come in , test it and if they stay thats great.Edited: October 2, 2015
-
Banned
its not that i dont want to. please read the part where i said if i had time i would. (kid, work, life, college...little busy) i dont misunderstand him at all i just think he said a few things that raised a few eyebrows is all. i dont think you read through all of our conversation to really appreciate the point im making here. its not about complaining about the grind. (read the part where i did 1x retail for 7 years) i just think new players (once lord is at max patch) like to get to end level content faster and thus choose the path of least resistance.
-
Banned
Higher gold rates will actually not make you able to buy more (or less) stuff in the AH. It`s more or less exactly the same, it simply doesn`t matter. What higher gold rates do is make vendor, trainer and other NPC stuff more accessible as these costs are static and will diminish with higher rates. You`re trading with other players in the Auction`s House, with dynamic prices, and those dynamics will usually lead to everything costing pretty much the same, relatively speaking, no matter whether you`re playing on 1s, 7s or 128s rates.
-
Field Medic Moderator
I'm just getting my leveling out of the way ASAP, and I want to do some level 60 pvp.
-
Field Medic Moderator
Yes, it was. What caused that wasn't the rates or the content so much as it was transfers and such that was allowed and spoiled the realm and its economy. There was little point to the realm when players from the x20 realm could just swoop in with all their gold and BoEs, not to mention characters that were leveled far much easier than those that were native to Lordaeron. We're going to take good care of the realm and ensure nothing like that ever happens again.
-
Moderator
That just further hammers the nail I've been hitting - you might have played retail for however many years, but you don't understand the yearning people have to play on x1. It's not about being "pro," simply about different tastes. You say you won't play on x1 because of this and that, but people who have the yearning for x1 wouldn't be stopped by that, they simply would realize they would take even longer than others because of their real life complications.
Still, that would be all fine and good, if this was simply you stating that you won't play on Lordaeron. But you got further and basically say it will fail and have the smallest population like the old one, and your bare reasoning is that it's not something you would play, despite I not being the only one stating reasons that made the old one crumble. I don't take issue in you not being the kind of player attracted by Lordaeron, just at how you dismiss all the people who have different likes and wants as ephemeral population that will fade away.
-
Member
I think Lordaeron will stay popular because it's the best example of the "real" WoW available anywhere in the world. Playing it reminds me of this movie scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWl8EbNN8NM&t=18s
Warlords of Draenor isn't WoW- Lordaeron is WoW.
-
Banned
If it happens in the same way as the "old" Lordaeron - The Population won't last long. Yes - There was a lot of hype; But no - Most of the players won't be bothered with the wait of releasing content. Let's face it; An experienced raider that has actually made all the content in other servers (with or without donations, whatever) - Why would he be bothered in doing it all over again? It's all the same thing. I mean, don't take me wrong - I was curious to see Lordaeron with my own eyes. And when I started to see some bugs showing up and when I actually realized there wasn't something that new in the server... I just dropped it.
I do play Retail and Warmane. And yes - I do love WOTLK expansion more than Retail. But when people tell me that this is the best example of "real WoW" I feel like crying. Not close - And it will never be. If you actually played WOTLK in Retail you know why I say this.
I do hope that the server lives long enough to sustain the people that are actually enjoying the server. But, in my point of view, it will drop in a really insane way when people rush their way through level 60 and then get stuck for a certain time because they have to wait. Most of the people can't be bothered; And I can't judge them. The idea is good; But not a thing that will work in this community. I might be wrong with my thinking, but the fact is: I actually asked to several "hardcore players" what they thought about it. And the answers were really clear - It all comes down to the ammount of time that each person will take to actually get bored.
-
The Insane
Most important thing for me is : please dont mess the server with coin shop like on old Lordaeron. Never allow shadowmourne for coins. Also prices should be waaaay higher for gear.
Changing faction should be only possible if the balance is disturbed.
Also what I think that now is the good time to make some events on the realm. For example Southshore vs Taren fights and admins and Kaer could join too, I think ppl will come to participate, even lower levels.
Maybe some chest spawning with a piece of good gear etc.
-
Staff
I always answer messages, everyone knows that. In your case I haven't received a single message from you for over 5 months, try removing and readding me, I don't know why they're not delivered.
P.S. derp didn't know what a word 'buff' is, you're very misinformed. It would be relatively more fair to give credit to the developers on that regard. Remain on topic.
-
Banned
did so sir. resent contact info. hope it gets through this time.
-
Member
I think its save to say one year. I mean Lordaeron gonna be very popular for long time if they dont **** it up. I really like the poll thing ( community vote for almost everything )
You need also remmember one very important thing ( i write based on my friends ) wayyyyy more players wanna play here, but they wait for TBC/WOTLK content, not every one like vanilla . So they simple exp slow to be ready for "expansion' or didint even create character , but they will like two weeks before TBC/WOTLK .
Mark my words , there gonna be ques on Lordaeron , even with 6.5k population cap.
Quote
