Taken and updated from the most un-biased post of a KvN discussion I could find
http://www.reddit.com/r/wowservers/comm ... vs_kronos/Nostalrius Pros:- NOT Pay-to-Win
- Progression Timeline set -
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4- High Population -
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3903- Stability relatively great for 6k peaks
- Slightly better ping for NA folks
- Weekly Patch Notes -
viewforum.php?f=2Nostalrius Cons:- Obvious / Stock Mangos bugs on release - even after "5" years development -
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2676 viewforum.php?f=45 - Marketed as "Non-Profit" - have already asked for donations -
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4712 - May try to import old beta characters at a later time -
https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3- Admins are not very active on the forums
- Raiding scripts touted as "Quality" - Onyixa & Ragnaros have both been exploited multiple times -
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4965- No public bug tracker
Kronos Pros:- NOT Pay-to-Win
- Financial Backing of the Twinstar project -
http://www.twinstar.cz/about-us/?lang=en- Open AMA with Staff who will answer questions to the best of their ability -
http://forum.twinstar.cz/showthread.php ... onos-Staff - Public Bug Tracker -
https://vanilla-twinhead.twinstar.cz/?issuesKronos Cons:- Public Relations - wishy-washy multibox ban, open beta 1 day before nos release
- Potential for less population
- Less (alleged) # of Devs
Controversial:- Kronos: 10g Respec cap - to promote PvP/PvE -
http://forum.twinstar.cz/showthread.php ... post706849 - Kronos: Character Auction - Secondary income for server upkeep - NOT P2W but many simply do not like the concept -
Please inform YOURSELF on this topic if you would like to discuss it -
http://forum.twinstar.cz/showthread.php ... tion/page7 - Nostalrius: "Blizzlike" progression with elements of 1.12.1 does not make it authentic causing more problems than fixing
Unknowns: - Quality of server code for both - Seeing as Kronos has yet to release as of this post
- Actual number of Nostalrius Devs, who are they?
- Kronos Timeline Specifics -
http://www.kronos-wow.com/info/