How could the server update without client updating?

[Zeeb]

Just wondering how could it work, updating server and adding features without updating client. I heard that the server has features of vanilla version 1.4 or something, but peoples clients are all still 1.12.1.

[Arael]

The client reads from a Server-side database.

[Struckd]

The client holds all the 'dumb' assets of the game. So models, maps, NPC locations etc. The rest of it like scripts, damage calculations, pathing is dealt with the server-side which the client gets the information from to display it on your monitor

[Viterkim]

The client holds all the 'dumb' assets of the game. So models, maps, NPC locations etc. The rest of it like scripts, damage calculations, pathing is dealt with the server-side which the client gets the information from to display it on your monitor

The client does not have NPC locations ,it only has the models and maps, rest is from the server

[Arael]

Just saying, not everything is 1.4, not everything can be changed to 1.4 at least not with huge work.

[Aunstic]

Just saying, not everything is 1.4, not everything can be changed to 1.4 at least not with huge work.

Just a good example that someone brought up a few months ago:

The honor system wasn't introduced until patch 1.4 and we were around patch 1.3. The honor tab is client-side and the devs don't edit or create new patches for the client so honor and battlegrounds were above the patch we were in... content-wise.

All the citations you need for this:
http://wowwiki.wikia.com/Patch_1.4.0#PvP_Honor_System
https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=11762

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