The Vanilla Race (No hate, no muppetry, pure discussion)

[tosheybellamy]

So this is a thread that I'd like to have around.. If I'm wrong, close it but.. I think it's going to be interesting to have an open discussion about the Vanilla siutation right now.

Basically Blizzard won't fucking do it. Period. We have to relay on people who dedicate their time to create the best possible private server experience. So how do you think the future looks? How is the population going to spread? Which is the most promising server and which server is going to UNITE the vanilla community? My opinion on the matter is (if you don't agree with me that's fine - state your case):

Vanilla gaming - always looked so broken to me.. I still don't get it - how do they get their donations, their votes. Beyond me.
Stormrage project - server description says it all.. too much fail to handle.
Rebirth - always ready to disapoint.. too bad.
Feenix (Emerald dream, Warsong, Al'Akir) - I have a fully BWL geared mage on ED and I refuse to go back there. Even after they launched the War Effort. I'm just sick of it, had enough. I think more players will reach the same conclusion.. Same bugs untouched, not fixed.. For years. That's not serious. They don't give a shit, do they? Pay to win server at it's finest too.

Kronos - I played a lot on the old Kronos. Had the feeling they didn't know what they were doing back then. I still have that feeling altough it looks promising on paper..

Nostalrius - my cards are on Nos. Hopefully a server that will grow, deliver and unite the community, bringing a great experience. Nice to see devs are trying to make the game harder aswell.. See ya in 5 days lol.

So I feel this disucission can be left opened - just share your toughts. It's a race afterall.. Race for the best server, biggest population, best overall experience.. Who will win it?

[callex]

I think the main key that Kronos and Nost have going for them is the "fresh" start aspect. I think most of the player base that will be on Nos has tried another vanilla server atleast once, and there are reasons that they dont want to play there anymore. So... It all depends on Nos and Kronos imo.

I followed Kronos for a while and they just dont seem to care as much about hte player base as Nos does, which is a huge problem considering both servers are trying to lobby as many players to their server as possible.

[reddeffect]

I liked rebirth especially while they had their server in the U.S. but they are very unstable and sometimes their server just dies for months which kinda makes you forget about the game.

[Crono]

I think the main key that Kronos and Nost have going for them is the "fresh" start aspect. I think most of the player base that will be on Nos has tried another vanilla server atleast once, and there are reasons that they dont want to play there anymore. So... It all depends on Nos and Kronos imo.

I followed Kronos for a while and they just dont seem to care as much about hte player base as Nos does, which is a huge problem considering both servers are trying to lobby as many players to their server as possible.

I found Kronos first. I was happy to have found a server that was catering the vanilla nostalgia crowd, unfortunately their pay to win aspects seem to take precedence to their community interaction. I won't fault people for making money, but when it your primary focus, I do not see the reason to play there.

When I heard about Nost (on Kronos forums no less) I checked it out and found what I was looking for, a truly vanilla experience.

That being said, I hope the hacks and exploits will be found quickly, as a certain guild (grizzly) is known for exploiting and ruining vanilla servers because they would rather win at all costs than enjoy something special. Toxic folks they are. I hope Nost prevents them from doing what they do and they move on.

[Smorgeybork]

No Muppetry

fuk u guy

[Dessel]

Would be nce to unite the servers code-wide so that new projects can benefit from old ones. Beyond that I think vanilla wow is on a clock. After so so many months of farming Naxx, everything that came before (pvp gear etc) is just inflated. I'd say that vanilla had two peaks: The first one during launch and people enjoy 5 mans etc. The second one during AQ progress, when we have ZG, pvp gear still mattering etc.