WoW Project i'm looking to start

[SinisterAU]

Basically i'm looking to start a project that starts on wow patch 1.1 and then gets patched as we move through the game, with no voting, no store and 1x rates for everything. The content would be scripted exactly like retail as well.


Would this be even remotely possible, or will I be wasting my time trying to do this?

[ev0]

1.1 is a dying patch. I'd honestly say instant 50's and have a person level 50-60 as a 1x rate.

1-60 is brutal and people give up so easily

[phantom325]

Even 50-60 is a lot. There's some servers that have made it work, but that's very rare. I'd say maybe 58-60 or so. That at least makes it where you have to put some effort into leveling and you can't just instantly get a level 60 and start gearing him up.

EDIT: But these are my own personal opinions. I simply dislike leveling, so I am of course biased towards the easy leveling side.

[mikeymike]

IMO wasting time, SO many severs (big and small) around it would be VERY hard to get a population going let alone "decent" developers...

[ev0]

Even 50-60 is a lot. There's some servers that have made it work, but that's very rare. I'd say maybe 58-60 or so. That at least makes it where you have to put some effort into leveling and you can't just instantly get a level 60 and start gearing him up.

EDIT: But these are my own personal opinions. I simply dislike leveling, so I am of course biased towards the easy leveling side.

At least you agree that a 1-60 haul would be brutal. I could get behind a 55-60 grind like they did with DK's. Make experience be 2x and earn "level 60 gear" from quests as they go. Ohhh i want to play that.

[Augury13]

I would 100% join. Hmu with your skype and stuff, if i can help in any way(i know nothing in the ways of making these), regardless of this fact<---, i definitely will

[mweav6387]

Still waiting for Blizz to just open up a dedicated Vanilla realm. Would so re-sub for that.

Just instant 60 with a full set of 60 blues so you can start the UBRS/PVP grind.

[SinisterAU]

Looking into this more, will keep you posted

[Evolution]

I'd play on that server! It would take you shitloads of time to make a 100 % copy of Blizzard's vanilla, though. And it would probably be hard to get a big playerbase. Not to mention afford keeping up the server without pay to win. But I hope I'm wrong :3

[Yukka]

If you're starting from scratch it will take you years to attain the quality that people seek in such private servers.
Just look at Corecraft, they are years in the making but are focusing intensively on the quality, and before even releasing has gotten more than 10k users and a very very active forum.
If you're going to make something like this you better be prepared to invest your soul in it if you want any population at all.

[Waliah]

Let me know, I'd love to help - Also, I have lots of experience in edditing, which would be nice for a trailer!

[ShadowXsinsX]

Is this still happening ! I love vanilla wow!

[SH4D0WS1N]

(filler)

...dat name...

Personally not too long ago I came up with the idea of doing something extremely similar to this. My idea was to have a 5.0 or higher server (just anything with MoP changes). Then the level cap would at first be level 60 (but they could still get monks/dks/goblins, etc. DKs might even start at a lower level) and they would level up to 60 at probably something like a 1.5x rate. Then they would have to progress through all of the level 60 raids. I'd probably re-scale them to 15-man raids (personal preference?) and when you cleared the raid your toon would be flagged to level up to 70. Then rinse and repeat to 80. There might be requirements though, like clearing every 60 raid to get the flag cleared. It would have to be fairly difficult content too, no carrying. Also no one higher than 60 allowed in the 60 raids. Just several re-scaling to make sure the system can't be abused.

Just a dream really. I don't even know how successful it would be. I'm sure I could make it myself if I put in the time and effort.

[Vragoth]

...dat name...

Personally not too long ago I came up with the idea of doing something extremely similar to this. My idea was to have a 5.0 or higher server (just anything with MoP changes). Then the level cap would at first be level 60 (but they could still get monks/dks/goblins, etc. DKs might even start at a lower level) and they would level up to 60 at probably something like a 1.5x rate. Then they would have to progress through all of the level 60 raids. I'd probably re-scale them to 15-man raids (personal preference?) and when you cleared the raid your toon would be flagged to level up to 70. Then rinse and repeat to 80. There might be requirements though, like clearing every 60 raid to get the flag cleared. It would have to be fairly difficult content too, no carrying. Also no one higher than 60 allowed in the 60 raids. Just several re-scaling to make sure the system can't be abused.

Just a dream really. I don't even know how successful it would be. I'm sure I could make it myself if I put in the time and effort.

That is a great idea! I would really love to see this be done.

[[Ichigo]]

I had that idea in my mind for atleast a year now. It would be really awesome, but the amount of work needed would be enormous.
Just imagine what would you have to do.
Scripting/finishing everything 100% alone is a big task.But lets say you managed to make the perfect 1.1 server
When you decide to advance to another patch im preatty sure a lot of bugs will appear. Also you would need a luncher/updater to update wow client to desired patch.
Oh boy