But this is over a month late to be an April fools joke
#classic-wow
jovial sphinx
distant ore
I'm at the 'creation timed out' stage
grizzled juniper
It was obvious we were going to have these issues
muted flicker
I thought I could play classic for a while but nvm
tawny hamlet
arent the servers open until tomorrow though
rustic sluice
so i wanted to help with stresstest, cause i want the launch to be -good- but sitting here in the middel of the night an looking at "login is full" is not what i had in mind
reef pilot
If y'all read the email the servers will be open through tomorrow
dire pendant
Nope, 2 hours. 4-6 pm PDT.
tawny hamlet
errant bluff
Realm is about to "explode in a ball of fire"
grizzled juniper
...O
dire pendant
They got the exact data they were looking for. I am glad that I could help in the little bit I could.
arctic radish
Me, and thousands of other people rn
grizzled juniper
So basically we were called at this hour to try and try
vocal whale
dire pendant
Yes.
ember moat
The idea is to be as stupid as possible
knotty oriole
.. and we tried.
maiden river
we tried so hard and got so far and in the end, it doesn't even matter
ember moat
Now our job is to keep being stupid and not let up in our attempts to get in
faint tapir
oh hey I finally DC'd from chara creation
muted flicker
Holy shit
ember moat
We stressin'
errant bluff
Trying to get to Silithis
arctic radish
only 25 person queue
rustic sluice
no no. in one blue they said something like "testing the starting areas with many ppl as posible" not "hey try to login for us.." mom. i try to find the post
jovial sphinx
I have no queue yet server is still offline
grizzled juniper
Nani?
dire pendant
They were STRESS testing the servers. Everyone logs in, that is huge stress on the servers. They got data from it and are going to use it to make the start of Classic better for everyone.
arctic radish
ye they prepping for hundreds /thousands of new people starting to play on launch
yeah for me it is off as well, guess it displays differently
arctic radish
I just hope they give closed beta keys to some of the people who spent two hours of their life trying to log in to help stress test xD literally only resubbed to have a shot at beta, even though the odds are rather low π
rustic sluice
We expect to put a lot of people in the starting zones, though, and weβre looking forward to seeing what you all do as we test the servers under crowded conditions.
arctic radish
versatility? Nani?
rustic sluice
how can i link a wowhead-posted-bluepost?
grizzled juniper
ember moat
que
tawny hamlet
is the server online for anyone
cobalt moth
Has anyone else gotten into the stress test? I'm stuck at character creation because it keeps "timing out".
maiden river
nope
faint tapir
oh wow no more login queue for me
teal tapir
I haven't even made it past realm selection
maiden river
i don't understand how Asmongold is online on a level 2 ... when the server are being offline ... probably the actual beta server?
jovial sphinx
I canβt even get past the character creation gate
arctic radish
lol versatility is also a noun, not just a stat xD
muted flicker
I mean one server and like millions of people try to test out this beta yeah we expecting a lot of lag and waiting
arctic radish
nah the actual closed beta servers are down for this stress test
grizzled juniper
no Dev
tawny hamlet
yeah its nto showing as online for me either
grizzled juniper
it literally says
arctic radish
might be different regions for stress test
grizzled juniper
"Haste, crit, mastery and versatility increased"
arctic radish
oh lol
rustic sluice
https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1105691-wow-classic-stress-test-1/ so clearly they wanted us to -play- at least this is what hey said. but in the end i only spend time in the middel of the night for ... nothing https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-classic-stress-test-1/178282
teal tapir
You guys are fun, but the waiting is about to bore me to death. I'm out. Good luck!
grizzled juniper
Well, I don't have anything to do
distant ore
DC'd from creation
jovial sphinx
Ohhh dcβd roads take me home to the lag I belong
muted flicker
Well thatβs good for them
indigo venture
hey now, Im a pleb, Im in
rustic sluice
and the server is still "offline"
grizzled juniper
2morro
cobalt moth
For me it was "Locked" but it let me in
distant ore
Offline now for me too
grizzled juniper
at 8 am
rustic sluice
the next test im gona say f*ck you
woeful fox
it ends in 30 min?
grizzled juniper
am
muted flicker
arctic radish
someone told me the test was only for 2 hrs, but the stress test server would be up ti'll the 23th is over
grizzled juniper
bpo
arctic radish
not sure if true though
tawny hamlet
yes its true
arctic radish
Don't worry, we'll get in relatively 
woeful fox
distant ore
Β―_(γ)_/Β― I've got a guild event soon so I'll probably just try later. Thanks for commiserating with me all
woeful fox
what's a guild event?
knotty oriole
lol
woeful fox
raid?
distant ore
Mog run in Antorus
woeful fox
goodnight people im out
vestal trellis
cri
woeful fox
shame on telling us we are gonna test when they know this is what are we going to test "logins"
grizzled juniper
ah these people
arctic radish
xD
drowsy solar
mow the server is offline
arctic radish
It is a bit funny how underprepared they are for everything, even an event specifically to stress test, inviting several thousand people, knowing several thousand will show up xD
ye its showed offline for me for about 40 min
almost instant queue though
now I'm just eating Lyons' Homeblest biscuits and watching Asmongold
dire pendant
Do you think they were underprepared or do you think that they got the exact data they were looking for. Now memory allocation and other things can be better at launch.
knotty oriole
arctic radish
They'd still get the same data if they had better capacity, they'd still see the same number of people trying to connect, but in addition they could further stress test actual starter zones π
maiden river
They might as well call it streamer beta / stress test in the future to not have people 'hope' for access
arctic radish
though ofc, we can't expect them to know how many are gonna do the stress test I suppose
Yeah the closed beta is often called streamer beta, but someone did some calculation and only about 5% of the people are streamers, going by twitch and how many are actually regularly on closed beta π
cobalt moth
Trying the relogging strat
arctic radish
rip still offline π was worth a try
prisma leaf
Guys relax, they are just testing how much people the server can handle before it catches fire. The more they test it, the more stable it will be at launch
And since when have you guys experienced a stress test being stable?
quiet pine
vocal whale
@prisma leaf and giving priority to other players
prisma leaf
It's just about luck not about priority
cinder light
tfw the server is just offline for me :p
jovial sphinx
Trying to get in to the stress test is just
arctic radish
I just wish the queue was an actual queue, but i watched live as people connected, made a toon, disconnected, reconnected again, all without me ever get past char creation xD
jovial sphinx
arctic radish
hahahaha
grizzled juniper
I still don't get the drama
arctic radish
I found it so funny that such a magnificent foe was beaten by a time loop. I mean it makes sense, but it is hilarious
arctic radish
so what classes are you guys most hyped for/excited to play?
grizzled juniper
warriorz
arctic radish
lol sodapoppin is watching asmongold and asmongold is watching sodapoppin, what is happening on twitch xD
knotty oriole
jovial sphinx
This stress test is a great login screen simulator
knotty oriole
@arctic radish a circle jerk
arctic radish
if you just keep logging on, over and over, it is almost like a flashback montage of you logging in every day during vanilla
grizzled juniper
does someone have 'no servers available?'
jovial sphinx
me
warm gull
I do
knotty oriole
trim ocean
π
grizzled juniper
stuck at character screen
arctic radish
This has been my place of residence for a while now xD
as soon as i posted that, i got into char creation
timber sky
waiting.... still waiting...
jovial sphinx
Stuck in character creation too
merry grove
made a char but log in gets stuck here
grizzled juniper
wonder if the issue is because my client is in spanish
arctic radish
now locked xD
jovial sphinx
Well Iβm in a us client and Iβm having the same problems
arctic radish
I think its universal
this client itself is the same for eveyone I think aside from language
timber sky
Character creation keeps timing out :/
arctic radish
I keep getting into weirdly short queues
24 people queue
4 people queue, but then stuck on retrieve and then seeing the server being off or locked xD
grizzled juniper
i can't still create a character
dire pendant
Character creation is back, but can't get past it.
prisma knoll
arctic radish
its almost more frustrating getting to character creation, when you get stuck there, it is like they give you hope, only to tear you down lmao xD
dire pendant
I am not frustrated at all though.
arctic radish
in a guild or what?
arctic radish
niiice π
hmm if I login manually by typing my email and pw, I get an option to pick between account 1 and account 4, anyone else get that? o:
grizzled juniper
DONT DO ACCOUNT 1
arctic radish
why what is it? I tried both
grizzled juniper
its...your ptr account
maiden river
seriously, this is such bullshit
arctic radish
its like vanilla launch, they didn't anticipate the traffic xD
I just hope they get useful data out of this so that launch won't be like this
maiden river
been trying for 3 hours + , and Asmontard got in the server stress ktest 3 time wtih NO PROBLEM
arctic radish
but it only start 2 and a half h rs ago o:
yeah I noticed that too
but then again, there are so many mere mortals like ourselves in there as well
I think its cuz the queue is more like a lottery
maiden river
no, they literally put priority/priviledge flag on streamers and wowhead staff members
too many people remarked that, and it cannot be a god damn coincidence. I just want to be in the god damn game, i could carel ess if i lag inside teh game, as long as i'm inside
grizzled juniper
Wanna check up on that last thing?
arctic radish
well throughout ever expac, me and my friends have had a lan party, all log in at the same time to the same server, some wait 2 min, some wait 15 min, all started at the same time. Some have to relog, and still get in before those who have been in queue since start
ooh i double clicked the locked server and got a queue pop up, I wonder if this is the moment, I shall eat a biscuit in anticiopation
arctic radish
anticipation* derpp
yay creation screen'
stuck there though
Im guessing people that already have a character get priority or something
cuz the streamers seemed to have issues as well, until they got a character made, and then they get back in quickly after dc
timber sky
Are these random spawns the "surprise"?
arctic radish
the hogger army?
arctic radish
always the only one in queue according to my client
maiden river
plus teh way he shit talk to all the people bringing valid points ... like i don,t understand how they can let such a toxic retard having smooth connection...
arctic radish
tbh I think both him and soda tend to be immature when someone replies with a valid point, and they feel stupid for being wrong xD
maiden river
at the very least, bring a second server stress test server for pete's sake
arctic radish
ye big agree
timber sky
A second stress test server wouldn't do anything for them though lol
cobalt moth
Back at the character creation gate
arctic radish
yeah I keep ending up at it
dire pendant
You guys just want to play, not test the capability of the servers.
arctic radish
playing in the starter zone is testing the capability...
cobalt moth
There's the DC
timber sky
Well, got kicked out.
cobalt moth
Well we can't test server stability if we can't get in can we?
arctic radish
hah yeah I keep trying change realm and re-select the server
seems to prevent me from being dcd
dire pendant
There are more than just the playing servers that need to be tested. Just keep trying. Every attempt to get in just makes the launch better.
cobalt moth
Been trying for 3 hours bud
maiden river
@dire pendant say that to asmontard and neckbeardchance when they did a stupid race to silithus. There was no testing into what they did
arctic radish
I just hope they used the data properly, cuz they've done stress tests in the past and still had disasterous launches xD
timber sky
I want to know what data they're pulling...
arctic radish
like connection, server stability and stuff like that
dire pendant
I want to know that too.
arctic radish
i would guess, anyway
cobalt moth
I miss my old talent tree so much I'm determined to try getting in even if I only get to play to level 5
dire pendant
I think it would be cool to see that stuff.
timber sky
I can't imagine they can pull how many times character creation fails
Probably can pull login attempts and fails
arctic radish
yeah and disconnects, time from login to disconnect etc
dire pendant
The server is telling me locked now.
arctic radish
Aye, for a while, I kept getting a back and forth between offline and locked. Though even when locked, sometimes I get to character creation
cobalt moth
It still let's me get to character creation from locked
half obsidian
Is what I heard correct and the stress test was a shit show?
timber sky
Yep
maiden river
WAIT
tawny hamlet
im stuck on the character creation boss
maiden river
i amde some progress ... i defeated the log in boss .. now the creation charachter boss
arctic radish
@tawny hamlet figured out any strats to avoid the timeout wall?
I think I need resistance gear
half obsidian
Isn't the stress test over?
tawny hamlet
yeah you need higher res to timeouts
arctic radish
servers should be up for the rest of the day though
tawny hamlet
no its open til 6PDT tomorrow
timber sky
"open"
grizzled juniper
Okay
half obsidian
....I'm jealous lol not really
grizzled juniper
Going to the character creation is fast now
arctic radish
"login system partially functional until 6PDT"
timber sky
DC'd again
grizzled juniper
creating a character however
arctic radish
lol asmongold just dcd and instantly got back in xD
starting to believe that priority thing
but it also doesn't surprise me, with him come the majority of warcraft views on twitch, good promo for them
cobalt moth
Ah I remember when I was a lad my first character was a night elf druid. Then I joined the horde in my late teen years
arctic radish
lol got "server offline" and didnt click anything, still got into character creation xD
grizzled juniper
It does that
arctic radish
hah my first toon was a night elf druid as well, but then I realized my friends were horde, luckily I didnt even get to lv 10 before I switched to the horde
grizzled juniper
tho
cobalt moth
I got to level 26 I think then death knights came out and my uncle had a character that was at least 55 back then
grizzled juniper
@indigo venture u playin?
arctic radish
the gm appearing on the asmongold stream, reminds me of playing in TBC
several times I made ingame tickets about things (that I later found out were really unimportant and trivial, and often were just simple questions) but often a gm would appear in person to answer the questions. One time in brd, one appeared, made us all leper gnomes and gave us pumpkin heads. First time I've seen a gnome go into night elf catform and do 0 dmg on auto attacks xD
maiden river
i mean
if he was a gm
he would had the <GM> on the side, unless he/she didn,t activate it
arctic radish
aye it was, also no way a random player could spawn in a 5 man dungeon, part of the opposite faction and spawn random things xD
tawny hamlet
i really dont understand why character creation is an issue / why it wont work
arctic radish
probably still thousands of people trying to log on, and/or servers are at capacity
tawny hamlet
they shouldve upped their server capacity if they sent out a bunch of invites
arctic radish
yeah that's what I was thinking as well
tawny hamlet
like idk why they didnt think a bunch of people would show up
grizzled juniper
i hate theoretical frameworks
timber sky
Private servers are more reliable π¦
arctic radish
tbf they dont have this kind of traffic, but ye true xD
I wonder how many people are trying to connect
I wish they'd release the number of unique accounts logging in to the stress test
grizzled juniper
I would like to see a private server with that 'reliabilty' working if they were released on par
the most strange thing is
login is fast now
i mean
comparing it with three hours ago
timber sky
Server restart inc
grizzled juniper
and its down
tawny hamlet
idk why char creation of all things is breaking
timber sky
In northshire lol
frigid fractal
cthun was on another layer π¦
timber sky
Ooooh I missed Thrall
arctic radish
Horde out there taking out the enemy early xD
arctic radish
oh I didnt even get past the creation screen, I just saw it on Asmongold's stream xD
grizzled juniper
disconected server :c
arctic radish
yeah for me its been offline since it went down.
maiden river
that is really sad
grizzled juniper
I don't think being rude or salty is the way either
arctic radish
yeah they get their results regardless of who gets in, so it sorta make sense to prioritize the people that give them a lot of free coverage and help hype the game, even if it sucks
maiden river
also, for a "restart" they are takign their god damn time
frigid fractal
Let's refrain from insluting community figures please
grizzled juniper
It's not an obligated thing so...
arctic radish
yeah namecalling is for siblings only
grizzled juniper
I still don't get why people do expect things to go smoothly when they already said like one million times that the client is relatively new
Not talking about the servers either
vocal whale
f this and f that years ago haven't watched him since
grizzled juniper
Sodapoppin? Crendor? Nixxiom, they are all figures
And like it or not, they also give blizzard more and more people that watch them
timber sky
Ghostcrawler!
frigid fractal
Stay on topic please
grizzled juniper
That one too
arctic radish
Nyhm
grizzled juniper
Yep
arctic radish
I miss his vids lol
timber sky
Looks like it's down for good.
vocal whale
Ghostcrawler oversaw the shattering? Biggest mistake in wow
arctic radish
yeah afraid so. Either that or maintenence
grizzled juniper
this stupid framework goes on and on
indigo venture
beta servers are being weird
tawny hamlet
are the servers up yet or nah
indigo venture
keep getting "character not found"
arctic radish
oh click the circle arrow close to the "create character" button
ye I've been playing since 2006 xD though probably over a year's worth of break from the game over than time
grizzled juniper
I think it being beta servers and stress servers' client is messing up things
arctic radish
gleaming wave
I've been playing since 2016 and I got in 
grizzled juniper
servers back
tawny hamlet
world server is down π
jovial sphinx
Yeah at least I have my character
tawny hamlet
any est on when itll load finally
jovial sphinx
Iβm trying to load in but it says world server down
tawny hamlet
yeah me too
cobalt moth
I'm in fellas
tawny hamlet
did you just try loading in until it worked or
tawny hamlet
oh yeah loading screen boss has me too
vocal whale
Followed by World server is down
tawny hamlet
prioritizing streamers lmao
broken olive
It might have trouble to spin up additional world servers or something? π
cobalt moth
Actually I don't think it's the stress test he is on anymore
Ok yeah regular beta is back up
broken olive
Ah, I don't have access to that (I think). I thought I read somewhere the stress test server would be up a little longer.
cobalt moth
I made characters for the next stress test so I have one less problem
tawny hamlet
it will be up until the 23rd
hey uh whats the βfake connectβ step in the client logs in the beta directory?
im seeing a lot of people on the forums mad abt it
low wedge
oh its still up
tought its gonna be few hours only
damn the crowd is nuts
cant get any mob :D:D:D
snow hazel
Does anyone know if Scholo is going to be able to 10 manned?
And Strat
And if UBRS will be 15 manned?
robust sky
pretty sure its 5man only
idle kite
yup... 1.12 version
novel scroll
scenic stirrup
lmao
arctic radish
ah the nostalgia. Named this guy the same as my first ever toon
lol seems I forgot to do /console screenshotQuality 10
since the default is 3
hazy harness
How were ret paladins in classic?
hazy harness
Lol I have all classes on retail. Thinking about hunter or rogue
grizzled juniper
Is IT over?
vestal dune
Ik its a long way to be live but a guy who played little retail what class and race should i pick? Im more towards mage cuz dps or druid cuz i also like to heal and if i want to switch back to dps
vocal whale
seeing mobs and other characters phasing is a turnoff
jovial sphinx
Iβm ready to be home and see if I can get in before the two hours of stress testing because I want to actually see the stormwind park
faint tapir
not for pvp servers
I forgot that when I was playing on the stress test and became sad when I couldn't make a tauren druid after I finished playing my night elf
jovial sphinx
Thatβs why when classic releases I will play on a pve server
So I can have my shaman and pally on one server
grizzled juniper
cerulean briar
Which blizzcon offered the first virtual ticket?
grizzled juniper
weak sapphire
oof you guys broke the world server
grizzled juniper
yep
weak sapphire
yeah cause i doubt a bunch of level 5s could do that dmg lol
grizzled juniper
i fell
grizzled juniper
NICE
indigo venture
cerulean briar
Lmao carine is in now
indigo venture
different layer?
cerulean briar
nope
indigo venture
you've got way less people than the one that killed thrall
cerulean briar
opaque mauve
If I got the Beta and Stress test do I have the beta and Stress test? Or is it the beta stress test?
opaque mauve
Okay, thanks.
grizzled juniper
arctic radish
there are several layers though, when I was on earlier, i couldnt see any boss, but 100's of people xD
frigid fractal
grizzled juniper
Classic in spanish...interesting experience
compact pelican
Yo looking for a partner to duo level with when classic releases. Message me and check my post to know whether we would be a great team.
scenic stirrup
do u guys think that classic will bring back as much player as 2007
grizzled juniper
Theorically it would, but in reality you are just pulling back an amount of players that quit BfA for their own reasons and adding them back as they share the same subscription
Either way its a win for them
scenic stirrup
what
plucky glade
Hes making a bad joke
cerulean briar
vestal trellis
It still could be beta
cerulean briar
i got an update but no servers available
worldly crag
yo guys just got into the beta but it says no server available is this a probelm for anyone else?
worldly crag
Asmondad IS STREAMING DAMN IT!!!
cerulean briar
straing?
worldly crag
we got Jbaited
half obsidian
About time I got flagged for beta lol
frigid fractal
Congratulations!
half obsidian
Thanks π
bright flax
Still waiting on my email
median marsh
when i click play i get there no realms that mean im not in the beta?
sly ivy
How to get wow classic test
tiny nymph
Luck
broken olive
And making sure your account has the "Yes, I want to help testing the WoW Classic beta" flag set, it's separate from the "normal" WoW beta flag.
sly ivy
i want to buy
bright flax
You have stress test beta access then
Those servers go back up on the 29th to try again
dire pendant
20k viewers and complaining that current isn't as good as classic also gets you an invite.
idle kite
lol
vital dirge
I wonder what the class population will end up looking on classic. like what will be in high demand
grizzled juniper
healers and tanks
vital dirge
I was curious if there was enough tanks lol
rigid lotus
50% of the playerbase will be warriors but only 3% of them will tank.
opaque dawn
Does anyone know if you are able to check on your account page if you've been selected for Beta? Or do you need to check the launcher?
vestal trellis
You will get an email from blizzard
opaque dawn
Usually emails are really delayed, I'm at work and just wanted to know if I could check my account page to see if I got it.
sage quartz
I wish I could get invite to beta lol
dire pendant
Why so you can look for bugs or because you want to play it?
vapid flare
oof wow
fickle drum
@sage quartz beta testing is not playing. beta testing is work. you're supposed to be trying to break the game so they can fix glitches before launch. if you're having fun in a beta test, you're doing it wrong.
tiny nymph
unless breaking stuff is your way of having fun
sage quartz
Lol who's doing that cause all I see is pvp going on and profession grinding
And that's not entirely what beta means ..
People can play the game to get a feel for it usually what alpha and beta means untill it releases
But yes testing bugs is part of it
grizzled juniper
Sadly blizz still leaves some bugs behind
Stares to the graphical glitch on Tiragarde Sound
dire pendant
Those aren't bugs. Those are working as intended.
limber mesa
anyone wanna play bfa with me on alliance haha pvp or pve idc
vestal trellis
maiden river
norf norfdale
maiden river
Heh, so... dropping an Infernal on your own city is possibly bannable too?
bright root
Why? ;D
broken olive
Now I accidentally watched that dude, and remembered why I keep telling Youtube "whatever you show me, NOT this guy".
plucky glade
kek
maiden river
people hating on asmon makes me like him even more
still have 3 months before classic launches so seeing petty jealousy is quite the good time waster
low wedge
Man is national treasure
maiden river
june something
wet socket
np
hexed finch
trim ocean
π
earnest meteor
Can we not play classic beta rn?
hexed finch
only the BLESSED people can
earnest meteor
Ah I see
vocal whale
Up now but offline.
cerulean ocean
quick cosmos
Do I have to restart the client for the realm to become clickable and joinable?
Or can I just wait
broken olive
I'm in (at least to Character Select)
grizzled juniper
I have some issues...I have account wow 1 and wow 3
then if i choose one then i get into another decision
cloud spoke
that's normal
grizzled juniper
which is wow 2 and wow 5
cloud spoke
wait wat
broken olive
There also was a very brief queue to get in. Which is not at all like I remember Vanilla! (huge q's)
grizzled juniper
IT MAKES MY HEAD CONFUSED
cloud spoke
takes a long time to log into the realm but at least it didn't dc me yet :^)
grizzled juniper
I have
broken olive
But I don't have to log in to the actual client ever.
vocal whale
@grizzled juniper I think it defaults to the correct one.
grizzled juniper
i just get "accessing to game server"
broken olive
Yeah, it's not properly up yet I guess.
grizzled juniper
gonna give it more time
broken olive
I get this now:
grizzled juniper
or play after the proper t--And whhich one is th edefault
vocal whale
Mine is 5 and 6 and it always tries 6
grizzled juniper
still at the game server
distant ore
Been on 'logging into game server' for a solid 3 minutes now, for what it's worth
grizzled juniper
ditto
turbid haven
me too we are really stress testing that logging into game server screen
grizzled juniper
again
vocal whale
it logs in fast before it tries to log into the game server, I briefly see Q <1 screen before the logging into server and now DC
cloud spoke
"no servers available"
vocal whale
Q386
cloud spoke
at least it'S being creative
weak sapphire
oof
maiden river
same "no servers are currently available"
cloud spoke
ok I'm going to do something that goes against all my principles
checks salt on Asmongold stream
vocal whale
then dc, same
cloud spoke
fuck he'S saying smart things on stream this is not why I opened it
servers still down
nyeeeh
oh server up
weak sapphire
logging into game server 
cloud spoke
correction: "Up"
grizzled juniper
what is asmon sayin
vocal whale
f this and f that i would assume
cloud spoke
watching a vid that compares old things to new
grizzled juniper
"logging into server"
cloud spoke
and actually agreeing with things that are better noqw
grizzled juniper
and stops
jovial sphinx
cloud spoke
only said no to flex raids, which IS a stupid thing
proud canyon
highly debateable
grizzled juniper
How is that a debate
cloud spoke
he did make the point that when you had a fixed size, you would take anyone if your core didn't get it. So if you had 23 players, you would invite players because it's better than nothing. Now with flex every extra bad player is a MASSIVE burden
grizzled juniper
Like how are Vanilla fixed raids better than flex?
cloud spoke
and 10/25 was a lot of freedom still imo
grizzled juniper
Although it is better atm
back in mop it was a huge difference between 14 and 15
if you were to add a 15th you better made it 20
cloud spoke
and a lot of boss mechanics in Legion/bfa absolutely suck if you are at 10 players
grizzled juniper
Yeah
cloud spoke
even more so probably than 10 fixed was
flex being a seperate raiding tier might have been a better system to keep
proud canyon
it's the only one that's fixed, tho
proud canyon
Implying that the other difficulties of raiding that shouldn't exist in the first place aren't important either?
grizzled juniper
No, implying that the other difficulties are okay for a casual level of raiding
Which is the word some wow players dislike
cloud spoke
can't believe they can break stress test even more
jovial sphinx
i'm in loading screen purgatory
cloud spoke
everyone is
grand rose
Is this testing game stress or player stress????
jovial sphinx
both
proud canyon
I got to the char creation screen
grand rose
lucky you
distant ore
I'm still on "logging into game server"
For 5 minutes straight
Got to realm selection screen, showing as offline
grand rose
it just logged me off
proud canyon
got to the char creation screen again
distant ore
Same
grizzled juniper
still on logging into game server
distant ore
'(got logged off that is)
distant ore
I'm still on logging into the server
weak sapphire
nice
distant ore
Got to creation
grizzled juniper
...
distant ore
Stuck on creation now RIP
vestal trellis
im going to play tomorrow like a good stress tester
shell egret
ahh shit, here we go again...
jovial sphinx
nice meme
vocal whale
restart 1 min
cloud spoke
are they joking around with server messages agin
jovial sphinx
im in
broken olive
Ah, the proper Classic experience... π
grizzled juniper
finally inside
grand rose
Still can't log in
sturdy trench
Getting some conflicting information again. Didn't they already confirm that there is a 16 debuff max on raid bosses?
wise pine
I think so, yeah
potent hamlet
@sturdy trench I want to say yes as well
hexed finch
sacred eagle
Nice to see addon devs doing well by classic
tiny nymph
"my Classic" eh.. not fully on the same page in regards to that but I can see where he's coming from being opposed to an addon to 'add' a LFG option when, as the poster himself says, Blizz themselves didn't want it in Classic.
jovial sphinx
People are realizing that they have to type in general chat to form groups and they are too used to retail to accept this minor inconvenience of time you have to take to type βlfm xβ
maiden river
Classic is missing 15 years of QoL improvements. A lot of people who weren't there don't realise that. It's been entertaining as hell to watch.
The not a bug thread is amazing.
jovial sphinx
Yes it is
slim spire
i got lost for like 5min trying to find the hunter trainer π
maiden river
I'm more excited for classic just to watch people who started playing in wrath flood the forums with complaints. Lol
It was normal to spend an hour playing back then and get nothing done because of stuff like that.
slim spire
it was quite an experience dying 3 times trying to do one quest
maiden river
I was there and played it through kel thuzad. It was a brutal game. Especially when compared to retail.
jovial sphinx
I wasnβt there from the start but I enjoy it more than retail
Because thereβs more interaction with people
slim spire
thats true
in the 2 hour i played on the stress test i saw more helpful players than i usually do on live
maiden river
People in beta will probably be a lot more pleasant. Douchebaggery will abound when it goes live. Take the good with the bad.
slim spire
i saw one kinda douchebag on stress server so far
maiden river
Once it's their character they're trying to get to 60. Attitudes will change. Not everyone. But some.
I hope they keep it as pure as possible for folks who know what they're in for though.
Curious to see if they slowly add xpacs to it
How they'll handle that.
Make a bc server you can copy your classic toon too maybe.
slim spire
maybe seperate servers
maiden river
Yea.
I personally don't have the time to play classic anymore but it's interesting for me to watch.
slim spire
i dont have alot time either but it will be nice as a change of scenary
maiden river
I can't wait to see how people react to the specs when it goes live.
Uh, I can't get a group as a bear druid??? Lol
hexed finch
I Need to use cloth Gear as a holy pally?
hexed finch
Dont think advertising Is allowed here
maiden river
In retail if an spec does 5% less damage it's "broken". They don't know broken. Lol
dawn ermine
woops
hexed finch
Also, "i cant queue as Fire mage? Wot" @maiden river
maiden river
So good.
hexed finch
"sap takes me out of stealth?"
maiden river
Wait so I just debuff the boss for mages - warlock
hexed finch
So i Just buff people for 3hrs and nothing else?
maiden river
Hahha
trim ocean
Yeah, that was a shocker π
hexed finch
"my pet runs away if i dont Feed It the right food?"
slim spire
''where do i learn to tame a pet''
hexed finch
"why do i not have any poisons on my Rogue"
maiden river
The hunter deadzone. Lol. Good mages could sit in it and pelt the hell out of you.
I had a video I made on my rogue where I was one shotting clothies. Had full tier 2, perdition's blade and the hakkar trinket. Ambush one shots in battlegrounds. Thats going to be infuriating for people.
grizzled juniper
"Why is my pet beatinfg the shit out of me"
maiden river
Did they go hostile? Or run off?
I didn't play a hunter till bc. I warrior tanked all of molten core. Stance dancing undead warrior on magmadar. Allies had fear ward if I remember properly.
hexed finch
Only dwarf Priest had fear Ward if i Remember right
maiden river
I remember magmadar being easier for alliance. That's what it was.
Alliance stacked dwarf priests to cast fear ward on the mt
My undead ass had to stance dance use wof and I had a fear breaking trinket. Can't recall the name of it.
Tremor totems didn't work for shit back then.
Still had the tank in a group with four shaman. Haha. Funny remembering all that
hexed finch
Didnt the undead racial prevent fear already?
maiden river
No you had to activate it.
But you were immune during the duration.
Undercity > Orgrimmar . thats all I have to say
I think early alpha they were immune to fear but were considered undead. So the could be shackled and paladin's wrecked them.
noble thunder
https://clips.twitch.tv/SplendidManlyEelAliens Mark Kern answered a question on stream I asked about the unused Emerald Dream zones in Vanilla WoW and replied with its original design as it was suppose to be where you went when you died and was a questing zone for dead players which was scrapped and Jeff Kaplan makes this statement [picture linked with post] sometime after the idea was scrapped, possible end game content that could be revived post naxx?
plucky glade
Won't happen. Post Maxx will likely be TBC servers and a reset to the Classic servers.
barren furnace
LFM lvl 10 Thrall raid (stress test server)
ocean wave
https://youtu.be/gJzG8M-yetY here is a video i recorded during the stress test
barren furnace
Well that's all for this week I guess. Once I got back in it started rotating me through the layers like it was confused and then got disconnected. Well anyway it was a fun time. Didn't manage to get in a hogger group but may be next time.
maiden river
Yey
sacred eagle
Wonder when theyβre gonna speak publicly about the layering issues
Kind of a huge deal
indigo venture
I forgot that shadowmeld had a 10 second cooldown lol
maiden river
I'm sure they'll acknowledge it more when stress tests are done as it gets closer to release
sacred eagle
It's the big "make or break" for Classic's quality, though, at the moment. Not the sort of thing people respond well to after seeing issues with phasing
That said, I certainly hope they will sooner than later, following the stress tests
barren furnace
Why someone with that level of skill would waste it on exploiting WoW Classic instead of helping people is beyond me.
rotund patrol
How exactly do people exploit layering?
vocal whale
Will players be assigned to a layer permanently?
If not that takes away a big part of what vanilla was, community.
tiny nymph
iirc they only said layering would be there at the start of Classic, to reduce the lag as everybody logs in and creates their character, before going off to try and kill things before everyone else
quick cosmos
I think I read somewhere that there will only be like 3-5 layers per server and they will remove them gradually over the first few weeks until there is just one
vestal sun
Wtb own section for classic guild recruitment
ripe onyx
β π
maiden river
Hey, where i can see anything about leveling? how fast can be, any guide.. i played "new" wow, heirlooms, potions and spam dungeons xd
dire pendant
The WoWhead website has all the classic guides on it from Thotbot and other places. I am sure that there are also some people creating addons to help with the questing process.
mild verge
so I want to try out classic raiding when it's out and I just want to know which class is easy to heal/support has?
half onyx
one does not simply "try out" classic raiding
youre also probably better off going dps unless you can manage your mana very well while using the lesser ranks of spells
green folio
"try out" classic raiding lmao
novel kettle
I'm waiting for a classic, simply because I want to repeat the great feat of the heroes of the series South Park. Reach the maximum level by killing only boars
half onyx
live to win
quick cosmos
Classic Winds is gonna do that and stream it
broken olive
... at some points those boars in Elwyn stop giving XP π
Not sure if there's a "boar for every level"
sturdy trench
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh6iBkfvkY0 @novel kettle @broken olive
abstract copper
blissful viper
is there a classic Q&A planned soon?
wary merlin
The classic option has been removed from the battle.net app, is it over or what?
indigo venture
Assuming you were in the stress test, they removed it so people wouldnβt be confused over whether or not they had beta
vocal whale
Going through Classic withdrawal.
maiden river
@maiden river I like both Cities.
grand citrus
<@&299347348847329281>
next sphinx
Thanks!
vocal whale
Something to consider. https://www.avoidstreamers.com
sacred eagle
The vid shown as their example contains a load of hyperbole, but things actually related specifically to streamers revealing game-sense info (World boss status, PVP team positions/strats, etc) are plenty valid
vocal whale
I was on a realm where the top guild, it's members were nothing but elitist trolls provoking players on trade non-stop. It doesn't take much to sour a realm.
frosty pier
rogue or mage?
dire pendant
Monk.... π warrior?
ripe onyx
mage
vocal whale
Prepared the multiboxer is going after Asmond in Classic. https://clips.twitch.tv/PopularEntertainingBulgogiPoooound
proven bloom
.
cosmic shoal
oh god I played on the same server as Prepared at one point
if he actively goes after Asmongold I feel really bad for whoever is also playing on that server.
ripe onyx
streamer vs streamer 
maiden river
sacred eagle
Imagine Prepared being relevant in the Classic world
vocal whale
Is he still running 40 characters? Not so difficult to imagine.
prisma knoll
But why posting it there
rugged temple
<@&299347348847329281>
errant blade
Which class/role, you want to play in Classic for Raids? https://strawpoll.de/deyxwz1
jovial sphinx
in classic i'm thinking of being a paladin with a dps build for leveling but i want to be an off tank for raids
indigo venture
bright root
Prot pallas are joke.. Decent for 5mans and aoe xp grind, but not for raid.. Only ferals can do raids as offtank
bold oyster
looking for levleing partner for classic wow
add me/message me if interested
the link i linked is my reddit post
nova vine
if varian and jaina had a baby it would be called vajaina
plucky glade
xD
vocal whale
This just showed up in my client.
jovial sphinx
me too
cloud spoke
Next stress test in 5 days so makes sense
vocal whale
Seems to be all bnets without beta have this.
vocal whale
No. It is either an error or preparation for the next test.
indigo venture
so, they kind of forgot that priests need to leave orgrimmar/stormwind to get their racial abilities
only humans can get them
prisma knoll
I too got it
maiden river
Blizzard should fix Alterac Valley Retail and make it into what Vanilla WoW Alterac Valley used to be like.
vocal whale
Multiboxing AV was a blast.
maiden river
talk about a tease
royal condor
how long does it take to send me beta invitation?
also do you need active sub on any of the games to play the beta
trim ocean
Invitation to Beta is not guaranteed
vocal whale
hexed finch
π
normal rapids
yo so when comes to relase date of classic where can i find the addons i need?
hexed finch
most people are against addons for classic,with some creators even refusing to make addons for classic.so idk where you'd get them
normal rapids
because i remember how hard it was doing quests during that time and i cbf with that shit all i want is a quest helper
plus on top of that i dunno what you talkign about i see streamers using addons
normal rapids
@shell egret cheers lad
subtle ocean
So is the vanilla client going to be able to be pre loaded for today for tomorrows beta?
bright vapor
felt cute, might kill sylvanas later, i dunno
plucky glade
Rip you
bright vapor
i died shorttly after that pic from sylvanas
green folio
I think it's footage from 2004
frigid fractal
low quail
Something I think would be cool is after classic, they release a wrath client, and eventally have a server of every expac, connected in a way so you could level as if in vanilla, then transfer the character to the next expac in line (or any future one) and eventally reconnect to retail, and be able to level a character as if in each of the expactions and chose how long you stay in each one
vocal whale
Or just start over from Classic onward with the goal of never implementing anything that will destroy community, never delete any items, never make any items no longer accessible, never make profession irrelevant and on and on. So many design mistakes.
grand citrus
lol. if things weren't made no longer accessible nothing would have clout
nobody with full T3 set, ToGC mounts in 2019 is going to argue that yes, someone being able to go back press buttons and obtain my rare items is a good thing
night ginkgo
grizzled juniper
its the stress test
low quail
when is the stress test?
low quail
thanks
tepid glacier
People can create their char now but not play
low quail
when do ya think they will put the servers back up?
weak sapphire
after
waxen hound
maiden river
guys
i have curent sub but when i log in into server , ask me for game sub
it is bug or ?
eager bloom
I got in no problem , each server is busy , tough completing quests in starter zones but it did take me back
maiden river
are u from us or eu ? @eager bloom
i have game time and its for eu, but i saw on internet that u need game time on us so u can play beta classic
and its bullshit
eager bloom
Ah , yeah im from US , im sorry :(
maiden river
eh, like every day i pray to get beta and i was omg i got it and log it and nothing
gn gotta sleep
eager bloom
I hope you do get access soon . Gn
oblique pawn
tried classic for like 5 minutes and only got one kill for my quest lool
hunters >:((
eager bloom
I got one zombie out of 8 lol werent enough to go around.
maiden river
uneven fern
can anyone recommend an add-on for in-game quest tracking/guidance for classic?
vocal whale
edgy grotto
@uneven fern Questie
maiden river
i wonder if ooga gang is in
barren furnace
Is there a WoWhead client for classic? I wouldn't mind contributing if such a thing exists.
vernal kettle
It works with Classic already. π
However it may not work during the stress test.
barren furnace
Ah okay yeah the stress test is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft_classic_
The beta I think is at "C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft_classic_beta_"
Formatting isn't being agreeable but there's an underscore before and after beta
warped valve
what addons if any work in wow classic?
apparently after updating bnet to most recent version i now have wow classic as an option to install o.o does that mean i was flagged for beta access now?
trim ocean
Stress test for NA
warped valve
does that mean its being removed then afterwards or do i still get to log in?
vernal kettle
If you have access to the Classic version of the game it'll tell you.
trim ocean
I think the stress test access has a day and a half or so left
warped valve
so i install wow classic but because im not active sub i cant log in? why give me the stress test then ? /confused
green folio
Anyone know if there is an addon which tells you the unit price for auction house sales
cerulean briar
Hmmm classic realm 3 or 15? π€
trim ocean
Decisions, decisions...
bright root
Still missing last servertype RPPvP 
vocal whale
Saying goodbye,
vocal whale
Angry programmer mob.
barren furnace
I was stuck on a bird so I don't have any end screenshots and I didn't make it to 15 but at least I got Hogger
vocal whale
First pict was before they removed the layering.
cerulean briar
realmpop for classic would be cool
hexed finch
low tangle
the stress test is over and im already craving more.. playing retail is just making me sad
hexed finch
Just Play Zelda then 4head
stark tangle
for some reason, [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker] doesn't work in General and LocalDefense. No immersive barrens chat.
vocal whale
There is a god.
stark tangle
I like this God
bright root
Ofc
iron kestrel
servers down?
vocal whale
WOW CLASSIC
GLOBAL RELEASE IN
62
DAYS
13
HOURS
12
MINS
49
SECS
idle kite
with ice?
hollow talon
it will be a joy to farm gold in BFA to buy gametime for classic
[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]
bright root
I hope somebody accept me as feral main tank π
unborn loom
I hope someone will accept me as a shaman tank
bright root
Oh, same.. But propably only as offtank for trash and 5mans with frends who understand our mechanics and didnt rush
dire pendant
No, if play doesn't light up then you don't have actual beta access. They did this for all the people that ended up with stress test access too.
proud urchin
awe π¦
bright root
Free access was for all subs during the stres test days.. Thats reason why NA accounts (EU next test) are able to download Classic.. But now beta continue just for ppl with "real invite"
frigid marlin
Probably
idle kite
its there just so you can uninstall it easily, was pointed out by a blue post
bright root
Shit.. Its already in progress.. Fishing ppl and preSell golds..
tiny nymph
"best" 
hollow rock
vague otter
anyone want send me priv link to download wow classic?? Plssss
green folio
it's not out yet
bright root
There was option (for NA accounts) what stress test was active..
indigo venture
woven galleon
Why is there such hype for Classics? 
low wedge
Hype is mostly streamers and nostalgic players it will die after 1-2 months of grind for lvl 60
tiny nymph
or when people realize just how much effort was required to put in, to be prepared for raid nights.
low wedge
Its same game
hexed finch
Ignoring and closing our eyes on everything and any possible problems classic might have that you dont want to accept,
The Major problem for classic
Will be that It Is FINITE
There Is no more "content" After Naxxramas and so
So eventually It Will die inevitably
Now,they could Make tbc ,but thats not "classic vanilla"
You seem to be using a strawman argument for massively simplying the activites you can do in modern wow
Exactly what you said
Is what guilds did for world bosses
Now,i'm sure they had fun waiting for azuregos in azshara
I'm Just making the point that while your (surely justified) fanboying over Classic Is acceptable,It Is certain to not last forever
You seem to have misunderstood me,i'm not blaming anyone for liking Classic,i'm Just saying that Classic as It Is advertised right now,Will eventually and inevitably die because its content Is finite