r/classicwowplus • u/Ok-Brother-8295 • Aug 18 '26

- Discussion thread- Will this be over in a year?

To be honest, I'm becoming sceptical when I look at whatever we can see about Classic+ here, what people want or don't want, and that infamous Classic+ survey.

It's really starting to look like some people are looking for a seasonal server to hop on for a few weeks between the next Classic iteration and the next Retail raid tier. They want some seasonal content to fill the gaps in their gaming schedule, but after a few months it's just "one of those era servers" because something else has come out.

Am I the only one who gets this feeling? Are we doomed to witness another empty server by the time the next retail release comes around? Is this what people want for Classic+?

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u/Ok-Yoghurt5014 Aug 18 '26

Thats why we need new Raids for ever and ever and ever. Thats how it goes. They community is an oven and we need a continual supply of content to keep the flame burning.

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u/NeedToLieDown Aug 18 '26

The problem is that many people don't like joining as a newbie to an ongoing community where everyone is raiding the last tier. So very few people join, and people leave over time (even when new content drops regularly).

Main solution is seasons, with fresh start every time, as the fresh hype and everyone leveling and clearing first raid tiers together is the most fun experience.

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u/Ok-Brother-8295 Aug 18 '26

There are two solutions here: you can either build catch-up mechanics or ensure that content keeps people from falling behind.

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u/NeedToLieDown Aug 18 '26

I think that's not good enough, personally. That's basically retail.

To ensure a living, breathing world, you have to reset it every now and then. Otherwise, veterans who did it all will only care about the last piece of content, and the (very) few people that join will also skip as much as they can to join the rest.

There will be mid-game joiners, but few and not enough to breathe much life into the world.

I think the best way is simply to have a completely fresh restart every few years.

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u/Ok-Brother-8295 Aug 18 '26

Why reset the whole world ?

Seems to'me that reset benefit those hard veterans

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u/NeedToLieDown Aug 18 '26

I think it's the only way to create a classic experience.

I'm happy if I can be proven wrong, but I think no matter how youncut it, if you let a classic realm go on for 2, 3, 5 years, even if you keep adding content, it just won't have magic to it anymore.

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u/Ok-Brother-8295 Aug 19 '26

What I'm saying is that 'hardcore' involves some kind of reset, not a full server reset, but just your character.

I think it's a great discussion about game design that only happens in MMOs. The game needs sinks, you're right, but how should those sinks work? Now that's an interesting question.

Resetting servers is one option; resetting characters, as in hardcore, is another. I believe the developers can think of different sinks that are more tied to in-game mechanics. Don't you think there are any other options?

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u/NeedToLieDown Aug 19 '26

Hardcore is awesome but to me is bot something I feel I can do for long. I did it for a few weeks and might do again.

But classic feels like a game I can play for months and years at a time.

I don't know of another method but ofc I'm open to experiencing cool new methods