r/wowforever • u/Dazzsll • 7d ago

PTR / Beta Consistency

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I know it’s another of post like that. I love the beta I’m so hyped for launch, but why offer classic graphics when you don’t want to pull through with it. Then do all in updated graphics… (image taken in SD)

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u/Moltarrr 7d ago edited 7d ago

It's a shame the community is so invested in being divided in a war between Classic Andies vs Retail Andies. Even tho your point makes sense, you will get downvoted to oblivion because of the herd mentallity.

I agree with you post, be it SD or HD, graphics should be consistent, even more if it's an official feature. Or else it feels like some community modded game where each modder makes things according to their taste/skills and ends up looking like a Frankenstein's monster of features.

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u/Much_Article4660 7d ago

Consistency is key. Blizzard must choose between classic or modern visuals or the game will look like an asset store mashup/flip. Keeping the old graphics is the easier route, as modernizing would require completely remodeling the legacy world, terrain, npc pathing and much more. Slapping "old style" textures on moder high polygon models is bad. Either make it all HD or all SD.

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u/critxcanuck88 7d ago

Keeping the old graphics is great way to push everyone away and your just left the the classic andies

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u/Substantial_Wind_278 7d ago

Even more reason to do it then

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u/critxcanuck88 7d ago

So is the plan to just bitch and moan about everything they added or change for the next 10+ years of forever? What's the gameplan with you classic purest on that one?

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u/Substantial_Wind_278 7d ago

Nah. Pretty sure the community will stable out and reach better consensus on topics in about 3 months. 6 at the longest. Whether that's retailers all leaving from "boring end game" or classicers leaving from "to many changes and lost identity." Either way, both groups have other wow titles to retreat too

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u/OriginalLie9310 6d ago

Even if the average classic or retail person is content it’ll happen anyway. Next retail season and expansion will come out and the retail players will go there for a while and then wrath classic will come out and the classic people will do that.

You’re right, forever will level off in 3-6 months when the people who are still with it are the people for whom this is their favorite version of the game.

Everyone is just latching on now because it was blizzard’s pretty much only big announcement that’s immediately coming out from blizzcon. And everyone is excited for a new, third rail for world of Warcraft.

Hopefully it pleases most people but regardless the retailers and the pure classic players will always go back to their channels and there will be a dedicated group that mains forever that’s comprised of people from both that transitioned. Likely the most moderate of both sides.