New WoW Vanilla server

[tops419]

Someone pointed me in the direction of this server on the threads here. I looked into it a bit and it sounds promising.
Wow-one is launching a new server Tomorrow (august 25,2012)
It's vanilla wow, all rates are set to original.
It's launching without any BG's/arenas and will start true to WoWs launch.
There's no "donor" items or "vote" items like alot of the other servers.

The populations on some of the other servers hosted by them have reached 4000 primetime. There's alot of Euro's playing on the servers so if you're a late night player it's convenient.

Web page is http://www.emeralddream.com/

It's on a countdown til launch right now with roughly ~14 hours left until launch

It's a 5 gb download.

[Diggles]

o boy ANOTHER wow vanilla server oh man oh man

[tops419]

there's not a comparable server right now.

[Diggles]

World of Scriptcraft, Rebirth, etc.

[tops419]

World of scriptcraft = 1x - 5x leveling rate, instant lvl 49
Rebirth = about 100 total server pop normally.
don't know what or who the etc is, but I still don't think there's a comparable server.

[Messianic]

World of scriptcraft also shut down months ago.

[Kevynne]

don't forget FrireSquare.net the progression server; i think they're on Cataclysm now

[utenan]

So it sounds like it is going to be an actual vanilla server....not 1 patch before BC? with world pvp and such?? That actually sounds cool imo

[Breeziyo]

If I didn't have to deal with the terrible, terrible UI I might play. Modern WoW's quality of life fixes like non-fullscreen maps, enemy spell bars, and macro shortcuts make anything before WotLK seem shitty. The classic addons aren't too great either. Don't forget that half the time players get stuck in a casting animation that's a client side bug on these servers, so the only way to bait a cast is to do some sort of cc and kick immediately afterwards.

Seems like fotm Vanilla server #3195085 to me as well.

[Kika Maslyaka]

Someone pointed me in the direction of this server on the threads here. I looked into it a bit and it sounds promising.
Wow-one is launching a new server Tomorrow (august 25,2012)
It's vanilla wow, all rates are set to original.
It's launching without any BG's/arenas and will start true to WoWs launch.
There's no "donor" items or "vote" items like alot of the other servers.

The populations on some of the other servers hosted by them have reached 4000 primetime. There's alot of Euro's playing on the servers so if you're a late night player it's convenient.

Web page is http://www.emeralddream.com/

It's on a countdown til launch right now with roughly ~14 hours left until launch

It's a 5 gb download.


is the server PvP or PvE?
I am not exactly sure what "world PvP" stands for in this case since per my research on wowwiki the description of that have changed over the time.
In other words I would like to know if PvP is restricted to specific zones/duels, or is it anywhere in the world?

[tops419]

It's PVP.
World PVP means there is no battlegrounds so in order to get honor, you have to go look for someone to fight. It's less convenient, but much more fun. currently the highest lvl on the server is 25. the next highest is 21. most people are 10-15. That's more than 24 hours after launch, which is kinda impressive and shows WoW used to be fairly difficult to lvl. It's true to the original.
Come check it out guys.
My name is Token on the server. PM me and I'll help you out (with what I can).

[tops419]

Here's the Vanilla WoW Talent Calculator
http://www.wow-one.com/forum/topic/1012-vanilla-wow-talent-calculators/

Also, a list of addons available on the server which is patch 1.12
http://www.wow-one.com/forum/topic/12183-the-addon-index-1121/

[Kika Maslyaka]

well to bad, still hoping for PvE wow classic ;)

I would even consider running my own wow server, if I knew where to get the ready to use wow emulator software that could be run without C++ coding skill requirements.
unfortunately, it seems that wow emus do not have centralized hub for user friendly emu development like EQ does.

[tops419]

PVE alone is so boring in wow though, especially before battlegrounds.
You need a good gank or teamfight occasionally to break things up.
It helps with immersion too.

[Grahm]

Just started here. Pretty sweet. Just opened last night so yah see a ton of lowbies. What faction are yah tops. Horde here named Grahmcracker any1 shoot me a tell

[Kika Maslyaka]

well i am not a fan of open world pvp. battlegrounds are fun, but i prefer spending my low levels doing group instances ;)

[MrSparkle001]

Wait there's no battlegrounds? The WoW pvp server I played on still had battlegrounds. One does not preclude the other. Battlegrounds are a lot of fun, and I never got to experience a proper epic Alterac Valley BG that took hours and included everything the zone has to offer (don't know when AV was added).

World pvp is fun and to me preferable to a pve server, but not at the expense of battlegrounds. I need both.

[Milonar]

battlegrounds is going to be released at some point

[utenan]

I wish they would never introduce battlegrounds. They turned pvp into a repetitive, instanced, pve like grind that had no meaning. All of my fun pvp memories were before bg's when people battled in Hillsbrad and pvp would effect areas of the game and people and you know, the game felt more like a giant mmo world.

[SamwiseBanned]

While I hate the Arena, I did enjoy the BGs to come extent. The first time I did AV i was like D= Cooperating pve (side quests to upgrade buffs and summon monsters mid field) with mass pvp with objectives (taking bunkers) ending in you fighting the opposing commander was awesome. I remember AV matches going for days because it was just constant back and forth action. Damn AV was so much fun the first few times. I hear now its just a race to the commander in which both teams bypass each other in order to end it ASAP. RIP Epic AV

[Breeziyo]

I wish they would never introduce battlegrounds. They turned pvp into a repetitive, instanced, pve like grind that had no meaning.

Battlegrounds and Arena gave PvP signifigance in WoW. If PvP is a grind to you, you're either in really low arena brackets or opt to sitting afk in AV during the CtA weekends for honor rather than actually PvPing. The only difference World PvP has over BG PvP is you have longer res timers in WPvP and you weren't in an instance of x amount of people. Also, in BG PvP you actually get rewarded with nice gear so PvErs don't get to automatically dominate the PvP scene.

The only effect world PvP had was grief because lowbies couldn't quest for shit once everybody started calling in their friends. Guards and quest givers were frequently camped by dickasses who wanted more world defence callouts.

Take nostalgia goggles off pls. Without BGs and Arenas people wouldn't be able to keep their interest in that area of the game because before BGs there was absolutely no reward for fighting other than for the fun of it, which often came at the expense of people who weren't max level. If anything, world PvP had no meaning and continues to have no meaning today.

Want big fights? IoC.
Farming honor? AV, they ruined that so it's only good for the Battlemaster meta and AFKing.
Want smaller team fights? Everything else except SotA.
Want even smaller fights that have an extremely high skill ceiling? Arena.
SotA sucks. So does WoW limited to world PvP.

I also sometimes wish that battlegroups weren't created, but then I remember waiting for hours just to get into a single AV and I don't wish for it anymore.

[SomberSunday]

It is a mad dash. Hurry up and see who can get to the other side first, smash the commander, PVP points rain down on you in a glorious fashion. Rinse/Repeat.

I always liked heading into the enemy storm and seeing how many people I could get to try and come after make.....yes 35 people......follow me away from the objective.

[utenan]

Battlegrounds and Arena gave PvP signifigance in WoW. If PvP is a grind to you, you're either in really low arena brackets or opt to sitting afk in AV during the CtA weekends for honor rather than actually PvPing. The only difference World PvP has over BG PvP is you have longer res timers in WPvP and you weren't in an instance of x amount of people. Also, in BG PvP you actually get rewarded with nice gear so PvErs don't get to automatically dominate the PvP scene.

The only effect world PvP had was grief because lowbies couldn't quest for shit once everybody started calling in their friends. Guards and quest givers were frequently camped by dickasses who wanted more world defence callouts.

Take nostalgia goggles off pls. Without BGs and Arenas people wouldn't be able to keep their interest in that area of the game because before BGs there was absolutely no reward for fighting other than for the fun of it, which often came at the expense of people who weren't max level. If anything, world PvP had no meaning and continues to have no meaning today.

Want big fights? IoC.
Farming honor? AV, they ruined that so it's only good for the Battlemaster meta and AFKing.
Want smaller team fights? Everything else except SotA.
Want even smaller fights that have an extremely high skill ceiling? Arena.
SotA sucks. So does WoW limited to world PvP.

I also sometimes wish that battlegroups weren't created, but then I remember waiting for hours just to get into a single AV and I don't wish for it anymore.

Battlegounds were a grind, to me, not pvp. I just wish they had built the game,without instances. As flawed as Everquest pvp was/is it was great in so many ways because it effected the game world and everyone in it. Before bg's came out that is kind of what wow was like. Contested areas always had fights and pvp going on and it affected what you were going to do. Sometimes you got griefed but oh well. I have infinitely more memories of eq pvp and wow before battlegrounds, than of bg fights.

Why in the world you would want to remove people from your game and put them in instances where, win or loose, nothing changed or mattered is beyond me. I guess it is more convenient for people ( the name of the game in wow ) but I never remember stuff that is convenient, I remember challenges and obstacles a lot more I guess. The horde would kill our flightmasters in southshore which was a pain, but it made me and my friends want to go kill them, and we would , as well as many others. Yes you can say " well that's a pain in the ass and would get boring after a few times." And you are right, I just wish they made the damned game with pvp in mind ( like the sand in Silithis but you know, not stupid ). In DAOC when your realm held enough keeps your entire realm got bonuses. That was a really cool way to motive people to pvp and make it rewarding, and kept you invested. But wow had...nothing..like that.


AV was a lot better and more memorable than the others. Really, your right about world pvp not having meaning, in wow, because of how they approached it / made it. But i still enjoy fighting people for zone control or for fun instead of doing wsg 20 times because you get more honor for completing a game than for killing people.

Bg's being introduced was a lot like the bazaar being introduced. I remember people slowly leaving EC till it was empty and people slowly stopped fighting in wow zones and it makes me sad.

[utenan]

While I hate the Arena, I did enjoy the BGs to come extent. The first time I did AV i was like D= Cooperating pve (side quests to upgrade buffs and summon monsters mid field) with mass pvp with objectives (taking bunkers) ending in you fighting the opposing commander was awesome. I remember AV matches going for days because it was just constant back and forth action. Damn AV was so much fun the first few times. I hear now its just a race to the commander in which both teams bypass each other in order to end it ASAP. RIP Epic AV

Old av was really cool and better than the other two imo. It did feel a lot more interactive, and like you were in the actual game world. I do remember some really long and amazing av's.

[MrSparkle001]

While I hate the Arena, I did enjoy the BGs to come extent. The first time I did AV i was like D= Cooperating pve (side quests to upgrade buffs and summon monsters mid field) with mass pvp with objectives (taking bunkers) ending in you fighting the opposing commander was awesome. I remember AV matches going for days because it was just constant back and forth action. Damn AV was so much fun the first few times. I hear now its just a race to the commander in which both teams bypass each other in order to end it ASAP. RIP Epic AV

Race to the commander is all I ever experienced in AV. I heard about the epic fights and wanted so bad to play them but I started WoW too late for that.

I wouldn't mind a WoW server where people do world pvp objectives like in Silithus.

[Autotune]

mmmm week long AV battles that only ended because of weekly maintenance. If I could actually sit and play it for more than 2hrs without getting bored as balls, I'd definitely roll up a rogue.

[Grahm]

http://addons.resurrection-gaming.net/

addons

[jballe3]

I'd imagine that that server will still shut down after a short amount of time..... rebirth has been up for a while now, and still will be. pop increase as well, pretty nice.

[Anesthia]

Feenix has been around for years now. They're not quite as slick as an organization like Molten WoW, but they have successfully run multiple Classic/TBC servers long enough to show that they don't just roll up FoTM servers on a whim.

Like classic EQ, you're going to have to ride the nostalgia waves pretty hard to stay interested enough to level up a character on Emerald Dream. Addons like SuperMacro help with the UI, but the game mechanics might be unpalatable if you've played any of the later expansions. I'd recommend giving it a go just for old time's sake, but don't be disappointed if you can't recapture the magic.

Edit: 1,068 players online on a Friday night.

http://www.wow-one.com/forum/topic/27441-census-44-horde-56-alliance/page__pid__208285#entry208285