It's roughly the same difference between Project 1999 and EQClassic. One chose to emulate the game using (at the time) newer code and making adjustments within that framework to mimic authenticity. The vast majority of those adjustments were made on-the-fly. The other used code from the earliest "complete" source available and, perhaps most importantly, sought the actual approval of the rightful owners to operate servers (which was denied). As such they've yet to launch a playable version and it has always been maintained that a playable version would not be launched unless/until the game was …

11/13/2018 09:42 AMPosted by AzerothinianAh, I see.So you've been to the future amd are telling us exactly what Blizzard has done, and you've come back to warn us.Laughable.Sharding for the starting zones at the beginning is a good thing, and there is no valid reason for them not to do it.Agreed. There’s also no reason to believe the threshold will so low as “50 players” or any other such nonsense EVEN IF that it somehow the threshold for retail (which I doubt it is).Beyond the fact that it’s understood Classic players desire a different experience than retail, the game itself is simply differ…

Never buy into any gamer notion which states players can't quickly learn something different or new. Players do it all the time.

11/11/2018 04:59 AMPosted by Lhyme11/11/2018 01:54 AMPosted by DrydenWow didnt start in 2004 with millions of players on day one like they are gonna have in summer of 2019, so it needs a modern fix to solve a modern problem.You heard it here first: Blizzard is going to launch servers with millions of people, just like they did in WRATH, TBC and MOP . . . Like really. Are you actually expecting servers with 1M caps?Like really. That's not what he said.

All those amazing moments you wonder if you might have missed via sharding, you may want to consider the idea that you also missed the same number of amazing moments due to log-in ques during Vanilla. Sharding is not a perfect solution by any means, but if it means the difference between players still being able to enter the game and work on their characters instead of staring at the log-in screen waiting for their turn, I am reluctantly comfortable with it.I still also question whether or not sharding can be tuned in a way that leaves the game largely untouched except in very extreme cases. I…

If there were universally agree upon alterations which would serve to improve the integrity and longevity of the game, I think you'd have a lot more people in favor of a remix*. But that's not really the case here in virtually any regard, not even bug fixes. What people do know is that they loved the game they once played, cannot play it in a legally authentic manner currently, and would be perfectly content with simply getting that back. The idea that it must be done on a newer platform is palpable, provided the platform itself does not alter the actual game. But that's really about as far as…

Already invested too much time into a level 10 to start over.... ?

11/07/2018 08:50 AMPosted by WindfuryYeah I always found that attitude annoying. God forbid people engage other players around them instead of silently playing the game alone.That said, it's not going to ruin the game, vanilla was like that, and it was fine.I agree with this to an extent, but also think there's a lot of people who just want everyone else to play the game for them, including looking things up for them outside of game so they don't have to. You can usually tell them apart however. There's a difference between "where are these mobs?" and "quest text says head southwest, but I'm s…

Here are some make-believe credentials and name drops that prove I am an authority on this matterYou should at least spend a couple sentences explaining what your actual fears about sharding are, or why you think it would be impossible for sharding to ever be tuned or used properly.11/07/2018 08:40 AMPosted by ShrideviThere's this mob called "Defias Traitor" in an important questline who people, even in groups of 5, line up waiting for hours just to tag.Similar to the OP here. Please at least get your facts right about why you think the sky is falling.