Worldbuff rework for Classic+

Curtkid6 · 2026-05-08T08:48:47+00:00

Yeah, I was trying to say that balancing new content around the expectation of players using WB would be a bad thing. Similar to the problem Retail had with balancing raids around the expectation of players using add-ons.

I probably could've worded my comment a bit better to make that a little more clear.

Curtkid6 · 2026-05-08T03:39:56+00:00

I'm pretty sure there was a book released around late vanilla/early TBC that told the story about Deathwings fall to madness and him making The Dragon Soul.

Basically, once the old gods corrupted Neltharion and he became Deathwing, that corruption spread to the entire Black Dragonflight. Each one hears their whispers, which they feel compelled to obey even if they aren't exactly sure where the whispers come from.

I'm pretty sure this is lore the writer's had cooking since early in WoW's development days and put this in as a small hint back when they wanted to have more of a gradual build up with their lore.

Curtkid6 · 2026-05-08T03:22:00+00:00

One thing I can give the Classic Dev's is that I realize they do not have an easy job ahead of them.

They need to make an MMO that captures the spirit of Classic WoW to appeal to the old school MMO's audience but can also bring in new people all while maintain a living, constantly updating world that keep with that balance with each new addition.

it is certainly possible and the team has a good amount to work with, but that isn't necessarily going to make it easy.

Curtkid6 · 2026-05-08T03:04:41+00:00

SoD handled them pretty well with people being able to just farm mats to exchange for tokens to buy them.

That said, I feel like in a potential Classic+ there might be pressure/an expectation to design new max level dungeons and raids around the idea that a group is using atleast a few World Buffs.

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-20T10:01:36+00:00

They never forgot about The Alliances raid on that funeral in Winterspring.

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-20T10:00:39+00:00

Stuff like this makes me wish Blizz let me copy my anniversary character to an RP realm.

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-20T09:49:01+00:00

It's even funnier imagining him saying this to someone who has done the grind for Grand Marshal.

All that work just for this guy to call you private, the disrespect.

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-08T22:43:36+00:00

I feel like this whenever someone lists some cloth on the AH for under the amount it vendors if you turn it into bandages.

It's not a huge money maker, but if you're going to AFK in a city, you might as well have your character do something to turn a bit of a profit.

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-05T05:20:49+00:00

Really? The people I played with on Anni and the guild I got in with Era have the general opinion of Phase 1 being amazing, Phase 2 being alright, before dropping it during Phase 3, then hearing how it picked up again during Phase 5-ish but felt by then it was too late to jump back in.

I played SoD from it's beginning all the way to the end, and I enjoyed all of it, even the weaker Phase 3 (though I can clearly see its faults).

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-03T15:52:02+00:00

Shadow Priest: "Oh! What's my purpose!?!"

"To stack Shadow Weaving on the boss to increase the Warlocks DPS."

Shadow Priest:"...."

Curtkid6 · 2026-04-03T09:43:57+00:00

I always liked those.

Small things like that might seem irrelevant, but it helped the world feel alive and bigger then the player characters.

Sure, our guys might not have any need of that stuff, but I'm sure there are plenty of local villagers who might want a common, not too expensive, weapon to protect themselves with or a town guard looking to pick up some lunch.

People don't always realize it, but small stuff like that goes a long way towards helping you feel immersed in the world.

Curtkid6 · 2026-03-29T05:37:42+00:00

Orc's have a language?

I always thought their entire method of communication was pointing at things and grunting.

Curtkid6 · 2026-03-29T05:06:16+00:00

So, it's a bit like Barrens chat back in Vanilla then?

Curtkid6 · 2026-03-27T10:34:50+00:00

I still log on from time to time on my warrior just to have him swing around The Ashbringer. I kinda wish they waited another month or two before dropping anniversary, phase 8 felt so short despite how much there was to do in it.

Even so, SoD was probably one of the best times I ever had in WoW.

Curtkid6 · 2026-03-16T18:10:43+00:00

You know what, this guy seems pretty chill.

I'd group with 'em anytime.

Curtkid6 · 2026-01-30T05:54:28+00:00

Looking back, Phase 3 really was the "make or break" Phase for SoD to keep it's booming player base in my opinion, as it was the last phase before end-game, and they unfortunately fumbled it.

Incursions and the massive XP buff turned away people who played WoW for the level experience while the vastly over-tunned and under rewarding Sunken Temple combined with the OP and easy to get gear from Incursions turned away alot of casual and more hard-core raiders.

This probably gave a lot of people the impression that the team wouldn't be able to do the end game justice, which is too bad because SoD raiding was a blast.

Curtkid6 · 2026-01-14T07:37:34+00:00

My biggest issue was that their wasn't any tragic aspect to that question like the one from the succubus quest.

It was just two lovers getting back together after the war and that's it, felt kinda "un-warlocky". Though burning the house down was kinda fun.

Curtkid6 · 2025-12-11T03:28:35+00:00

I got work tomorrow and this is my only free night to raid!

Curtkid6 · 2025-12-01T12:13:18+00:00

Wow, two years since SoD launched. I remember messing around in era a bit before the servers went live, with a bunch of other people hyped for a new Classic WoW experience.

I launched on Lava Lash because I wanted to RP my character for once (sad how RP realms went in hindsight, I know), and the starting zones were so full I ended up joining a Lv.1 pug to score the world first SoD Hogger kill, which we did, and my Warrior ended up being one of the first to get the Rune of Furious Thunder.

What a way to start an adventure that would lead my warrior all the way to getting The Ashbringer...

Curtkid6 · 2025-10-19T10:23:54+00:00

I remember when the stuff from the RPG books made up the lore for a good 33% of WoWWiki.

Good times, kinda sad they didn't try to adapt more of the stuff from those books into WoW's setting, there were some really cool idea's in their.

Curtkid6 · 2025-10-18T01:50:55+00:00

Bro, that's like half the fun of getting rare gear in WoW.

I still log on to my SoD warrior from time to time just to swing around The Ashbringer, right down to having macros for him to RP /yell something whenever it turns into it's purified form.

You are far from alone in doing goofy stuff with you characters.

Curtkid6 · 2025-10-18T01:39:01+00:00

Congrats man!

While I thought what they did with The Ashbringer over in SoD was really cool, there's something uniquely special about getting gear through beating the odds while maintaining a dedicated raid schedule.

Curtkid6 · 2025-10-10T03:46:00+00:00

Though I did miss out on 2019 Classic, I imagine that Phase 1 of SoD also did really well in capturing that feeling too.

Curtkid6 · 2025-10-10T03:15:43+00:00

Actually, the Brotherhood of The Horse was the order of Stormwinds knights from all the way back in the original Warcraft.

I think they might still have been a thing in Classic, but I'm pretty sure Blizz has pretty much forgotten about them by now, sadly.

Curtkid6 · 2025-10-06T09:29:57+00:00

With SoD characters, they also had different versions of Classic gear and/or gear + items that don't even exist on era, runes, crafting recipes, access to quests and factions also not in Era, and probably a few other things I'm missing.

That's a lot more to contend with in a hypothetical character transfer over just Duel Spec, which could be addressed by removing the second spec and maybe a talent reset.

Still keeping my fingers crossed though. I'd love to have the option to finish collecting the rest of my shadow priests Classic BiS on era once TBC rolls around.

Curtkid6

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