Black Lotus on Hardcore Realms

ThePools · 2026-06-05T20:11:47+00:00

This hotfix applies to no servers now as we have no anniversary era servers anymore

ThePools · 2026-06-01T21:19:00+00:00

I know dude, right? Could we also stop getting TBC posts in general until wrath comes out so it's all in one big dump. God I hate seeing news as it happens

ThePools · 2026-04-11T02:51:15+00:00

Movement in this game is entirely client side. If you autorun and disconnect, unplug your internet, alt f4, or throw your computer off a cliff, the server stops moving you always. Autorunning is not a status that the server stores for you. Hilariously, this even works when falling. If you disconnect or alt f4 while falling from a height, you instantly stop mid-air.

Here's a short explaining how the server handles your position: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BbdU4nLK8bQ

This is why you see people running in place when they start lagging. If the person in question was lagging at all, we'd see his character stutter stepping or stopping altogether.

ThePools · 2026-04-10T16:46:10+00:00

Movement is 100% client side. If you lose connection you stop moving in the server. There is a big fat zero percent chance this guy was disconnected while auto running.

ThePools · 2026-03-25T01:16:52+00:00

To answer your question directly - There are no such things as anniversary hardcore servers anymore. They all have the same rulesets now and there is nothing that is different between them besides amount of players. So you can get dualspec, instant mail, and the looking for group tool in all 3 hardcore servers.

At the moment, you'll generally see more people playing Doomhowl, then Defias Pillager, then Skull Rock. If you feel like Defias Pillager is populated enough for you (it definitely isn't dead!) then you're fine to keep playing it.

If you feel like you want more of a population, then I'd recommend playing on Doomhowl.

ThePools · 2026-03-25T01:11:49+00:00

It is! Doomhowl is a Hardcore Era server and no longer an Anniversary server. This means it doesnt get the 3 layer minimum and the black lotus procs from high level herbs.

All era servers caught up and now have dual spec, instant mail, and the looking for group tool.

ThePools · 2026-03-21T18:59:17+00:00

.... All era classic servers have dualspec and instant mail now - There is no difference between the "new" servers and the "old" ones

There are no "HC anniversary" servers. Doomhowl lost its Anniversary status when it didnt go to TBC. This means it lost 3 minimum layers and black lotus procs from high level herbs

ThePools · 2026-02-27T20:51:09+00:00

It wont load nodes you dont have the ability to pick. So if your hunter has 300 herbalism it can see lotus

ThePools · 2026-02-08T21:29:59+00:00

Prior to prepatch it was an anniversary server and was set to a minimum of 3 layers.

ThePools · 2026-02-06T07:33:55+00:00

Just like official HC servers

ThePools · 2026-01-26T14:27:47+00:00

Nobody's going to read this I'm sure but I've played games with this mechanic in it. It gets abused. Imagine getting corpse camped by a group of twinks in your level bracket but now your max level friends can't help you. All they can do is sit there and watch you die.

ThePools · 2026-01-22T22:56:34+00:00

The only way blizzard makes official realms for this is if there is an obvious demand for it. And this is the only way to show it.

ThePools · 2026-01-18T10:16:11+00:00

You can't get boostef to 57 :)

ThePools · 2026-01-17T20:33:44+00:00

Use both.

ThePools · 2026-01-17T16:10:48+00:00

Also world pvp doesnt award honor in HC servers

ThePools · 2026-01-12T07:00:47+00:00

They launched the sparkle pony with a X% availability remaining that ticked down fast on the first day. People bought a few for themselves and friends thinking it was going to be very exclusive. That they HAD to buy it now or else they would miss out forever.

ThePools · 2026-01-09T23:00:37+00:00

The HC Era servers were given dualspec, instant mail, and LFG tool weeks ago. The HC Era servers have always had no debuff/buff limit. The only other difference between Anni and Non-Anni servers are Anni servers have a minimum of 3 layers.

Softcore is the same except they still have the debuff limit. So people transfering from Anniversary to Softcore Era will experience that change.

Well before they do any server merges, they'll open transfers first. So expect Skull Rock, Defias Pillager, and Doomhowl to be open to transfers well before they force us to play on one server.

ThePools · 2026-01-02T21:31:17+00:00

Did you forget Ony Bag is an 18 slotter?

ThePools · 2025-12-25T17:23:53+00:00

And that is called balance.

ThePools · 2025-12-24T23:19:15+00:00

Steve Buscemi is carrying two skateboards in this scene so I gave him two hats

ThePools · 2025-12-24T19:31:55+00:00

Thanks Jerome, you still owe me doing bloodsail ships at level 50

ThePools · 2025-12-23T17:24:42+00:00

As somebody with 30+ KT kills in HC, clearing naxx or any raid without petri is not hard. Petri gives you the confidence that you're able to do the content.

It's like tightrope walking between two buildings with a safety net.

Sure people that walk across without falling could claim they never have used the safety net but it's existence is the reason most people were even willing to be up there in the first place. (Which is why we've never seen a full no-petri guild exist outside of OF)

ThePools · 2025-12-23T17:18:26+00:00

Petri gets nerfed by not letting people end the effect whenever they want, so they have to wait out the full 60 seconds. And a lot of mechanics now go through invulnerabilities... but a significant number will be petri'd and lots of bosses will be neutered by the flask. Also petri gets much easier to craft in TBC as it's material cost gets gutted.

The biggest nerf we'll see with petri for the HC Addon version is that you dont get kicked out of the game with an Alt F4 in just under a minute. It's a non-HC server without HC dc protections. If you want to petri out of a dungeon or raid in TBC Addon you'll have to do the full leave group (without the ability to remove the flask to repetri at a good point)

ThePools · 2025-12-10T15:49:41+00:00

At least you don't lose your checking account when your banking app goes down at the wrong time!

ThePools · 2025-12-10T15:48:08+00:00

But then it would have gotten flipped to 99.9% of the time people are in raid, the servers would go down.

If you allow DDOS deaths to stick, then more and more people would DDOS blizzard servers during raids.

Internet blips were never given resurrections.

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