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New Series: Returning Player Guides - If You Quit In Vanilla

posted 2018/04/09 at 7:49 PM by Anshlun

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Comment by Sovereigne Just to point out to the writer of this post (not sure if it's of interest to them or not) but the line, "In order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth fighting together against the Burning Legion" sounds out of place, with the current content and direction of the upcoming xpac. Just a little note, that's all. Can be interpreted as a 'currently fighting the Burning Legion' approach rather than where we currently are at, which is having already defeated the Burning Legion.

I may have interpreted that wrong myself though. Comment by perculia Just to point out to the writer of this post (not sure if it's of interest to them or not) but the line, "In order to help them better situate themselves in a world of Azeroth fighting together against the Burning Legion" sounds out of place, with where the current content and direction of the upcoming xpac. Just a little note, that's all. Can be interpreted as a 'currently fighting the Burning Legion' approach rather than where we currently are at, which is having already defeated the Burning Legion.\r
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I may have interpreted that wrong myself though.\r
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Something we can look into tweaking the wording when we do a pass right before BFA. Comment by Xalea The trick is... never leave! Welcome to the Hotel California.... Comment by g90814 "fighting together against the Burning Legion"... again... but we beat them permanently this time! Comment by LordSothe With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again\r
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Are there though? Are there really?\r
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I mean, I'm sure we'll get the usual new expac cyclical returns, but I can't imagine there's many people who quit in vanilla who are suddenly going to come back now. Comment by Swordart21 Pretty sure these vanilla guys know everything about it. Comment by perculia With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again\r
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Are there though? Are there really?\r
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I mean, I'm sure we'll get the usual new expac cyclical returns, but I can't imagine there's many people who quit in vanilla who are suddenly going to come back now.\r
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We are launching this as a series of guides for players who quit in every expansion. Leaving one out would be weird...and starting from the beginning seems like a good place. Comment by Aralnda Wow this is perfect! I know a few people that really want to come back and quit around burning crusade. This would be most helpful! Comment by Philosophercat With Battle for Azeroth looming around the corner, there are many old players that get motivated to play World of Warcraft again\r
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Are there though? Are there really?\r
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I mean, I'm sure we'll get the usual new expac cyclical returns, but I can't imagine there's many people who quit in vanilla who are suddenly going to come back now.\r
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Yeah, a bunch have joined our guild just after Blizzcon. They didn't say why, but they seem to be more interested in the world itself so probably the prospect of seeing these places like Zandalar and Kul Tiras fully realised in-game was enough to pique their interest. Announcing Classic could have boosted their goodwill w\/ Blizz as well. Comment by Azurai This is in preparation for everyone who returns for classic only to find out that nostalgia is a helluva drug and they want something from this decade. Comment by Luskarian Right, Northrend is the home of the Lich King?\r
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OG LK: Ner'zhul, from Shadowmoon Valley, Draenor\r
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2nd LK: Arthas, from Capital City, Lordaeron\r
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3rd LK: Bolvar, from somewhere in Stormwind\r
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Even the twisted soul of Ner'zhul caged in a giant suit of armor was forged somewhere in the twisting nether, then sent through a portal to Northrend. Comment by Maastery Make an option for old animations :( Comment by kulakai I've got a guildie who just returned to WoW after playing in Classic. He had quit the game when his son was born. And now he came back to the game because his son is playing. Comment by Gwynneth What a wonderful guide! This will help so many people who want to come back, or have just resubbed, but are feeling pretty lost and overwhelmed with all the changes (there have been many!). Well done! Comment by Smabre Great idea here. I look forward to reading these even though I\u2019ve never left. Should have a bunch of good stuff to read for everyone. Comment by vegeta0585 People who played vanilla are going to have no issues. The game holds your hand with catch up mechanics and no threat combat. If they played vanilla they'll be fine. Comment by westomopresto Was this article sponsored\/inspired by Blizzard?\r
I mean not to be rude, but how many people are still returning from Vanilla? And as other posters have mentioned, I'd wage the few returning Vanilla players will be fine. Comment by perculia Was this article sponsored\/inspired by Blizzard?\r
I mean not to be rude, but how many people are still returning from Vanilla? And as other posters have mentioned, I'd wage the few returning Vanilla players will be fine.\r
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Inspired yes...sponsored no. If something was directly sponsored and paid for by Blizzard, we would need to disclose so for legal reasons in the article. We thought this would be a nice series of articles since Legion is winding down, and this first one has good traffic so we'll likely launch the TBC version next week. Comment by mfuehrer How many people quit in Vanilla that would be coming back to the game now?

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