There should be vanilla classic servers, WoTLK servers, and eventually MoP servers. Nothing more will be needed after that and those 3 versions of the game should always be available for players.
When you look at how the game has changed over time, I think Classic-Wrath was the classic era, cata was the experimental change where it had a bit of old and new era but mop cemented it. Then you look at story, MoP was the last xpac to offer something the previous ones didn't, from WoD onward it was starting over and exploring stories from TBC onward so I guess it depends on how you look at it. From a story perspective, Classic-MoP was an era, WoD-Dragonflight is an era. From a game mechanics point of view its a bit more skewed, Classic-Wrath, Cata-WoD, Legion-BFA, Dragonflight start of a new era lol all subjective, but what isn't subjective is that Arthas and the story of the Lich King remain the most popular storyline in wow and Wrath the most subscribed xpac to date. Personally, I think they should keep 1-2 realms for each one they add.
bring back tbc =(((((
241 retail (NA) servers, 41 classic era, 2 hardcore classic era, and a dozen for Cata (assuming all of the current wrath ones are being pushed forward)And somehow not 1 server for BC or 1 for Wrath, and soon to be none for Cata after 2 years This game requires $15 dollars a month to play đŸ¤”
i agree that there should be at least 1 or 2 servers for each xpac, i was so disappointed when i learned that TBC wasn't staying since i loved seal twisting on pally and that wasn't gonna be a thing i kind of just couldn't keep playing wrath cause i didn't find pally as much fun imo, i eventually moved to a different class but i still haven't had as much fun like i did in TBC, so when they confirmed there are no plans for permanent WOTLK servers it didn't surprise me i just naturally assumed that was what was gonna happen
not a big fan of this news ....i hope blizzard is actually listening to feedback about what the community wants and not just saying thisto give false hope to the obvious majotrity that doesnt want Cata.
People do love calling PIRATE servers "private" despite the actual private ones being the official, monthlypaywalled, legal ones, don't they?
All of my characters being forced into CATA classic? How difficult would it be to keep at least one server running?I was planning to continue playing on Wrath servers because the whole experience is different from Retail.Also, the Woltk Epic Pack from the Store is gone? I wanted to buy the mounts for Xmas but it has been replaced by CATA stuff.During TBC, Blizz announced they were removing the packs from the store and it received a good discount but not this time? Why? https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/news/tbc-dark-portal-pass-and-deluxe-edition-retiring-from-the-store-on-august-29th-328439