Nostalrius shut down

[Hoozi]

Makes sense, since blizzard is planning to do their own vanilla thing: https://twitter.com/Blizzard_EN/stat...04308043624448 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] (i really wish this were true, those bastards)

[Storm]

I'm surprised it took Blizzard that long to shut them down, tbh. I've seen much smaller servers shut down sooner for much less.

[eadric]

The fact that they just folded on the first cease and desist notice does indicate they were tired of running the server, and not willing to go through the added hassle that would be required to keep it going. That's understandable... the amount of (china to west) RMT on the server was ridiculous and a constant (losing) battle for them.

Despite the overcrowding, the lag, and the broken quests and bugs everywhere, it was a fun place to play while it lasted. RIP Nostalrius.

[Baler]

That classic client sucked. I think blizzard was so ashamed of that ancient client that they pushed for this just to save face. :P

Blizzard will send lawyers/'official representatives' to your doorstep.

My final thought is will this be enough to end blizzard's anti classic era server mentally. I very much so think not. Based solely on key members responses to players, streamers and other game developers who have asked them about pre-current era based servers.
"no one wants to play that", "too many bugs to fix", "changes to the current systems that would not allow that", "prefer to see the game continuously evolve and progress", "not feasible to support multiple versions"
inb4 kronos rip?

[Shortstack]

Only 49.5k hks?

[Ac888]

Played on Nost since launch and yes it was JUST a cease and desist. Many servers before them have received the same and just wiped their butt with it and went to a new host.

Nost and their host are basically just rolling over and playing dead but what can you expect from the French... sigh..

Guess I'll have to wait and see what happens with Pantheon.

[Lune]

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WoW is kill. They don't even release their subscription #'s anymore. The dogshit they have now is simply unplayable.

[Sear]

Surprised they're folding over one C&D. There must be more to that.

Server was fun for a little while - light years moreso than live WoW is. I was suckered into dishing out $50+ for WoD to try it again last year, and the game is bloated on-rails garbage now.

Even on the classic servers, it's hard for me not to consider what WoW PvP could have been had they not walled-off players from eachother with instanced content. Always preferred EQ's player-driven economy over WoW's automated AH, too.

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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WoW is kill. They don't even release their subscription #'s anymore. The dogshit they have now is simply unplayable.

Lune can't you pull the numbers from their financials?

That's how I always did it. But you are right, there are no press releases on numbers. If you wanted numbers you could always peak at the financial statement and reverse engineer it.

Its a publicly traded company.

[Tankdan]

Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lune can't you pull the numbers from their financials?

That's how I always did it. But you are right, there are no press releases on numbers. If you wanted numbers you could always peak at the financial statement and reverse engineer it.

Its a publicly traded company.

Another problem with those numbers, that they stopped releasing, is that WoW is now free for anyone with gold, and that counts as a "subscriber." I quit WoW with like 300k gold and subbed for a month for 35k gold, never paid them a dime, but even I count as a subscriber according to them.