Nostalrius shut down - Page 2

BahamutDF · #1 04-06-2016, 06:49 PM

This was inevitable. Nostalrius grew far too large and had too much attention to ever stay niche enough to have a chance at staying up.

AzzarTheGod · #2 04-06-2016, 06:51 PM

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This was inevitable. Nostalrius grew far too large and had too much attention to ever stay niche enough to have a chance at staying up.

Depends on the country and host.

There are over 100+ places and thousands of hosts where Blizzard can't shut a server down.

For France, yes it was inevitable.

Pitborn · #3 04-06-2016, 07:00 PM

Really enjoyed the server.. probably had my best ever world pvp experiences in Wow on Nost due to the ultra high population.

Hopefully the Wow community can take a page from p99 and come up with an approach to have a legacy based WoW server that can appease the gods at Blizzard.

RIP.

**Rogean** · #4 04-06-2016, 08:24 PM

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Really enjoyed the server.. probably had my best ever world pvp experiences in Wow on Nost due to the ultra high population.

Hopefully the Wow community can take a page from p99 and come up with an approach to have a legacy based WoW server that can appease the gods at Blizzard.

RIP.

Blizzard doesn't share Daybreak's philosophy regarding emulated servers. Even operating in a gray area like we did pre-agreement isn't any comfort either, as Blizzard's legal apparatus will drain you financially regardless.

Swish · #5 04-06-2016, 08:11 PM

Yep I didn't stay long but the time there was memorable. Lost count of the amount of people who were easily triggered and susceptible to being trolled without realizing (a lot of them were Russian/east Europeans).

**Rogean** · #6 04-06-2016, 08:36 PM

After reading the post on nostalrius.org and change.org, it sounds like all they received was a cease and decist? If so I can't believe they are shutting down on that alone.

NegaStoat · #7 04-06-2016, 10:20 PM

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After reading the post on nostalrius.org and change.org, it sounds like all they received was a cease and decist? If so I can't believe they are shutting down on that alone.

It's a bit of rumor mongering on some players' part, but... The server's been up for over a year, and paladins and shaman still have their abilities and talents screwed. Literally every other 1.12.1 project that's up (Kronos, Valkyrie, even Rebirth) have better code in place for these classes. Examples for Nostalrius include -

Shaman Windfury Weapon doesn't gain bonus AP as listed when triggered, doesn't have the cyclone animation, and isn't adjusted by talents for improvement.

Shaman searing totem fires off on both hostile and neutral targets alike.

Shaman grounding totem at one point drained unlimited spells. Now it simply doesn't work at all.

Paladins have their consecrate spell adjusted by both Attack & Spell power (both)

Paladin Holy Light spell is still at a broken 46% spell bonus adjustment

Paladin Crusader Seal has all of the AP & Haste gains, and none of the diminished base weapon damage as listed on the tooltip.

People are legitimately thinking that the server staff did NOT have the skill to script the AQ & Naxx raids, let alone fix classes to a correct state, and are just bugging out and taking their share of the RMT cut as they go. Which is one hell of a scheme considering the time frame of a little over a year to groom things once their success was realized.

AzzarTheGod · #8 04-07-2016, 02:16 AM

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After reading the post on nostalrius.org and change.org, it sounds like all they received was a cease and decist? If so I can't believe they are shutting down on that alone.

Would you personally have ignored an initial cease and desist? I assume you mean you would be waiting for an actual summons right?

Genuinely curious if that's what you mean. Definitely makes sense to wait for a court to tell you to shut down, but I assume they were afraid of the threat of Blizzard seeking damages and/or having to hire an attorney for the initial proceedings (obviously this is optional).