I always liked the ceremony of going back to a class trainer to get new abilities for instance, and the original game's willingness to do things like the Druid form quest that sends you through far too high-level territory. In doing so though, it's hard to argue that much has been lost. In many cases, the march of progress did a fine job of filing the edges off things and making them easier. Forget about flying mounts, or getting a regular epic one without some serious effort. There's no handy markers to show you where your next target is or where the current quest ends. Start it up now for instance and gosh, yes, it's amazing how well the graphics hold up, but it looks old.
Oh, except that right now it's Winter Veil, obviously. This is the only way to play World of Warcraft frozen as it actually was. Over the years though, it's changed in just about every way imaginable, not least that many zones got an overhaul during the Cataclysm. Yes, World of Warcraft is still around, and at first glance may even look like the same game. As the name suggests, Nostalrius is primarily about preserving a snapshot of the past that is otherwise impossible to return to. Many operate on their own rules, including instant max-level characters or crazy XP gain, while others have their own goals. Ultima Online was the first game where they became a big deal, largely helped by EA turning a surprisingly blind eye to the whole thing. Private servers, also often referred to as 'shards', are nothing new of course. With rather more General chat about Trump. The new Nostalrius now lives on its servers, with both PvE and PvP servers to choose from, ready to let players party like it's 2005. After months of the silent treatment, the Nostalrius team opted to give the bear one final poke by giving their code to another legacy team, Elysium.
As kiboshes go, it was a friendly one, with the team invited to Blizzard HQ to discuss the matter, and even raise the issue of official 'legacy' servers not operating on the wrong side of World of Warcraft's terms and conditions. Nostalrius hit the headlines earlier this year when Blizzard put the kibosh on it. Seriously though, it's an odd experience going back to a game that's still ticking along. yeah! Congratulations to the team for perfectly recreating the vanilla WoW experience! Estimated time: 47 minutes", before being ushered into a world of lag and people complaining about random disconnects. Logging on, I'm told "Position in queue, 3801. It's a private server which aims to recreate the experience of 'vanilla' World of Warcraft - that is, WoW as it was at or shortly after launch, before being supplemented and re-shaped by a hundred updates and multiple expansions. Last week saw the return of World of Warcraft's most controversial server, Nostalrius.
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