Blizzcon

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Blizzard is relaunching Vanilla WoW.  RIP my life.

 

The new Overwatch map looked fun.

 

I'm probably going to watch a bunch of Koreans play Starcraft for the next two days.

 

Any other thoughts?

[Nolder]

Did you pay for a virtual ticket? Or is this just info getting posted to the net?

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I paid for it, but the opening ceremony (and I think all of the esports?) are free.

[Nolder]

The idea of a "virtual ticket" seems like such a scam to me, way worse than DLC or microtransactions ever could be imo.

[Nolder]

Just saw a trailer for the new OW character.

 

She seems like Zenyatta, Tracer, and Reaper all merged into one character.

[Verbal32]

Wait, what?  Vanilla WoW?!

 

 

I still play WoW, so I'm curious how this will work.  A new game, or a rollback of some servers?

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I definitely got a Zenyatta + Tracer vibe. I'm not sure how Reaper fits into the mix.

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Wait, what?  Vanilla WoW?!

 

 

I still play WoW, so I'm curious how this will work.  A new game, or a rollback of some servers?

A server rollback. They didn't give many details, and I don't know if that's because they're saving it for a later panel or because it's a long way off, but there's definitely a lot of kinks to work out in terms of what they do and don't walk back. Like I would imagine they'll want modern graphics, which means updating all of the classic zones while keeping the content.

 

I for one would definitely resubscribe for it. I let mine run out after I hit 110 in Legion, more for lack of time than interest. (Overwatch had a bit to do with that.) I can't pass up a opportunity to have another go at classic WoW though.

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Skimming through the in-depth panel on WoW now.  Haven't heard anything about the Vanilla walk-back yet, but here's an interesting one:

 

 

Darnassus and Undercity get got.

 

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

It's been a while since I last played WoW.

[Nolder]

Did they announce anything for Hearthstone?

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A little bit, but I didn't pay much attention.  New expansion, every character will now be able to equip a weapon, they showcased some new cards, there will be a new dungeon mode with a sort of classic RPG format--e.g. each encounter is randomly generated and if you ever lose you have to start back at the beginning with a new random spawn of bosses, you get loot for each one you can beat consecutively up to 8.

 

That was in the opening ceremony.  I don't know if they announced more during the panel.  I didn't watch it.

[Nolder]

Oh, that sounds pretty cool.

 

Thanks for the recap.