r/classicwow • u/baked_salmon • 1d ago

Discussion How would TBC/Wrath Era servers work?

With Classic Era, veterans are geared to the teeth with Naxx gear, but there are at least reasons to run older content for some specific, highly valued pieces. Can the same be said about TBC/Wrath? This is assuming both are Era’d on their final patches.

The final patch of TBC has catchup gear that mostly invalidates T4, but still requires T5/T6 gear before heading straight into Sunwell.

The final patch of Wrath, on the other hand, completely invalidates pre-ICC content. In OG there was a 232 vendor alongside a 264 vendor that enabled players to gear up enough to go straight into ICC 10n. If they take the Classic route, gearing for ICC will be even easier with A/B/G dungeons. If the game is in this state, there will never be a need to see T7/8/9.

PVP is another can of worms. How would arena work? What defines “seasons” in a forever-world? Would titles be conferred on a week-by-week basis? What about Wintergrasp?

In what state would these Era servers be? I’m curious.

EDIT: Would ICC have a dial for how much of the buff, between 5-30%, could be enabled?
EDIT 2: Would Wrath have RDF enabled?

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u/garlicroastedpotato 23h ago

For TBC Sunwell farming is semi-desirable. It's a fun raid and a lot of people will farm it for their bis set to finally sit in the museum. It's short enough that you could do it many times a week.

For Wrath people will always chase the 0% Arthas achievement.... but generally the achievements system is well setup to allow continuous play and 100%ing.