WoW Vanilla Emu

tdewey10 · 09-14-2011, 03:36 AM

First/last shill post on this. If you're bored waiting for Skyrim or SW:TOR there's a nifty free Vanilla Emu server (fohguild.org has a thread about it) at www.therebirth.net

I rather liked Vanilla WoW (not as much as VG to be sure) and it's been a long time since I played so it's amusing. If any of y'all have fond memories of Vanilla WoW check it out, if not, don't ;-)

AsheMan · 09-14-2011, 09:12 AM

I have great memories of Vanilla WoW. I remember how cool it was to run my mage around and AoE groups of murlocs. It was a simpler time before everyone was obsessed with raids and purple gear. I doubt I'd go back and play, but how can this server be up and running? I would imagine Blizzard would squash it immediately.

tdewey10 · 09-14-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AsheMan

I have great memories of Vanilla WoW. I remember how cool it was to run my mage around and AoE groups of murlocs. It was a simpler time before everyone was obsessed with raids and purple gear. I doubt I'd go back and play, but how can this server be up and running? I would imagine Blizzard would squash it immediately.

This is exactly why I liked Vanilla WoW too - it really was a decent little game that started to get obssessd with raids/purple around patch 1.8 and just plain boring with patch 1.11 (Gnomish mind control nerf was around here) as Blizz prepared for the release of TBC.

As for squashing it. You know I wondered the same thing. I googled it and apparently there are literally thousands of private WoW servers one of which has like 20k players on (fwiw right now Rebirth seems to average about 150 at primetime right now ;-) - but most are pretty low level). Most emu serers run TBC or WoTLK and it looks like someone wrote an open-source server code that can run different variations of WoW.

There is at least one other major Vanilla server (Fenix) with a lot more people than Rebirth but it looks like they're already progressing to TBC. The Rebirth devs seem pretty open to a true Vanilla experience (save for the combat normalization of patch 1.8

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Anyway it appears that Blizzard really doesn't care or they would have gone after the big Emus.

So, if you're bored waiting for TOR and you can't find your WoW CDs there's a link to a download of the client on the site (for obvious reason I won't link it here). This might be the only torrent I'd ever mention even indirectly because all of us own the original CDs but they're collecting dust in some random box in the attic so it's the one case where it really is just a backup file of a previously bought product.

tdewey10 · 09-14-2011, 05:44 PM

Make that a wait and see. One of the FoHers reports that the GMs allowed a faction transfer witll full stuff which if true is pretty lame. This is why I normally never go on Emu servers - GM favors. I made a post on the main forums asking what's up.

Edit: The admin basically apologised for it and said it wont happen again. He'll use other means (probably xp boost to new Alliance toons) to balance the pop. I'm still willing to give this one more shot.

mmorpeegee · 09-15-2011, 01:23 PM

There are some good wow emu's apparently, I need to check them out. I really want to find a DAOC emu server though. I never did get to play that properly and people seem very fond of it.

tdewey10 · 09-15-2011, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mmorpeegee

There are some good wow emu's apparently, I need to check them out. I really want to find a DAOC emu server though. I never did get to play that properly and people seem very fond of it.

I need to check out a DAOC emu as well. So far I can recommend therebirth server for vanilla WoW.

mmorpeegee · 09-15-2011, 05:16 PM

Thanks I'll check it out. A bunch of people I used to play with on Shards of Dalaya all moved on to WoW emu servers last year. I don't think they went to vanilla ones though, but the last I heard, they loved it.

DAOC I only saw once at my friends house. It looked nice but I was too hooked on Everquest to even care, and by the time I quit EQ, everyone had moved on from DAOC. But now I keep reading about people who miss it and say that it was one of the more interesting ones, along with UO. They say that games like Warhammer didn't provide the remake they hoped for. So it makes me think I should find a cheap copy of DAOC and see if I can find a good emu.

Wish I had unlimited time to do this stuff lol.

tdewey10 · 09-16-2011, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mmorpeegee

Thanks I'll check it out. A bunch of people I used to play with on Shards of Dalaya all moved on to WoW emu servers last year. I don't think they went to vanilla ones though, but the last I heard, they loved it.

DAOC I only saw once at my friends house. It looked nice but I was too hooked on Everquest to even care, and by the time I quit EQ, everyone had moved on from DAOC. But now I keep reading about people who miss it and say that it was one of the more interesting ones, along with UO. They say that games like Warhammer didn't provide the remake they hoped for. So it makes me think I should find a cheap copy of DAOC and see if I can find a good emu.

Wish I had unlimited time to do this stuff lol.

If you're on Alliance look me up (Surface) for a guild invite.