Official Nostalrius WoW private server thread

[stasmtl]

Official launch is February 28th, 2015

Vanilla only server

http://en.nostalrius.org/

http://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=638

Will give this a solid try, horde side. Come play, fellow miscers.

update:

1-60 speed run done on Nostalrius beta, 1 week:




Add-ons thread:

http://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=605

[ajctennis]

What are you making. We can make a guild once we have enough people. Going Horde as well.

[manjay]

Yeah I'll give it a go, got nothing better to do. Nothing beats starting on a fresh server, going horde side. A serious play-time miscer should start the guild up, we had a solid group on ED.

[stasmtl]

original Vanilla i played an undead rogue. As painful as the grind sounds, I think I will go warrior for this one. I loved pvp aspect and made it to rank 11 back then without going full potato no sleep grind. And warrior in pvp gear vanilla was ****ing scary.

[ajctennis]

Yea I played ED, i can start up the guild. I think I need 10 people to create. We'll just call it Iron Misc. Good, we need warriors.

[ajctennis]

Guys, just make sure to go orc or undead, huge advantages. Ill probably go alchemy/herb just to be super cheap in pvp

[stasmtl]

some 60 pvp warrior stuff, oh how i wanted to have a warrior lol. Original Pat, pretty sure everyone who played Vanilla have seen it at least once.

[stasmtl]

Guys, just make sure to go orc or undead, huge advantages. Ill probably go alchemy/herb just to be super cheap in pvp

Tauren stomp is decent also. Depends on playstyle.

[ajctennis]

Nah dude, the orc stun resist racial was so strong in vanilla and BC. resist, resist, resist. We kind of need some healers.

Found the cheapest way to do 5 mans and 10 mans though. Mage/ lock aoe just annhilates. Dont even really need a tank with it.

[stasmtl]

Yeah I agree, making an orc 100%

[FIREnICE]

played pally in vanilla. is shammy good?

ret pally i remember was worthless, correct?

[ajctennis]

Yea ret was meh but we will be horde so doesn't matter. Shamans are good for pvp. For raiding I think resto is only viable spec. Not 100 percent sure .

[DavidL913]

I was rekting warriors naked /w undead frost mage (no gear on at all) , while they were fully geared.

RIP

[PrimoVictoria]

Will the cinematics/storyline work on this server?

[Dan916]

Orc Rogue in Convulsion checking in

name TBD, dont want anyone taking it.

[stasmtl]

Will the cinematics/storyline work on this server?

I downloaded the client so I'm ready to go, server is still down. But there was an opening cinematic, it is very likely that everything else will be working also.

Will confirm later.

[Born2Roam]

where is the server for this located? And does anyone know what time the servers open?

Me and my brah are gonna make two orcs i think. Will post once we know our names. Gonna be lulzy brahs. Gonna suck tho if the servers are all fuked up on launch weekend.

[gbullock32]

Wish I had time to play again, would be in so hard... who was 10-14 hour work days and 2 hours commuting every day though...

Goodnight sweet free time.

[Born2Roam]

Also I wonder if there are going to be add ons like quest help available? Going back to reading quests to figure out where to go is going to be a shock if not.. might not be so bad though.

[stasmtl]

Also I wonder if there are going to be add ons like quest help available? Going back to reading quests to figure out where to go is going to be a shock if not.. might not be so bad though.

the server is located in Western Europe, and yes there will be addons, here are the FAQ for Nostalrius:

What is Nostalrius ?
Despite many vanilla private servers attempts, none actually fulfilled players needs. After 4 years of development, Nostalrius provides you the adventure that you always dreamed of, as it was just before the first expansion Burning Crusade, a golden age for most players. Nostalrius was created in march 2010 by a french community, based on a MaNGOS core with instant 55 / instant 60 characters for testing purposes.

Nostalrius Begins won't have any "instant X" features : everyone will start at level one.
Additionally, the server is now completely international, see below for more information.

Why should I go on Nostalrius Begins and not another server?
Check by yourself : Website or Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzVAPgjP_vXWkBF4b9mAMw

What is the release date for Nostalrius Begins?

Date & hour of the release : 28/02/2015 18:00 GMT+1

What is the rate ?
Rate will be like on retail : x1 for experience, gold, etc.

How about the low level content ?
Leveling can be sometimes difficult, and if the content is not in line with retail, it can easily turn into a nightmare. We gave a particular attention to this critical part to increase Vanilla immersion.

How about class debugging ?
The class debugging is, without modesty, the most advanced today regarding what you can find, class's quests, of course, included.
Blink fixes
Pet system fixes #1

How about lags ?
It took months to improve the performances of our MaNGOS core. Some code parts had to be completely rebuilt from scratch. We can now proudly tell you that the server can support an insane amount of players, in the same place, moving, using spells or interact with the environment without any lags. Check these videos for more details.
Stress test
Gnome Invasion

How about PVP / Honor System ?
PVP ranks are calculated live every week (we do not need a server restart) with Blizzlike formulas, and without any honor delay.


What is your timeline ?
Please refer to the appropriate chapter
Take it as an indicative timeline, not a final one.

How about professions ?
All the professions have been tested, with a special attention accorded to the items that can be crafted by engineers. These items work as intended, probability of retail failures included.

Is it a pay-to-win server?
No, we'll never be a pay-to-win server.
For example, no stuff / XP / gold / ... will be given against donations or as vote rewards.

What is the official language on the server?
English, english, and english. No other language shall be allowed on forum and public channels. It's an important rule to us, and we'll be very attentive to the behaviour of our players regarding this rule.

How about role-playing ?
The staff clearly wishes to have an active RP community, since they were an integrated part of the golden age of Vanilla. It doesn't mean that we will entirely rely on players to organize events : we'll do some too, as we love roleplay

Where is the server located ?
Western Europe.

How about modified clients?
Be carefull, modified clients are forbidden for now and can lead to a ban.

How about DDOS attacks?
Nostalrius Begins has a DDOS mitigation security system delivered by our provider.

How about cheats ?
Blizzard Warden has been implemented (yes, it's the retail anti-cheat system), with the checks against the latest known cheats. The main thing is that this system can theoretically detect any cheat (from MPQ/DBC modifications, to packets modification, including memory modification and proc detour ...).
The ultimate anticheat

How about multi-boxing and bots ?
Definition of multi-boxing : Multiboxing is a term used mostly in MMORPGs to refer to playing as multiple separate characters simultaneously, with or without additional programs.
Multi-boxing and bots are forbidden on our server, as it can impact others players moods and the global economy.

How about account trading ?
Account trading is forbidden on our server.

How about characters used during Beta?
The Nostalrius beta testers will NOT get their characters at server launch. We want the server to be launched like real retail vanilla servers used to be, where everybody has to start from level 1. The old beta characters could still be imported, but under several hard conditions. This importation should not alter the PvE or PvP progression, should not change the server economy balance, nor come with an sense of injustice from other players. We rather think that it could bring back a lot of old Nostalrius players (more than 20.000 accounts !).
Anyway, these characters will stay unusable a long time after the release (and their names will be reusable).

Is it possible to transfer my characters from another server?
Sadly no.

What's next once all the content will be cleared
A new TBC server will be opened after some months by the community we depend on. This new realm will be completely independent from Nostalrius Begins, that will continue to be supported. Additionnaly, the Nostalrius players will have the possibility to copy any character to the Burning Crusade realm. Once again, Nostalrius Begins will always stay online, and will always have its own dedicated staff.

[Born2Roam]

What is the release date for Nostalrius Begins?

Date & hour of the release : 28/02/2015 18:00 GMT+1

So the servers go live ~25 hours from this post? timezones how do they work

[stasmtl]

So the servers go live ~25 hours from this post? timezones how do they work

yep, this Saturday. GMT+1 is 6 hours ahead.

Eastern Standard Time = 12:00 PM (noon)
Central Standard Time = 11:00 AM
Mountain Standard Time = 10:00 AM
Pacific Standard Time = 9:00 AM
Alaska Standard Time = 8:00 AM

[ajctennis]

I think everything is set up. I tried to login but my account didn't work. Does that happen to you guys as well ?

[callum-2006]

Would love to play it but I know going back to vanilla levelling pace I will give up by level 25.

[redsfinnared]

are rogues good or not in vanilla (pvp)

[stasmtl]

I've updated OP with a link to an add-on thread that are apparently compatible. Theres more addons than you can think of.

Originally Posted by redsfinnared View Post
are rogues good or not in vanilla (pvp)

I mained rogue from the very beginning till end of sunwell plateau.

Rogues definitely fun to play, gear dependent like all, but with the right cooldowns in pvp they could take out any full geared player with nothing but loin cloth and a flimsy dagger (there used to be a video floating around of a rogue world pvping with a mining pick or something and killing everyone without taking a hit).

[redsfinnared]

^dafuq are those poverty questhelper addons, "rabid quest pack, shaguquest".

no QuestHelper no care

[stasmtl]

^dafuq are those poverty questhelper addons, "rabid quest pack, shaguquest".

no QuestHelper no care

there was actually no quest helper in Vanilla, http://www.wowhead.com/ was the source of all the info.

[manjay]

Would love to play it but I know going back to vanilla levelling pace I will give up by level 25.

That's what I thought when I played ED vanilla server.. But something about it keeps you coming back. As if the pain of levelling gets you addicted somehow.. and every level feels like an accomplishment. Not to mention gear can be hard to come by levelling up so you feel better progression.

[FIREnICE]

rogues never really gave me trouble as a holy paladin. yes, i couldn't beat them but they couldn't kill me that easily either.

how's the server btw? i'm thinking of trying it out.