Two years ago, version 9.0 of "World of Warcraft" Shadowlands was officially launched. As the 8th expansion pack for the official server of "World of Warcraft", Shadowlands broke the previous pre-order record. Before its opening, Blizzard had stated that the design team had spent a lot of effort on this version, and players really believed it. On the first day of release, Shadow Kingdom sold more than 3.7 million units within 24 hours, setting a new sales record for PC games.
Many players were imagining at the time that the 16-year-old game "World of Warcraft" might really regain its glory, but the reality is cruel. For version 9.0, everyone looked forward to it, and it failed miserably. Before that, there are simply four things that everyone is looking forward to. New maps, new plots and new mechanisms, as well as higher-quality graphics with light pursuit.
But as the story of 9.0 progresses, the new maps, new plots and new gameplay that should be full of innovative ideas have all collapsed to a certain extent. Although many necessary subtractions have been made in the gameplay of
, the official did not dare to make drastic reforms, resulting in everything being insignificant. There are even suspicions of reusing materials.
If we talk about modifications in the gameplay, it is because it is difficult to adjust. Blizzard is helpless if it can't make a complete change. Then the changes in picture technology seem a bit unreasonable. Although light chasing has been implemented, the modeling details have not changed. It cannot be said that the picture has improved to what everyone imagined before.
These problems in 9.0 were not properly resolved in the end. Even in the two years after that, more old and new problems were intertwined. Blizzard itself has been embroiled in various scandals at the manufacturer level outside of games. So much so that after 10.0 went online, the officials themselves had to call retired veterans to come back to help continue production. To put it bluntly, Blizzard spent two years completely destroying the hopes of World of Warcraft players.
But recently, NetEase’s operations have brought new variables. As we all know, after breaking up with Blizzard, NetEase asked its ancient martial arts MMO " Niishuihan" to create a "Warcraft Veteran Server". This server was launched on January 13, just in time for the expiration of the last batch of national server point cards. Obviously, it wanted to allow Warcraft players to directly transition to this game. According to the analysis of veteran players, this transition is not simply about robbing players, but more like an attempt to bring World of Warcraft players back to the glory days of 9.0.
It is not difficult for players to find out after analyzing the official news. The entire veteran server changes are an attempt to fit in with the habits of World of Warcraft players. To put it simply, it emphasizes the exploration and challenge of the dungeon, most of the equipment is obtained through the dungeon, and the pickup and binding mechanism. In other words, by simplifying the gameplay in this way, "Ni Shuihan" will not be filled with too much low-yield gameplay content like "World of Warcraft" after 9.0, making the experience boring. Instead, it will become more like the old version of "World of Warcraft", and everything will return to its original nature.
The reason why these changes are reliable is because NetEase found members of the "World of Warcraft" national server R&D and operations team and asked them to join the "Veteran Server" special team. With the mobilization of sufficient human resources, this new server can complete the content of three expansion packs within 30 days.
Moreover, the project of "Ni Shui Han" started in 2012, and the research and development took more than five years and cost hundreds of millions of yuan. Since its launch, 17 expansion packs have been released, enriching the game content and gameplay. The official changes to the gameplay can be described as radical. Before the "veteran server", there were already cases such as parallel universe servers that overturned the gameplay and started over. Therefore, there is a high probability that this change will be implemented, and it will be a complete change, not new wine in old bottles.
At the same time, the graphics engine of "Backwater" is also constantly updated. Not only is it the first online game to implement the RTX light tracing system, it also introduces "low-light rendering" technology, making the game screen more realistic.Moreover, while the officials are improving the light and shadow system, they have also not forgotten to continuously optimize elements such as modeling actions and maps, so that the picture improvement is very obvious and can keep up with the times.
Brand new exploration area, familiar taste of the ancient version, more lightweight experience, and higher definition picture quality. With so many attractive elements, it’s no wonder that many Warcraft players have huge expectations for this “veteran server”. Because it does have the high-expectation feeling that 9.0 gave people back then. I don’t know what you think of the “veteran uniform” in front of the screen? Let’s talk about it together, shall we?
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