Balance, Homogenisation and Encounter Design: The Problem.

[Nariel]

Maybe you are right. To me, it seemed the right time for this debate because in three days the MMO which arguably is the most popular of all time will relaunch its 1.12 version, a project run by a company that recently went full "shareholders revenue". An hypothetical success of the product could completely redesign the balances of the MMO market and influence future design choices.

Hahahahahahaha

Nope.

Nostalgia trip aren't new in the business, its been years remake/HD remix are a thing, do you really think new games are back 20 years in the past ? Because they are not. Blizzard is just jumping in the bandwagon to milk cash just like every game company those 5 last years. They aren't even the first to do it in a MMO.

The best you can expect is a legacy FFXI vanilla server and its if a miracle happen.

SE are even the most prolific with re-edition of older game. Even that vanilla wow experience got a little coat of fresh paint to not be too harsh.