vendredi 26 février 2016

Videos of retail sources for vanilla WoW - AQ 40

This is a depository of Ahn'Qiraj (AQ 40, Temple of Ahn'Qiraj) videos meant for bugreporters and vanilla World of Warcraft private server developers.


References
Skeram Sept 2006, warrior
July 2006, mage
Nov 2006, warlock 
Druid, healer (year?)
Dec 2006, druid, healer
Sept 2006, warrior, tank
Bug trio July 2006, rogue
Sept 2006, mage
Sept 2006, druid, healer 
March 2006, shaman, healer + combat log
tank?
Sartura Sept 2006 rogue + CL
Dec 2006, rogue + CL
Oct 2006, mage
June 2006, hunter
Nov 2006, priest, healer
Sept 2006, priest, healer
Oct 2006, warrior, tank
Fankriss 2006, warrior (+)
Oct 2006, rogue
July 2006, mage + trash
March 2006, shaman, healer + combat log
Nov 2006, shaman, healer 
May 2006, warrior, off-tank
tank?
Viscidus Aug 2006, warrior
Paladin (year?)
Dec 2006, mage
Nov 2006, shaman, healer
Nov 2006, warrior, tank
Huhuran 2006, warrior
Sept 2006, mage
May 2006, priest, healer + combat log
March 2006, shaman, healer + combat log 
Sept 2006, warrior, tank
Twin emperors Rogue (year?)
June 2006, mage
March 2006, shaman, healer
Fev 2006, paladin, healer
2006, warrior, tank
2006, warrior, off-tank (+)
Sept 2006, warlock, tank 
Ouro melee?
Mage (year?)
2006, warlock
Shaman, healer
Dec 2006, druid, healer
Dec 2006, warrior, tank
C'thun Oct 2006, warrior
Nov 2006, rogue + combat log
June 2006, mage 
May 2006, shaman, healer
2006, warrior + combat log (+)

Suggestions and further video links are welcome in the comments.

dimanche 21 février 2016

Kronos satisfaction questionnaire - 20th February 2016

On the 28th January 2016 I sent a satisfaction questionnaire to 140 randomly selected Horde characters* that had been seen online in the last 7 days (about 8% of the Horde population seen in the last 7 days back then**). I haven't received any further answer since over 10 days and have thus decided to end the questionnaire. A total of 36 players participated (25.7%).

Note that this questionnaire was started before the experience event aiming at making the server more known and increasing the population was known and announced and most answers arrived before it started. This means most of those players have been on Kronos for some time. Full data [here].

Results

Overall satisfaction
8.92 on 10 
(13 answers)

PvE satisfaction
8,96 on 10 
(25 answers)

PvP satisfaction
5,81 on 10 
(29 answers)

33,33% of the players said they would recommend Kronos to a friend. None said they would not.
(12 "yes" answers)

Strengths or things to keep
The rate at which content is delivered is good enough
Tickets get fast answers
The PvE and scripts are good, bugs are mostly minor

Weaknesses or things to work on
The population is too low overall and for PvP / BGs.
There are still bugs that should be fixed (pathing, zepelins for Mac users, spawning)
The server is not yet known enough and there could be more server promotion
(31 answers)



*60 x level 60, 20x level 50-59, 20x level 40-49, 20x level 30-39, 20x level 20-29
**Back when I sent the questionnaire there had been over 3500 level 20+ characters online in the last 7 days, or about 1750 Horde characters according to the Kronos-census. 140/1750 = 8%.

jeudi 18 février 2016

Videos of retail sources for vanilla WoW - Faction Leaders

This is a depository of Faction leaders videos from vanilla "classic" World of Warcraft.


Boss
References
Cairne Bloodhoof
Melee?
Tank?
Thrall & Vol’jin
Fandral Staghelm
Tank?
Sylvanas Windrunner
Ranged
Healer
Tank
Tyrande Whisperwing
Tank
Varimathras
Ranged
Healer
Magni Bronzebeard
Mekkatorque
Melee
March 2006, hunter getting hit, (short)
Sept 2006, hunter
June 2006, rogue (Alliance char watching)
Oct 2006, hunter + CL
Tank
Bolvar Fordragon
Melee
Healer
Tank
Jaina Proudmore June 2006, warrior, short
Ranged?
Healer?
Tank?
Benedictus Melee?
Ranged?
March 2005, druid, healer (DL)
Tank?

Note that faction leaders are somewhat more difficult to find in quality videos for a couple reasons, a) most notably the required computer speed to record fights with over 100+ players back in 2006, b) the prestige of killing a PvP target was arguably lower and offered no item-rewards on kill/rekill, c) getting the players together potentialy took a lot of time.

Suggestions and further video links are welcome in the comments, particularly for those currently missing from the list.

mercredi 17 février 2016

Videos of retail sources for vanilla wow - Naxxramas

This is a depository of Vanilla Naxxramas (Naxx 40) videos meant for bugreporters and vanilla World of Warcraft private server developers.


References
Anub'rekhan 2006, warrior (+)
June 2006, warlock (+)
June 2006, mage
June 2006, paladin, healer
June 2006, paladin, healer (+)
Oct 2006, warrior, off-tank
Oct 2006, warrior, tank
Faerlina Dec 2006, rogue
Aug 2006, mage
2006, mage + CL (+)
Priest, healer (year?)
2006, priest, healer
June 2006, paladin, healer
June 2006, paladin, healer v2
Oct 2006, warrior, tank + CL
Maexxna Jan 2007, rogue
Oct 2006, warrior 
Sept 2006, hunter
2006, mage + CL (+)
Sept 2006, mage
Aug 2006, paladin, healer
Oct 2006, warrior, off-tank
Nov 2006, warrior, tank
Noth Paladin (year?)
Aug 2006, rogue
2006, mage
2006, paladin, healer (+)
Oct 2006, warrior, tank
2006, warrior, tank + CL (+)
Heigan 2006, rogue
Nov 2006, mage
Aug 2006, warlock
Aug 2006, paladin, healer
Aug 2006, paladin, healer v2
Aug 2006, warrior, off-tank
2006, warrior, tank
Loatheb Paladin (year?)
2006, warrior (+)
2006, rogue
2006, rogue 2
Oct 2006, mage
Sept 2006, paladin, healer (+)
tank?
Razuvious Sept 2006, rogue
July 2006, mage
Priest, healer (year?)
Oct 2006, priest, mind-controller
2006, paladin, healer (+)
Gothik 2006, rogue
2006, mage (+)
2006, mage + CL (+) 
Oct 2006, hunter
Aug 2006, paladin, healer
Sept 2006, paladin, healer (+)
Sept 2006, warrior, tank
The Four Horsemen 2006, rogue
2006, mage + CL (+)
Dec 2006, druid, healer
Dec 2006, shaman, healer
Nov 2006, paladin, healer (+)
Oct 2006, warrior, tank
Dec 2006, warrior, tank
Patchwerk 2006, warrior
2006, warrior (+)
Nov 2006, warrior
2006, mage (+)
2006, mage + CL (+)
2006, paladin, healer
July 2006, priest, healer
Oct 2006, warrior, off-tank + CL
Grobbulus 2006, rogue
2006, mage + CL (+)
2006, mage (+)
July 2006, paladin, healer
Aug 2006, paladin, healer
Oct 2006, warrior, tank + CL
Gluth Aug 2006, warrior
2006, mage, kiting
2006, mage
July 2006, paladin, healer
2006, warrior, tank + CL 
Thaddius 2006, rogue
Warrior (year?)
July 2006, mage (+)
2006, paladin, healer (+)
Paladin, healer (year?)
Oct 2006, warrior, off-tank 
Warrior, off-tank (year?)
Dec 2006, warrior, tank
Sapphiron Melee ?
Oct 2006, mage
Sept 2006, mage (+) 
Paladin, healer (year?)
Nov 2006, priest, healer (+)
Nov 2006, paladin, healer (+)
tank ?
Kel'thuzad Dec 2006, rogue + CL (+)
2006, mage CL (+)
2006, druid, healer (+)
Oct 2006, paladin, healer
Dec 2006, paladin, healer (+)
Oct 2006, warrior, tank
Oct 2006, warrior, tank (+)


Miscellaneous &
Scourge release event
July 2006, warlock, solo Shadow of doom (DL)
July 2006, mage, trash
June 2006, hunter/warlock Winterspring/Tanaris
July 2006, mage, release adds
June 2006, druid, kiting Shadows of doom (-)
July 2006, hunter, Stormwind invasion
June 2006, mage aoe in Azshara 
July 2006, mage solo forsaken Naxx trash
July 2006, hunter, check' Naxx patrols with dream
Sept 2006, hunter check' Naxx patrols with dream2
May 2006, patchwork golem trash melee 
Further videos wanted. (city invasions, bosses)
[Special page on the Scourge Invasion]

Suggestions and further video links are welcome in the comments.

mardi 16 février 2016

Videos of retail sources for vanilla wow - Dragon World Bosses

This is a depository of Vanilla World of Warcraft world boss dragon videos.


References
Taerar
Emeriss
Tank?
Lethon Oct 2006, warrior, tank
Ysondre
Tank?
Azuregos

Suggestions and further video links are welcome in the comments.

Short experiment : Do players come on the Kronos forums?

The Kronos forums can allow players to see the latest announcements, discussions, player reports, suggestions, guides and much more, yet it always seemed to me that it didn't represent the community correctly by favoring some vocal minorities. Also, knowing where the players look for information can be helpful for the Kronos team to better select how and where they spread their messages (whether on forums, main webpage, reddit, Facebook, in-game messages, etc.).

I thus decided to ask 170 random Horde Kronos players (roughly 30 per 10 level range) with in-game whispers the following question :

Do you read the Kronos forums and if so, is it on a daily, weekly, monthly basis, or randomly? Thanks!

The results :

97 answers total (57% of players polled)
 
  • 9 Not yet (9%)
  • 29 No / never (30%)
  • 12 Daily (12.5%)
  • 14 Weekly (14.5%)
  • 6 Monthly (6%)
  • 27 Randomly (28%)

About 40% of the players never come on the forums or haven't yet read them and another 30% checks them in a random fashion, that makes about 70% of the population not reliably reading them.

Interestingly those who answered they read the forums the most (daily) were the level 60 players, with 9 over 25 answers, or about 36% of them. Those who read the forums the least (no/never) where nearly nonexistant in the level 60 players, with only 1 saying so among them but were evenly spread among the other level ranges.

Those who hadn't yet read the forums were mostly in the level 10-29 range (7 Not yet among 38 answers). A single level 60 player hadn't yet read the forums.

What I believe this means is that most players don't go on the forums, or very rarely and those who do tend to have level 60 characters. This means that the forum posts are likely biased towards a certain viewpoint (how level 60 players see the game) and leveling players are under-represented. Note that this data doesn't take into account if they participate on the forums, as maybe many come on them but never post or create threads. The more usage of the forums, the greater the probability that they also participate on them. The more time has been spent on the server, the greater the chances that they have read the forums.

TLDR : The forums are good to communicate with level 60 players and get their feedbacks but they will likely miss the low-level players and their opinions. Other options (in-game mails? on-login messages?) should be used to communicate with them.

[See other articles about Vanilla]

vendredi 12 février 2016

Videos of retail sources for vanilla wow raids - AQ 20

This is a depository of the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (AQ 20) raid boss videos from classic "vanilla" World of Warcraft.


Boss
References
Kurinnaxx




General Rajaxx
Moam
Buru the Gorger
Ayamiss the Hunter
Ossirian the Unscarred


Trash
Sept 2006, mage, trash before Kuri, Rajaxx event
March 2006, warlock, trash before Kuri
July 2006, hunter, solo larva
Nov 2006, warrior, tank/dps, first 4 bosses
Sept 2006, mage, Moam's trash
AQ release Sept 2006, mage, Emissary Roman'Khan
Classic, mage, Emissary Roman'khan
(year?) Warlock, Emissary Roman'khan + CL
2006, rogue, (Stormreaver)
2006, hunter, Qiraj General Pax, Regal + CL
July 2006, mage, Pax-lish, generals in Tanaris
2006, dragons opening the gate event
Feb 2006, opening event at the gates
2006, opening event
2006, mage, misc
2006, misc 
Feb 2006, Eranikus event
May 2006, Eranikus event 2
Feb 2006, Eranikus in Moonglade event
Fev 2006, priest, opening event at doors
Feb 2006, warlock, Qiraj lieutenant, Supreme farm
2006, paladin, healer, Eranikus (+)
May 2006, pillars in low-level zones
2006, hunter, misc + ventrilo comments (4 parts)
March 2006, paladin, Colossal Anubissath / Part 2
Mage, twillight corrupter and AQ questline (year?)
2006, warrior Setis (rare)
March 2006, druid farming Barrens qiraj spawns
Low-level creatures?

Suggestions and further video links are welcome in the comments.


Videos of retail sources for vanilla wow - Alterac Valley (AV)


This is a depository of Alterac Valley (AV) videos from classic "vanilla" World of Warcraft.



References
Drek'thar
Vanndar Stormpike
Galvangar
Balinda Stonehearth
Lieutenants
Marshals / Warmasters
Commanders
2005, rogue, Karl Philips
Wing commanders? Escort?
Miscellaneous

Further video evidence will likely come from PvP videos or undocumented / wrongly named or unnamed videos. I gladly appreciate further links for the following elements.

Mines /  caverns
Bosses ? Trash ?
Ivus the forest lord
Ritual? Else? Full event?
Lok'holar the ice lord
Ritual? Else? Full event?
Ground assault
Event?
Supplies from the mine? Garrick? Terravaine?
Cavalry assault
Ram/wolf capture? Full event?
Aerial assault
Winterax trolls
Wildpaw gnolls
Troggs
Snowblind harpies
Rams
Wolves
Whitewhiskers kobolds
Mines /  caverns
Bosses ? Trash ?

Suggestions and further video links are welcome in the comments.


* Special thanks to Flappo Flupp for his Korrak, bat riders videos & others.