XreaperDK

No need to be so sarcastic... I never said it was a good guild or that I was a good player... It was crappy and we never got past the 2nd boss of any raid (occasionally we would down the 1st if it was ez and people were carrying us)... We weren't good, but it did happen...

I started playing at 8 in TBC and was an officer of a guild at 10 xD And picture describes it perfectly.

Nostalrius was shut down, and Elysium is a different server and company that took up Nostalrius' proverbial flag. Many off Nostalrius' staff went to Elysium and took the core database (including characters and accounts) to Elysium. So they are pretty much merging, 2 servers becoming one.

You made an account, that is considered signing up, you choose a side when you make your character when the test begins realmlist is 'set realmlist logon.elysium-project.org'. Yes it is on Sunday noon EST, 6pm GMT+1 Ratio is here: https://elysium-project.org/play

28k and counting!

If you have multiple emails you could use one of those for the stress tests. If you don't go to gmail.com you can create a new one for free in like 30 seconds.

I really wish I could make it, but I don't get off work till after 1:15 EST so by the time I'd get home, it'd be over I hope everything goes well though and I'll pray that this will help you guys get all the final information that you need to get! Good luck and may God be with you!

This is an old topic you should post in the newer ones: https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=23449 is the current one In the AMA on Reddit a few weeks ago when faced with the same question, Suzerain_Elysium, a Community Manager, stated this:

They already confirmed a while ago that they will not. They will be released a few days/weeks apart to make sure everything runs smoothly and works. They will all be released within 3-4 weeks from fist to release to last to release. Could be a lot sooner though

The dates are hard to know for sure at this point. They can't say dates right now because they don't know what the next stress tests will look like. They probably know what will take how much time, but they don't know what they still need to do before launch so they can't release this info until then, but they will inform us of that afterwards. About the server progression dates, that will also be released soon under their timeline page when the server releases I believe. For the detailed info, if they gave this info it would take away from the time spent on fixing the server, so while some of us do want more info, a lot would rather them focus their time on fixing it, rather than updating us on the specifics. However if the staff does have free time between fixing and the test that is just waiting for the test to start, then I think they should release more technical info for us. Would be educational for us if nothing else!

Not right after, they are telling us when the release date is right after, not actually releasing it. I see how you could get that mixed up though.

I'm registered! I can't guarantee that I will make it (definitely not for the first part). I don't get off work until an hour and a half into the testing, so if it's still going on then I'll join in for the last bit! Thank you for opening this up to all of us so that we could have some fun helping you figure out the server!

If you look at the dates of these posts, this is from September, you're looking for the other forums (current main topic is the Stress Test 2 topic, but ill link the other recent ones below in order. It won't let you connect because the servers are switching over to match Nostalrius code for the new servers. Unknown as to when the servers will come up. Other topics 1: https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=22768 2: https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=22971 3: https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=23067 4 (locked): https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=23124 5: https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=23179 and 6 is the current one i linked above: https://forum.elysium-project.org/index.php?showtopic=23366#entry245280 Note to forum staff: It might be useful to lockdown this thread to avoid future confusion. Thanks!

Your right, Blizzard aren't that bad, they do care for us. But there is 2 things that you are not accounting for, that if they were not there blizz would probably let us get away with it and nost wouldn't have been shut down, but as long as these 2 items remain, this server is at least somewhat in-danger of it happening. 1) Copyright laws: If Blizzard doesn't make any attempt (at least a C&D) then Blizzard's copyright over the wow franchise will actually weaken. 2) Activision: Blizzard merged with Activision a while ago, and since then that mass content>quality personality has had some pull on the blizzard franchises. So it very well could be the activision part of Blizzard-Activision doing this, because they probably think its even possible that it might reduce profits, then they will cut it off (speaking from how ive seen them control other games outside of blizz)

Okay in response to most of the 6th page (at least above this post): Seriously guys, one of you says your an idiot, another says the other is an idiot, and the cycle is endless. You both have unique experiences with servers and you are both correct for what you have been assuming in the past. But neither of those situations will 100% happen to Elysium, it will probably be a combination or whatever and you cannot know for sure. So instead of arguing about a debate that none of us can know for sure (unless one of us is an actual prophet - which i doubt), how about we just put this all behind us and enjoy the server while it does last instead of worrying about how long it will last. If we just argue for three months, that's three months worth of arguments that we are taking away from the game itself, which if one of you is correct, is the only time we will have to play, and if the other is correct, it is still a good chunk of time that we have. So lets just all put it behind us, forgive each other, and enjoy the game together!

At this point, many mainstream WoW media outlets have done some sort of comment on the Nostalrius situation, some even talking about Elysium. Yes, it is illegal. When things get so big, Blizzard is required to take some sort of action to prevent loosing some of their copyright holds on the content. Last time Blizzard was able to sue them because they have hold in France and Nost was quite open about their location. Elysium isn't as open about the location of the servers and they are probably hosting it where Blizzard does not have the same holds in copyright laws. I don't know whether Elysium will fall like Nost did eventually or not, but one thing that they can't change is the mob of fans that are backing this and will do anything to keep it alive.

But at low level that's so hard to tell, some people will be a role at low level but have their skills into other trees for misc reasons. It can be unpredictable at low, but I could see that working in higher level groups. But there are some roles that "multiclass" like feral druid could tank some low level dungeons, but the meeting stone wouldn't know whether they are DPS or tank. But honestly, if you want a queing system don't go for a pure vanilla server like Nost/Elys. I know a lot of people (including myself) who think that queing systems water the game down a little bit too much and don't provide the original vanilla experience of trying to build a team in trade, general and random whispers.

The old Nost server was hosted in France, but the French government was able to shut it down due to copyright laws there. They most likely moved it to a country where Blizzard can't stop them with copyright laws (I believe they can get away with it in Russia), but I know it's not France anymore at least.

Then I was incorrect. I'll edit it to state that and hide the message

I believe it ends once the server has crashed, overheated, or can handle as much as it can. So if it is able to sustain us for longer than probably, but it's all up to how fast we break it, not on their stopwatch. (I could be wrong) Edit: I am incorrect, thank you ninten for the correction

Misinformed does not equal troll. There is no need to be so rude, just inform him or you can ignore him. There is no need for hostility here, we're all brothers and sisters, banded together for our love of Vanilla WoW.

I'm sad I missed it, but I had to work That was the amount it held before it finally crashed. The stress test was meant to stretch the server to it's limits to see how much it would take to crash it, so when it got closer to the maximum number then it would obviously be lagging if it was close to crashing. The point was too see how much before it would lag and how much before it would crash, so the fact that it had lagged and had crashed was a success. Now they know what parts were stressed the most, and what they should do to change that and what to avoid in order to make sure the server doesn't do that when the servers do go live. It was unplayable, but that was the whole point of it, so they know how to make sure the game isn't unplayable when the game launches.

Nidreh fus zu'u wah aavseko dovahzul! (kudos to anyone who can decipher this 5th language)

Not even they know for sure. They are running stress tests this weekend, and next weekend, and that should give them a better idea of what they still need to tune, so they'll let us know an estimate after that probably. But until then, we can only say at least a couple more weeks.

My understanding of this is that your accounts from Nost/Old Elys will not be touched for this event. You will register for the event, creating a new account that has no relation to the other accounts, and it will be used ONLY for the stress test. After the stress tests are over, the accounts that were made specifically for the stress tests will be deleted to make way for the real accounts. Before launch is referring to the launch of the real live servers, not the launch of the stress test servers, so when the real launch comes, if you don't have a nost/elys account already, you will need to make a new one and you can't use your stress test account. I hope this clears it up for you!