An unexpected turn of the Classic server project. Why does Nostalrius no longer want to provide the WoW code?
With this request from Nostalrius, few players would have expected this at this time. After the private server Nostalrius was shut down by Blizzard last year, its developers handed over the data of this server to the Elysium Team. Together, the Elysium project was launched, which aims to revive the classic servers.
With this decision, the developers of Nostalrius are no longer satisfied. At least, that is what a new post in the forum suggests.
From “Fan Server” to “Pirate Server”
In the Nostalrius forum, there has been a long post since yesterday that refers to the future of classic “World of Warcraft” servers. In it, Team Elysium is asked not to further use the data provided by Nostalrius. Although both teams are fighting for official classic servers, there is now a twist in this particular project. What are the reasons for this surprising request to Team Elysium?
One of Nostalrius’ goals has always been: Official legacy servers from Blizzard and to connect the entire WoW community. That the classic servers are now seen in the WoW community not as “fan servers” but as “pirate servers” is considered by Nostalrius a step in the wrong direction.
If you want to connect all players, it is harmful that part of them is devalued as “pirates”. As long as this reputation exists, it is unlikely, according to Nostalrius, to achieve official legacy servers from Blizzard.
Additionally, only about ten percent of the original Nostalrius players are playing on the Elysium servers. That calling the players “pirates” also means for the team that they have not been able to satisfy their community and this attempt at a project has failed.
Contrary to expectations, the handover of the source code and the character database to Elysium has made it harder to achieve the two mentioned goals.
The request from Nostalrius:
We ask Elysium to support our wish for legacy servers by stopping the use of our provided data. We know that they, just like us, desire official legacy servers. As a first step, we have already halted the account transfer process on our side. The Nostalrius community is no longer advocating for private servers, but for official legacy servers.
You can find the entire post from Nostalrius in the official Nostalrius forum.
What does Elysium say about this?
In a statement from Elysium, it says:
We are saddened to have to act under these circumstances. In the coming weeks, the use of the Nostalrius core will cease. Until then, we aim to complete Anathema, which will be equally strong or even better than the Nostalrius core. We guarantee that players will notice no differences other than a potential increase in quality.
The Nostalrius servers have been renamed to Anathema PvP and Darrowshire PvE. The characters that have existed since the launch of Elysium will be retained, and the specific data from Nostalrius will be deleted.
Unlike Nostalrius, Elysium will keep these servers active until Blizzard announces official classic servers.
You can find the entire post from Elysium in the official Elysium forum.
Elysium has already had to start another server due to long queues.
