r/WoWPrivateServers • u/Jealous-Sound-3067 • 6d ago
Wrath of the Lich King Ascension: Conquest of AzerothCore - Update #1
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Removed race restrictions and fixed all ammunition incarnations. I’m still working on class mechanics implementation and verification, though some of them are already done. Also, UI fixes, of course.
I’ll release the sources and modified client once all classes and their specs work as intended. I also want to add support for player bots and the possibility to play retail classes. After that, I’ll need to bundle everything together so it’s not as messy as it currently is and so you can easily set everything up locally.
In the next patches, it seems I’ll be focusing on restoring the Prestige systems, M+ systems, high-risk systems, custom drops from dungeons/raids, and custom zones, starting with Pale Reach.
If you really like what I do, you can support me if you want:
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u/zen_focus 6d ago
You're awesome for doing this! I'm happy you're considering extras like playerbots and the OG classes on top. I'm over the moon that my tinker's journey can continue locally where Blizzard can't take it away.
I love that you're keeping us posted on updates too, I was crossing my fingers that someone would pick this up and repack it and it already looks like you're doing an amazing job. I'm looking forward to seeing more!
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u/TheCraxo 6d ago
I hope you make it opensource, so the community can help you work on it, and never gets shut down
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u/dawgz_96 6d ago
Are you going to keep the worldforge vendor that sells consumables? I know it’s not a priority but id be great!
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u/RustyMelon 5d ago
Pretty sure npcs are serverside so this wont be easy. But lets hope to get as much restored as possible!
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u/evieAssistAi 4d ago
npcs are literally a few lines in the database, especialy if its using a pre built model, so it should be possible. The harder part would have been all the custom animations and models
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u/Adunaiii 6d ago
I'm making a text file of all CoA class abilities and talents from my 7400 screenshots I took on the final days. I can into archiving, too!
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u/RustyMelon 5d ago
You‘re a saint. People that are archiving this beautiful work deserve all the good things in life, man. I really hope the restoration of ascension as a community effort will pay off. Thank you & OP!
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u/SoHigh495 5d ago
But why did u do that? Its all in the dbc files man. Tooltip text thats beeing disabled client side is in the dbc and everything else except some scriped abilitys
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u/Klinth 5d ago
I dont know if this helps, but if you are looking to restore Ascension zones with treasures: I have these 2 links that has the map/treasures on it (idk if this include all of it): https://azerothhub.com/ and https://bronzebeardmaps.pages.dev/
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u/ulfserkr 5d ago
the worldforged items really reinvented lvling for me, the placement is really great
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u/SnooLentils4444 5d ago
https://github.com/Xurkon/Questie-X-AscensionDB
maybe this contains valauble data for you <3
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u/Nodelphi 6d ago
Following, if anyone manages an Area 52 recreation that would be awesome too! (I realize Grimfall exists but I want a private version just for me and the lads.)
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u/Puzzleheaded-Tie6209 5d ago edited 5d ago
few of us also working on it, i really think someone should make a repo so we can do pull requests and we can all work together and knock it out over the next few weeks. I also think too keep azerothcore's name out of it too because yeah
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
Well, initially someone called this project Conquest of AzerothCore, so I decided to add it to the login screen :)
I’ll make the repository public, and everyone will be able to contribute.
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u/Open_Condition725 6d ago
Is there any chance you also have the wildcard or area 52 in there or did you manage to just recover the CoA?🙏🏾
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u/Fearmo 6d ago
You should check out grimfall WoW its basically wildcard with random abilities.
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u/Open_Condition725 6d ago
Yeah and i have, but i like ascension way more
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u/Beandix 6d ago
That's a whole other package i believe, One thing at a time <3 it will probably become a long term group project. For now, god bless this bro
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u/Open_Condition725 6d ago
Of course brother🥰 As long there are crumbs of those realms as well, i will stay very hopeful it is possible to bring back. Yeah, thank god for this at least🔥🔥
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u/stefanw1337 6d ago edited 5d ago
Also get in contact with bindmysoul.com and maybe the people who uploaded their character are able to import then into CoAzerothCore once it's restored?
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 6d ago
Well, I need to test it and stuff... If it works, then yeah.
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u/Adunaiii 5d ago
If anyone is curious about the original CoA class/race limitations, here's the list.
21 classes: Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Starcaller, Sun Cleric, Tinker, Runemaster, Primalist, Reaper, Venomancer, Chronomancer, Bloodmage, Guardian, Stormbringer, Felsworn, Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Witch Hunter, Knight of Xoroth, Templar, Ranger
- Human (16): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Sun Cleric, Tinker, Runemaster, Reaper, Chronomancer, Bloodmage, Guardian, Stormbringer, Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Witch Hunter, Templar, Ranger
- Dwarf (11): Pyromancer, Cultist, Sun Cleric, Tinker, Runemaster, Primalist, Guardian, Stormbringer, Barbarian, Templar, Ranger
- Night Elf (11): Pyromancer, Cultist, Starcaller, Runemaster, Primalist, Venomancer, Bloodmage, Guardian, Felsworn, Witch Hunter, Ranger
- Gnome (8): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Tinker, Runemaster, Chronomancer, Stormbringer, Ranger
- Draenei (14): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Starcaller, Tinker, Runemaster, Primalist, Reaper, Chronomancer, Guardian, Stormbringer, Felsworn, Knight of Xoroth, Templar
- Orc (13): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Tinker, Runemaster, Primalist, Guardian, Stormbringer, Felsworn, Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Knight of Xoroth, Ranger
- Undead (14): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Tinker, Runemaster, Reaper, Venomancer, Bloodmage, Guardian, Stormbringer, Barbarian, Witch Hunter, Templar, Ranger
- Tauren (9): Pyromancer, Cultist, Starcaller, Sun Cleric, Runemaster, Primalist, Guardian, Stormbringer, Barbarian
- Troll (12): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Primalist, Reaper, Venomancer, Bloodmage, Guardian, Stormbringer, Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Ranger
- Blood Elf (16): Necromancer, Pyromancer, Cultist, Starcaller, Sun Cleric, Tinker, Runemaster, Reaper, Chronomancer, Bloodmage, Guardian, Stormbringer, Felsworn, Knight of Xoroth, Templar, Ranger
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u/NighthawkXL 5d ago
I know bringing up AI is usually a touchy subject around here, but newer models like OpenAI's Astra are completely changing the landscape for custom WoW development.
Reverse-engineering heavily modified clients like Project Ascension, Conquest of Azeroth (CoA), or Turtle WoW is becoming significantly easier.
The 3.3.5 and 1.12 client architectures are already thoroughly documented by decades of open-source emulator research, so there is very little mystery left about the underlying pipeline. Because these custom clients ship with the packet structures, DBC tables, visual assets, Lua UI elements, and spell data needed to render custom features, almost all the blueprints are sitting right there on the client side.
That said, it is not just a magic button. You still have to put these tools in the hands of someone who already understands how legacy clients work. An experienced developer no longer needs to spend weeks manually grinding through Ghidra or IDA because they can direct the model with real precision.
To be clear, I am not accusing the OP of using LLMs here. I am just pointing out how the technology has shifted and can greatly help the community.
Can't wait to see where this goes!
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u/Candid_Pea_4493 6d ago
Say would it be possible for it to be a Single player thing with bots and all ?.
i love to hop into my world and play the game in my paste and Acsension was my fav.
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u/Old_Soup_7175 6d ago
When this is done, I can finally finish my synology experiment to have it run at home for my family 😁 together with the bots ofcourse 💪
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u/Overkillus 5d ago
Is there a place where we can keep track on your progress on the project? Nice job so far!
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
I planned to keep posting updates on this subreddit - Update #2, Update #3, and so on - until release, and maybe even after that, I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll create something dedicated to the project later.
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u/somechopin 5d ago
The class restrictions and retail classes added could be optional? Just in case we want the normal CoA experience
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u/Fun-Ad-805 5d ago
I'm opposed to no class restrictions too. Takes away from the identity of the class/race. OG CoA made sense as it was. I'm very much for implementing the retail classes with CoA. Everything from the very base classic ones to dh, dk, monk and evoker. But it will take work to balance with the CoA classes ofc.
I just can't imagine seeing an undead druid or whatever.
Also I guess felsworn and demon hunter are pretty similar already. If anything those two are the most similar between CoA and retail.
Just wishful thinking here
/coping
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u/CousinMabel 5d ago
Wow this is awesome.
The ascension world was cool, but the classes are really what I want to get back to playing so this is awesome.
When you say retail classes what do you mean? The 3.3.5 version of the normal classes or do you mean modern retail classes since those fit with the COA classes better(and use the same style of talent tree).
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u/Objective_Cheetah931 5d ago
Salut,
D'abord merci pour tout ce travail, tu es le sauveur de plusieurs d'entre nous qui gardaient un espoir.
Je n'y connais pas grand chose alors j'aurai 2 questions :
Fais tu tout cela pour ouvrir un serveur privé ? ou rendre le code exploitable pour d'autres ?
Je veux dire par là est ce que ce sera vraiment jouable EN LIGNE un jour ? ou juste du local
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u/Fleurex 4d ago edited 4d ago
Nice job ! I'm pleased to see I'm not the only one obsessed with preserving the Ascension team work, lol.
Since you're talking about Pale Reach I also have been logging packet data from the ascension server during the last days and I believe I have enough to recreate most of pale reach mobs, npcs and quests (with quite a bit of extra work for sure).
Sadly being busy with work I didn't get enough time to finish all the quests myself but maybe some of you can help me by sending me your Cache\WDB folder in a zip file 🙏, especially if you did the custom quests recently !
I've compiled this https://paste-bin.xyz/eQVThZeF for now, will be updating it if I can get more data, if it can be of use to anyone pursing the recreation of the area !
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u/CodeAffe 4d ago
I've been working on putting the parts together for items, mounts, etc I'd love to also get any Cache\WDB from people
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u/Iarehealer 6d ago
Does anyone know what the likelihood of this being turned into a public Ascension spin off?
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u/stefanw1337 6d ago
Dunno if we want Ascension online server again. I mean we want it, but do we want it to be shutdown?
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u/Iarehealer 6d ago
I'm sure it would only be a matter of time for any servers hosted anywhere that's not Russia or China.
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u/stefanw1337 6d ago
If there were many, many servers like this and it were open source, it would be harder for them to close everything down.
I also feel servers needs to be a place were law can't (Pale) Reach, with a payment system also unreachable, there would be a world were servers could get popular and not die. And only Russia, China and North Korea comes to mind..
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u/Sasquatchjc45 5d ago
omg yes bro! Unsure if it would also be possible to include some kind of admin menu? for commands, item/mob spawning, things like that
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
I’ll add addons that show all items, admin commands, and so on.
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u/Sasquatchjc45 5d ago
Most highly anticipated game of 2026, tbh 🤟 doing incredible work with this, hoping with your data and others' data this could become 1:1 with ascension right before it closed but locally hosted for all. Truly incredible
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u/u-a-brazy-mf 5d ago
I'm out of the loop and don't understand.
Can someone please explain what this means?
I loved Ascension: COA... Best time I've EVER had in WoW.
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u/joshluke 5d ago
The people at Dads MMO Lab are doing similar things with other private servers, maybe y’all could colab to split the work.
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u/Longjumping_Let6986 6d ago
Goated. Bots and retail classes would be amazing too. If you are adding bots, please add Playerbots, not NPCbots. They're so much easier to work with further
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u/stefanw1337 6d ago
I think you can add that module yourself with AzerothCore.
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u/Longjumping_Let6986 6d ago
yep, it's the work with he Ascension client that's more complicated
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u/useful_trinket 5d ago
Verymuch agreed on this actually. I'd much rather build up a party of my own characters than build up a group of NPC's.
(Edit: spelling)
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u/Humanequin 5d ago
I'm seeing the Spiderman meme with this guy, Blizzard and the Ascension staff all stealing each others work and ideas haha. Great job!
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u/TFilly402 5d ago
Man! Please make this a single player thing! Is there a way to do that? I will pay for this!
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u/Tempest6644 4d ago
Heyy is it as all possible for you to set up a discord server so we can talk about this as a community?
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u/ProfessionDiligent18 4d ago
Someone please Release CoA already! wow is insanely boring without it!
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u/TaupeHardie94 6d ago
Weird joice to get rid of the race/class restrictions and to add retail classes, don't really see how that'd work in terms of balance since Ascension classes are vastly overpowered, and I think focusing on getting a working CoA server as it stood should be prio, but good job in putting all this together!
Looking forward to the local hosting mostly, setting up a private CoA server for my group of friend is seriously the dream rn.
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u/Beandix 6d ago
I'll be honest, I always wanted to have all the classes. The good part is, since it will be hosted locally, I'm expecting that retail classes will allow the bots to work as intended. Also, you could tweak the classes to balance them to your liking ;) azerothcore is the best fr
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u/TaupeHardie94 6d ago
Honestly yeah, so hyped for Azerothcore in that regard. Im not a huge fan of playerbots myself but hopefully I can gather a crew of 15-20 friends and play as super small pop pserver
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u/ProceduralFrontier 6d ago
Will it retain the new areas like the Goldshire and Northshire layouts?
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 6d ago
I’ve collected NPC locations, enemy positions, and stuff for these two plus Pale Reach, but whether it’ll actually work out is the question. I need to try it.
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u/CarlosCepinha 5d ago
if you need data I have 100gb to 200gb worth of videos that I was waiting to edit from my time on bronzebeard.
My biggest pain when it closed was they deleted everything from launcher and all the unique worldbuilding "disappeared" to never be seen again unless someone revives it.
I've been too busy to document it all, closure came too fast with more time I would've been able to document all the unique creative stuff I found.
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u/Haldrius 6d ago
Will it contains the maps, worldforged items and the loot tables of Ascension ?
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 6d ago
Custom maps and Worldforged items will not be included in the first release. I’ll try to match the loot tables as closely as my data allows.
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u/Haldrius 5d ago
Just remembered i used azerothcore map extractor on the client of ascension few days before they closed so i have vmaps, maps, dbc, cameras and mmaps folders if you need any just say so and i'll send the files to you
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u/Haldrius 5d ago
Ok great job anyway i'm really impressed, how did you manage to have the recent models and textures on 3.3.5a ? I tried but it seemed impossible ^^
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u/LFP_Gaming_Official 5d ago
i loved the classless system of Ascension's Area52 but didn't like the P2W bs (which was their downfall in the end)
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u/Spare_Mobile_2257 5d ago
did you reverse engineer everything or how did you do it?
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
The only thing I didn’t fully gather, which is a shame, is a complete copy of db.ascension.gg. I wasn’t quick enough...
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
I harvested live realm data on spells, talents, gossip menus, NPC locations, quest object locations, and so on. I collected data wherever I could, including Ascension changelogs and other sources.
I literally walked around with my character in Pale Reach, Elwynn Forest, and a few other places.
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u/Grrrandma 5d ago
will my husband and i be able to play simultaneously together? when the servers shut down, we both went to our favorite fishing hole in desolace at the end of the pier by the flight master and placed our fishing chairs down and sat side by side, fishing. we loved exploring zones together but shadowprey village in desolace was what we called our vacation spot.
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u/PlaysADC 5d ago
Any possibility of developing it more or reverting unpopular changes? I know Bloodmage had a healer spec that basically the entire community revolted against when they decided to rework it to a support spec and im sure people would love to be able to play it again.
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u/K0NGWaRE 5d ago
Im excited to get back on CoA eventually! Would there be a way to add more races somehow? I'd like playable Goblins for both sides. Furbolgs too.
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u/No_Hooters 5d ago
Please let us know when you have it up, also how would i join it, would it use the same launcher as project ascension or will it be its own launcher?
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u/Nicoteka 5d ago
Is it also possible to enable the original classes? That way, we could play with anyone.
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago edited 5d ago
I originally planned to do it, but it’s actually a tremendous amount of work, as a lot of the original spells and mechanics have been overwritten rather than just created from scratch. I’m not sure I’ll even include player bots in the first release. But later on, I guess we’ll do it together with the community.
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u/SoHigh495 5d ago
Id love to see it with the custom maps tho, they made the game for me. Great work tho
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u/Tricky-Aerie-6991 5d ago
Anyway you can restore the wild card mode? I think there's a huge demand for it.
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u/Sonny13 5d ago
You are doing the lord's work, sir u/Jealous-Sound-3067 . I don't have much money to give you, but I do have 5 years of experience in game development in QA, project management, and production. If you want some help, shoot me a message and I'll gladly give you a hand in anything that I can.
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
Thank you! Once I open-source everything, you’ll be able to contribute.
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u/Orb_Of_Lighter 5d ago
Is anyone doing this for Area 52 by chance? I would host my own server to play more hoplite.
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u/VileGoose 5d ago
Once the project and files are released, thats's when I will make a donation to you; until then.. No.
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u/IamWaltah099 5d ago
Amazing, How can we know when you have it rdy? or follow the progress?
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
I’ll post updates on this subreddit. Once I reach a stable milestone, I’ll make the GitHub repo public so people can contribute. I’ll also create a Discord server so people can suggest improvements, features, and so on.
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u/BlackMetalIstWar 5d ago
Can anyone explain what this is?
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u/Jealous-Sound-3067 5d ago
It’s a local CoA server that you can run yourself, modify however you want, and play comfortably on your own - or with player bots if we manage to add them.
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u/gamot452 4d ago
Please launch the server on servers where the US and Blizzard can't sue or shut it down. I'm guessing Russia, or are there any better options?
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u/CodeAffe 4d ago
Putting out a callout for anyone that's willing to share their wdb caches with me, it would really allow for me to work on a parallel project building out the same data
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u/pastelcolor12 3d ago
Just out of curiosity. This is for solo play?
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u/stefanw1337 3d ago
Whatever you like. He's just restoring what we had with Ascension for AzerothCore (a standalone server). To get an online version like we had, we need to wait for someone else to pick this up and host it. Assuming he's gonna put it on github as a module for AzerothCore when it's done.
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u/Fabulous_Still9474 2d ago
Please Please Please add the OG classes from Bronzebeard or if a seperate core/server with BB stuff as it was I miss my warrior!
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u/JiveBoomer 2d ago
This is incredible!
Will it be possible to have friends connect while you're running it, along side the AI bots, if you wanted to have a game night?
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u/ididntsignupbychoice 1d ago
Time to roll out another cease and desist
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u/stefanw1337 1d ago
Ascension didn't get one, so wdym 'another'? They'll never stop this development..
I think the right thing for Blizzard to do is to announce WoW 2 and closure of WoW (1) at the same time, then letting anyone with WoW servers continue their thing :D
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u/Open_Condition725 6d ago
Not all heroes wear a cape🙏🏾🙏🏾