World Of Warcraft Private Servers (Reccomendations)

[killer911pt 0]

I Play at a small private server called AlphaWoW (Previously wow.vtwout.net)We are a small community and have all grown to know each other withing the game and on the forums!http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
i also used to play at AniWoWanyone have any suggestions on other good servers

[shivagf 0]

Have you heard of Wowscape, Toxic WOW, WoWgasm they are all really good and fun servers with quite a number of people in the community.
here are the links
WoWgasm.org
Toxic WoW
WoWScape

[Daemocles 0]

You know, I have been playing WoW for over 2 years, and have never even tried a private server. Aside from the cost factors, what reasons are there for using one? I admit I am nervous about it. Do they keep their servers up to date? Does it affect an account? I know why Blizzard upkeeps servers, (they make money), what motives do these private servers have for what they do? Which ones would you recomend, and why?

[liberty 0]

Oh come on! Private Servers are nothing more that a piece of sh***... I played on WowScape and BurningWow and must admit that the latter was much better, although both are completely waste of your time...1. Quests are bugged2. Your talents are bugged3. Noone goes to battlegrounds4. Leveling and drop rate is enhanced, so you can be 70lvl in 8hrs if well powerleveled by a 70lvl friend...5. Epic shops on BurningWow - you can buy your Tier 6 armour for 100g per item... Hence - everyone is exactly the same geared and you meet completely noobs in t6 gear - ABSURD!6. Donators! Everyone hates them - people that give money for the server maintainance and get back some nice gear. There are lots of them in WowScape. Such a guy can get to an opposite faction city and kill everyone without any big problems. You cant get any tier6 gear at WowScape - its only for donators...6. Bugged bosses at the instances... My girlfriend soloed Illidan Stormrage at BurningWow playing a Balance Druid with full t6 - seriously! She kited him and moonfired all the time. Took her a bit of time, but managed. ROFL. He doesnt even hit with spells - only melee...7. Bugged instances. Some ppl that entered Gruul's Lair got their characters bugged and could not play anymore with them... critical errors every time when they try to log in again... SSC - no lift at all, cant get to any other levels that basic.8. Silly Game Masters - running around Stormwind/Orgrimar and showing off with their gear... pathetic.9. Stupid ppl harassing each other and very rude community in general...dont play there... its more that crap :)I finally moved to a normal retail World of Warcraft and can enjoy all the quests, all my talents and all the instances working properly with a buch of nice ppl :)Cheers!

[holetz 0]

Whant to know what server is the best?..

http://www.gamesites200.com/wowprivate/

simple xD

[stardan 0]

Good server: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

[KainRacure 0]

You know, I have been playing WoW for over 2 years, and have never even tried a private server. Aside from the cost factors, what reasons are there for using one? I admit I am nervous about it. Do they keep their servers up to date? Does it affect an account? I know why Blizzard upkeeps servers, (they make money), what motives do these private servers have for what they do? Which ones would you recomend, and why?

Ok First off I run a private server so I can answer this EASILY. Personally I upkeep my server and run it because I love to program and I just love the challenge of doing it. Also I love to be able to play on it without greedy companies making loads more money then they honestly should. (Blizzard could make crap loads of money if they had the monthly price at even just 5 bux with over 9million ppl playing)
Also reisons for using private server include:

1. Smaller nicer and close knit comunity.
2. The ability to actually have a say in what happens. (I know I personally am open to any suggestion by the people who play on my server and have implemented many things because of them)
3. Custom stuff like events, games, areas, items, mobs, whole cities even.
4. You might actually get to know the GMs and other staff. (personally I play when I am not improving the server)
5. Less people playing means more help on an individual basis.
6. If something gets messed up it can be fixed usually within minutes to a couple days. (no need for a new client patch to fix a messed up spell or something)

Oh come on! Private Servers are nothing more that a piece of sh***... I played on WowScape and BurningWow and must admit that the latter was much better, although both are completely waste of your time...1. Quests are bugged
2. Your talents are bugged
3. Noone goes to battlegrounds
4. Leveling and drop rate is enhanced, so you can be 70lvl in 8hrs if well powerleveled by a 70lvl friend...
5. Epic shops on BurningWow - you can buy your Tier 6 armour for 100g per item... Hence - everyone is exactly the same geared and you meet completely noobs in t6 gear - ABSURD!
6. Donators! Everyone hates them - people that give money for the server maintainance and get back some nice gear. There are lots of them in WowScape. Such a guy can get to an opposite faction city and kill everyone without any big problems. You cant get any tier6 gear at WowScape - its only for donators...
6. Bugged bosses at the instances... My girlfriend soloed Illidan Stormrage at BurningWow playing a Balance Druid with full t6 - seriously! She kited him and moonfired all the time. Took her a bit of time, but managed. ROFL. He doesnt even hit with spells - only melee...
7. Bugged instances. Some ppl that entered Gruul's Lair got their characters bugged and could not play anymore with them... critical errors every time when they try to log in again... SSC - no lift at all, cant get to any other levels that basic.
8. Silly Game Masters - running around Stormwind/Orgrimar and showing off with their gear... pathetic.
9. Stupid ppl harassing each other and very rude community in general...

dont play there... its more that crap

I finally moved to a normal retail World of Warcraft and can enjoy all the quests, all my talents and all the instances working properly with a buch of nice ppl
Cheers!

You chose probably the biggest and most idiotic of servers to play on.

Not every server has stuff like overpowered items and donors, insane exp, bugs in everything, Idiotic GMs, stupid people, the ability to buy tier items.

That kind of server is referred to as a "funserver" but honestly its not fun at all. It gets boring after a couple of days and there is no replay value. My server is Blizz-like and has the same exp and drops and everything as Blizzard's. And also I am a GM there and can get the best stuff and I have tried to do that solo the BT thing, it doesn't work because I actually have the scripts correct. Ilidan actually uses spells too.

Oh and one thing that I agree with you on, GMs on some servers are total idiots but if the owner of the server had half a brain and controlled their GMs then it would be better. I have personally banned some GMs because they had a god complex. GMs are there to serve the players, they are there to be helpful when someone needs help and not act like they are something special or insanely great.

And as far as quest bugs, Yes they exist but realize that bugs exist on the offical servers too. And each and every quest has to be hand programmed from pretty much scratch so there will be issues BUT if your server admin is worth anything he will get them ironed out ASAP. (I don't know how many times I have been up till 3am working on some annoying bugged quest.)
Edited January 30, 2008 by KainRacure (see edit history)

[analym 0]

Here are alot of different private servers listed:
http://www.xtremetop100.com/world-of-warcraft

I played retail for 2 years of which 1.5 yrs i have raided hardcore. And yes that means you will hardly have a life besides WoW, since you are raiding 6 days a week 4+ hours a night
so...I quitted for my own sake. I enjoyed the free time i had, but WoW is like poison and I had the urge to play it again. Because i was the guildleader of the top 2 raidingguild in the realm, I can't go back and be a casual player, but i also didnt want to lvl some unknown character with crappy gear, so i tried out private servers. This is what i ve learned:

There are 3 kinds of private servers:
Blizzlike/ Funserver/ High Rate
Blizzlike: like normal Blizzard server, with quests and scripts working (bosses and instances are like what blizzard intended they to be like)
Funserver: Instant or 1-kill lvl 70, you can buy epics, reagents (custom items) and tiers from vendors
High Rate: fast lvl-ing till beyond lvl 70 till around lvl 255, custom instances/ items to fit the higher lvl (bosses and instances are most likely not scripted)

Playing a private server wont make you lose you retailaccount, the only thing you have to do is to alter the realmlist. And most private servers update their servers within a week or 2 to the latest Blizpatch

There are alot of weird private servers around, from where gm's .kill players for fun to servers where every horde/ally kill other faction on sight.

How to find a good private server? Just try out different servers till one is at your liking. But watch out for servers where people can donate for gmpower, since alot of people like to abuse that power. And look how people behave in the general channel, that will most likely show what kind of people to expect.

I have chosen for a highrate server myself, just to try out some things and solo some bosses for fun, it was fun for 1-2 weeks
I think I ll play WoW again after an expansion, retail is still the best in my opinion, the difference is in the people playing (although the gm's on private servers can be better then in retail XD )

[iGuest 3]

I think in order to even be a GM you should have retail and have a decent lvl character to show that you know quite a bit about the game. I mean if you got a 70 then you know how most things should work such as bosses and ect. Not to mention gear. I play retail and currently have a 70 resto druid a 70 rogue and a 70 pally working on my fourth slowly a 51 hunter. And iv done many raids. Maybe not BT only because only because I want the best gear I can have and the same goes for my team before we enter. I remember the first time I ran kara and ZA and Gruuls we completed kara and gruuls the first attempt. ZA took a second attempt. But we completed them. Not all in one day of course haha. Its those that make the game fun. I play private servers cause I don't feel like lvling another character when I'm bored on retail. Id like to join a server were you gotta work for you gear gotta make groups/raids to get gear. The whole BG thing I mean I love to PvP but if its bugged its not even worth it. And Donors are newbs. They know that. You know that. I would put my life on it that I can beat any donor on the tourny realm sponsored by blizzard in arena why? cause everyone is geared the same SKILL takes place on that realm. So a server that is fun and Requires SKILL would be great.-reply by I_sell_skill

[iGuest 3]

Replying to KainRacureT use "fun servers" not because I'm bored, but because it's a fast and easy way to learn the skills of a certain class. If I enjoy it or find that it is helpful to me and others, then I play them. It's also good to see what talent combination is best for your class. =)-reply by Grimoire

[savge17 0]

IMO private servers for any game is kinda retarded. I mean sure its free but like thats not the way the game was meant to be played. I know how wow can be very expensive, but the creators spent a lot of time creating the game. I believe that if people play the game and are true fans they would play on the normal servers to keep supporting their game and help make future games even better with that support. I have been playing wow for about 3 years and I tell you it has been a fun experience, right now im currently leveling my last character in the series to level 70. Once i get full epic gear im going to sell the account for around $800 dollars. I'm not gonna lie though, its a very addicting game and it does take up a lot of your time to play. I still have a social life though so its good to play wow every now and then. But after I sell my account it will be good to get away from it. What I really cant wait for now is Age of Conan and Left 4 Dead, those are some of my most anticipated games of 2008.

[Kilala 0]

It all depends on what kind of gaming experience you are looking for. Everyone's opinion is different when it comes to private servers.

IMO private servers for any game is kinda retarded. I mean sure its free but like thats not the way the game was meant to be played. I know how wow can be very expensive, but the creators spent a lot of time creating the game. I believe that if people play the game and are true fans they would play on the normal servers to keep supporting their game and help make future games even better with that support.

Blizz had plenty of money with the millions that play it right now not to mention the continuous others that play their non online games. I do not think that they are in any near danger of floundering financially. Also it is not like the private servers don't have a lot of money sunk into what they provide to others for free.

I myself am a GM/Forum Administrator and Webmaster on the private server that I help run. We script what needs to be scripted and fix what needs to be fixed when it comes to bugs.

I tell you I have a lot more fun on a close knit private server than I do on retail. But that is my opinion and preference.

This is where I play and GM at: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

[rpgsearcherz 5]

I never really liked World of Warcraft...I mean I played it for a while and all, but I had issues with it.1)Too many children play it2)The graphics look like they're from a cartoon3)I didn't really feel like it was open ended enough4)I hated how there were no real penalties for dying.

[iGuest 3]

played it for a *very short* while

World Of Warcraft

 

Replying to rpgsearcherz

 

1)Too many children play it

> Play at night.

2)The graphics look like they're from a cartoon

> Cartoon style graphics are actually the most popular.

3)I didn't really feel like it was open ended enough

> So I suppose you mastered every class, every instance, every trade, etc..

4)I hated how there were no real penalties for dying.

> Except the time spent running to your corpse, the repair bills and the price of new food buffs and elixirs.

 

-reply by Nitpicker

[arnz 0]

Havent played on a private server yet. Well I had played on the official test servers on Horde and Alliance toons (eg Free S3 Arena gear ftw and people go into BGs/Arena since its a official designated test server for any future patches), yet I have to agree that people running around in T5 and T6 gear on private servers bought off a vendor sounds kinda 'noobish'.