The title really says it all, but I’m self hosting world of Warcraft wrath of the lich king.

I’m just so shocked that it all works to be honest. It’s blowing my mind still.

I always want to play classic wow, but I play so infrequently that it’s not worth paying a subscription.

It never really occurred to me that I could just host my own server until chatgpt recommended that when I was researching things to self hosting.

It’s not public yet as my upload speeds are too slow.

I think I’m going to set the server up on my laptop so I can play wow while on my 14 hour flight coming up.

I’ve always played the game solo anyway due to my casualness.

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    'I’m not a big fan of the grind. Can you fundamentally change the way experience works to accommodate my personal preferences?"

  • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The advantage of self-hosted WoW is that you can cheat to your heart’s content.

    So no more grinding if you don’t want to.

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I don’t know if I played it much if at all.

      It’s been so long and I know for sure that I did not play cataclysm.

      I also never got too high of a level in the game either and mostly solo quested. It’s just fun to go around mindlessly.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    ChatGPT was mentioned and now the thread is all about AI being good/bad, as usual.

    Anyway, I’m glad you got your server going - hope you enjoy your flight!

  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I haven’t played wow in a long time… Classic, TBC, then wotlk, cata, then took a break from it, came back a loooooong time later and just… Didnt enjoy it.

    I would definitely do something like this to play with family and friends, going to have to check it out!

  • lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I am also running my own instance of azerothcraft on a vps so that i can play with some friends. Love it so far but summertime means there is not too much activity yet. Im running with autoscale mod and it is quite fun to run some of the lower lvl instances at lvl 60 and it is actually a challenge (yes i capped the level at 60 because that is what i know)

    Anything in particular you like to do with your awesome gm powers? (moonfire spam wins)

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I need to look into mods. I didn’t even know that was a thing.

      I have no idea what a gm can do, I made a gm account though.

      I wonder if there are moss that will let me do raids solo.

      • lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Yes you can use the autoscale mod to make content soloable but you might want to tweak the settings to get it to a difficulty level you like. Some raid bosses have some game mechanics that make soloing difficult though

        You should look into the gm commands to see what you can manipulate and also the server configs have a lot of things you can tweak that could make the game more enjoyable for you

    • SEND_BUTTPLUG_PICS@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I self-hosted a TBC server for short period and I liked being able to crank up the default run speed and increase the drop rate of purple items.

  • piefood@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I have one as well, and it’s so much fun. It’s pretty much just for my SO and me, but sometimes I have friends join. It’s super cool having GM commands and all that.

    Good work, I hope you have fun with it!