I've been seriously turned off by the grind of WoW. Are you able to do something like reduce the XP level scaling or something so that every level is like 30m and improve drop rates?
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With AzerothCore you can, yes.
Update, I downloaded the VMangos database. It looks like it might be possible to edit drop rates with creature_loot_template(ChanceOrQuestChance) and XP gain by using creature_template(xp_multiplier)
I haven't hosted anything yet but it could be tested by editing a Chicken's xp_multiplier from 0.0 to 1.0
'I'm not a big fan of the grind. Can you fundamentally change the way experience works to accommodate my personal preferences?"
You can mod the database for creatures to drop more xp, gold and loot from the looks of it.
"Yeah, sure, I see no problems with that. Alternatively, I could just boost your characters to max level if you would like?"
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.
Wrath WoW Best WoW
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.
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!
I might be mistaken but at the time of writing there was 1 post about AI
Not gonna go back and search for "AI" but when I read the thread hours ago there were multiple back and forth comments criticizing/defending use of ChatGPT (which is what I meant by "AI" in this case), and this was not at all the point of OP's post.
ChatGPT said
When i was researching
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The latest LLM's are pretty damn good as a research assistant - that was its original purpose. Using chatgpt as your first go at researching a new subject (like self hosting) is perfectly valid.
What’s wrong with this?
I remember when "research" actually meant something. Now it just means "throw it into the black box and get some info that has a 50/50 chance of being completely made up "
Oh boy, I sure do love the colloquialization of language and how those who were raised on a monostatic definition get upset about their favourite words becoming dynamic.
For dipping your toes into a new topic I think it's perfectly fine. It helps to provide useful pointers for further "research" (in a sense that would meet your requirement) and also manages to provide mostly accurate overviews. But sure, to really dive into this, LLMs like ChatGPT and co. are just some low-level assistants at best and one should go through the material themselves.
It’s all become quite convoluted now with all the other shit out there but they do actually serve well as a research tool in a more intuitive way than a search engine can
You can ask CharGPT for sources. TBH it’s often a much better search engine than Google, although that’s not hard nowadays.
Perplexity does a good job as LLM-search-engine-combo.
Haha, well when searching for games that can be self hosted, it’s gives a list which I can then further research on the web.
Oh wow, thanks for the recommendation. This looks perfect.
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FYI there are free wow instances out there if you want other humans involved. Turtle wow and ascension.
Turtle WoW is great, I'm dreading Blizzard shutting it down though. I'm hoping they avoid them but I feel their upcoming remastered client might attract too much attention.
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I did too a couple months back to play with the wife and kids.
There is a mod that enables bots which I guess could be helpful in dungeons and raids. I didn't try it though.
That’s awesome! I was wondering how I would do raids.
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While I have heard of people doing this a decade, I have never looked into it.
How was the install and setup process? How is the resource consumption of the server? At one point it seemed one had to supply their own quests. Are there open source quests available? Anything cool I didn’t ask about?
I just checked the server without logging into the game and it’s using like 106% of the CPU on idle when I logged in and played a little bit. It didn’t change too much but it’s consistently running that high at idle because I guess things in the game world are running so I’m probably going to stop the service and start it when I’m gonna play to just lower my electric usage
Great to know. I don't know if 106% of CPU is good or bad, but it is not what I had anticipated. Thank you!
Other places have said that it’s not resource intensive, and I’ve heard that it can run on pi4 with some optimization.
I wonder if I need to do something to optimize it.
Install wasn’t too bad, I used a mix of chatgpt and install documentation when I get stuck.
One problem I had was that I was aiming for burning crusade, but and chatgpt told me that Azerothcore supported burning crusade.
So after getting the server up and learning this, I had to find a wotlk client.
The choose of expansion was arbitrary, I just didn’t want modern wow.
There are some data files you have to supply, but they can just be downloaded from github and the guide even links to it.
I’m not sure about resources, but for a small instance, I think it’s pretty light. I’ve only just installed it on a i5-3470 cpu server, and it seems to play fine.
I’ve only played for like 5 minutes as I’ve not had time to play and monitor how heavy it is.
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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!
Nice!
I self host Minecraft on our LAN so my kids can play together, and it's super nice.
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