The Classical Play: April 8th - May 3rd

[GM]Xenon

Attention Mercenaries,

Let's get classical because The Classical Play is here. From April 8th running until May 3rd, dive into the new Classic Server, relive familiar moments, and earn nostalgic rewards along the way. Start playing, build your EP, and make your mark.

During this event, you'll be able to earn 75 EP for every single minute you play on Classic Server for a maximum of 9,000 EP per day. That's right, the more you play, the more EP you earn! As the minutes tick by, watch your EP pile up and get ready to turn them into crates and weapons at the CF Shop.

Players who play at least 30 minutes on the new Classic Server each day on at least 5 event days will earn 30 Octane Crates.

The classic battle isn’t over yet, because if you play at least 30 minutes on the new Classic Server each day on at least 12 event days, you’ll earn a Golden Nostalgia Weapon Select Box.

Keep track of your progress HERE.

Terms & Conditions
Games must be completed, & password protected rooms don't count.

Get back to the battlefield like the good ol' days, Mercenaries!

-CrossFire Team

Jeffik95

Yay, finally I will get Golden de !
U could change as it was - gold weapons for max coupons

DominusCZE

Ohh I love this classic Crossfire. Thank you CF Team

eMcl40o

i can't find the classic server. can anyone see it?

xkennyPLx

Was there even much of a demand for a Classic server? 

I get hopping on the nostalgia trend for MMORPGs, but MMOFPS games don't change much in mechanics over the years since there's no point in adding powercreep or new progression mechanics to reach new content. So it feels like the server is just the same game but with less content and fewer quality of life improvements.

Zombie Mode was a janky, poorly balanced cashgrab when it first came out, which only served to get people to buy zombie revive tokens. The original Mutation Mode is just kind of frustrating without the modern design improvements from recent Mutation modes. The usual PvP modes are basically the same except you have much fewer weapon options. 

It would have made more sense to just add some of the removed content back into the game.

klfgkjblhvf

anyone have any idea what's the Classic Server???

Neof1tzx*

xkennyPLx said:

but MMOFPS games don't change much in mechanics over the years since there's no point in adding powercreep or new progression mechanics to reach new content.

Having up-scaled versions of F2P weapons (such as M4) with extra 15 bullets, reduced draw times and reduced reload times sure does sound like powercreep to me  

Neof1tzx*

Not sure if I missed it, but can we play clan matches on this mode?

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Golden Nostalgia Weapon Select Box is this a permanent weapon?

012241988150

I DONT WIN WIBEN  ANE MORE

xkennyPLx

Neof1tzx* said:

Having up-scaled versions of F2P weapons (such as M4) with extra 15 bullets, reduced draw times and reduced reload times sure does sound like powercreep to me  

The gameplay is still fundamentally the same, you just spend a little less time reloading. I'm not saying that powercreep doesn't exist at all in online FPS games. I'm more so asking whether a couple of weapon perks warrant committing the resources to make a dedicated server to remove them.

What do you think of the server? I'd like to hear more players' opinions of it.

bebobob9

[GM]Xenon said:

Attention Mercenaries,

Let's get classical because The Classical Play is here. From April 8th running until May 3rd, dive into the new Classic Server, relive familiar moments, and earn nostalgic rewards along the way. Start playing, build your EP, and make your mark.

During this event, you'll be able to earn 75 EP for every single minute you play on Classic Server for a maximum of 9,000 EP per day. That's right, the more you play, the more EP you earn! As the minutes tick by, watch your EP pile up and get ready to turn them into crates and weapons at the CF Shop.

Players who play at least 30 minutes on the new Classic Server each day on at least 5 event days will earn 30 Octane Crates.

The classic battle isn’t over yet, because if you play at least 30 minutes on the new Classic Server each day on at least 12 event days, you’ll earn a Golden Nostalgia Weapon Select Box.

Keep track of your progress HERE.

Terms & Conditions
Games must be completed, & password protected rooms don't count.

Get back to the battlefield like the good ol' days, Mercenaries!

-CrossFire Team

wowwwwwwwwwwwww

Neof1tzx*

xkennyPLx said:

Neof1tzx* said:

Having up-scaled versions of F2P weapons (such as M4) with extra 15 bullets, reduced draw times and reduced reload times sure does sound like powercreep to me  

The gameplay is still fundamentally the same, you just spend a little less time reloading. I'm not saying that powercreep doesn't exist at all in online FPS games. I'm more so asking whether a couple of weapon perks warrant committing the resources to make a dedicated server to remove them.

What do you think of the server? I'd like to hear more players' opinions of it.

This server is far from perfect, but I'm totally loving it.

I've been a CF player since 2009, and seeing the game cleaner, like it was in the old days, is amazing and it's actually the reason I'm here today even discussing it, because otherwise I'd stay in other games.

SiegePsycho

Can we get just one North American server? I was so excited to play this event but forcing me to connect to EU servers from California ensures I have more than triple the ping of most players. It's near unplayable and makes this classic update DOA for most North American players. 

xkennyPLx

Neof1tzx* said:
This server is far from perfect, but I'm totally loving it.

I've been a CF player since 2009, and seeing the game cleaner, like it was in the old days, is amazing and it's actually the reason I'm here today even discussing it, because otherwise I'd stay in other games.

Nice. I can't say I feel the same way but I'm glad you're enjoying it. 

Modern weapon variety and accessibility make the game much more interesting to me, and the classic server only has a small handful of useful weapons, most of which I don't even like using. 

I'll say that classic HMX feels pretty nostalgic without noble Gatling Guns and Dual TMPs being available to everyone. Though every HMX room I've joined had more than half of the players using AFK macros to farm event time so... actually pretty accurate to old CF... but it gets boring quickly.