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I finally got my download of Firestorm Full Client BFA 8.3.7 to work after 5 days. Never played BFA private servers before; never played on these websites before. New account, new 8.3.7 expansion, and did not work at first, waited days for download, nothing, didnt work. finally got 8.3.7 ( x1 xp rate PVP or PVE ) to work for me. At first, the in-game mouse didn't work, camera didn't move, NPCs didn't work, no key bindings were assigned, server was dead with no players, starting zone for new characters was not working, every forum post and social media site said BFA is the worst expansion ever and said Firestorm BFA is a trash server. Finally worked after trying for days. Every website I looked up these errors did not help me and said BFA does not work... I think I fixed the problem for my game. I'm new to BFA private servers; never played on Firestorm or WoW Circle or Ethanol or any wierd german, spanish, russian, latin BFA private server websites that apparently work for them. This is not a step by step guide to solve one issue. Read the entire post on how I got BFA to work after 5 annoying days. And, you can probably get your game to work too. I got Firestorm Full Client BFA 8.3.7 to work by playing on WoW Circle private servers BFA 8.3.7 using the Firestorm Full Client 8.3.7, then connecting the Firestorm Full Client back to Firestorm private servers. After WoW Circle 8.3.7 worked (using Firestorm Full Client 8.3.7), then I deleted the WoW Circle launcher and directory folders: cache, log, WTF, And, clicked on WoW.exe in the folder directory. Took me like 5 days to get Firestorm 8.3.7 to work. Tried playing both private servers (WoW Circle and Firestorm) separately in full screen. Tried playing both games in windowed mode at the same time. Both private servers had weird glitches or had character requirements (yet, you can still create the character even if you have all level 1 characters and 1x Deathknight). I tried downloading whatever video drivers, error messages, visual c++, deleted folders: cache, log, WTF. Tried compatibility mode, run as admin. When I launched wow and nothing loaded pressing the Esc key skipped missing opening cinematic files. Tried fullscreen mode, windowed mode. Deleted all my WotLK 3.3.5a private server files. uninstall everything private servers, clean installed everything from Firestorm, tried to connect the Full Client to the Firestorm launcher and nothing... etc... etc... etc... finally got BFA 8.3.7 to work. Only worked after connected the Firestorm 8.3.7 Full Client to WoW Circle 8.3.7 private server, then reconnected it back to Firestorm Full Client. I tried to play as an Allied Race as my first character and Firestorm did not work; game loaded the starting zone and nothing there worked. I did not have a level 40 character except for a Deathknight which requires level 55 or level 10(?), yet you can create a Deathknight without the requirement and then to create an Allied Race character. Then I tried a different private server: WoW Circle 8.3.7 (using google chrome to auto translate the russian text on their website). WoW Circle 8.3.7 will give you a server error message if you try to launch WoW Circle with a Deathknight (and you don't have level 55 / level 10(?) character). On WoW Circle, I believe Allied Races will appear in the menu when you have a level 40 character. Their server requires you to play to unlock new characters, new races, new classes. When I downloaded and played on WoW Circle using the Firestorm Full Client, then Firestorm 8.3.7 seemed to work. WoW Circle has all the key bindings , mouse movements , camera movement working perfectly, yet their starting zone has glitched quests that require you to restart the game/ login-logout. I saw some random websites say that you can copy/ paste the key bindings from a text file settings folder, yet I didn't have to do any of that stuff. Both private servers were Battle of Azeroth BFA 8.3.7 using Firestorm's Full Client and using WoW Circle's launcher. Downloading the Firestorm Full Client, playing on the WoW Circle private servers, deleting the WoW Circle Launcher and deleting the directory folders: cache, log, WTF. Then, clicking on the WoW.exe was able to launch Firestorm Full Client 8.3.7 and I could play Allied Races without the level 40 character requirement; and created a Deathknight which is a level 55 character that did allow me to play Allied Races. Again, new account I did not play as a level 1 character untill I was level 55 to unlock Deathknight or allied races. instant able to play Allied Races as my first character. I created about 10 characters in 1 sitting, starting with the basic wow races and classes ( human, paladin, troll, hunter, drawf, night elf, tauren, druid, blood elf, draenei, priest, orc, warrior ), then I created a Worgen Hunter, then a Deathknight, then I created an Allied Race character (in that order; with the newer expansion races and classes created last ). Both Deathknight and Allied Race requires level 55 / level 40 characters, yet on Firestorm it works without the requirement, weird. The Deathknight spawns-in at level 55 which allows you to spawn in an Allied Race character. I am not able to play Demon Hunter unless I have a natural level 70 character. Firestorm is either glitching because I did not have the level 55 character or level 40 character required to play Allied Races/ Deathknight. Or, I had all level 1 characters, 1 Deathknight, and 1 Allied Race character, and the allied race character was not working at all; mouse didn't move camera or character, no key bindings, Allied Race starting zone was dead, NPCs didn't work, quests were dead, server was empty, very wierd, etc... Now, Allied Race on Firestorm at level 1 only after creating a Deathknight on Firestorm and only after playing on Wow Circle until level 20-30. very annoying. If you want to go back and forth between different 8.3.7 private servers, I would zip file the directory folders: cache, log, WTF, and the WoW Circle launcher. When I click on the WoW.exe then Firestorm connected to Firestorm servers. Extract the zip file and clicking on WoW Circle launcher, then WoW Circle launcher connects to WoW Circle servers. Zip the directory folders and launcher, again, to remove WoW Circle from your Firestorm Full Client. If your new character: Worgen or Worgen Hunter spawns in and the starting zone stops working, if NPCs don't attack, if quests are broken, etc... then you need to keep your original Worgen Hunter's talent tree the same as when you spawned in, and keep your original Worgen Hunter pet ( dont tame anything at first ), and the pet you spawn in with has to aggro the NPC for the entire battle. If you attack the NPCs, they will just stand there and not take any damage. I had this error happen for like 2 hours until I log-in/log out and restarted the game. There are technical barriers in new character starting zones that put stress on these free private servers. Your new character is forced to follow some story quest line to exit the area. You have to get in and out of a vehicle, horse, you have to swim under water, etc... And, the starting zone did eventually work. Yet, when all the beginning game cinematics and voice overs are playing all at once, then the NPCs and game did act very weird, broken, etc. eventually worked. login logout. restart game. don't change your character's talent or starting pet until the game works normal. Very annoying, wasted 2+ days trying to get BFA 8.3.7 to work. Finally works. Connected Firestorm 8.3.7 to a different private server then connected it back to Firestorm. WoW Circle requires game to restart every time there is quest glitch or cant click on something. Only after playing WoW Circle with Firestorm Full Client, then Firestorm seemed to work with all characters no level 40 or level 55 character requirements ( demon hunter still requires a level 70 ). Firestorm BFA 8.3.7 has an NPC where you pick your experience rate from (x1) xp or (x10) xp ; they all play on one realm. On one BFA realm, you could boost to level 120 and play arena/ bg/ fun server (x10) or you can level up naturally (x1). everyone in Firestorm BFA plays on the same realm ; pvp or pve ; very cool, english , other players are there (only after fixing the glitches I went through, did I notice the realm was work normally).

Hi guys so, I downloaded the game, the dragon flight server it's fine, I can play it. No problem with that. The only problem that I encounter, is either downloading the minimal client or the full client, my connection with the server is the most horrible thing ever, to kill an npc it will take 6/10 minutes, I can only walk around the world, the map is full downloaded, the npc's move around, but I can't interact with them or kill them, cause my ping/conection is the problem. I live in Portugal, I have 1gps optic fiber internet, so that's not the issue, something else is! I spoke with guys in Greece who also play in the dragonflight server, and they don't encounter any ping, or latency. I don't use any VPN or proxy, I just play it has it is, following the instructions that you have on your website! Is something that I am doing wrong? Is there a patch that I should install after installing the game like you instructed that I don't know about? I tried the internet speed option in game, but nothing solves the problem, turned off triple buffering, that doesn't solve the problem either. Please I want so much to play on this server! Help me!

I'd like to address the server stability in it's current state, It's almost unplayable. Constant server crashes, server lags etc... The amount of times the server has crashed on me in high key runs is insane undoing all of your work. When you worry more about the server crashing mid key run than dying is when you know there's a problem...

Maybe someone can enlighten me, since I didn't find any answers on the forum. I'm playing on the Oribos atm and most of the Shadowland stuff works (at least on the 2nd try). When I want to do the Kul Tiras Questline some stuff seems super broken though (atm you can't get the Heart of Azeroth for example, so all Azerithe rewards are for naught). I was told this won't be fixed soon, since the team focuses on the newest Expansion before fixing the rest. Are these areas less broken when you switch to the server that is hosting that expansion (= Sethralis)? So, like, if I want MoP content I need to switch to Garrosh? Related question: I noticed that I could still play the characters I created on Sethralis when logging onto Oribos, but I can't play the characters I created on Oribos when switching to Sethralis (even though beside cosmetics there's nothing that's not supported). Does it always work like that and does it in turn make the most sense to create a character on Icecrown which you can then use on all other servers?

I'm having this error the whole day. What is the problem? My internet is running smoothly.

My years on playing on private servers, I've never seen this many constant disconnects from the server. I even played a few years on Gul'Dan and it never disconnected like this. What in the world is going on here and why is it still happening? I recruited 3 friends to join this server and play with me, and they couldnt handle the constant server unplugs you guys do all day, and many without a warning too! During a mythic we all get cut off, BG or even questing. It's turning people away back to retail and my 3 friends did exactly that! You guys even trying to be more professional about this and keep these disconnects to a minimum? My brother and I have donated A LOT of money already but I refuse to ever again unless this is fixed for good. It's becoming unplayable and un-enjoyable at this point.

Hello, Other than 1.5x xp are there any other settings that are changed for the Firestorm realm(s)? Tried searching the forums and website for this information but can't seem to find any. Seeing as it feels like cloth is dropping more often than retail.

the population in main noire is very low, and even grommash has a low population, there is no way to find people to do dungeons with. i started playing in sombraluna and there are a lot of people there but no one understands english so raids will be impossible. since french people generally can actually understand english (i'm french myself, Moroccan actually but we speak french there), why not merge main noire and grommash?

Hi everyone! First let me start by saying that Firestorm is the best private server at the moment.. but! We can always try to improve so we attract more players to our population. It would be much better if Firestorm focussed on one server, the latest WoD expansion. Since most, I repeat, MOST, players will want to play the latest expansion. This way the team can focus on fixing bugs and increasing the population. The presentation is amazing. I'd even go as far to say that the launcher & website look better than that of Blizzards! I'd love to hear from the community about ways to improve the server, population etc. Thanks for reading.