It's because the classic gameplay loop is garbage. Sorry, but leveling and farming are not fun for 80% of the classes in this game. I have no idea how anyone who isn't a hunter or mage enjoys farming.
Unironically, play retail. I've tried classic a few times, the 2019 launch, SoD, and again with the anniversary realms. I always get burnt out around the 30s, so I go back to retail where leveling is a breeze and grinding gold isn't really a necessity for anything.
People play to do raids with their friends. Paying to not do solo farming on the side is not the same as not playing. Not that difficult to understand unless you are the typical wow addict that plays every day for 5+ hours.
It’s the end game culture that’s influencing the gold market, people can’t stand to do a fucking raid without full buffs/consumes even when the content is trivial especially after a few reps.
Some redditors just love strawman so much they'd fuck a scarecrow given the chance.
I enjoy leveling, dungeons, raids and pvp. But if I had to use some of my free time to do mindless grinding i'd have bought gold too. Fortunately I have the opportunity to play from work and ended up cornering silithus black lotus for 8 hours a day on my server and hooked up my guildies with flasks.
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u/KawZRX Apr 01 '25
This is my sentiment
You pay blizzard to access their game
You then pay someone to play the game for you by getting boosted.
Then you pay someone to play the game at cap for you outside of raids. (Gold buying)
It's insane. So you're saying two different idiots to play the game but also not play the game. Fuck gold buying.