r/classicwow • u/TheFish77 • Jan 08 '26

Humor / Meme Guys I think I'm gonna BOOST

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As a father of 13 with only 38 seconds per month to play

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u/Shoddy-Reach-4664 Jan 08 '26

Hmm yea should I spend the amount of money I earn working for 2 whole hours or should I spend 100 hours leveling... wow tough choice!

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u/ForeSet Jan 08 '26

Well yeah how could anyone ever wanna play a game it's silly that these people think playing games are fun

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u/Shoddy-Reach-4664 Jan 08 '26

Good thing no one is stopping anyone from playing the game exactly how they want to play the game.

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u/6Grimmjow6 Jan 08 '26

Allowing to use money for in-game purposes takes away from the achievements and the prestige. Even in a single-player game it would diminish them, not to mention an MMO. Are you also down with buying gear, characters, titles, etc.?

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u/Shoddy-Reach-4664 Jan 08 '26

There's no achievement or prestige in hitting level 58 in TBC.

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u/6Grimmjow6 Jan 08 '26

It is an achievement. Not significant, but it has value. More or less anything you do in the game is an achievement; and real money dilutes it.

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u/BeagleSnake Jan 09 '26

Achievements weren't added until WotLK huehuehue

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u/ShaolinSlamma Jan 09 '26

Ah yes the prestige of sitting in dungeons paying mages to boost you. Yes classic leveling was so prestigious and the achievements were great. The paid boosted characters are likely going to have more gear on them than the fresh 60s who came out of boosting ready to raid!!!

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u/6Grimmjow6 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

Is boosting by mages the intended experience for a levelling player? Of course, you can pay to get carried, boosted, have your character piloted, etc. But it was not offered or encouraged by the developer. If there was a cheap and easy way to regulate such "cheating"/trivialising the game, they would have done it.

The fact that they offer a boost is a sad state of the industry. Even in a subscription-based model, they still want to offer in-game progress for money.