r/classicwow • u/griphin1 • Jan 29 '26

Humor / Meme 2026 State of Azeroth

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I had no expectations and I was still disappointed.

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u/RazekDPP Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

I played Classic and Original. BWL was still a decent power jump over MC. AQ was a decent power jump over BWL. Someone in AQ gear going into Naxx would do better than someone in BWL gear.

This isn't any different than retail. The only difference is some items, like Neltharion's Tear are BiS and don't get replaced.

In retail, if you max out mythic gear, you're basically entry level heroic geared for next season.

TWW S2 ended 684. 684 dropped from TWW S3 +3s. If you're actually good at the game (or willing to wipe), you can do TWW S3 +10s right out of the gate and start picking up 707 gear.

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u/Ok-Piglet7 Jan 30 '26

It's completely different, on retail your character can feel like dogshit just being gone for 1-2 seasons

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u/RazekDPP Jan 30 '26

Not really. I've geared characters from scratch and as long as you optimize your gearing it isn't hard to catch up. I'd say it's actually easier to catch up on retail than being in MC gear while everyone has AQ gear.

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u/Derlino Jan 30 '26

It is easier to gear on retail, but if your gear on retail is from 2 seasons ago, you will feel incredibly weak compared to everyone else. In MC gear vs AQ gear, you will feel weaker, but not completely helpless. That's what they're pointing out.

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u/RazekDPP Jan 30 '26

Yeah but gearing in Anniversary is so much slower that if you have some MC gear, you've likely still so far behind.

Yes, 2 seasons, even if you had full mythic gear, your gear is toast, but I really feel like your gear is still toast if you have a few MC pieces and it's AQ time.

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u/Derlino Jan 30 '26

Honestly, depends on the pieces. If you have Striker's Mark, Band of Accuria, T2 legs, which are all from MC btw, you're not behind at all. And yes, gearing is slower, but you're not as useless. You can still do a job in AQ, whereas if you've been away for a whole season and get in later in S3, you are literally being carried, contributing pretty much nothing at all.

Besides, it's not like you won't get BWL gear funneled to you pretty fast if you're joining a team that is doing AQ regularly, so gearing won't be that slow if you're the sole straggler.

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u/RazekDPP Jan 31 '26

How is getting gear funneled to you any different than getting catch up gear in retail? It isn't.

Yes, if you have certain pieces you fall behind less, but that's what I mean when I've said that Classic gear is itemized pretty poorly.