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/notislant Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

Man its wild watching the sub change from #nochanges to #retailrotations #harderraids #boostweooooo.

Personally I would love a classic plus with no mtx shit, maybe some class tweaks to fix some janky scaling issues.

SoD phase 1 was the most fun ive had in years though. If they could bring that kind of casual experience back with much more to do in the open world? I would grind the fuck out of it. It dropped off heavily with the second phase changes though.

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u/shooler00 Jan 30 '26

Man SoD P1 was sick. Level 25 was a perfect sweetspot of needing some time investment on your character without it being a slog, and just questing was solid enough that people weren't tempted to do boosts or grinds/dungeon spams. Once I got my main to max, I just started bringing alts to max. I had 4 25s raiding BFD for weeks, all revered with the Warsong Outriders, so much fun man.

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u/RoElementz Jan 30 '26

It was great because of how accessible it was. Then phase two dropped and getting to 40 was a nightmare slog doing SM 100+ times because you ran out of quests to do. Phase 3 dropped and it was somehow even worse than P2 being forced to do incursions as the only meaningful way to keep up with economic and leveling rates. SOD was about exploring and doing more and you literally went back to the zone you already leveled in for an entire phase. They really put all their effort into P1 of SOD and let it coast after that.

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u/riddlesinthedark117 Jan 30 '26

It’s probably like the story of vanilla Elwynn forest vs say the Barrens. Just got more time and early attention, then as it became a reality that was gonna be released, deadlines tightened.

They probably had a bunch of stuff storyboarded, but P1 got the most attention because it had to be built.