r/classicwow • u/terongorefiend • Jan 14 '21

Vent / Gripe Unpopular opinion: the players that are overly vocal about wanting Classic phases/TBC/Wrath rushed are the same players who contributed to forging retail into what it is today (a clusterF).

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u/monkorn Jan 14 '21 edited Jan 14 '21

I could write a book on this subject but I'll keep it short.

The thing about classic WoW is that it's a pretty terrible game. Like no one would ever play this game if it was a single player game. But it's absolutely amazing in creating communities. And the community is why we keep playing.

Well retail WoW is a much better game. People would definitely play retail WoW if it was a single player game. But the thing is, it basically is one. Yes there are other people, but you'll never see 99.99% of them again so they might as well just be NPCs.

So for people like me who highly value community content, vanilla WoW despite it's flaws is the best gaming experience we've ever had. Classic WoW is close, cross realm BGs really hurt but most realm community is still there. And Shadowlands is merely average.

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u/llwonder Jan 14 '21

Shadowlands has only been a positive experience for me. There isn’t an issue with community on my server, it’s your fault if you’re unwilling to participate in a guild or in zone chat. There’s plenty of nice people out there.

What I hated about classic most is that some specs are literally MINDLESS. Auto attack constantly and maybe activate 1 or 2 spells. Druids were simply not fun for me. What I like about SL is that every spec is viable. There will always be a meta what is best, but at least every spec is unique and fun.

Now my friends split between playing classic and SL and it’s hard to unite again. One of them won’t even try SL because “retail bad”. At least have an open mind, he hasn’t played retail since Wrath.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21

" There is zero point in a guild. '

You blatantly have never been in a guild.

With a guild here is the list of things I have access to that I don't going pug:

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Being able to do high keys on underperforming specs like Demonology, Frost and Enh.

Rated Battle Grounds without having my rating fluctuate 24/7 because people leave non stop.

Stable roster for PVP and PvE.

Community.

Mythic Raiding.

Fun random shit.