What happened? Everyone was to busy trying to be the best they could. No problem with that? right? Everyone was to busy trying to get that rating, or get that achievement, or that gear, it goes on and on.
I stopped today, forgot about my rating, my skill, my raid schedule and instead I went out and was a complete noob with some random noobs. And you know what? it was 2005 all over again. So much immersion. So much unseen content I never experienced. Its like I forgot who i was and just immersed myself within the world. This huge world ingame that goes unseen because everyone is trying to min max.
People talk about what made vanilla. That was it. I join a raid or a BG or arena, and suddenly im back in 2020. Its almost like it takes the soul right out of me. Yet i see so many people complain about how wow just will never have that shine to it that it once had.
Did we ever stop to consider we are the problem? What if everyone on the server had the mentality I speak of?
This is a post that should not only be heard among the warmane forums, but worldwide.
I encourage everyone, if not plead with you, to embrace this idea. Stop giving a ****. Stop looking at your achievements, stop looking at your rating, stop looking at your gear. Go out and make random friends. Dont be scared to talk to randoms and make friends and find adventures in content that is unknown to you.
Donating, Private server, Retail... whatever... None of that is the problem. Our idea that we must achieve something ingame is what the real problem is. Instead of going out and enjoying ourselves in an ingame world that has so much to offer.
This is what makes WoW. This is what really made the game so fun.
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Edited: June 25, 2020
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Oh dear god another pretentious lets all be friends post...
But to stay on topic.
I enjoy achieving something in wow occasionally, and so do many others. If you want to get people who have the same mindset like you, make your own guild and do everything with them.
Not everyone wants to be friends with strangers that after multiple years of playing can't do some very simple things in wow.
PS For the record beginners are a completely different story.
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I think I understand this post a little bit. I started playing as very young guy on vanila retail. My first min-max experience I had on molten wow. Still playing on wotlk to this day. Same as many many many people I did pretty every end game content etc, pvp and pve, its all fun, always good to make Your char perfect. I like it.
But what really made me happy in-game this year? Frostmourne server. I know I wont play there for full year, but starting from 1 lvl on fresh server, when all people are low, this is awesome. Even if I know how to level ultra-fast cause I lvledp robably near 50-70 chars on wotlk till 80, I was playing slow, casually, joining party with others, struggling with elite quests and dungeons. This is the real WoW experience for me and not even a perfect LK 25 HC run will ever be better to me than this :)
When Frostmourne will reset, I'll make another char for sure. Not to make a char and rush him to 80 asap, but to slowly level up with all the new players around. That's real journey, which brings a lot of great memories from past, when we all were just a bunch of clueless noobs in this big, cruel world :)
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Call it pretentious, call it whatever you want. Every word I spoke is true.
Unless perhaps you have literally explored every piece of content classic-LK has to offer, with every class and every race.
If your not apart of that small percentage of player base, then there is something out there in game new for your to explore.
Lets not be mean to each other. But maybe go out and try that unexplored content, for if you are not apart of that small percentage, I promise there is something out there you will find new and exciting.
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Oh dear god another edgelord vamoose newbs 1337 coming through comment...
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I'm a winner.
I'm a achiever.
If you don't fit in my picture we can't be friends.
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I think you meant "an achiever"
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Please decipher wtf did you try to say here, cause even in l33t speak this makes no sense whatsoever.
It looks like you were implying that I'm against the noobs when I clearly said that I have no issues with beginners, but I can't be sure with your gibberish.
Yeah. No.
Fun is different for everyone.
Some like it relaxed like you do, some like high end PVE/PVP, some can't reach it and have fun in mid tiers and etc.
Point is that everyone has their niche and don't need a pretentious wannabee to tell them what is fun.
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