I am at the point now where Classic loot RNG feels less like randomness and far more like a deliberate psychological experiment.
I behave in raids.
I don’t cause drama.
I show up every week, multiple times per week.
I run all the systems leaders want – soft reserve, MS > OS, whatever the era demands.
I respect social rules, I respect other players, I don’t ninja, I don’t grief.
And what do I get in return?
nothing.
Rolls that always lose.
Drops that never drop.
Loot that I’ve been farming for literal years which I never see.
This doesn’t feel like luck anymore.
This feels like manufactured demoralization.
I have been farming still in MoP classic the SECOND Binding of the Windseeker since 2020.
Read that again.
2020.
There are toddlers alive today younger than my Thunderfury farm.
At some point this isn’t a “fun grind” anymore.
It’s a punishment ritual.
Classic Anniversary?
A rushed chaos event.
Unbalanced.
Loot rolls feel like the game is personally trolling you.
Not “haha better luck next week”.
But “we don’t actually want you to ever win anything.”
And here is the most toxic part:
I am paying THREE subscriptions.
I literally convinced my girlfriend to start playing.
I pay for her sub too.
I was trying to share the magic of WoW with someone I love.
Now I sit here and ask myself daily:
is any of this even worth it?
Is it worth paying for 3 subs to be treated like this?
Is it worth investing hours per week to be emotionally punished by a loot table? Yes! Someone would say “just play the game”, but “just play the game” since 2010 being nice and not kneeling to Officers and Guild Master just for loot brought me to that point where my paths are crossed and I need to choose: Do I start act duplicitous to “win” any random officer or guild master’s heart cause of Loot Councils (because I officially burried the roll system and droprate systemr OR I unsub, cause the 3rd option by just play the game is almost 16 years in my life gets me nothing but despair.
Because the actual experience right now is:
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no reward for loyalty
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no reward for time
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no reward for consistency
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and items I have hunted for YEARS do not drop
Classic in 2025 isn’t nostalgia.
It’s despair with a monthly price tag.
At this point I am honestly thinking of unsubscribing all 3 accounts.
Blizzard: this is not “random” anymore – this is demotivating your own playerbase.
And I know I’m not alone.