If i want a nightborne i have to farm the content from a past expansion (being nightborne playable only since bfa) for weeks, a BORING content of repeating again and again the same quests… The reputation system is ok, but with a limit, the amount of reputation every allied race requires is so damn boring and absurd that i surrender everytime i try to unlock one.
I unlocked kul’tirans and it took me 3 months of farming. Just for a race, that you will have to level up 120 levels (which isn’t exciting either).
Allied races are such a good idea but the barrier of inmense reputation farming is awful.
I like farming, but for useful stuff, not a simple skin of an already existing race, it’s not worth it.
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If it’s not worth it, don’t do it.
I’ve spent 3 weeks farming for a 500 DPS upgrade because it was worth it for me.
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Totally agree, I feel the same about the requirements to fly in the newer places, it doesnt really make any sense and feels like they were short of actual good and exciting content so gave you a time sink instead, so I wont ever fly in those places or have one of those new races.
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The thing is that one of the major additions in the expansion was allied races and most players have barely unlocked 1.
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We did it when it was current. You do it too. Wouldn’t be fair if they just gave it away after a while. Not entirely fair that you can just blast through the content with BfA gear.
So if you don’t want to play the game, just don’t play it.
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Source?
I had a 3 month break playing exclusively Classic and I’ve got all allied races unlocked before I started. If I can do it, anyone can
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And you got it before anyone, that’s what you get. I think the allied races who force you to do not-current content are awful to farm and should give x2 reputation or more.
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Imagine in tbc having to farm a rep with broken and blood elfs to exalted just to play.
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Imagine you just bought the expansion, thirsty to try your new blood elf and have to farm for 3 weeks the same content again and again to just get the race :)))))))))))))))))))
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Imagine farming the same content over and over again in an MMORPG. Truly outrageous.
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Not sure why people are bashing OP.
Three months or even one month for a race is dumb.
OP is right.
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They do this because they have no other ideas how to keep their subscribers playing.
The old Blizz we fell in love is long gone.
Its the new actiblizzard.
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I havent done nightborne and highmountain yet, but velf and LF goat took me less then a week to grind for when there was bonus for wq week.
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Other mmos so far as I know dont have extra races stuck behind a grind, which is pretty lame that WoW does it 
I dont mind race unlock quest chains, those are cool though. They have lore and it involves your character.
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Don’t speak, I know just what you’re sayin’
So please stop explainin’
Don’t tell me ‘cause it hurts
Don’t speak, I know what you’re thinkin’
I don’t need your reasons
Don’t tell me 'cause it hurts
Yes, some other mmos put these kind of races for hard money. Ye some are prob willing to pay to save time, people’s choice.
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Nightborne were playable since January 2018(Legion). You had to preorder BFA to play them though, but you could still get the rep done.
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Cryptic’s Neverwinter locks some of the races away. When they added Dragonborn they added two different kind: One which you can purchase from the shop, and another which you can only get from lootboxes (metallic dragonborn.)
Plus they added some races as pre-order only, like the Menzoberranzan Renegade (drow) elves and the Moon elves (others can only access the normal drow elves or sun elves.)
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I quite agree, the game should be tailored around what I, as in I as myself and sod everyone else deems as “fun”.
Therefore I do not find pvp, organized raiding or mythic 16,000 “fun”
Remove them henceforth or… or I will… Something…
Souldefìler, the Ravishing Rick Rude of WoW
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I did it all when it was new and it was such a boring grind… the rep requirement should be lowered by half atleast for the people that did not unlock them yet , its old boooooring conten now let them have the races !
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