I’m reviving this topic again. Classic WoW should have a barbershop added as they did in 3.0. The reason why it shouldn’t be a problem is because it doesn’t change anything to the gameplay, it’s purely for personal QoL with your character. It’s very much different from transmogs. I can see that some people might get a bit bored of their looks after 300+ Hours of playing and it wouldn’t be a problem if they are able to change it.
And before I get approached by the #nochanges people.
Layering
Cross realm battlegrounds
Cross faction communication via Battlenet
Tradeable BOP loot
These were the things that were added to Classic that weren’t in vanilla WoW. The ‘‘No changes’’ Mindset isn’t being followed by Blizzard sadly. I’m trying to say that it has already been violated. It shouldn’t be and I don’t see the reason for not adding an element that has 0 impacts on the gameplay.
A barbershop has 0 impacts on the game. Unlike pet battles or transmogs, which have a small to moderate amount of damage it can deliver.
You had a reasonable argument here just before you mentioned layers and cross realm bgs and so on to make your point.
You basically say that the pandora’s box is opened and it doesn’t even matter what is going out from it at this point.
So this would be a positive change or just a “why not this” change in the end? Because it makes a lot of a difference.
If you’ll come up only with positive arguments and stop referring to other changes as a precedent you may gain more support.
And I’m sure Blizzard will jump on this as they can monetize it.
I wasn’t talking about the Pandora Box being opened. I saw multiple threads about this and below them were people talking about how they don’t to make this retail. They want nothing to be changed and want the old WoW experience. I’m against the statement of ‘‘and it doesn’t even matter what is going out from it at this point.’’. I’m saying that it’s not possible that there’s ‘‘no changes’’ at all. Hope that helped.
The thing I’m trying to say is that your statement looks very much like a “why not change” rather than a “this is actually a good and meaningful change”.
At least this was my impression here.
Transmogrification changes your gear, the way it looks. This removes the value of actually having good gear and showing how it looks. In old vanilla WoW when I saw someone in open world with the bonescythe gear I would run away on sight. If transmogs are added it removes the value of the gear and the respect u would get for having it.
Pet battles have less of an impact. The only impact it has is that it can be used for bets and people go broke lol. It has some gameplay effectiveness in terms of economy. Barbershops only take like 2 silver from you x)
Transmog (which I dont want near Classic) could arguably add more positive things than the one negative thing most people say (“I can chose who to fight or not depending on gear”: - which nobody ever does anyway). Its all depending on the narrative.
More dungeon groups and raids (due to people collecting looks)
Variety in looks (“It doesnt hurt anybody”)
Visible long lasting achivements of glory
Goldsink
See how everything can fit a subjective narrative? Fortunatly Transmog, along with Barbershop, have no place in Classic.
It’s not about the subjective narrative. It’s about changing a fcking hair colour instead of having to delete your whole character and grind again just to have the same gear, same hours put into it and same experience just so I can have a different colour? If you want it to be #nochanges then go make a thread to remove layering, cross-realm BG’s and tradeable BoP loot. Adding a barbershop is very much different. It doesn’t change jack sht to the game. It’s a small QoL-change with 0 gameplay impacts. Transmogs do.
You are the one using the “all
or nothing” argument. I haven’t even mentioned #nochanges, you did (yet again, just like previous posters pointed out for you).
If your characters hair colour was that important you should have given it more thought upon creation. And if shifting hair colour is central for your game experience maybe Classic is the wrong game for you.
Adding a floating pink horse above Orgrimmar wouldnt change “jack sh*t” either, but it has no place in Classic.
It should, it’s harmless, there’s plenty of space in both SW/Org many empty houses and so forth, no changes died a long time ago… but we get level boosts instead
Sure bro! If you want to try and experience the good old ‘‘classic experience’’ go for it =). I’m sure more than 75% of the sane classic players realize there is no more old classic wow that u can experience. Adding a barbershop has a place in classic. It’s your opinion that it doesn’t but most players can agree with me :). ‘‘shifting hair colour’’ Is not central for my game experience, it’s just an improvement of my QoL.
Agree, we get the fun old classic experience with GDKP runs and boosting dungeons ruining the market
Again, why do you quote “classic experience” when I haven’t even mentioned it at all. You are the one saying it, just like you did with “#NoChanges”.
Stop putting words into other peoples mouths and focus on what they acuallly say.
Seeing the feedback your and other threads on this subject get, I highly doubt your made up numbers are even remotely close.
So good luck pushing for something a extreme minority wants, regarding a subject that has no relevance or is even close to beeing central for the game, which was never a part in any way, shape of form of Vanilla and Classic! You are going to need it ^^
Will you do the same if it doesnt or is the Nostrodamus view “At some point between now and infinity my prediction will come true” something that keeps your hopes up?
Because as is, every second the features arent in the game is a second you are wrong.
