my mom tells me not to give out my battle tag to strangers online
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I would like fresh servers to be released. All the problems with classic with all the bots, screwed up economy, stockpiling of materials and the gear will ruin (atleast in my opinion) TBC launch. TBC will obviously bring in alot of new players who didn’t want to play classic and that’s fine, not everyone likes the same. People like “zmug” who think his opinion should weigh more than non-classic players’s is stupid and that’s literally a 0 IQ take. Blizzard is pushing a PRODUCT and if a majority of the consumers would want the product changed in some way than it would be stupid to go against the grain if blizzard would want more people to play TBC. Classic is an acquired taste and some just don’t like it.
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2 friend of mine were hyped for tbc and they told me they won’t be playing it now.
No gold reset or fresh servers , the economy too much in a mess. Turned them both off big time. No exaggeration it’s a deal breaker for them.
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They know that with fresh servers , many will stop playing and paying while waiting for TBC, with this progression way to some extent they ensured that many, for the sake of preparation are forced to play Vanilla so they would not fall behind…
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I started playing Classic very hardcore, at launch, but it was all in the hopes that the servers would eventually become TBC Classic servers. I leveled up a bunch of different alts to certain levels, picked professions, leveled them up a good part of the way to 300, but due to suddnely working 60 hours per week, I lost the abilty to spending much time in the game (this was back in phase 2 btw).
On top of this, I burned out from Classic, several times, because my real passion really wasn’t for vanilla, but for TBC. And I didn’t even know if all my work would be in vain. So, I stopped doing it, some 6 months ago or so.
So, now Im sitting here - I’m not a billionaire, I dont have 10 level 60s (which we all know is going to be a game changer in TBC), I dont have all the professions maxed. In other words, Im behind all the ppl I’m going to be competing with when TBC Classic launches, as Ill go right back to raiding hardcore, again - Only, Ill be ****ed. A single 58 boost isn’t going to change much of anything.
not only that, the economy of the classic servers is screwed. and bringing that right into tbc, without at least some kind of reset is just going to ruin the whole experience for a lot of ppl. it will be perfectly normal for ppl to ding 70, and not only pick up their flying mount, but also instantly their epic flying mount, and possibly also a few BoE epics or BoP crafted Epics the same day - Same thing on their alts (Even with stupidly inflated prices due to everyone being rich).
In other words, the early progression is going to closer to that of wotlk, and not TBC. this isn’t #nochanges, or even #somechanges. its fundamentally broken, unintended, and imbalanced.
I seriously think it’s bad game design, that a few fresh servers aren’t even an option. I had to spend thousands of hours, grinding away at a game I didn’t enjoy, just to not be massively behind everyone else, when the game I’ve waited over 12 years to play, launches? Seriously? That’s BS, not going to lie.
If you want to go into TBC like that? Cool! More power to you! Be my guest. I dont want to take that away from anyone - You’ve worked hard for that. But it would be more than just nice, if the rest of us, who didn’t care about vanilla, to have an alternative.
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The WoW community in snapshot:
“Hey guys we’re giving you all a mansion house and a Rolls Royce for free, enjoy”
"What the hell??? THE TILES IN THE BATHROOM ARE THE WRONG COLOUR DAMN IT!!! HOW DARE THEY PUT BLUE TILES IN THE BATHROOM WHEN I WANTED PINK ONES!!! THIS SUCKS!!! HOW DARE YOU??? GIVE ME MY PINK TILES OR I QUIT AND WILL NEVER USE YOUR STUPID MANSION!!!
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??? WHY IS THE DASHBOARD ROSE WOOD WHEN I WANTED MAHOGANY??? PATHETIC! YOU’VE KILLED IT FOR ME!!!"
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More than people can imagine.
ps : keep pumping the thread.
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A more appropriate way of putting it, would be:
The WoW community in snapshot:
Blizzard in 2008:
“Hey guys, we’re taking away your dream-house, you’ve bought almost 2 years ago and have been making monthly payments for since then. Don’t worry - We’re ‘upgrading’ it, but your dream-house will be gone for ever, and there’s nothing you can do to change it. And when we say ‘upgrade’ it might be ruining the house for you - We don’t know and we don’t care. These things are very subjective, but we’re pushing it on you, despite that. Didn’t you read the small text at the bottom of the contract?”
TBC Fans 2008:
“Erm, I payed for it fair and square - Back in the day, that used to mean that I owned it. I don’t want you to upgrade my dream-house. How about you let me keep my dream-house, and let the ppl, who want to have their house upgraded, do so?”
Blizzard in 2008:
“NOPE! And in fact, we’re going to SUE and shut down ANY projects that attempt to rebuild your dream-house, in the future, too. Even if they do a really bad job that isn’t even remotely close to what your dream-house was like.”
Blizzard in 2021:
“Don’t worry, we’ll rebuild your dream-house in a few months or so, and you’ll get it back again, for a limited time period (As long as you keep making those monthly payments, of course. So it won’t actually be free). But it’ll only really feel like home, if you’ve lived in this house the last 2 years, where it wasn’t like your dream-house.”
TBC fans in 2021:
“But I haven’t lived in it by for 2 years, and it’s only a few months away… That doesn’t seem very fair? Why are you only just telling me this now? Can’t you just make me another dream-house, where I wouldn’t have to have lived in it for 2 years prior?”
Everyone else in 2021:
“OMG TBC FANS - JUST STOP CRYING ALREADY. YOU’RE GETTING IT FOR FREE (not really lol). JUST BE HAPPY FOR ONCE AMG!!”
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And just how have they ruined the dream house? What terrible changes did they make?
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I mean look at this. Look at his bank , bags on all alts how is someone who was never interested in classic hyped to 1000% TBC being announced just to be deflated seeing this.
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They want dead servers so people buy transfers and boosts.
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I’m thinking of leveling a hunter even though I absolutely despise leveling in Classic just so I have a chance at making some gold when the expansion starts.
It’s going to be rough honestly. They will dominate the economy and world PvP for a while. We will have to deal with it.
Check this thread btw. If you’re interested in a fresh server you might want to join this one.
sorry to shatter your dreams…But even if blizzard made fresh TBC servers?
bots will destroy that server economy within few weeks, Inflation will occur and gold sellers/buyers will be there ofc.
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Imho i believe that they will give us fresh on the opening day, with “We heard your call…” and it will look like they care , but actually it would be other name for PLAY AND PAY while waiting for TBC.
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Still better than starting on an already bot infested server.
the other problem is the economy that is extremely screwed up, people starting with 0 gold versus people with 30k.
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That why FRESH is so sought after element of vanilla pservers and now Classic as well. There is multiple reasons why old versions of WoW are best when fresh 
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Not to be rude but this is another 0 IQ take. TBC and Classic are old games that are pretty different, a big majority of all people who wanted classic wanted just that… Classic… Do you think 50% of all people who played classic at release was thinking “Oh yeah I need to this and that so I’m not falling behind in TBC” or do you think they were thinking “Oh I’m gonna enjoy classic”. Can I ask if you’re preparing for WOTLK, Cataclysm, Mists etc at the moment? Because you seem to have knowledge most people don’t have and know how the progression will pan out in the future.
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If there are no fresh TBC servers, I will not renew my sub. It’s that simple. If Blizzard wants my money, they better create a couple fresh servers.
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The thing is, it’s doesn’t matter what people were thinking when they started classic, the problem is here, no matter what.
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