or do these mega realms have a very impersonal feeling to them ? I mean part of vanilla was to see many same people again, to remember the names…now its Just…nothing special ? It does have a weird touch to it with so many layers and people, kinda anti classic…or?
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You are absolutely right, this is nothing like Vanilla.
They went way overboard with all the changes once again. I personally went back to Classic Era, leveling a character there is actually more enjoyable for me even tho it’s not a fresh server.
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100% agree, only im too invested now on fresh with my friends :))
oh well ill just transfer over at the end of the cycle.
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I hope for your sake that transfers will be allowed.
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I am all for a strong community - Login in to Era at times, specially before the advent of SoM players, felt like a small town where everybody knew everybody, for the good and bad.
It is what makes WoW and mmoRPGs special to me.
However, the “romantic” player is frowned upon by the % of the playerbase who wants “maximum efficiency”. I mean, look at the forums - We rarely speak about maps, funny quests, music, voices… not even PvP or guild rivalries are commented?
It is most all about gimme this, gimme that, this sucks, go back to Era, go play retail, gtfo, this and that server dead. The ultimate aggressive F* all mentality.
Some people are even openly stating Vanilla WoW is a bad game. You cannot make this up.
Blizzard looks at this and says “yeah? Here you go.”
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I do agree but I feel like there is no ideal solution.
As player numbers dwindle, previously healthy smaller realms become more of a solo place. Except in typical grinding places.
Maybe the game could foster friendships by remembering people you played with (in a dungeon) and suggesting them. Elevating to BTag levels could take away some privacy.
And then there are guilds, the classic solution, pun not intended.
For me the biggest problem though is the pace of levelling:
- Those others who level fast are way ahead, will see them in BC.
- Those who are slow appear to be always offline.
And thus, instead of static friendships I just embrace the lobby. So far I’ve only come across nice people.
Given that my time is limited I rather have a lobby and play, instead of the previous iteration where I was sitting in a city and didn’t end up playing.
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I don’t think it is the mega servers’ fault. Times have changed and people have changed. For instance: when I started playing MMORPG’s back in 2003, when I spent some time with people on questing/grouping/pvping we mutually added each other to our friend’s list and then the next time we were about to go on a similar adventure we just sent them a tell and if they were up to it a group was formed. Over some time we became friends, formed guilds, and talked about a lot of things and it was fun.
Nowadays, I hardly ever do that. It is not because people do not offer this but even if I add someone to the friend’s list I seldom send them a tell again. Random groups are now formed within guilds and - to me - guilds have taken over the role of ppl I usually contact with. But even in guilds, it is not that common to make friends… or maybe it is just me :).
I have thought about why this happened but the only thing I could come up with was that the circumstances changed. Back then I had all the time to play. Nowadays, with wife and family it is much harder to find a spot when nobody disturbs you and it is not too late. Usually, I just have a couple of hours or less to play and even this is interrupted by wife aggro, kids, pets and random tasks. It just kills the option to get into a longer co versation with group mates. I just group, get the dungeon done, talk some with the group mates and that is it.
I guess others are in the same shoes as well.
And we shouldn’t really read forums. That would also help…here you can only see ppl whine about something so, you join the club.
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