Might be a weird thing to complain about, but there are too many versions of wow. Sod, Cata classic, retail and pandamix. And beta war within, if you bought the access bundle.
Too much. I don’t know what to do. I log on Sod, but there is not much happening there at the moment, and when Im on Im constantly thinking I should get raid ready in cata. But I checked out pandamix, and that was pretty fun too. Then I heard retail pvp is in a good place at the moment, and I want to try that out as well.
And then the war within beta happened…
The end result is that I can’t play one version of wow without some degree of fomo for the other versions. It takes away my ability to immerse myself into the gameplay and fully enjoy it. Whatever Im doing, even if its fun, Im still wondering if I should be doing something else.
I am overwhelmed by choice.
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I do agree. It’s exhausting and very much FOMO.
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Its one quite common complaint what Ive seen since they divided playerbase between various modes and classics and hardcores and sod and whatnot. I dont think its weird to complain of it and even legit complain from arena as we have participation based system for rated. They didnt compensated for what it will do to rated systems if they divide playerbase in various versions of the game and modes and leave outdated system in place that are based on participation and very much immediately affected when there are swings in player activity to one way or other, every release of classics and sod the effect could be seen immediately in retail rated pvp ratings, usually it becomes stale for while or ppl drop little as theres not enough players. Its outdated rating system and should be redesigned now that we have increasingly amount of various modes and versions of the game and I imagine we will be seeing more of things like plunder and remix etc in the future aswell.
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The timing of MoP remix is just strange… Yeah they’ve said that the player populations are fairly split. But still, to straight up compete with themselves?
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Just play what you want to play. If there is nothing to do, go outside and go for a walk.
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Need one more though.
TBC era then we can stop.
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It’s burned me out so much that I am now playing other games for a bit and hoping TWW is fun and is not too grindy.
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Ye, Im considering another playthrough of bg3.
Too much to enjoy is better than nothing to enjoy.
Let’s break it down: SoD is dead currently so we put that to the side.
Cata raids have mostly been completed upon release, if you aren’t ready now then you will be behind, so you have to go full ham for that game mode right now if you really want to do it.
Remix is fun! It will not take you 3 months, however. If you want to upgrade your gear then it takes a couple of weeks or less and you can farm bronze np but burnout is real. I prefer to play it casually. Decide which cosmetics you want and aim for those, also a valid option.
Retail won’t go anywhere. Idk about PvP but do you really want to play that all day? Then again, do you want to play remix all day? Mix and match!
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if those players could read they’d be very upset
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Play what you want to play. Don’t feel that you need to do everything and have everything.
Ever heard the saying Jack of all trades, master of none.
Imagine spending your entire life jumping to different jobs because you were jealous of someone elses skills.
Sure there’s alot of WoW versions at the moment, but you’ll enjoy it most if you concentrate on your one area, and maybe have a side project (like Remix is supposed to be).
And as I said, when there is down time… go outside for a walk. It is summer after all.
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As theyre pushing more various modes and versions for wow splitting playerbase I would like they also redesign or compensate it in retail pvps rated system which Im paying for and which still very much is only participation based so its majorly affected by all swings in player activity. Im not against of people doing what they like, Im against that the thing I like doing is still tied on participation based system which constantly get affected by additions like plunder and even mode like shuffles and all the different versions of wow that divide our playerbase.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Remix cost Classic Cata. Bringing them out so close together plus now there is Beta testing for so many. On top of that we weren’t that far into S4. It has been a crazy amount and too much to do.
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It is interesting and weird indeed.
People were asking for Classic servers, they have received it, somewhat good somewhat bad it is there.
People were complaining about the lack of end-game content (except m+ pushes, well actually that is still a problem on retail) and they came up with plunderbatch, sorry, plunderstorm, and then remix.
SoD was appreciated once it was announced. Even Asmon, think about it, did appreciate it.
Retail is going on…
I don’t understand what is the problem here. You can pick the ones you enjoy and manage the time you are going to spend on any. It shouldn’t be a Blizzard’s concern here, right? Either bad or good, somehow they have increased the number of variations, it’s you to decide and pick what you want.
That must suck. But in all brutal honesty: It’s a you problem.
If you are truly suffering from such a thing in your day-to-day life as well, it might be prudent to find some professional help to try and get rid of such issues?
Anyway, I agree with your complaint a little bit though, because the playerbase keeps getting spread out thinner and thinner across all these versions; and ultimately that’s going to be a problem. It’s very much a two sided blade. On one hand its cool that people can play the version of WoW they prefer, but on the other hand all those versions become less and less playable every time they add more choices.
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I guess you can feel that the time you invested is lost if you’re not playing the “correct” game mode, but this is the price we pay for catering to everyone without compromising the game experience of others.
Now different interest groups got completely separate games with different design philosophies.
Yesterday I went to Stormwind (I’m horde) and I was literally walking through the streets, the only Alliance player I’ve seen was a level 56 warrior, we just waved at each other.
I get it that the player number in WoW are quite good overall right now, but its very spread across too many versions of the game, everything feels empty because of that.
That’s my only issue with all these versions
So what do you offer? Blizzard to force people to play the same thing you play, or somebody else’s prefered mode?
If you could choose which mode you prefer to get the transmogs, I’d 100% be playing Plunderstorm. 
Actually, its a common and well documented psychological phenomenon. The right amount of choice creates a sense of options and freedom. Too many options creates anxiety and stress, and ironically, less sense of freedom.
If this was indeed a “me problem” it wouldn’t really be a big deal. I’d just do whatever I wanted when I wanted it. But then Im trying to coordinate with my friends and guildies. It’s hard enough maintaining a raid team in one game. Now all our members are scattered across several, and everything is slowly falling apart.