Why the game is so complicated for first time players?

Questie is correct 99% of the time.

Rarely it will mess up, it will very rarely indicate a quest that actually isn’t available to you yet, or the mob marker will be off a bit.

But it’s a great add-on, it wil make questing 10 times easier.

Because Blizzard.

No matter how descriptive they make the quest text the truth of the matter is that people would still use questie because it’s easier to use questie than it is to read through a paragraph of text.
They probably didn’t give you a quest tracker like questie in classic because they wanted players to figure things out on their own and share how they did their quests and help each other out.
Of course they could give you something like that now but the problem is that people want classic to be as it was back when it was released, which means that’s a no-go. o.o

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I like to read the quest text because it gives some sort of story to work on. I like to understand why I am doing things.

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Questing is cool. It’s fun, at times. But it’s a side gig, really.

If you want to level up fast, run dungeons, make friends, grind that XP. It’s a lot faster than waiting for that mob to spawn and having to fight for it.

This coming from a player who grinded 55-60 in WPL simply because there were not enough quests in vanilla :slight_smile:

Thats what we did 15 years ago when there was no knowledge about the game. Thats the magic, the sense of exploration and immersion.

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There is a level range for every quest in the game, you see only the quests that are a few levels from your own.

And some quests are chain quests, meaning when you finish the first you get the next one, an so until you finish that chain of the same quest.

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About chain quests, or specific level quest, the NPCs should have a different mark, just to know it’s for future questing. Like the silver mark.

I like it the way it is, just makes you “think” a bit more.

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Imagine a game being about exploration, I know I also think that would be cool in a game industry that only provides gambling addictive habbits and QoL features making games unsocial.

The moment you are lost in a dungeon, someone in the group will help you, because they want you to find the group because they know its shorter time than to find a new player to get confused. These QoL features you are suggesting has significant consequences on other parts of the game that probably people don’t even think about.

What if blizz put all the quests for a specific dungeon in one spot. Like a random place in barrens. Where are the fun in that? In vanilla we always shared quests at all times. It worked just fine. It’s not like your stuck if u miss out on a couple of quests here and there.

i think classic wow is more beginner friendly

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If you are a Troll, there is a quest on Razor hill that leads you to Thrall and the other guy for the Quests of RFC. the other one comes from Thunder Bluff and another one of Undercity. Why? Because you are suppose to meet people from all races and share quests and make the chain quests. For WC there is like 8 quests that you only can pick up if you make all the quests on barrens etc.

They wanted you to explore the world. They wanted it to be an adventure not just “Go to the end of this hallway and speak with the dude at the end, I’ll mark you, the hallway and the dude on your map.”

I guess they want also my money, cause this will take months till 60.

Questie doesnt track many hidden quests or quests that begin from item.

Instead of trying to do every quest in the game focus on doing ones that benefit your class most. Look for dungeon loot, look for rewards from quests in zone etc.

Also check gear of other players and look how you can get it.

Maybe for you.

Questie has low ratings because many people regard it as cheating, rather like taking a laptop into an exam room. They feel that Classic WoW should be played as the devs originally intended - not with a load of arrows and map markers telling you where to go.

I don’t personally care if other people use Questie, but I wouldn’t use it myself as I feel it cheapens the leveling experience.

But even without Questie, it’s possible to research the quests you can get for particular dungeons.

Jamie’s Guides were always the best, and most of them are still online.

For some reason I can’t include links in my posts, but if you google ‘Jamie’s Ragefire Chasm guide’ you’ll be taken to a page that tells you all the quests available for that dungeon, where and how to get them, plus a very detailed walkthrough along with the best tactics, group composition to use etc.

Buy if you miss some dungeon quests, no worries really. It just gives you an excuse to run the place again - more loot, more XP for you.

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Pretty sure you’re simply not supposed to have all the quests; Everyone has their own little journey, with their own set of quests, and their own choices they’ve made.
Don’t worry too much about the minmaxing, just enjoy the ride and see where it leads you, imho.
There are far more quests than you’ll ever actually need to reach lvl60 anyway.

As for how the game leads you to Thrall, Lieutenant Benedict drops a key when you kill him, which leads to his chest up on the battlements, which contains secret letters that you’ll eventually bring to one of Thralls advisors, at which point you should see the yellow exclamation point over his head.
That, and he’s bloomin’ Thrall, most players are just kinda expected to stalk him like an old ex : D

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This is supposed to be known only by those who come to serve the Horde. You talk to Thrall, you receive the quest. No talk to Thrall, no service to the Horde is done, nor the quest neither a reward is received. Do talk to Thrall. But first. Change that profile pic of yours. No gnome is allowed to mention the Warchief.

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If you never played wow before and you actually start to enjoy the game, you’ll be hooked for months anyway so no problem there!

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