It’s not a feature and yes, it become official in WoD but we are not talking about the same community that played WoW 15 years ago.
I was in school back then. You’re giving me that “it doesn’t suit your lifestyle” attitude when in fact some many of us have grown up and have a different lifestyle.
Classic has stopped being a “no life’s club”. Classic is now a reiteration of an old game that will be played by people who are much much older. I’m double the age now. So I don’t deserve it in your opinion?
What problem is there with people who only want endgame content not playing a game that involves non-endgame content?
It’s literally how the game works, what the hell?
May as well add paid dungeon items, I want raid content only. May as well add paid honor points, I want competitive arenas only.
that was your argument for how LFD isn’t the same as the boost but as you’ve just admitted, level boosts aren’t an expansion feature of TBC but you’re ok with it being added, so why again is it so different from LFD (and that’s just 1 example)
and maybe that lifestyle isn’t suited for the type of game TBC is. It’s rather selfish I think for you to demand the game to change to suit you when what’s being sold is a product as it once was. Why not let the new kids enjoy the game as it was instead of twisting it to what you like? If you want that quick convenience experience, why not play retail? It’s what the retail players always tell me when I try to make retail more like classic.
classic never was that. Classic is more casual friendly then retail, it just doesn’t offer conveniences for real money and nor should it.
You deserve the game that existed and you can play as you like or as your lifestyle demands. You aren’t entitled to be 60 when the xpac launches though, absolutely not. With your sub, you’re entitled to the game.
‘‘I disagree with your opinion so you’re exaggerating’’
No, not much, only an almost fully leveled character, skipping over dozens if not hundreds of content of the game you’re playing. Plus a lot of unique things such as professions, which do have a level requirement.
It’s literally the same. Do you think people who want their PvP gear for arenas want to spend 4h in Arathi Basin with randos just to get the badges? do you think recently leveled characters want to go to PuGs of previous tiers or spam heroic dungeons to catch up on gear?
No one wants to do these grinds, but they do it, because it’s how the game works, it’s how progression in an RPG works, it’s what World of Warcraft is about.
Boosted characters wont have professions,the players will have to level them up, mostly through playing the older content at some point to farm the mats. They might get lucky with the AH or guild.
Well good thing you’re leveling paid boosts with illegitimate boosts. Didn’t have to do it myself. I’ll let you to think how awful this feature is now.
You brought up illegitimate boosts as comparison of another “skip through cash” feature similar to lvl 58 boost. I didn’t do it, you did it. And you are completely right, they’re literally the same thing, only difference is the receptor of the cash.
2 things. 1, the other difference is the currency that is used to purchase the service and 2, the difference you identified is a significant one because players making gold can be an in-game economic activity, which is good, but a cash shop service is one thing and one thing only, a monetary system that aids blizz’ wallet. There is no in-game contribution to the blizzard boost.
No I haven’t. It’s just I don’t think LFD is the same thing as a level boost.
It does not impact you personally how I got those 58 levels, be it legit, dungeon boosting or from Blizzard. LFD will impact you, yes.
So the problem lies in the community and the demand of said boosts. Which tells you that the Classic community is widely embracing it but somehow wants to save the appearance and not make it official.
why will it? I can ‘just not use it’ like is often said about the boost. Fact is, LFD has just as much of an impact on the way is played as the level boost does.
But I countered that point, you haven’t countered that counter therefore you’ve given up?
Ceressà said “illegitimate boosts”, so that’s what I’m talking about. Not legitimate boosts for in-game currencies.
Which again, leads me to say this directed at them
Theres literally NOTHING wrong with boosts. Only with illegitimate boosts. There’s ZERO things comparable between regular boosts and the level 58 boost, or illegitimate boosts.
I have been leveling a rogue alt lately, she’s level 41 right now. I have been boosted Scarlet Monastery by a guildie with her mage. People pay small amounts of gold for the runs, 8g or whatever. Then another guildie friend boosted me a couple times in Maraudon.
He’s learning to do 300-mob pulls, he charges me 15g a run. He’s hard working to do these pulls right, he watches guides and tries it, sometimes he fails and he doesn’t charge me 15g, sometimes he does them right and I get a lot of XP. And I pay with my gold that I made herbing on my other character, or from the 740g I just got from selling a Elixir of the Titans recipe.
There’s NOTHING illegitimate, shady or wrong with what I just described, and you are comparing it to paying REAL WORLD CASH to skip through all these social interactions and in-game systems.
I’m sorry but this argument just doesn’t hold, it makes 0 sense.
Just to let you know, when WotLK hits, I’m gonna spam the crap out of the LFD tool, probably get that looking for more achieve on day 1. Most likely meet a cool bunch of dudes along the way.
And just to wind you up, I’ll do it all with ma shiney 68 boost!
Seriously if this bothers you this much, maybe you need a new thing in your life.
(I wont actually play wrath with a 68 boost as my draenei shaman is my ‘classic’ character and will be what I play from TBC onwards. Yup just 1 character enjoying that wonderful journey)