So you think boosting should’ve been in classic from the start? Just Right up to 50? That’s an odd take either way. Almost every ‘we want classic thread’ was littered with “About the journey not the destination” and content creators sayign it repeatadly.
You can buy raid carries, full gear with gold… So can those really be considered accomplishments? GDKP is a thing, you can buy the best of gear now these days because it’s allowed. Buy gold from gold farmers, run GDKP. Why do you think Classic is so infested with bots?
I have, I’ve stated in multiple threads the classic community ruined classic to be quite honest. Min maxxing, boosting, GDKP, summon me everywhere, world buff meta. Which is one of the reasons I hardly play it, I get the itch to go level an alt… Level it some, can’t get dungeon groups, lose interest and go play single player games instead since everyone else plays the MMORPG just like that.
There’s also one of the big points against retail was boosting, making leveling worthless content and one of the many reasons retail was so flawed. Next is LFD, LFR. Which if the boosting community seems to have anything to say, will be a thing soon enough.
No no, I’m not saying the boosting friendly attitude was the best way to go either. I’m merely stating that boosting has been made official because Blizzard saw there is a big market for it and they wanted a piece of it.
No, unless done the legit way. Absolutely agree with you here. Nothing done with 3d party help is an accomplishment anymore.
I hope to see you in TBC though, boosting or not. I think at least for a while it will be super fun.
Have you ever heard of the word “quantity”? Yes there are bots, clueless players right now and there will be a lot more if the boost is added to the game. There is no limits to how many a botter can create using fake names and boosting a character to start botting asap.
Then go back to your beloved game called shadowlands.
What you see as “oomcraft” we classic players see as “mana management”. Which requires skill and control of your mana bar, downranking spells, knowing where to use mana pots/runes and how to “walk-drink” in speedruns.
As your first post also mentions, you are only interested in “what you want”, which makes you a spoiled retail brat. Classic isn’t about getting what you want on a silver platter, its about earning it. If you can’t stand levelling, you stay at lower levels and kill zhevras in barrens until you deserve better. If you are going to tell me about dungeon boosting, I already addressed it in my first post. You still need to work on your character and remain in front of your screen. And you need lots of gold, which you can buy from sellers and put your account to risk to get banned, or you farm it. Either way its better than clicking a button and getting instant level 58.
I started gaming playing Dragon’s Quest in 1991 and I started playing MMOs Ultima Online in 1997, I was in the best guild on Atlantis server. I started playing WoW first day of 2004 eu open beta. Therefore, your prejudice that you were playing wow before me is just a proof that you are a spoiled little retail brat.
You’re stating the fact that you’re being using your lifestyle to justify actions, yes.
Another fact is that you’re ranting over Classic players for some reason : “If you stopped buying the damn boosts then these communities wouldn’t thrive. Don’t try to throw this on us. It’s all your fault so deal with it. The boost is not going to do anything other than discourage players from buying boosts from them.”
Yeah sorry for playing the game I guess?
Something that you’re obviously not going to do since you’d rather pay for the boost
I honestly support you in this matter. Make a petition so that a few realms remain boost free. I will sign that petition for you even though I’m going for the boost.
do you people realise that when they handed out those surveys asking how would players want the classic tbc to launch probably a good portion voted for the level 58 start and maaaybe just maybe thats why they implemented it???
It’s the same thing even if you used your money. You were interested in Classic, many people weren’t, therefore they will not have the money to pay boosts in TBC.
If people didn’t buy gold from sellers, the sellers wouldn’t exist, so yes, we can blame the players for it.
I saw that survey, they didn’t phrase it at all like we got it. The impression the instant 58 option gave was that TBC as a whole would be new realms with instant 58s to make up for the fact that they were fresh realms and separate from classic. Also, I think it was implied that these 58s would be baseline and free. But by adding the PAID boost into the servers where people WORKED for their chars over the last 2 years, that muddies the waters just a lil’.
It’s on blizzard to investigate and punish this behaviour. You can’t blame players for indulging in behaviour that is permitted because if they don’t, they lose the advantage. They may not want to indulge in such behaviour but if such behaviour is necessary to remain competitive, then they will feel compelled to.
I think my solution I put at the end of the OP solves this problem. Fresh realms with boosts, existing realms with no boosts. I still think the boosts should be free though.
