Ive tried to go back a few times but nothing topped WOTLK, game play was peak and the community wasn’t jaded and as sweaty. There was still a sense of community and mystery before things got min-maxed. Last time it felt about as friendly as playing League and you were essentially locked out of non LFG raids unless you had a guild and were chronically in there discord.
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Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
I honestly miss playing WoW. It was a fun game, especially if you had a group to raid with. If only I didn’t have to give Blizzard money to play it.
Sabata11792@ani.social 2 hours ago
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Everyone plays to the meta that unless you’re on your class’ best spec you won’t get in.
Sabata11792@ani.social 46 minutes ago
Fuck me for thinking for my self and not copy pasting my spec.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 minutes ago
Happy Cake day! Also yeah, this push in video games to play them optimally sucks. They’re supposed to be fun, a way from work. Not more work.
Davel23@fedia.io 10 hours ago
I played for a while on the Warmane private server. High population, very active, and completely free.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Nice! Is there an invite process for private servers?
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Check out their website. They run a number of servers/realms. There is a torrent to grab of the client bins that have been tweaked to connect to their stuff. Check out the forums for more details. But generally, you just create an account on the website and just go. I recommend donating and getting some gold. It will help with the mats for professions without grinding. And playing on a 7x XP, you progress without the grind.
figjam@midwest.social 4 hours ago
there are private servers that don’t require blizzard money
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
In 2004 (the launch year) the original WoW was an amazing time I lost and entire year of professional growth and productivity to. When the first expansion (Burning Crusade) came out, I was equally excited as as the original launch, but after seeing Green gear fall of simple mobs that was better than the epic Purple gear I spent weeks getting in 40 person raids, I could instantly forecast how the entire rest of the game would be forever: and endless grind with your hard won efforts simply trivialized in the first month of the next expansion. I stopped playing WoW about a month after, went back to school instead, and finished the college degree I had started 8 years earlier. Quitting WoW lead to my actions which launched my career to new heights.
I credit WoW with teaching me an incredible life lesson in my 20s to never get drawn into something like that again.
chunes@lemmy.world 1 minute ago
I dropped out of college because of this game. And honestly, it was worth it.
OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Learned this exact same lesson and quit. Image
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
My reaction exactly to BC!
And flying? Walking around was a core part of the game, seeing stuff, getting whacked by +10 monsters so you had to sneak around, now you just spend 50% of the game in the skybox.