Comment on World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First
Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months agoI started playing recently ish having never played WoW before, and good god the intro feels practically designed to drive new players away. The tutorial was so tedious and boring and taught me so little about how to actually play that I’m still not even entirely sure what I’m really supposed to do or how to even begin to understand the story/timeline. The game as a whole just feels so needlessly difficult and obtuse, I’ve ended up really just logging on every once in awhile for events to grab any cute pets or whatever mounts the game will graciously allow me to get without buying a sub
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Wait, they just give you mounts now? You used to have to wait until level 20 to buy a mount. Level 20 took forever, and then you could only buy the slow mount for your race. You didn’t get a fast mount until level 40, which took a very long time. Then you had to grind reputation for different factions to buy their expensive mounts. Some rare mounts could be found through seasonal events or in raids. I ran Tempest Keep every week for 2.5 years before I finally got Ashes of Al’ar to drop for me.
Aganim@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ha, rookie numbers. In my time you had to wait for level 40 to buy your slow mount. Fast mounts were bound to level 60 I believe and were insanely expensive (I sold much crap in the auction house to get the money together in those days). Around level 20 or 30 Hunters got an aspect which increased their running speed before that and druids could shapeshift to travel form.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, I started playing at the beginning of Lich King. I started with a mage, but my first level capped player was a hunter.
Aradina@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Holidays and events have mounts available as rewards and have for quite a long time. The headless horseman mount for example.