This cannot…cannot be stated enough. Classic WoW will succeed due to everyone’s interest here and other forums. But Classic WoW will thrive if we manage to get people interested in the game who weren’t originally looking to be interested.
Everyone was new once. Whether that be from Beta or even people who started in BFA. I feel we’re going to have a lot of people log into the those started zones who never played back then. Here are some tips on how your simple actions can go a long way at making the game successful.
Tip 1: Stay for group collection quests! Many of the quest items in Classic are not shared. If you need to collect 5 pig feet. Well in a perfect Azeroth you’d need to kill 10 of them to get five for you and five for a friend. So once you’re done. Try to stay for those few extra kills, even if you’re losing experience.
Tip 2: Proper Dungeon Etiquette: I’m not sure how many play BFA. But a few weeks ago, Time Walking BC dungeons came out. They were hard. Most of the players complained. Dungeons in Classic will be slow and hard for newer players. Many of them may face pull. Threat is something no one has had to deal with in years. So before you tell that person to go uninstall, wait until level 60. (You still should be nice, but at 60 they most likely won’t leave when you tell them to uninstall: ![:+1:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/+1.png?v=6" ":+1:")
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Tip 3: Give away some items. When the servers launch, everyone is going to be killing everything. Lots of greens will drop. Maybe some will drop for you too! If you are a priest and have a mail item, try to inspect some warriors in the zone. See if they need that piece. If they get the armor you give them and that makes Classic slightly easier for them, they may be inclined to log in another day! Also, most people won’t have that fifty silver you’re charging for the level 7 green item anyway. Just green items though. Sell the blue items at sky-high prices.
Tip 4: If someone asks a question. Don’t just tell them to google it. I remember my first experience with WoW when I installed it in 2006. I made a hunter but didn’t complete the character. I backed out because I wasn’t sure I wanted a Night Elf. I went through the process again and forgot to change my class, so I had a warrior. I got to level 4 because finally someone answered and told me the reason I didn’t have a bow was that I was a warrior.
TIp 5: If you are a brand new enchanter. Give those enchants out for free so you can level up!
Please feel free to add your own tips! But Classic will succeed if you are someone who is willing to make your server community something people want to log into and be a part of. I think one of the failings of BFA is that many feel they aren’t apart of anything. If someone logs off after playing Classic for the first time and instead of wanting to go do World Quests, they want to give that level 15 hunter another try because of that awesome dwarf priest they met or that sweet grey leather shoulders a stranger gave them. Then we’ve succeeded.
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Judging by some of the reactions on these forums, I don’t see that happening. Don’t get me wrong, I’m generally nice to players in game and helpful. But dealing with people on these forums doesn’t give me any hope on the Classic community
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On Skullcrusher we had a rule for children and noobs in Vanilla called “sht talk them till they were men”, however now I don’t really support it nowadays due to the softness of todays youth but it really hardened up us young folk and taught us how to deal with bullies along with what to expect on the internet and the cruel unforgiving world. IMO hostility and kindness are both beneficial to a healthy MMO I say just let social WoW communities be as natural as real life and let human nature take its course.
I don’t want this to turn into a right click report thread, but ill say this nice and loud once more for the people in the back.
#Nochanges
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Personally I will embrace the new players that are willing to learn the ropes. I have no problems joining a dungeon run full of newbies - even with my limited time. As long as a good time is had by all, it’s all good.
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People may be nice for a bit. But, I imagine once guilds are established, elitism will take over. ![:stuck_out_tongue:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/stuck_out_tongue.png?v=6" ":stuck_out_tongue:")
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I agree. One of my favorite things is teaching new players. I was “raised” in Vanilla by a great handful of players in my guild back then. I try to help new players as much as possible. There’s a lot of things they may not know. It not only builds your own reputation as a helpful member of the server but one day you may need help. It’s possible that those players you helped out early on will be there to help you out one day. Connections are everything in Vanilla. The community is best when you contribute to making that way.
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It’ll be different when people are actually on a server and their actions come with consequences. People can say whatever they want on the forums. How they act in Classic will dictate whether they make it far or not. People will know them for the kind of person they are if they act like they do here. What comes around goes around. Especially in Classic.
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Exactly, I already have my guilds AND servers blacklist ready for my discord ready to publicly embargo people from society for certain unforgivable crimes. Even have a bounty system in play for my realm for players to personally get back at those who wronged them.
Everything has consequences, and on my realm, it will be public denouncement, death, or worst of all… exile.
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I wholeheartedly agree with you Luuni. Even as someone who has raided in premier guilds and done the no life grinds; what makes Vanilla so inviting for the majority of people is the community. There are always toxic and horrible people in any game. It is the cruel nature of gaming. But when you meet someone who is polite, it changes your entire perspective. Ability aside, positivity is key in today’s toxic gaming.
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Fortunately most people in Classic were really fun and nice to play with… Even some of the trolls were not too bad once you got to know them.
I really can’t think of but a couple people that I didn’t like in Vanilla…
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Another way to think about it: forming good relationships with people you want to group with again is valuable.
In Classic throughout levelling and of course the end game there will be important things which will require help from others to accomplish.
And unlike in retail the people you meet in dungeons or open word encounters belong to your server and you are likely to cross paths again.
And it can work the opposite way as well, earning a reputation as a jerk can make it harder to find good groups.
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I don’t know about you guys, but I’m going to be in such a good mood at launch(hopefully??) that it’s gonna take a real special kind of player to upset me.
Just don’t piss in the Kool-Aid on day 1, is that too much to ask for?
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I was an elitist in Wrath. I’ve become a lot nicer as I got older. I plan on tanking for newbs and supporting anyone running a memespec because I know they won’t get any love anywhere else.
I plan on selecting 2 or 3 people and being sort of their personal tank. Of course if I can’t stand their personality I’ll back out of that situation pretty fast.
Gnome tanks are the best because you can just stuff them in your backpack and take them out when you need them.
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Same…
I will also not hesitate join a group with newbies and stay as long as reasonable.
Though, I’m like that most of the time.
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There’s actually some places in BWL where you have to use a Deviate Delight as a gnome because you’ll LOS the boss if you’re tanking him in the right spot.
ROFL, trolling and griefing has always been a HUGE part of WoW
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Yeah, that never actually happened. Most of the game really didn’t respond, or even ever see the “Rozen is a ninja” spam in trade chat. How you acted might have got you kiced out of your guild, but there was always one willing to take you. People being blacklisted by their entire server was never really a thing. YOU might not have played with them, but tons of other people did, because NOBODY kept track of thousands of players.
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I remember when enchanters would give away Beastslaying or w’e it was called. It had a glow so new players would actually be hyped to receive it!
Gotta fill those raid slots.