Don’t worry Mindtrick, you can always stay in Classic if character boosts bother you that much.
Paid character boosts were introduced at the end of Mists of Pandaria, at the same time as when Warlords of Draenor was in development, which coincides exactly with the beginning of “ability pruning” and the modern paradigm of retail WoW class design.
You may recall that before Blizzard pivoted to the excuse of ClassFantasyTM for deleting entire pages from spellbooks, the original (very poorly received, ergo the pivot) reason they cited for ability pruning was “to make the game easier to learn for a brand new player, who might be confused by having multiple pages of spells in their spellbook, and particularly so by utility and niche use spells that aren’t a part of the core damage rotation”.
All of this planning and design discussion happened at the exact same time that Blizzard was working out the intro experience and how to gradually introduce skills and teach gameplay for boosted characters.
You are the reason games die
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I’d rather stay at level 60 forever than ever play retail again.
At least in classic my Rogue can Gouge when I press “4” (same keybind I’ve had since 2005) and can still make poisons and disarm traps and do other basic, iconic, and essential Rogue things.
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Ok Demon Hunter
Go play your 4 button Legion class in retail where you belong
Another dumb answer. Like I don’t play classic too?
He’s so mad that other people have different opinions than him lol
Obvious lies. No self respecting classic player would ever wear that hideous clown suit late-retail-era transmog.
You’re posting from your retail character to hide the fact that your classic character was leveled via credit card.
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Yes, and recruit a friend existed as early as Wrath if I remember correctly. Not to mention heirlooms that gave a large experience boost and DKs that started at level 55. Both the game and players change. At least now we have 3 versions to chose from.
Fair enough. At least this option exists for you now.
With all the gold buying and GDKP runs in Classic, the credit card is king as well.
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Yea, because wearing elite armor that is earned is a clown suit.
Nothing about what I do is hidden. Unlike you who hides behind a false sense of honor posting on classic toon.
Where are we ruining your classes? We are boosting. We are not asking to change chars. I look forward to my actual combat rogue run. Heard many great things about it.
Also not all boosted are unhappy. I am very content with my boost and deluxe items.
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Technically it was part of BC. RAF became available in Early August of 2008. Wrath launched in October of 2008. Due to the timing it got most of its use during Wrath, but it was there during BC albeit only the last 10 weeks.
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That is what you say but blizzard accounts don’t like to lose any profits they can gets .
Ergo their willingness to invite pay2win retail whales into the realm of classic, for short term profits.
Which will erode and dilute the classic playerbase with players who are more neutral or even positive towards all of the awful changes in retail.
So over time Blizzard will design the classic era games to cater to that shifting playerbase, and make further changes that are harmful towards the principles of classic.
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Got it. I started playing mid Wrath and remember it existing then.
If it makes a buck you bet ya the old blizzard is gone . The anything for a buck activision /blizzard is here.
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Yet in your infinite wisdom knowing all of this is going to come true…you’re still here instead of saving yourself the heartache and just finding something else to do with your time
You do you, buddy
You mean he DIDN’T AFK in Maraudon the entire time?
I’ve never understood this. I have to have that time investment in any character I play or I can’t “connect” with the character. I’ve had to go through battle for 100+ hours or it just doesn’t seem right.
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