Can you feel it boosters

[Notagin-kul-tiras (Notagin)]

I’m more #nochange than #somechange. I think they should just charge a fee for the client software rather than resort to boosts. Only some people would buy boosts but everyone would buy the client software. $29.99 wouldn’t be too steep a price to pay for BC classic. But I also still think a nominal fee for the Classic client was a lost opportunity for better support at launch.

Otherwise, if Blizzard monetizes through boosts, even though I have level 58+ in Classic, I’d probably buy a 58 boost for a different race toon.

[Whiteoctober-myzrael]

The upvotes/downvotes you cited is just further evidence to support that it’s only the sweatiest of the anti-booster nerds amoung us who watch that trash channel.

[Gardoomforge-mankrik]

@Grimlic-faerlina

The walls closing in around you… As you are slowly losing the war. I think the Madseason video may very well be the final nail in the coffin for boosters. There is a good chance that Blizzard will listen to the community and reverse their idea to add the paid boosts into classic.

Another thing to note is that you can effectively use the video’s likes/dislikes as a sort of community poll to gage how people feel about the boosting.

3k upvotes vs 112 downvotes so far… Not looking good for boosters.

Hate to say I told you so but…

[Drinknblink-whitemane]

They real mad now!

[Slicy-anathema]

Post aged like milk

[Gorrith-incendius]

Oh I bet the boosters feel it… The boost is coming. Anyway, there is something of an alternative.

The boost is happening. Sorry, but it is. The income potential is too great for Activision’s Blizzard to stable the idea of not putting boosts, and potentially other monetized features into the game further down the road.

The battle-lines are clearly drawn.

At this point if you are against the boost you might have an alternative, but it requires a heavy choice:
Subscribe to the notion of “fresh tbc servers” that offer no cash shop and no transfers/boosts
OR
Submit to the current roll-out and accept that boosts are happening. Get over it. And have fun. Do your best to be magnanimous and get over the petty squabble with the people who will be boosting on your server to play there with you.

“But it is not fair!”
“I worked hard for my stuff etc…”

Please forgive me quoting myself on this one but I believe the post is relevant here.

@Deathcoin-westfall

@Divium-archimonde

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I think by now it’s obvious that players want boosts and players don’t want boosts I think the best way to do things is to make fresh TBC servers so those like me can play without boosts.
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[[Player: "Deathcoin"s Post:]]

Why should current classic players who do not want boosts have to move to another fresh server, especially after all the time and effort many classic players like myself have already put into the game? I think it should be the opposite where there are fresh TBC servers which include the Boosts only, while keeping Boosts away from ALL or SOME current classic servers migrating into TBC.
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Your argument is valid. It is not fair that you are stradled with the boost candy for bots.

I; for one, do not really have a problem with the idea of boosted players but I very much have a problem with the idea of anything that empowers the automated programs that devalue the game at a fundamental level. IE - bots.

Yeah, it is not fair that you would have to give up all your classic server progress. But Blizzard has laid out their production guidelines for the rollout of TBC classic - and that includes boosts on all the current Classic servers.

How would they determine which servers should have boosts and which should not? That would not be fair to some servers if they only offered some with boosts. It would not be fair to the players who would then need to transfer OFF to get away from boosts or ON to gain access to boosted servers so they can play with their friends.

So the battle lines are unfortunately drawn. It is not fair for you to give up your progress. At this point it is more about the weight of your opinion given the options.

Personally, I do not relish the thought of starting over again from 1 and giving up my geared characters, the gold to buy an epic flying mount, the bank alts full of transmute and profession items and many more things – Especially when I am eager to get to the TBC content as it was my favorite expansion!
However, I would rather start over than continue on a server transitioning to make boosts the norm. What is next with WotLK?

So it is a heavy choice for me, but I would prefer a non-boosted, non-cash shop fresh server and I would happily grit my teeth and dredge through Classic yet again to get to the eagerly anticipated TBC content.
That said, I am pretty confident I will still have some fun times in the 1-60 level range with old friends and some new ones.
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Forgive the laziness . I am passionate and I agree - but I am simply running out of different ways to wordsmith what is effectively the same post over and over.

[Gorrith-incendius]

I, for one, am not even against the boost. I am grateful it is there for those within the demograph it was created for. It will bring more players which is a great thing.

However, I fear how much it will empower the bots… That is why I want fresh servers with no boost options.

[Drinknblink-whitemane]

You have legit linked this in every boosting thread.

[Esperia-whitemane]

This thread didn’t age well, did it?

[Divium-archimonde (Divium)]

I’m cited in it and I’ve never read it.

[Gorrith-incendius]

@Divium-archimonde

I’m cited … and I’ve never read it

And now you know why.

[Drinknblink-whitemane]

I have still never read it.

[Profits-mankrik]

Just gonna go ahead and screenshot OP’s post so I can laugh at him later when boosting is still in the game.

[Profits-mankrik]

Even without boosts, bots can level 1-58 in roughly 2 days because they play 24/7 nonstop.

Not to mention, having to pay $20 or $30 or whatever it is, on EVERY SINGLE BOT? Yeah, that’s not happening.

[Gorrith-incendius]

@Drinknblink-whitemane

u have legit linked this in every boosting thread.

@Drinknblink-whitemane

I still never read it.

Lol cute. That’s okay. It is outside of your purview anyway

[Shygirl-grobbulus]

Poor OP. If you ever position Blizzard opposite to money in an argument, Blizzard will simply switch sides and leave you there alone.

Are you new to this?

[Drinknblink-whitemane]

I try to not read the garbage others write and try to repeat over and over as if they wrote something that matters.

[Divium-archimonde (Divium)]

Nope still nothing doc

[Notagin-kul-tiras (Notagin)]

@Gorrith-incendius

Oh I bet the boosters feel it… The boost is coming. Anyway, there is something of an alternative.

I feel it too. Blizzard is even nickel-and-diming gametime purchases nowadays. The worse the situation in retail, the greater the odds for increased monetization in BC classic.

Blizzard is gonna get its cash from somewhere. Anti-retail Id***s don’t seem to realize this. Reap what you sow. Keep bashing and steering players away from retail.

[Rypley-mankrik]

This post aged like an egg.