Classic+ and Horizontal Progression

Should Blizzard takes some notes from Guild Wars 2 and do more of a horizontal progression.

I cant help but feel like horizontal progression would be the way to go for Classic+. I feel like most people are in the same boat for not wanting any level cap increase as Classic+ progresses.

There is no level cap increase, no gear treadmill. You just hop in and carry on from where you left off last time. Your gear is still relevant, everything you have acquired is still in the same spot progression wise. Its extremely alt friendly, very easy to take breaks and come back later.

Basically for those of you who have never played Guild Wars 2 instead of increasing the level cap with each content update they bring out new maps(lots of Open World content), masteries, instanced pve(raids, strikes, fractals).

Along with the new content they introduce new Masteries. These masteries are tied to the new content that comes out. Once you level these masteries they increase your abilities( not more damage or anything, more just increasing your rewards in the new content). Even with the path of fire expansion all the masteries were just to make your mounts feel better and do more things. And all of the masteries are account wide. So your really just leveling up your account which helps make the game very alt friendly.

So even though there is no level cap increase or gear treadmill there is still tonns of things to do when new content come out.

I personally feel like classic plus should be designed with the horizontal progression system in mind and not the old staple vertical system.

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cant help but fully agree, because after you have replaced BiS for the no joke 100th time… who cares any more about the gear… The only thing that matters is playing the game.

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I mean, Classic+ is all about trying out new things. So why not, I would be open to it. I personally have no interest in being stuck in the hamster treadmill that is current WoW

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Full agreement with Horizontal progression!

I do like some gear progression though, it feels good to grow in power, but there are ways to manage it so that it’s not a long sequence that you have to grind through. Also, offering ways to customize your power level is interesting too. What SoD is doing with runes, for example, is neat :slight_smile:

Why not? I feel like it would give Classic plus a lot of longevity.

Just me, but if there is no carrot on a stick, i have no incentive to play. Which is why Classic was able to hold my interest for only months at a time. Tier 3 was no big deal. Everything was solved. The only thing that made me blink was maybe Rank 14.

In short, I want that totem pole of gatekeeping - even if I’m at the bottom/receiving end of it. Either the put in the time or don’t.