As a warlock in classic in 2019 I had a lot of fun seeing the old version of the game again. I never did the private route and it was rough playing again with the realization that a simple wand was a key for survival. I think my first death was 11-12. That lock made it and joined a good guild along the way with a classic community centered on one xp and goal.
But now I have seen the glass break and the community shattered to Cata/Wrath or SOD or Classic or HC. The once thriving community is splintered through new choices and new divides. Maybe you feel this or you donāt, but it doesnāt stop it from being what a lot are experiencing atm.
I first played a lot of alliance toons on HC and found ways to die as a rogue a lot, decent priests, and a good run on a pally. But at 46 on my pally the guild collapsed due to splintering and when I decided on hc again it was to roll horde.
I knew the route I wanted to take for my orc lock. First hiccup was doing void quest in scull rockā¦strongly rec uc one here haha. But then mostly alright. At 37 I managed to strafe off freewind post plat and perished. You know reply R is so close to E key but hey there I was falling from the platform knowing the splat was inc fast. I knew if I got that far I could go fartherā¦u know we go again!
So I made my new lock and made it to the 20s. When the server was dead I leveled and died as a warrior just for a fresh SFK to pop. Long live terokmoo ><. I was back on track. I survived wipes in sm lib, with void sacc and players not able to understand a monk pat as we exited. These were the players available but it was a challenge as I leveled to find groups. I restored most of my gear but I soon realized finding 5 ppl for a group past 40 was a fools errand.
For me part of the classic experience is dungeoning and questing with new people, not a question of survival. For my part in hc somehow I have survived in every dungeon even the partial wipes. Still this was my first toon in the 50s on DP and to not have the bloody carrot on a stick just seemed unacceptable. I completed the prereqs for ST, I woulda loved the hinter elitesā¦but as you level grinding is the only way as groups are not to be found. Yes there is splintering but also I wonder if there is a way to allow players back, even in death, to continue in HC, like a ranking vs deletion.
I knew the grind spots in the 40s and low 50s. One day on an alt I saw a lot of tailoring patterns I coulda bought and used on the AH, but I was SF and needed to continue. But as I grinded there was no server pop, no groups, just single player. I like hc but we need more than this for hc to thrive.
Wow ok u survived this far so Iāll tell u how I died. At 57, my lock new it should grind solo but a guildie and fellow lock wanted help on a quest. It was a lock quest in Felwood that led to fighting an inferno elite. It aggrod, b4 we both expected it, I ended up going down, but guildie used a lot to make it. Does it suck, yeah but Iām glad in a way it went that way. I was helping a guildieā¦I was playing as classic is intended, not just solo grinding.
At the end of the day my lock, Teroknoir, only made it to 57 as Sf but even if I made it all the way I have come to realize how shattered the classic community is. I feel like at this point blizz canāt be relied upon to right this wrong. To me they are more focused on bottom lines than a thriving community.
To me the solution may be the community as a whole picking one version and sticking to it to preserve the classic experience. Maybe this isnāt possible but I have seen the wall of ānoā come down, and I think we can have a classic community again!
it could save your life one day.