I Just came here to make a post about this as well, on DF beta level 70 mage ilvl 392. Old content farming is dreadful, its like there is no CHANGE AT ALL! ( 10 levels and 150+ilvl higher gear means nothing)
BFA should be a breeze and so should Shadowlands content.
I went into the maw Just to test, where is the player power? it doesnt feel any different then being a level 60 with 230 ilvl.
There should be a drastic difference in power like it used to be, if you took your toon back to the zone you outleveled (before the squish and the scaling mechanics) you could one shot any mob maybe a few hits on an elite or zone boss. ( aside from the damage sustain on World bosses like Sha of Anger or Galleon which are great QOL features)
Honestly we have been able to farm previous expansions for a dozen+ YEARS and I gave them the benefit of the doubt with the pre shadowlands level squish and thought its fine it will go back to normal when we get 10 more levels (70). But that is not the case at all not even by a long shot.
We should get our power back and be given the ability to faceroll previous content, With chromie time this has no effect on players who are questing or experiencing a zone for the first time at the zone level because they have a designated phase to relive an expansion as it was.
This is has been something that has been a big part of my playing experience ( and i know easily thousands of other players as well) in the past when collecting previous expansion (items mogs mounts etc…) it feels like a slap in the face to a casual player, like we have to wait 4 years now to farm old expansions not just dungeons and raids but actual outdoor content with ease, I dont like this change.
I dont like to have to cycle through an entire spell sequnce to kill a mob from a previous expansion that shouldn’t require that much effort especially when we have done it on 50 alts already during the expansion and re-ran that same content a ridiculous amount of times. There should be no challenge to old content when a new expansion comes out. I thought that was the whole point of chromie time.
I hated the Maw ( and shadowlands for me sucked as an expansion) I should be allowed to go back and grief every mob in that zone out of pure hatred and one shot them all.
Just like everytime you saw fel reaver when you out leveled the zone you would stop and one shot him just because he killed you so many times.
There are so many arguments on the forums about casual players who want the best gear in the currrent expansions without having to do mythic raiding/dungeons and they want that gear from world quests and want to feel super OP in the outdoor zones, okay, fine underserved in a current expansion, but taking this (PREVIOUSLY EXISTSING) power away from those same people who are going back one expansion to farm pet battles or mounts or achievements or collect treasures or whatever EXPIRED content collectables they are doing at a casual pace is kinda a punch in the face from the DEVS.
Sorry if i talk in circles and repeat the same points over and over.
Just upset that i keep coming back, buying the most expensive versions of the expansions, buy the 6 month, 1 year sub plans, buy all the mounts, pets, in the shop(even tokens) to support a Game/Company that in return isn’t supporting a playstyle that I and many others have played for YEARS and YEARS with no issues and now all of a sudden you have removed this for no other reason then ?? im guessing too lazy to apply a buff for previous expansion ? Or just dont want players to have the old player power we used to have ? I honestly and baffled as to why this is like this now.
