Stop it man, thats not the same. Reading or taking instruction on a task & then going and doing it, is far different than taking directed instruction in real time when on task. An add-on, micro manages you on the task in real time and doesnt require you to remember the instructions on how to be successful in performing the task, same way OBR assist you dont need to remember your specs attack rotation to max your dps
Also Vanilla you had to know what you were actually doing. Add ons were minimal and all the online media that exists now and add ons didnt exist then and 40 ppl had to coordinate to take down a boss. But somehow years later all these gameplay assists exist but the playerbase is better. Yeah raid bosses got more intricate to deal with when the devs had to account for the mods lol. However someone needs to show that all the play-testing for raids/instances were ALWAYS done with mods for them to be considered critical. If they have ppl that push the top content w/out add-ons and play test it successfully, the whole argument is doa
I guess you could make that argument in the sense if twitch reactions and movement. Vanilla players were also pretty good at the game in terms of what was available at the time. Min-maxers in vanilla got pretty wild.
I agree with that. The âtellâ though was when Classic was offered and a zillion players went Frost Mage because now, theyâd seen sims and stats and talents â things not possible back in Vanilla.
Everyone gets help from addons, thatâs the point of them. The issue is a lot players (mostly those that donât engage in challenging content) think the addons âplay the gameâ for anyone which is a completely asinine idea with a lot of them not saying it in a hyperbolic way.
Also pruning classes, which for all of that im fine with it because itâs necessary if players wonât be able to access information via addons.
People still fall without them, whatâs there to entertain from? Seeing people fail?
Smug mythic raiders? There is a great gap between mythic raiders and the good ones wonât suffer with less cognitive load in midnight.
Kinda agree, but sometimes you got to call it for what is it especially when you compare distinct periods of time of the game.
Completely agree, the difference is OP is comparing modern WoW to how things where bad in Vanilla.
A bad player today would be a really good player back then because they are way more knowledgable just look at Classic 2019 most players didnât have an issue clearing raids a they did back in the day.
Obviously there where 15 years of knowledge, but most important players today are just in general better because they got used to more loaded specs and mechanics even the bad ones which as you say the mayority today.
