The players asked for this and voted. Blizz is giving us what we want.
Dang, they must have kept it super secret because I think we all missed voting day.
But to be fair, I have no problem with the change overall. I only have a problem with the lack of clear progression from heroics to M0
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Source?
Itâs CataâŠthis season goes with classic.
Yeah, you can only avoid so much. Then scaling catches up to gear. At that point, skill is what takes over. Some people would rather complain than get better though
/shrug
It didnât before either. Thus the change.
Alts exist for this reason 
Although I am dreading the lower level keys on my alts currently. But being around that 490 ilvl I donât have much other choice.
We determined this was a lie:
Classic died a couple weeks ago or whenever the prepatch hit. I was gone long before. They failed the classic community. Sad. I had a lot of fun though.
Season 4 design is not going away
Itâs been confirmed that season 4 will be the new default experience in the war within.
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yeah it will. Watch.
The outrage will get worse every day. 
Well, hopefully the negative feedback and drop in participation will convince them to make some changes before TWW.
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It was though. They wanted harder more meaningful content on the lower end for them.
As per usual though, players get what they want and itâs very suddenly not what they want.
It always boils down to: we want the illusion of something harder, without the actual difficulty, but the âharder contentâ rewards
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Yep and exactly what the players voted for so confused at any people upset over this. This was the first step but later in S4 and TWW M0 will be tuned to what previously was an M20 minus the affixes. This is great for all players and the game so not sure what folks are complaining about.
Still no source?
Look at my post count. I practically live on the forums and from what Iâve seen, that was NEVER a common recurring theme.
I canât say nobody asked for it, but Blizz deciding to implement it was selective listening.
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GDC 2024 charts shows otherwise itâs going up in subscribers not down. Plus, the reception to season 4 has been seen as a positive. Also, season 4 offer better gear than say previous seasons ever did.
If youâre worrried that the war within leveling experience will be too difficult it wonât it will be scaled to green gears after dragon isles.
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Youâre on the source.
There was no vote put forward, but there were quite a few threads nearly weekly spread out over the years (SL â present at least).
Data backs it up too. The amount of people going in under-geared into m+ and facerolling it outrageous.
It was too bloated with unnecessary âlevel jumpsâ. The consolidation is good. Now each difficulty actually has a purpose.
Youâre right, OP. They should make Heroic dungeons 2-3x their current difficulty.
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Where are you getting that from. The number of keys run has plummeted vs the first weeks of other seasons. The complaints about bugs have been constant. I dont think Iâve seen a single positive thread about S4.
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âSelective listeningâ
Holly longdale already said they are trying their best to cater every players desires. And them (the designers) have to meet at a middle ground in terms of designing things. And so the end result it wonât please everyone and that is why itâs called concessions.
Hate to break it to you, but weâre max level within 6 hours of launch and start doing Mythic dungeons the next day. Every expansion. And there are tons of folks just like that.
The 3-day head start is trivial, all itâs going to do is:
- Let people look around
- Maybe level an alt
- Let people who can only play on the weekend level up before itâs a week into the expansion
These are all good things.
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Season 4 is all dragonflight content no more reusing older dungeons. and that is why lower numbers.