Our responsibility versus Blizzard's fault

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@Oscariswild-dathremar

1: One was in a raiding guild that was well into AQ40 when GDKP runs got really popular. About 10 players in their guild decided GDKP was a more time efficient way to get gear. That impacted seriously on their guild and they ended up not clearing NAXX - their goal for vanilla - unless they joined GDKP runs.

2: One was in a guild that collapsed and didn’t have a lot of time. So they bought gold and did GDKP runs to see all the content. Then the game got boring (“too easy”) - so they quit.

3: The third like me came back for TBC. They were in a levelling guild having fun and doing lots of dungeons. Then about eight people in the guild at their level decided they wanted to avoid the level grind and instead go afk during paid boosting. So my friend was left to solo grind to 60.

1: Player problem. Either have a conversation with the guild leader about people prioritizing GDKP over Progression runs, or leave the guild, and find one that is actively raiding.

2: “didn’t have a lot of time” Player problem. Classic WoW is well known for its required time investment. They chose to buy gold and rush through the content. That is their fault.

3: Player problem. Another marker of WoW Classic. Community is what we all shouted from the rooftops. If you want it, you have to be part of it. Make new friends, join a new guild.

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@Krevni-illidan

Wait what? Have you ever seen the subs chart? I get your point, but the evidence you are providing is just false.

I have, and one doesn’t refute the other.

Mists had some Day 1 patch issues that soured a lot of interest, on top of the non-stop hatred of “Kung-fu Panda” memes, but otherwise was an overall excellent expansion. WoD, in contrast, was a hot mess if you weren’t 100% about raiding. WoD raids are something to behold but hoooooly crap everything else was just horrendously bad. Blizzard could never help themselves when it came to finding a beloved feature (MoP Farms) and then turning it into a grand and ghastly mess (WoD Garrisons) while also over promising and way under delivering (see WoD and Cata). The drop-off in Cata was overall more severe than MoP, but had a pronounced sense of dissatisfaction because of the early hype and then early disappointment.

MoP actually stabilized entirely during the best part of its run: Isle of Thunder, Timeless Isle, and the beginning of the Siege of Orgrimmar period. Cata was all downhill from the start and never stopped. WoD had a huge jump and then an even bigger drop after and even during Foundry, it continued to dwindle down further and further.