Least “classic” thing about “classic” WoW. You should never be able to clear a cave and have the entire population of the cave respawn 2 minutes later. Literally just cleared a Harpy cave out in 1k needles, mined one Iron deposit and then 7 harpys spawn on top of me and RIP’d my 28 warrior.
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The true goblin slaying experience. Caves are dangerous…
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Lol, that’s exactly why I’m not bothering with HC, yet.
i simply do not go in caves unless I am a few levels higher than the mobs
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That harpy cave is a death trap.
Never go in further than around the first bend.
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Dealing with the hyper spawns has been a thing since day one a decade or so ago, idk how you call that “not classic”.
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Oh are you referencing a time when wow server populations were a drastically small fraction compared to now? You referencing a time when a zone that can only handle a handful of people in it only had a handful of people in it? Yeah times have changed. Either dynamic spawns or everyone waits for ages to even kill mobs as more players backlog the area since mobs aren’t spawning.
Deal with dynamic spawns. You know they exist, and still chose to go into a harpy cave as a warrior. That’s all on you lil bro.
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Or blizzard could just tune the dynamic spawns to stop “surprise group spawns”.
Mobs will die in a staggered fashion but respawn all at once currently. Surely they should respawn in a staggered fashion?
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You went in a cave. That’s your problem. Even when I explore Jasperlode mine on my Alliance toon HC, I hearth out.
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Dynamic spawns were not a thing in Vanilla. I was there. The thing in Vanilla was waiting 15 minutes for the mobs to respawn. And waiting. And waiting. And then they respawned in the order that they were killed.
Just be careful around areas where there are 2+ mobs known to be. Expect that if they’re all dead, they won’t be in a few seconds. Go in with a group. Don’t go deep into caves if you’re not prepared. Pot up, get your food buff, keep your heal potions and CDs ready. Hearth when you get in far enough to get the “scout” notification. If you see someone overwhelmed and they weren’t a jerk, pull one of the mobs off them (carefully).
Oh, and people seriously need to stop afking out in the world.
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I don’t know how to tell you this, but uh, this isn’t vanilla.
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Oh really? Hadn’t noticed. Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind. Glad you’re so helpful.
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All I strive to be. Happy to help.
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I shall point all who need help in your direction.
Yea i rather spend most of my playtime waiting for respawns and competing over quest objectives.
That cave is nuts even with a low pop server it respawns quick.
Love it.
Regain your honor, Skeet.
Get you a bud or two. Go agane.
This is why I rogue. So that when Goldtooth has arch-viled the cave behind me, I just go around them.
Also, it helps with murlocs. I have choice words for them that I cannot say here as well as gestures of the hand while I sit in stealth as they run by.
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I laughed loudly imagining this.
Gestures of the Hand should be a new rogue ability.
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On many occasions I’ve had a mob I killed immediately spawn where the one I killed died. So I agree, turn of dynamic spawns. I’m in no rush and would rather wait for respawns.
The small loss of time spent waiting for a respawns pales in comparison to the 10’s of hours lost by having to reroll.
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very early death trap. best thing to do is group up.
cave, mines, tunnels, be wary.