Running - I remember why I don't play Classic

In a world with flying beasts and magi who conjure portals all day, we spend 50% or more of our game time… running.

Nothing but running… all day long… everywhere, all the time. It’s like we’re training for a marathon and not actually trying to adventure. We spend more time running from spot to spot than doing quests or role-playing or anything remotely interesting. Just… running. How dull.

No thanks. Back to retail, and forever. Ugh.

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Bye, won’t miss yah.

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Not my fault you chose the wrong class. Play shaman or druid you wouldn’t have this problem. Bye

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You’re still running. Just as a dog or cat. Have fun.

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:violin:

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Me neither, Mocko. I remember it from way back when and it’s better now. Heirloom chopper mount to the rescue!

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I wish games had instant everything. I don’t want to work for much either.

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classic has a big world.
retail has playgrounds connected by portals and queues.

its ok to prefer either

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Why not just play a lobby game? Seriously if a WORLD is offensive why play a game with a persistent world? Doesn’t Diabolic give you dungeons with no world?

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Didn’t know holding down the W key was working LOL.

Or, why not have a world where running doesn’t constitute the bulk of gameplay for the first 2/3rds of leveling? Maybe that’s why the devs decided they needed to improve the game to start with. Hey, it’s your time, feel free spending it running up and down roads for most of your gametime. As for me, I’d rather do something else, like fight mobs or find hidden items or anything questy. Maybe one day they’ll have quests where all you do is run from one point to another. Oh wait, Classic is full of those. (FedEx quests, anyone?) It’s a joke. I did my Classic time with BC. Those of you nostalgia-ists, have a good time running.

As they say on Yo Gabba Gabba: Run run run, its fun fun fun…

Overland running is a staple of the fantasy genre. Going on a quest isn’t supposed to be like getting on a crowded urban bus.

It sound like you want to warp from loot box to loot box, which begs the question, WHY play a MMORPG when there are plenty of lobby dungeon crawl games?

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Then go back to retail. Play what you want.

I won’t go back to retail because I don’t like it and I don’t post on the retail forums about not playing it because there is no point in me making posts on there.

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Each to their own. I like having to travel, even when it’s frustrating. Adds to the immersion.

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problem is that i feel like unless ur not grounded nothing unusual happen.

The bad come with the good and nothing is perfect .

I dont get how people are so entitle in classic. THERE FERAL THAT DO 1,500 DPS on every boss in bwl dont tell me feral cant perform perform! THE PROOF IS THERE WHAT THE HELL

have you heard of the keybind called autorun? so you can press that and alt tab out while youre on your way somewhere? I personally like running though as the world feels 10x bigger and like an actual world. but thats just me.

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You sound offended. I’m sorry.

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we spend 50% or more of our game time… running

Did you not watch Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring? 50% (or more) of that movie was watching people run.

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Wow this is a lazy troll attempt, 0/10. Course I don’t expect anything better from a retail snowflake lol.

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OP is a babby smooth skin with no muscles and not used to working out. Classic is how you get the muscles baby /flex.

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Do you guys know that if you toggle and toggle back when running, it auto-runs for you? Just set it on a straight line and you can watch videos or use the bathroom while running.

Of course, if you’re on a PvP server that’s more of a problem.