SoD sucks primarily due to the elitism within it thanks to the addons similar to Raider io.
It also reminds people of how bad retail is thanks to the dailies and grind mechanics in place just to get gold or reputations for the new skills.
The MC difficulties play a good role in why I stopped playing it as you weren’t doing burn 3 level you were trash in everyone’s eyes and didnt deserve a spot in any kind of group. Created cliques of elitist tryhards that just made the game unplayable for people trying to find a group.
Things like this is heavily accepted these days in WoW is to become a complete tool and unfriendly to others because its cool and what the streamers often do for a show on twitch is be rude to people and get clicks/views.
-i was comparing the economy one year in to one year in. and to SoM. hard fact the economy is better. players dont need to gdkp to afford consumables as the gold provided literally from boss drops is enough to cover flasks, elixirs, pots, and food. its arguably deflating.
-its not relative, leveling journey is irrelevant when the lowbie will never be able to afford chase items in GDKP because of incentivized RMT dominance. which is particularly a problem in permanent era as it creates a race to the bottom effect. and thats not even getting into the social aspect issues.
-my statement was the economy is great despite having to navigate dev injected gold. there was a period during phases 3-4 where item inflation was occuring due to the incursion gold injection but has since slowed. that would not be the case with widespread RMT resulting from GDKP practices because the injection is continuous due to internal competition within the GDKP system and unlike the temporary injection via incursions.
With respect, that argument still doesn’t make sense. Cost of consumes is driven by supply and demand. So:
Consumes are still required in SoD, and can still be purchased with RMT. Why isn’t the cost of consumes being inflated? You can’t claim that RMT for GDKP drives inflation but all other RMT seemingly doesn’t.
If cost of consumes is artifically inflated, you can pick up a crafting profession and profiteer off of it - including fresh 60s. The economy is two way.
Your only data point is that a server that has had 6x as long as SoD to accumulate wealth, has experienced more inflation. Which is like saying the economy is worse in 2024 than it was in 1974 because things cost more in 2024, without factoring that wages have also increased.
Currently on the anniversary servers, levelling greens are sold for barely more than vendor price because there is an inundation of items and not much wealth. You know they will be more expensive in a few months time when they become more scarce and level 60 gold gets injected to alts. Does that mean the economy is ruined?
Has GDKP contributed? Maybe. Probably. But to what extent? We don’t know that.
Because bro if there are gdkps I can’t get carried by the better players. I’m poor and parse grey.
I’ve played wow basically since it’s inception. There has not been a single pug raid that’s run better than a gdkp that I’ve been part of.
I don’t want to commit to a schedule, so because a bunch of babies cried about gdkp I now don’t raid. But this is good for the game right? Less participation.
And if I did buy gold, I still would. PVP and PVE consumes still cost gold without gdkps around. Room-temp IQ take.
If the whole argument on why gdkp is good for the game boils down to an incentive for geared players to clear content again, they could simply increase the gold rewards from raiding no?
As opposed to you being bad at the game and rather leave winning gear down to how much illicit gold you buy? Why is it that you cheaters think you’re any good at an easy as hell game? Whose sock puppet are you anyway? There’s only like six of you that want g dkp in the game
What’s it going to take to prove I don’t RMT? Bank statements?
You’re a clown bro who I guarantee is a liability in any raid they do, hence why you’re happy any form of fair loot distribution is banned.
You understand IF you were for example in a GDKP with RMTers, eventually they get the gear they want. You’ve now got a lot of gold and can get what you want. It’s not like they keep buying the same loot over and over again.
I’ve never had an issue where I could indefinitely never get the loot I wanted due to gold buyers. That just doesn’t happen.
I think dual spec is far more harmful to the game than GDKPs. Respecing was a natural gold-sink, which is now gone. But I can look past it and understand that hopefully it will increase participation in PVP now people can bounce between multiple specs.
But again, you’re too stupid and ignorant to understand that.
RMT still exists, and unfortunately so do clowns like you.
I mean, duh. You pretending like it doesn’t from a sock puppet means nothing to me lol, you aren’t convincing anyone.
I’d rather be any of those stupid things you’ve accused me of than being an rmt cheater who ruins the game for everyone else. Buying gear with illicit gold isn’t fair loot distribution. Just play the game.
It’s not an if. It’s a certainty. GDKP’s are packed wall to wall with RMT cheaters.
Cool story, no one cares what you do in your RMT raids.
Of course you do, because you’re an RMT shill.
No need to be redundant when attempting to insult my intelligence. You’re a cheater. No one cares what you think.
It has for 20 years. It has in every MMO. Know what doesn’t exist though?
it’s not coming back my dudes! and future versions won’t have it either