Uh, that’s assuming an awful lot. I mean sure, when the sun and planets align…
You have to do no such thing. Play a dwarf. Piss! Never, ever, let anyone else tell you how to play.
Classic isn’t even out yet, so you’re technically correct.
As for vanilla: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/character/us/area-52/ohshiftson/achievements/legacy/player-vs-player
Hardcore is a measurement of how seriously you take something. “unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated”
Hardcore, in this context, does not mean “difficult game mode.” Someone saying “I’m a hardcore fan of this band” is not saying “I’m a more difficult game mode fan of this band.”
There is no “hardcore” difficulty in WoW. There is one difficulty. As such, hardcore in WoW means a heightened level of dedication.
You are right about one thing, though. Min/maxing’s purpose is to indirectly make things easier by making your character more capable of handling those situations.
Entirely incorrect. There are difficulty modes in WoW, but it is as open and dynamic as the open world. It’s up to you to decide your difficulty level. Most people Min-Max to “Ultra Easy”.
I agree with your definition of ‘Hardcore’. ““unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated””
That’s exactly why a min-maxed guild is NOT hardcore. They’re not uncompromisingly dedicated to ANY standard but EASY MODE.
Try to get an entire raid to play according to the ‘Defensive Code’, by playing under the same rules as a yellow name mob (Never attacking, only defending). That’s “unswervingly committed” to being innocent in every encounter. It’s a higher difficulty level.
You get confused and think there are no difficulty settings, because it’s open and dynamic. You’re wrong. You’re just not willing to make the choice to play on a harder difficulty level.
Play with me on [Bloodsail buccaneers] as a yellow name, and find out that it’s not so easy to play without murdering. Killing in self defense only, is Heroic mode, because only Heroes don’t murder in this world. There’s a difference between murder and killing in self defense.
Or, Min-Max to ‘Ultra-Easy’ mode… just like Blizzard Min-Maxes in the boardroom for quarterly profits to the complete destruction of the game.
Getting through the game without murdering even once, now that’s Hardcore Heroic mode. That’s a deep unswerving commitment.
For anyone who dares play as a hero, never murdering, only killing in self defense… Come find me on [Bloodsail Buccaneers].
Hardcore Heroic mode is not for weak little min-maxers that want to do everything the easy way. All I ask is that you don’t murder, and I’ll heal you.
Arnoldt, level 1 priest.
If you think beating a rogue with an equally geared warrior isn’t a cake-walk you are either crazy or have a terrible memory. Seriously, blows my mind every time I see this.
Play what you want. The nerd behind the keyboard > facials.
ROFLMAO, all it takes is a split second to look at my gear to know I am the farthest thing from a min/max-er that there will ever be. I play to have fun.
Yes, there is a difference in the two.
Most likely what is happening here is that most players were pretty bad back in the day.
So it’s far more likely you ran across lots of bad/poorly specced rogues. A rogue that knows what he is doing will kill pretty much anything, especially early on, and there isn’t much you can do about it unless he gets unlucky and misses a finishing move.
Show me where you pick your difficulty mode in WoW Classic. I bet you can’t.
“to ANY standard but EASY MODE” means they are uncompromisingly dedicated to easy mode, which makes them hardcore by that definition.
Use your brain.
Okay? Why don’t you actually try reading what I said?
Correct. Min/maxing and having fun are different things, but they are not mutually exclusive.
Guildie said Tauren have a longer reach in melee combat which was an interesting tidbit. We’d been talking about how Tauren look like they run slow because they have a longer stride and the animation had to be slower to keep them the same speed as smaller races. Then someone said, ‘but they do have a longer reach in melee combat’. I don’t know how big a difference that would be or if it even exists between large and small races. 2/4 Alliance races are short and 0/4 Horde races are short.
Edit: being short and stone skin could help in pvp though. I’ve heard people talk about sitting down in bushes when they try to fish on a pvp server to reduce odds of people seeing them in passing. (Though if you cast a line while someone is in earshot, they’ll locate you pretty quick.)
Play what you want. The slight advantages racials give are not worth playing a character you wouldn’t otherwise want to play as.
Try reading what I wrote, I already answered that.
The difficulty modes are in every choice you make, bub. It’s open world, dynamic. I can understand how that would be confusing to simpletons.
By your logic, it would be fine for me to start a “Hardcore LFR” guild in retail. LMAO, you’re trying to win on technicalities, so that you can be the win at being wrong. Just stop.
The most popular position on this topic is wrong. The entirely of the WoW community is wrong about this.
Min-Max guilds are bottom tier, full of murderous accountants, who always play on the easiest difficulty.
Only a simpleton could think that people who don’t min/max are the hardcore ones.
If by “bottom tier” you mean higher ranked guilds in terms of kills, gear, progression, parses, PvP ranks, and so on, yeah.
Anyway, I’m not really interested in arguing with an obvious troll just trying to start a flame war. When you can make an argument without using insults, I’ll get back to you. I won’t hold my breath, though.
Maybe that works against retarded rogues, but any half-competent rogue will just CC you until Retaliation wears off.
Fun fact: Retaliation used to still hit back even when you were stunned,lol.
Kill their azz while stunned.
What race you choose will not matter what so ever. Guilds were clearing raids with 1/4 of their raids dead weight. Imagine now with everyone already knowing the content? Your race wont matter. MC will be easier than EP LFR.
Well, Im glad your such a good sheep. Following the herd without giving much thought to anything. You should do what you want and not worry about anything else
So, no top guilds horde side?