You can solo to max in Classic. Thats no big deal.
You can solo to max in retail. THE WORLD IS ENDING.
Its not apples and oranges. If anything its Granny Smith Apples and Fuji Apples. We are both talking about apples. Just one side is trying very hard to explain why their apples are different.
And I disagree that its highly inefficient to do so in classic. I find running through quests as an incredibly efficient way to get xp. Much more efficient then sitting in town for an hour trying to put together a group for a dungeon.
World PvP was never fun, even in Vanilla. After 6 years of being on a PvP server I switched to a PvE server, and couldn’t have been happier The last 9 years on a PvE server and being able to CHOOSE when I PvP (mostly BGs) has been the best thing for me.
“You are absolutely required to group in classic to level!”
“no you arent”
“You are being obtuse!”
I feel like that is how this conversation is going. Is it easier to level in retail solo? Maybe. I find leveling through dungeons in retail can be much faster at times.
I am saying both options exist. You are not required to group in Classic, regardless of how often people tell me that I am.
I guess I just feel words have meanings, and when a person uses words, I apply those accepted meanings to the words. If people don’t mean “Grouping is required in Classic”, maybe they shouldn’t say it.
In a text based conversation, where nuance and other social cues which typically invite an implied meaning are missing…I tend to stick with the words actually being spoken.
Canonically our characters have slain famous villains and become the “Champion of Azeroth”. I consider that an impact. Does that delete a boss from the game? No, but that’s not really how you’d measure impact in an MMO
You didn’t fight that old world god alone. You did it with 39 other of the strongest adventures your faction could muster with a literal army at your back.
But that doesn’t mean out in the jungle, a wild boar or savage cat couldn’t take a lone adventurer 1v1.
You could also make the argument that when the giant sword in the sky nearly cut azeroth in half, that every wild boar or cat that survived was empowered by the azerite fall out and/ or the struggle for survival that it created.
I’m sorry if you said anything of value after this because I decided to stop reading. The Alter is totally there, but the game is still a MMORPG no matter what elements you don’t like.
Are you trolling or …? Early quests say “adventurer”, or “class”. Then it progresses to “hero”, now it’s “champion of azeroth”. Obviously I know it doubles as a limitation because they can’t voice act our names. There is no debate, canonically our characters are incredibly heroic figures and famous in the game.