Unsubbing After 10 years of WoW

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Well said! Take care and I wish you well friend.

(gives Faraya a little box of cookies to take on her journeys)

:cookie:

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Please? I’ll promise to keep it safe for you

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I completely understand where you’re coming from. The skill ceiling was up there and there was ALWAYS someone who did something better. It was better to bring the players up than to dumb the system down.

None of my classes feel familiar. I did like legion WW monk (who didn’t) but in BfA, the GCD changes slow EVERYTHING down. It’s supposed to be spammy and fast, has no dev at blizzard ever seen a kung fu movie before? Pick out your favorite Bruce Lee movie and watch his hands while he’s fighting.

Your character is the way you interact with the game and if it doesn’t feel right, it taints every interaction.

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Meant to comment on this as well, but it seems to me it’s being designed/developed more to please shareholders.

What happens though when enough people leave that the shareholders aren’t making money? You get games like SWTOR that get very infrequent updates run by a skeleton crew and the game comes across as more in maintenance mode

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I played since the end of vanilla and the OP is 100% correct on everything posted. The game is in the worst spot it has ever been. I still think WoD was more interesting even though the WoD raids didn’t appeal to me. I’ve actually moved on to other games, but have kept my WoW sub on for the few remaining friends I have left playing. There is no excitement factor anymore and the game just a spoiled carrot on a stick.

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Good post.

I don’t think Blizzard is dumbing down classes for new players, though. Like you said, we were all new once and we didn’t need a stupid-easy game to stay subbed. Unlike you, I am NOT a good player at all, OP, but I still had lots to do for ten years without doing the top-hardest content.

I think Blizzard is dumbing down the game so they can make less game. It’s about cost-cutting. Streamlining. They wanted all players of all skill levels to be able to do the same content so they could make less content.

It’s like public school: You have thirty kids ranging from gifted to academically challenged. The teacher has to provide lessons that teach all of them. There are not resources to challenge the best students and help the worst students, so you end up with a mediocre experience all around.

Blizzard has been in cost-cutting mode since MoP. I think they expected to lose some subs, but have been surprised at how many players are leaving so quickly. Even some long-time players are leaving now.

OP is right: The game has gotten bland. But that’s because Blizzard decided to make a cheaper game (and because leadership of WoW has spent money on new features that suck).

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That was well said Faraya. I feel the way you do on classes. My warlock hasn’t felt the same since MoP. It just wasn’t fun anymore. I think the uniqueness of the classes back in Vanilla was a hard driving point for a lot of people. Probably why the demand for Classic became higher as time went on.

I hope you find the excitement you had in WoW in the early days again in something else.

Safe travels my friend

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Wait, shadow word: pain got removed and put as a talent. I thought it was bad enough rend got removed and rehashed as a talent choice, but I guess they’ve just butchered all of the classes. Good god

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It isn’t just some “I’m quitting” thread. OP actually expresses sadness and constructive feedback, which is what Blizz, MVPs and blues ask. They may ignore it, but it’s still what’s requested.

If OP said “Game sucks, Devs are clueless I’m out this game is bad” then your response would have been appropriate.

K. Odd you’d mention something unrelated but k.

Actually reading the entiriety of the original post is what’s worthwhile. Uneducated responses are not worthwhile.

Safe travels, OP. You aren’t alone concerning how you feel about the game.

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The biggest fail in wow history is actually removal of flight during WoD leading to pathfinder. Biggest sub loss in the history of wow. BFA and Azerite will prob be the second biggest though lol.

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“This isn’t a standard “I’m quitting” post”-- becomes the standard “I’m quitting and here’s why I don’t like the game anymore” post 2 seconds later. I’m not criticizing you leaving, if you want to, go ahead, you do you, I just find your intro a bit hypocritical.

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I agree with a lot of this. At the heart of the matter is that classes simply aren’t fun to play. I keep leveling new toons, trying new specs, and everything feels slow and/or there are not enough abilities to choose from. What happened to all of the cool utility spells and abilities? Now I have to choose 1 of 3 from a talent tier, when in the past I could have done them all.
I was having a blast leveling a ret paladin, until I hit 120 and my ability to take action slowed waaaay down. I’m not sure if that is a haste issue or a GCD issue. Why are my characters getting worse to play as I level? It’s completely backwards and frustrating.

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Did you just call me uneducated? on what basis? I find this offensive. Your opinion is based off what?.. speculation that i am uneducated? Very offensive.

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They’re not. It’s for the e-sport crowd and the OMG I have too many buttons crowd

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Hope you find another game or hobby that you enjoy! There are a lot of great games out there.

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Bye. I will not notice.

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Strange concerns from the op, but bottom line if your not having fun at a game play something else or do something productive with your time. During my time off i learned an instrument and completed my major lots of other things to do out there

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Yep. Class design has been a real mystery to me. Pruning has gone WAY overboard, there is effectively no character progression getting to max level, the talent system prevents unique builds/ play-styles (made even worse after Legion with the loss of legendaries and artifacts), the GCD changes makes gameplay even slower and more un-responsive. All of this leads to a less enjoyable experience which means repeatable content becomes even more of a chore.

The conspiracy theorist in me says “they are making the game easier and simpler in preparation for console ports and possibly mobile device ports.” Regardless, it isn’t fun and not worth paying for IMO.

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Ehh, may be referring to Shadow Word: Death?

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Ohh now that would make more sense. Still though hasn’t shadow had than since at least bc times when it could kill you if you didn’t kill them with it? Lol