What Made WoW Successful?

[Axxo-skyfury]

@Zaalg-ashkandi

Nothing changed when RDF was added.

By the very definition of adding something, something obviously changed. I mean, I get what you’re saying, but I also don’t find any reason to agree with that stance.

To note, this isn’t an anti Dungeon Finder (or pro Dungeon Finder) statement, but there are definitely differences to how we socialize and interact with others in our communities.

@Axxo-skyfury

While leveling over hours, days, and weeks, it’s not uncommon to run into the same person or people from time to time, be it for group quests or instances. This shared experience over time can lead to a form of social bonding. Heck, I still remember during the original TBC leveling a Priest with a friend of mine on a Warrior. We would often run into this shaman while questing in the open world or in instances, so much that it felt as though we were leveling together, and we became friends (Hey Zarth! Wherever you are now).

With Dungeon Finder, while it’s possible that you’ll run into the same person or people in instance groups, you won’t run into people who aren’t on your server outside of those instance groups, and even if you can befriend them, you cannot cross-realm party or queue, so this is somewhat impactful for some people’s social experience in the game.