I don’t get it, if you guys don’t want boosts why not just go to private servers that don’t have boosts?
- Import retail features into the Classic version
- Ask Classic players to go on private servers
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Fixed that for ya.
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The fact only 56% of people on this forum were in favor of boosts in a poll is astounding. This is where people are most likely to ask for a boost.
Anyway, Blizz has made the determination that whatever percentage of players won’t play TBC because it has boosts (of which I’m one) isn’t high enough to warrant not doing them. They’ll make more from people buying boosts than those quitting because of them. It’s a pure business decision. Is it good for the game? Is it good for the community? I can look at how Retail played out and the answer is very clearly ‘no’. But it makes them money, and that’s Activi$ion’s one and only Pillar.
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No, because the boost is the default for the legal product now. So if people don’t want it then they are free to go to private servers without it.
Boost is the default, you are the one advocating for them to change to cater to your whims.
A majority is a majority, the point was to point out the argument that “the majority of players don’t want boosts” was incorrect
Not to mention a community-driven survey is an unreliable source of the actual numbers. But it’s certainly more reliable than the Madseason video
It was never about preserving the experience. It was about making money. They turned Classic into a private server, because mostly likely that was guaranteed player base waiting to play. Had they wanted to preserve the authentic overall experience, they would have done a full re tune to prevent power creep. But then the game would have failed miserably.
Oh I agree it’s completely unreliable. But it’s still very surprising to me. Like going to a rally for the NRA and posting a poll about gun control. The results are probably going to be skewed. I expected the results of a poll here to be a lot more skewed towards boosts given the type of player who frequents the forum.
It was me, sorry. I asked for a boost. When word got out the devs were all like, “Feywaif wants a boost. What do you all think?” Pretty much the whole dev team was like, “Well if Feywaif wants it we ought to put it in.”
Hope that answers your question.
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I don’t really see it the same way. The loudest group here are the anti-boosters, it’s not like pro-boosters are a super majority here and all the anti-boosters are just permanently shut down by the community
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I mean, the boost is going to be in the game. I don’t think anyone really cares if you play the game or not, but if you want the game without the boost just go to a private server. Your problem is solved. Stop crying.
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You talk about having an open mind, yet your mind is closed? I still have yet to ask for anything from blizzard, yet you keep bringing it up… when you can tell me how boosts ruin the game; while being completely realistic and logical. I’ll take you serious… until then you’re just some whiny classic purist, just like all the others. You have yet to make any point when all I’ve been asking was for you to actually answer, WHY IS IT AN ISSUE?
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Not yet. There is still plenty of time for Blizzard to renege on their boost stance.
Done it many times. Check my post history and one of the many comments if you want, I’m not going to do it. It doesn’t matter what I say, you won’t change your mind anyway, and regardless of the mountain of evidence showing how bad boosts would be for the game, you’re going to dismiss it anyway, the same way that every other person like you has done.
You don’t want evidence, you want boosts.
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You’ve yet to give a reason why, all you’ve done is whine and cry about boosts but providing nothing of substance to bring to the table. You’ve proven my point about you and your argument. I am (unlike yourself) extremely open minded and can be swayed, it’s been done before with logic and reason. Level boosts were introduced on the game’s decline so I already know that fail argument… the numbers will never be like it was back in the WOTLK days.
But this discussion is clearly over, you refuse to bring anything to the table. When you’re willing to toss your ego away, we can continue. Until then, enjoy your L.
And you shouldn’t expect there not to be a boost as it is coming. Just because others feel different about the boost makes you no better than them. To respect others viewpoints and opinions would be a good choice. Those salty over a boost that will have ZERO affect on them I feel would be far better off staying on classic era servers as they are mainly the toxic ones.
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I’m not expecting their not to be a boost. I’m fully expecting that there will be, but I’m hoping there won’t. I’ve never shown any modicum of disrespect to anyone, but as you can see those boost defenders are free to spew vitriol as much as they please.
I’ve never shown any modicum of disrespect to anyone
Really? Re-read all you’ve wrote… you’ve done nothing but show disrespect, name calling isn’t the only source of disrespect.
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You must not know what disrespect is. Your tone throughout all your post have been nothing but pissy and whiney with a touch of go play some other game or if you don’t like the way I play then your all wrong,
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You must have been reading your own comments there bud.