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Last I played WOW was burning crusade and that was 2007-08. Amazing times for sure. Curious how the game evolved over time.

by nikivi 6y ago

hombre_fatal 6y ago
You should check out modern WoW for a day just to see the mechanics they've been able to add. Before the WoW Classic release last year, I was in your shoes and decided to try modern WoW for a few days as a goblin. It had some pretty crazy quests/events/locations compared to just spawning in Goldshire and getting some "Kill N of X" quests.
- Hamuko 6y ago
  Yeah, quest variety has increased a ton. Lots of other kind of stuff than just fetch/kill. I don't think there's really any "Collect 30 bear asses and also only 3% of bears have asses" quests left either. Maybe in like the Burning Crusade zones?
  - shoemakersteve 6y ago
    Oh don't worry, there are still plenty. It's better now though, most bears have asses.
    - Hamuko 6y ago
      I think they've changed the quest drop mechanics that if you don't get a bear ass from a bear, it starts incrementing the drop rate of bear asses for future kills. Previously you were just rolling for that 3% chance all over again.
  - LinuxBender 6y ago
    The more recently added and revamped quests have higher drop rates. There are still a handful of quests that have a low drop-rate, but I find the ratio of these quests to be bearable.
carlhjerpe 6y ago
They added a LOT of convenience features and made it possible to buy ingame time with gold.
- LunaSea 6y ago
  Convenience is what killed the original game's atmosphere in the first place.
  - blibble 6y ago
    it's a completely different game to even how it was in Cataclysm/Pandaria it's now a single player game for nearly everyone (unless you're a higher level raider) the vast majority of players will push a button, the game then automatically forms a group, teleports you to the dungeon/raid, which is then completed without anyone saying a word (and it is almost impossible to lose) the other players might as well be bots loot is now dished out individually and automatically by the game: no interaction with other players is needed higher level raiders experience the same content, just at a higher difficulty (which does require an organised group) Blizzard has optimised out the massively multiplayer part of the MMO, and with new "features" like PvP/mob scaling they've obsoleted the RPG elements too (leveled up? your character is now weaker!) sadly: what's left is a skinner box collection game with many infinite grinds to force you to play by exploiting the fear of falling behind your peers
    - slightwinder 6y ago
      > the vast majority of players will push a button, the game then automatically forms a group, teleports you to the dungeon/raid, which is then completed without anyone saying a word (and it is almost impossible to lose) To be fair, this is not really new. It already was this way 10+ years ago at the end of WotLK when I started playing it for a bit. > Blizzard has optimised out the massively multiplayer part of the MMO, and with new "features" like PvP/mob scaling they've obsoleted the RPG elements too (leveled up? your character is now weaker!) Argh, that is ugly. Does this mean I can't farm old Dungeons/Raids and Low-Lvl-Areas on my own anymore? This was quite nice to chill from time to time.
als0 6y ago
There's been a surge of activity in the last year or so due to the re-release of WoW Classic, also known as Vanilla. There are rumours that Burning Crusade will also be re-released soon. I suspect the potential revenue is too good for Blizzard to resist.
- apacheCamel 6y ago
  I actually have a question here, why would they re-release BC? Isn't the point of Classic to keep it in a certain period of time? When many people started the game and thought it was at its "peak"? On a side-note: would it be interesting to have a second branch of the game, maybe not called Classic, that would follow the main-line of the game, but would be a large chunk of expansions behind? That way people could relive those old expansions as if they were the latest one released. Personally, I think I would be much more on board with that since the game would actually change over time.
  - als0 6y ago
    Because there are a lot of fans that think BC was peak. And they’re willing to pay for it again.
fareesh 6y ago
I played until the end of WOTLK. I heard Cataclysm had the best / hardest endgame.
LinuxBender 6y ago
It has changed a lot and is about to change again. There is a level squish coming soon to prepare for changes that will make it much easier for new and returning players to level up and enjoy the game. The current system is a little overwhelming to some. The new changes should be live within a month or so. The release date slipped a little.
bovermyer 6y ago
Try it again one week from now (Oct 13). That's when they're doing the prepatch for the new expansion. One of the things they're doing is making it so you can level from 1 to 50 in a single expansion's content. Also, they're squishing levels back to the original 1-60 from the current 1-120.
Bayart 6y ago
Although the game remained good afterwards, you pretty much quit at the peek. The last decade has been nothing but Activision-Blizzard abusing a captive audience.

Last I played WOW was burning crusade and that was 2007-08. Amazing times for sure. Curious how the game evolved over time.

by nikivi 6y ago

Last I played WOW was burning crusade and that was 2007-08. Amazing times for sure. Curious how the game evolved over time.

hombre_fatal 6y ago

You should check out modern WoW for a day just to see the mechanics they've been able to add. Before the WoW Classic release last year, I was in your shoes and decided to try modern WoW for a few days as a goblin. It had some pretty crazy quests/events/locations compared to just spawning in Goldshire and getting some "Kill N of X" quests.

Hamuko 6y ago
Yeah, quest variety has increased a ton. Lots of other kind of stuff than just fetch/kill. I don't think there's really any "Collect 30 bear asses and also only 3% of bears have asses" quests left either. Maybe in like the Burning Crusade zones?
- shoemakersteve 6y ago
  Oh don't worry, there are still plenty. It's better now though, most bears have asses.
  - Hamuko 6y ago
    I think they've changed the quest drop mechanics that if you don't get a bear ass from a bear, it starts incrementing the drop rate of bear asses for future kills. Previously you were just rolling for that 3% chance all over again.
- LinuxBender 6y ago
  The more recently added and revamped quests have higher drop rates. There are still a handful of quests that have a low drop-rate, but I find the ratio of these quests to be bearable.

carlhjerpe 6y ago

They added a LOT of convenience features and made it possible to buy ingame time with gold.

LunaSea 6y ago
Convenience is what killed the original game's atmosphere in the first place.
- blibble 6y ago
  it's a completely different game to even how it was in Cataclysm/Pandaria it's now a single player game for nearly everyone (unless you're a higher level raider) the vast majority of players will push a button, the game then automatically forms a group, teleports you to the dungeon/raid, which is then completed without anyone saying a word (and it is almost impossible to lose) the other players might as well be bots loot is now dished out individually and automatically by the game: no interaction with other players is needed higher level raiders experience the same content, just at a higher difficulty (which does require an organised group) Blizzard has optimised out the massively multiplayer part of the MMO, and with new "features" like PvP/mob scaling they've obsoleted the RPG elements too (leveled up? your character is now weaker!) sadly: what's left is a skinner box collection game with many infinite grinds to force you to play by exploiting the fear of falling behind your peers
  - slightwinder 6y ago
    > the vast majority of players will push a button, the game then automatically forms a group, teleports you to the dungeon/raid, which is then completed without anyone saying a word (and it is almost impossible to lose) To be fair, this is not really new. It already was this way 10+ years ago at the end of WotLK when I started playing it for a bit. > Blizzard has optimised out the massively multiplayer part of the MMO, and with new "features" like PvP/mob scaling they've obsoleted the RPG elements too (leveled up? your character is now weaker!) Argh, that is ugly. Does this mean I can't farm old Dungeons/Raids and Low-Lvl-Areas on my own anymore? This was quite nice to chill from time to time.

als0 6y ago

There's been a surge of activity in the last year or so due to the re-release of WoW Classic, also known as Vanilla. There are rumours that Burning Crusade will also be re-released soon. I suspect the potential revenue is too good for Blizzard to resist.

apacheCamel 6y ago
I actually have a question here, why would they re-release BC? Isn't the point of Classic to keep it in a certain period of time? When many people started the game and thought it was at its "peak"? On a side-note: would it be interesting to have a second branch of the game, maybe not called Classic, that would follow the main-line of the game, but would be a large chunk of expansions behind? That way people could relive those old expansions as if they were the latest one released. Personally, I think I would be much more on board with that since the game would actually change over time.
- als0 6y ago
  Because there are a lot of fans that think BC was peak. And they’re willing to pay for it again.

fareesh 6y ago

I played until the end of WOTLK. I heard Cataclysm had the best / hardest endgame.

LinuxBender 6y ago

It has changed a lot and is about to change again. There is a level squish coming soon to prepare for changes that will make it much easier for new and returning players to level up and enjoy the game. The current system is a little overwhelming to some. The new changes should be live within a month or so. The release date slipped a little.

bovermyer 6y ago

Try it again one week from now (Oct 13). That's when they're doing the prepatch for the new expansion. One of the things they're doing is making it so you can level from 1 to 50 in a single expansion's content. Also, they're squishing levels back to the original 1-60 from the current 1-120.

Bayart 6y ago

Although the game remained good afterwards, you pretty much quit at the peek. The last decade has been nothing but Activision-Blizzard abusing a captive audience.