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I recently got into WoW classic, and my experience has been much more positive than what this Kotaku writer describes. I'm in my mid-30s and I never got into Wo

by Meekro 5y ago

I recently got into WoW classic, and my experience has been much more positive than what this Kotaku writer describes. I'm in my mid-30s and I never got into WoW when I was younger, but was always curious to try. There were so many expansions that I wasn't really sure how to get started-- do I need to buy all of them? Some of them? One of them? Anyway, WoW classic made it simple to dive in, so I did! Since I didn't want to waste time searching for random people to party with, I convinced my wife and a friend to start playing with me. We're all about to get to level 20 and are eager to see if the 3 of us can complete Deadmines. I haven't experienced the kind of "ghost-town" feel that the writer described. Even minor towns usually had people running around them. Also, the writer's use of "everyone" and "we" doesn't apply to me or anyone I know. The 3 of us are learning how to play together effectively, and having a great time doing it. At the rate we're progressing, we probably have many hundreds of hours of fun gaming ahead of us even if we never do anything more than 5-man dungeons.

bombcar 5y ago
The key to WoW originally was having a solid core group to play with - it really wasn’t “soloable” the way it is now - and arguably that’s better for the game. Last time I played a WoW expansion I got to level cap basically solo.
sralbert 5y ago
I'm also enjoying leveling my first character. I'm about to hit 40 but I still need over 20g for a mount + riding. Do you plan on staying on classic or going to TBC next week?
- Meekro 5y ago
  Me and my group are definitely going to TBC when it does full release on June 1. I'm playing a Druid bear tank for our group-- we just did Deadmines with me tanking-- and Druid tanks were significantly upgraded in TBC so they could rival Warrior tanks. If you're struggling with gold, I would suggest buying some. I'm not normally one to cheat, but my group bought 4000 gold for $100 on g2g.com and it helped quite a bit. To the extent that there are rules against this, they are basically not enforced. It's unheard of for anyone to be banned for buying gold.

by Meekro 5y ago

bombcar 5y ago

The key to WoW originally was having a solid core group to play with - it really wasn’t “soloable” the way it is now - and arguably that’s better for the game. Last time I played a WoW expansion I got to level cap basically solo.

sralbert 5y ago

I'm also enjoying leveling my first character. I'm about to hit 40 but I still need over 20g for a mount + riding. Do you plan on staying on classic or going to TBC next week?

Meekro 5y ago
Me and my group are definitely going to TBC when it does full release on June 1. I'm playing a Druid bear tank for our group-- we just did Deadmines with me tanking-- and Druid tanks were significantly upgraded in TBC so they could rival Warrior tanks. If you're struggling with gold, I would suggest buying some. I'm not normally one to cheat, but my group bought 4000 gold for $100 on g2g.com and it helped quite a bit. To the extent that there are rules against this, they are basically not enforced. It's unheard of for anyone to be banned for buying gold.