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subxaero
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As someone who started playing WoW at TBC late era i never NEVER expected vanilla wow to be THAT beautifull.
I am currently playing vanilla. I am 28yo and the first thing i want to do after i come from work is to open the damn pc skype my 2 mates and play.
1-THe game is slow it forces u to take it with its own pace, i put my bacardi-coca open my skype and i level a few hours per day my enh shammie.After 5 weeks i am 57 level after playing a few hours per day, i've enjoyed every minute of it because leveling feels like an adventure like it is a part of the game and not the ''path'' that leads to the end game. I will propably play the end game server has all the dungeons etc.
2-It feels that the economy has true meaning, i have to sell all the scraps and the quests are a decent income source that u cant ignore it.U need to put some effort to make money and manage your transcactions carefully
3-THe most beautifull feeling so far? My class has a meaning, i feel a certain aspect of individuality.I am propably the worst dps usually in groups(rogue/mage do more) but i offer great utility in the party with my totems.(My warrior friend /and my stoneskin totem have become best friends ..LOL)
4-The game feels alive. I know people will say ''of course because it is of the big population' but this is not what i mean.THere are some limited games that have this type of magic .You can sense in a way the developers/creator effort to make a complete game throughout its life span, even if it has flaws or less easy mechanics like LFR/mount 40 , it gives u this feeling, dunno how to describe it my english are limmited unfortunately,its like u play a complete game at all its stages EVEN if it has its flaws.And every stage of it from some specific quests , for example to get my totems adds more to a game that would anyone imagine.
No daily quests or garisson quests that put u on specific track every day and it feels less like playing a game.Vanilla feels like a big community, everyone knows u, u have to care about your behaviour , guilds have meanings, groups have meaning, class have meaning.
i am considered a veteran player aswell , but its deffo not the nostalgia(not only at least) that makes me play the game at this old state, its a beautfiull game, it has a fantastic pace( maybe i am too bored of how fast games have become) andf it has meaning in all its stages.Its not all rumopurs and nostalgia Vanilla was indeed fantastic game with flows but with huge meaning, some told me i will get bored, not even close.It looks like its not how many times u've done a quest, its how u've done it with who and with what mentality, and that mentality/pace is being implemented inderictly by the game itself, u just have to go with it and u will enjoy it more than u can imagine
I am currently playing vanilla. I am 28yo and the first thing i want to do after i come from work is to open the damn pc skype my 2 mates and play.
1-THe game is slow it forces u to take it with its own pace, i put my bacardi-coca open my skype and i level a few hours per day my enh shammie.After 5 weeks i am 57 level after playing a few hours per day, i've enjoyed every minute of it because leveling feels like an adventure like it is a part of the game and not the ''path'' that leads to the end game. I will propably play the end game server has all the dungeons etc.
2-It feels that the economy has true meaning, i have to sell all the scraps and the quests are a decent income source that u cant ignore it.U need to put some effort to make money and manage your transcactions carefully
3-THe most beautifull feeling so far? My class has a meaning, i feel a certain aspect of individuality.I am propably the worst dps usually in groups(rogue/mage do more) but i offer great utility in the party with my totems.(My warrior friend /and my stoneskin totem have become best friends ..LOL)
4-The game feels alive. I know people will say ''of course because it is of the big population' but this is not what i mean.THere are some limited games that have this type of magic .You can sense in a way the developers/creator effort to make a complete game throughout its life span, even if it has flaws or less easy mechanics like LFR/mount 40 , it gives u this feeling, dunno how to describe it my english are limmited unfortunately,its like u play a complete game at all its stages EVEN if it has its flaws.And every stage of it from some specific quests , for example to get my totems adds more to a game that would anyone imagine.
No daily quests or garisson quests that put u on specific track every day and it feels less like playing a game.Vanilla feels like a big community, everyone knows u, u have to care about your behaviour , guilds have meanings, groups have meaning, class have meaning.
i am considered a veteran player aswell , but its deffo not the nostalgia(not only at least) that makes me play the game at this old state, its a beautfiull game, it has a fantastic pace( maybe i am too bored of how fast games have become) andf it has meaning in all its stages.Its not all rumopurs and nostalgia Vanilla was indeed fantastic game with flows but with huge meaning, some told me i will get bored, not even close.It looks like its not how many times u've done a quest, its how u've done it with who and with what mentality, and that mentality/pace is being implemented inderictly by the game itself, u just have to go with it and u will enjoy it more than u can imagine
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It's not the nostalgia. Vanilla WoW was really good. It was more of a RPG simulation, compared to current WoW which feels like pure arcade.
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I'm sure they would, but it would not change the fact that its not the same game.
I'm also pretty sure this is the reason blizzard can't shutdown these private vanilla-servers, because technically its not their "Active" gamecode anymore... kinda like what happend/happening with the SWGemu legality.
Herald of innovation, Vanquisher of the old! - Awake a few hours almost everyday!
i think part of it is the original form is the most straight forward and what the dens were most enthusiastic about.
The he world is smaller so you see more people.
Expansions seem to cause old areas to become ghost towns because of better experience and loot.
Having a slower leveling pace often keeps content in use.
Quests were often more fun as pointed out because they often had more enjoyable stories and layout. I don't believe they even have class specific quests anymore.
Hybrid classes have been removed. You have to choose a role.
Group open world content has been removed.
What stops Blizzard from shutting down all private servers is the same thing that stops the music industry from shutting down all music piracy: they can't catch everyone who does it, sometimes because they can't find the people, and sometimes because they're in parts of the world that don't respect copyright laws. There's no plausible argument for legality of the activity.
ALso the raiding system was close to perfect in terms of difficulty and scalling.There were raids for everyone.Gruul-Magtheridon as starting difficulty. Kharazhan(propably the best and more well rounded raid ever) next, SSC for better guilds and Mhj--ST-BT for more expirienced ones.
Also Outland>>Northrend in my eyes these are just personal opinions though:)
That is not to say it is a poor game, as on the contrary it is a good game.
But it is confusing, too large, and in many cases a boring grind.
Just to give 2 examples....ever try go figure out who to trade your Honor Points in for PvP gear?
There are so many flavors of Gear Vendors that its maddening.
Also, when you try and play 2v2 and 3v3 arena's , the average players lasts less than 2 minutes and gets 8 honor points.
How do you get the gear to be competitive without an 8 honor pt grind for each and every loss?
Takes forever.
I guess some people want their MMORPGs to play out more like FarmVille (as shallow relaxation activities) rather than as games which offer tight gameplay that's deep and rewarding of player skill.
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