[wow] Warlords of Draenor - Page 117

On July 30 2014 23:01 Serejai wrote:
Everyone is quick to say they'd enjoy a progression server but Sony tried this with Everquest and basically there was a huge rush at first and then the novelty wore off and they stopped doing them. It would be even worse with WoW because 95% of the current player base would ragequit over vanilla mechanics.

On July 30 2014 23:01 Serejai wrote:
Everyone is quick to say they'd enjoy a progression server but Sony tried this with Everquest and basically there was a huge rush at first and then the novelty wore off and they stopped doing them. It would be even worse with WoW because 95% of the current player base would ragequit over vanilla mechanics.

On July 30 2014 22:39 Cyro wrote:


No, BM hunter with shaman gear because mend pet was channeled and you could solo elites for days with the extra spell power

:D :D :D

It's kinda awesome not being an idiot, but i'll always miss being a 12 year old BM hunter

On July 31 2014 06:58 Arnstein wrote:
Can you send gold or bind on equip items cross-server?

On July 31 2014 04:44 arb wrote:

Alot of people play Feenix even though its progression, just released BT/MH i think. Illidan/Archimonde not out yet either.

i thas like 2500~ or so i think active players during peak hours too. probably more during summer.
also everything is scripted but leveling is made alot faster which is really amazing

On July 31 2014 09:17 deth2munkies wrote:


My problem with Feenix BC server was the 600% XP thing. Not only do I not get to really level, but it's impossible to afford your skills since they don't give you any money to buy them and you'll be sitting at like 10c when you hit lvl 8. It's really, really awkward without friend/guild support from already-established players.

On July 31 2014 10:39 TheFish7 wrote:
Also I read that scripted encounters don't work. So no escort quests, some boss battles bug out, etc. If I'm playing vanilla I want vanilla, not vanilla + 600% exp

On July 30 2014 07:27 Serejai wrote:
I'm sorry but anyone who doesn't have the following as their top 5 leveling zones is just plain wrong and/or didn't play until they made leveling content irrelevant:

In no particular order,

The Barrens (if Horde)
Eastern Plaguelands
Nagrand
Hillsbrad Foothills (if Horde)
Stranglethorn Vale

Pretty much every expansion post-BC has had horrible zones with mind-numbingly boring leveling because it's with WoTLK that they shifted focus of the game from a progression model to a "SKIP EVERYTHING AND RUSH TO ENDGAME" model. Each expansion literally had one passable zone (Storm Peaks for WoTLK because it was the only zone with any form of leveling progression, Hyjal for Cata because it's the only zone anyone even wanted, and Jade Forest for Pandland because quite frankly once you leveled out of that zone all of the novelty - such as asian-inspired artwork, beer kegs, and pandas - wore off and the rest of the leveling experience was just "When the fuck am I going to hit 90 so I can start playing the game?!".

FLAME ON, NERDS.

Edit: Scholozar was also a good zone but only really because of the world PvP, the incredibly easy mining, and the fact that it felt like two previous good zones combined (Un'Goro and Nagrand). Honorable mention.

Edit 2: The one thing that has steadily improved in zones throughout the expansions is the level of detail, which in itself is a great thing... but hardly enough to stand on its own when you factor in the actual quests themselves have failed to evolve, world PvP has been butchered, mobs have been made easier, etc.

On August 01 2014 10:21 Serejai wrote:
Its not just the talent system that sucks for leveling now. You also don't have to train spells anymore. When you level up there is zero feeling of accomplishment or excitement because everything is automatically handed to you now. As you said... Leveling used to be a big part of the game but now its just something in your way to the "real" content.

On August 01 2014 10:25 Gorsameth wrote:

Because it was so much fun to stop leveling for 30 minutes so you could fly back to your capital. Buy skills and fly back to where you were question.
Such engaging gameplay.

Leveling was never a bigger part of the game. People just get tired of leveling only to be able to keep raiding/pvp which is their actual draw to the game so they rush through it more.

On August 01 2014 08:33 chasemme wrote:


I like this post, but I'm gonna be completely honest, even as die-hard Horde, I never got into Barrens or STV. Also, as unpopular as this opinion seems to be, Zangarmarsh may have been one of my favorite zones period (not that Nagrand or Hellfire were bad).

I know BC gets a lot of love, but I preferred Northrend in terms of leveling, I really enjoyed the isolated feeling of it compared the chaotic setting of Outland. Made it feel so much bigger. Icecrown was a lot more fun than I think people give it credit for.

That all said, I quit before Cata came out and recently activated the 10-day MoP trial just to see the changes, which is why I responded to this one. Leveling doesn't seem fun anymore...? The talent system feels worse for leveling (can't speak for cap, but I liked the small reward every level and actually going to my trainer for skills), and giving everyone their big boom skills takes away anticipation. I know they wanted people to "feel like their spec," but I felt more like a paladin starting with Devotion Aura and Holy Light than I do with Crusader Strike and Avenger's Shield. Just feel like a warrior.

I really don't wanna come off as someone just clinging to nostalgia, I just genuinely enjoyed the spread out rewards and constant, steady progression. With leveling actually being part of the game, rather than just a means to an end(game). I'm not necessarily angry that other people like different things, I mostly just feel like Blizzard didn't appease ME and it makes me grumpy. :D

On August 01 2014 10:36 negativedge wrote:
leveling in vanilla actually felt like a game with choices and purpose and progression and all that, but lets not look back with our rose colored glasses and pretend those zones were any good. most of them were awful. really bad. people basically only remember the barrens, hillsbrad, and STV, and that's because almost everything else sucked (even though a lot of the crappy zones were pretty. but that's never been a problem for wow).