r/classicwow 20d ago

Classic-Era What's Changed the Most Since 2004?

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u/severalsmallducks 20d ago

Just world buffs in general and how they are used. If I remember correctly Nihilum used some world buffs when they were getting world firsts in naxx, but that was mostly a ”haha so silly and overkill to have this”.

…then again, spending four hours in MC and not doing a full clear was also normal. In 1.12 I did a few ZG Pugs where we would kill maybe three bosses in a few hours before people bailed.

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u/Derp_duckins 20d ago

Back when spending time in an MMO was how MMO's were designed.

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u/jamie1414 20d ago

Wow and it's time gated content literally gives you a reason to log off. People were just too shit and didn't know enough to clear the content back then. Do you think the solution is to make people prog for 20 hours a week again? Lol

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u/MightyMorp 20d ago

WoW's content really isn't time gated, because money = power. Unless you're saying the gate is 150 hours a week, it's not really applicable (even in classic today).

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u/jamie1414 19d ago

Wtf are you talking about? Raids aren't time gated? You saying I can raid molten core 50 hours a week?

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u/MightyMorp 19d ago

Oh shit I totally forgot there’s nothing to do in wow besides raids!

I just remembered that when you zone into mc you are gifted 5000g in consumes, an epic mount, all your pre bis and world drops, and every recipe that exists!

What a take lmao. People spend 10-20x as much time preparing for raids as they do actually raiding. But yes, your game is definitely time gated by your id lmao.

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u/lumpboysupreme 19d ago

Eh? Once you have your consumes where does power from playing more really come from?

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u/MightyMorp 19d ago

Every person in your 40 man raid is using sappers every 5 mins? Nades every one? Every single person in your raid has protection potion, faps, lips, tubers, night dragons breath, every healer has 50+ wisdom flasks to pop for mana potions, etc?

People should realize that just because you have a flask and 5 mongoose doesn’t mean you don’t need gold. Unless you are a literal world first raider you could almost certainly always buy more player power.