I don't think the retail players understand why people are so defensive over Classic Forever.
Most of us grew up with Blizzard as our favourite gaming company and WoW as our all time favourite video game. All the way from Lost Viking, Warcraft 1-2-3, Starcraft 1-2, Diablo 1-2 and WoW. It was a huge part of our childhood with hundreds of wonderful core memories.
99% of these people are first of all not classic andys or classic absolutists like retail players seem to think. Huge misconception. (Also nothing wrong with that) but It's just regular people that rarely play classic or Blizzard games at all anymore.
That's why the audience is so big. It's the people who have been watching the last 10 Blizzcons with a glimpse of hope of the company going back to it's roots again.
But instead we have seen how the greatest gaming company on earth just keeps producing cheap garbage without a soul. Games with shops and QoL as their main priority.
Now they somehow managed to produce an amazing product with our all time favourite game as the base for it and we absolutely know fast the tides can turn again. That's why we want you guys to stay the fuck away with your terrible takes.
You have your WoW version go play it. It honestly seems like you guys don't like it either tbh.
So ask yourself why you are draw to wow forever instead of trying to change it.
This idea that WoW forever is only popular based on nostalgia is incredibly incorrect
It's good game design, that retail strayed from, that was timeless that is getting a breath of fresh air to add excitement
Why am I seeing retail players all over my timeline asking Blizzard for shared tags and QOL features that just shouldn't exist in Classic+??
They literally said at Blizzcon that it's Classic+, you know what you're getting yourself into, you have your own game for all that.
classic players have been asking, basically BEGGING for classic+ for more than 7 years, how is this game not for them?
what if classic players randomly got to voice their opinion on how the new retail expansion gets changed? especially if they'd be stuck in a TWW > MN exp loop
People wanting Wow Forever to add group finder, teleport to dungeon, shared mob tagging, mounts before level 40, and even more QOL... just go play something else dude, this is an MMO not a single player RPG heaven forbid the world feel huge and you actually need to socialise
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