Actually, WoW Classic should be a nostalgic journey for fans of the MMORPG. However, particularly in the raid area, players have settled in early who are only interested in one thing: performance. The Classic idea is being lost, especially found by veterans.
What do “elite” raiders need?
- In WoW Classic there are various buffs that make it easier for you to get through raids. Some of the most important are potions and world buffs like the Call of Arms of the Dragon Slayer.
- To make such buffs more accessible, Blizzard has already introduced ways to save world buffs. However, all of this comes with a lot of time investment.
- Meanwhile, it has become a “must” even in public groups to show up with such buffs. Experienced fans find this ridiculous.
Players mock about this: Potions and other consumables are absurdly expensive on most servers in WoW Classic. One reason is the coveted black lotus, a reagent whose rarity has caused trouble.
To obtain the buffs, many players invest several hours to farm enough gold or materials. On Reddit, this approach is more met with shaking heads, because all of this is by no means really necessary.
In a meme, a user states: One can invest 6 hours of farming to complete a raid in 2 hours – or do it instead without buffs in 3 hours. Most should be clear about which option costs less time.
“I am surprised at how many people want to be in the club”
In the comments, users continue to mock that all of this is just for the “parses”, meaning: to rank as high as possible in lists like Warcraft Logs to be able to brag about their performance.
Others point out that they only want to get through quickly to master all raids during the duration of the buffs. No one really takes the time anymore; everything just has to be fast.
However, with the ambition comes a big problem: buying gold. Not every player has the time to farm gold and therefore resorts to unauthorized methods, such as buying gold from bots. Bots have been a problem in WoW Classic for a long time, and Blizzard is diligently distributing bans – even if some players label it as a “break”, some suspect otherwise.
But where does the idea actually come from? Ambitious players and professionals use every tiny advantage to be at the top of logs and rankings. They play just to be number 1 – or to get as close to that as possible. Some “casuals” apparently think they need to emulate all the well-known big players.
In the past, WoW was new and boss mechanics unknown; many players had to learn their classes first. Today there are addons, guides, and plenty of experienced players to make almost any fight from back then trivial. Squeezing out every small percentage of performance is simply not necessary for a kill anymore.
This, however, is not the only reason. MeinMMO editor, MMORPG expert, and WoW veteran Karsten Scholz says:
With the time-consuming farming of potions and world buffs, it’s not necessarily about saving time in the raid itself. It’s about the power fantasy you live out when 40 fully buffed heroes of Azeroth pulverize an instance like the Molten Core or the Blackwing Lair in no time. And it’s about finding out how fast and efficiently you can be in the next run, perhaps also compared to other guilds.
According to many users, taking several hours for a raid isn’t realistic anyway. Raids are relatively easy in WoW Classic today and so simple that players don’t even have to reach the maximum level to master them. Where bosses used to withstand for several weeks, they today fall within days or even hours: The best players are through in 24 hours with what used to take 6 weeks
