Even some of the biggest fans of Retail have to admit that they are having a lot of fun in WoW Classic .
World of Warcraft Classic has been released for about 3 days now and the hype and rush still seem unbroken. Although the queues are slowly decreasing, this is more due to a higher server capacity and additional realms that have been gradually unlocked. On Reddit, more and more players of World of Warcraft and Classic are admitting: I was wrong, Classic is great.
Players report a lot of positive feedback: The user Gahatt_Sol wrote a long thread in the WoW Classic subreddit explaining that he is a Retail fan. Although he may not like all the features, such as the long grind for flying, he enjoyed his “to-do list” that he has every week. He was very skeptical about WoW Classic because it has old mechanics and a rather “wooden” game design.
He plays a hunter and loves that he can only shoot two or three times before he has to go into melee because shooting is impossible when a Trogg is hitting him in the face. He enjoys having to plan his inventory space carefully and getting excited about wandering vendors where he can sell things.
He loves the interaction with other players, such as a mage who crafts him better ammunition via engineering.
Compared to Retail, he says about his hunter:
I don’t know exactly how to describe it, but … the classic hunter feels like someone with a rifle. The BFA hunter feels like someone with a Gatling shotgun cannon.
My pet is actually a pet and not a robot with a control unit. I take care of my bear, because if he dies, he gets unhappy and eats all my food, which then makes me unhappy instead.
Many players agree with him and also share their excitement about WoW Classic.
Classic highlights the mistakes of Retail: Particularly popular is also a thread with the provocative title “You know something is wrong with Battle for Azeroth when you jump out of your chair with joy when this drops” – followed by a screenshot with a 6-slot bag.
In this thread, many players report how relevant loot feels again – and all loot. Every gray item is relevant and helpful through gaining some copper or silver coins. Gold is a scarce resource and visiting the teacher is expensive. We don’t even want to talk about a mount.
Other players report that they truly appreciate green loot again. For example, a mage player says, “I was so hyped when my mage quest at level 10 gave a GREEN item!” The next one comments, “WITH INTELLIGENCE ON IT!”.
Can Retail learn from WoW Classic? Whether the Retail version of WoW Classic should take a few things away is of course hard to answer. After all, they are now two fundamentally different games with different strengths and weaknesses. However, the current popularity of Classic suggests that at least a few ideas should be adopted into the Retail version. Anything that promotes more social interaction would already be a good start.
Or how do you feel about Classic? Is it just a flash in the pan that quickly fades? Or does its popularity last?
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