The frustration in WoW Classic remains, especially in PvP. But what changes are the players actually hoping for?
For some players of WoW Classic, the rose-colored glasses have shattered and the dream of a feel “like it was back in Vanilla” is long gone. This is particularly evident among PvP fans, who are currently mostly only active in Alterac Valley. The experience here is not only plagued by pesky bots, but also by the fact that fundamentally, it is only a PvE race to the final boss happening.
In the WoW Classic subreddit, there is ongoing discussion about this issue, and several reasons have been identified. It is therefore not only due to the changed optimization drive of the players but also to Blizzard’s decisions.
What is being criticized? The biggest criticism of the user Haptiix, who receives much support in the WoW Classic subreddit, is the state of Alterac Valley. Alterac Valley was released in the version that was present at the time of Patch 1.12 and literally floods the players with honor without actual PvP battles being necessary.
When this version of Alterac Valley was introduced into the “Vanilla” version of WoW, raids like the Blackwing Lair, Ahn’Quiraj, and Naxxramas were already open. The powerful PvP gear barely played a role there, as there were other ways to obtain good equipment.
Because of this power level of the gear, many players try to gain honor as effectively as possible and often resort to using bots.
How strong is the gear? The PvP gear is among the strongest items that players can obtain in WoW Classic – at least at the current phase.
Only with the release of Ahn’Qiraj will the armor from ranks 12 to 14 slowly be outclassed, until it is even completely replaced in Naxxramas. However, it will likely take some time before these contents are released.
This ensures that the PvP armor will for a while be the “non plus ultra” and trivializes other content for these characters.
Voices from the community: Many players agree with the post creator and lament that PvP in Classic could have been a great deal of fun. MySojuBottle writes:
All my friends talked about how great the PvP would be and how PvE would only help to get better at PvP. They talked about how we would play as a premade group after the release of the battlegrounds and spend every night in Warsong Gulch. That was supposed to be the best part of Classic.
Well, none of those people are doing battlegrounds or playing PvP at all now; they just log in for raids. Everyone talked about how wonderful it would be, and now I see hardly anyone playing battlegrounds to have fun. Instead of signing on together with friends at night, I guess the few people on my friends list who actually still play PvP are just afk, watching Netflix, and have no desire to play with others.
However, there are also players who see it more lightly, like Hornsmasher:
Hey, if people want to farm honor as if they have no life to get the “best in slot” gear to master raids that won’t bring them loot anyway next year and then quit the game… who are we to stop them?
But how do you see it? Is the current Alterac Valley beneficial for WoW Classic, especially in combination with the strong rewards? Or should they have waited?
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