I mean the only thing would be the hunter bow questline, partly because I never managed to complete it fully back then.
I am gonna try and recreate my original character as faithfully as I can even though that also means not picking up what turned out to be the best ranged weapon pre-raiding, namely https://www.wowhead.com/item=19107/bloodseeker#comments which I didn't pick because https://www.wowhead.com/item=19106/ice-barbed-spear looked cooler to my 13 year old self. Yes I am gonna play it and it is gonna be fun for a little while but it will never be as magical as it was when I started playing it at 13.
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Sure, but I never played them, and at the time when WoW started, MMO where still a fresh idea.
So... you aren't a player today?
I just told you what made it special at the time for me, it was the right game at the right time, something you can't replicate no matter what.
Wow watch out we got a edgy try hard over there !
Gota love your shitty "I know meme mom, look! I'm an anon" attitude.
Also, I don't think "shill" means what you think it means. A shill would be someone like you who can't accept that these thing will fail no matter how obvious it is.
My point exactly.
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The sense of a huge, unexplored world, which is dead and can't be re-created by nostalgia alone.
The feeling of it, the experience at that moment and the bonds created. We ventured into a new chapter of the Warcraft universe, a new realm to call our home, to follow and see develop a new story. Everything was a 'oooooh' or 'aaaaah' moment, well, there were a lot of 'oh shit' and 'fuck it' moments too but that is among the life of explorating this new realm.
Some of these feelings I still get from getting new content but I don't get them from going back to it.
It was magical because we were on a new journey, we were able to follow the hero characters and rank up from just being the small guys to being part of the overall narrative of the story.
FOMO: "Fear Of Missing Out", also commonly known as people with a mental issue of managing time and activities, many expecting others to fit into their schedule so they don't miss out on things to come. If FOMO becomes a problem for you, do seek help, it can be a very unhealthy lifestyle..
All the crazy shit that could happen. Warlocks unleashing infernals upon Goldshire. People kiting Kazzak to Stormwind and everyone wondering what the fuck is going on.
Well I had played FFXI for around 2 years before I came to WoW and as anyone who played FFXI can tell you, you needed a full group to do anything in the game like leveling we also had tons and tons of custom macros and a clustered interface. The world was sectioned off in zones. WoW you could simply decide to go and level at anytime by yourself. The interface was simple and easy to use. That was what sold me on WoW. The community was much better in FFXI. WoW has improved a lot of what I hated about Vanilla which is why I don't understand the amount of people who want to return to those dark times.
- server community
- I don't click to queue and be teleported to a dungeon
- no transmog/toys/mounts/achievements/[insert useless crap]/etc. to collect
- no dailies
- relevant professions that you don't max in 1 day
- no free epic
I was following your point until here, So you're saying that the game won't be as magical because you're not as clueless as you was back then, so it won't be as magical because its an old experience or a new one?
I'm not sure how you can say you have so many new skills and so much more insight into the game but think the experience won't be a new magical one? the meta you didn't realise existed in vanilla.. the pre raid BiS farming, the honour grinding, consumable farming.. all this stuff a clueless player wouldn't of done but you will this time, right? i loved my vanilla experience and i'm super excited to give it another shot, albeit with less time but much more knowledge!
if i could take you back to watch an old sporting event as if it was live but you already knew how it ended, you'd probably put a bet on or something? Wouldn't think the opportunity as a hindrance or any less magical, You'd just make different magic.
Disclaimer: I know this was just YOUR opinion on the game being less magical for YOU personally, i just wanted to put a different perspective on things.
Again, I really don't get this mindset of "HURRRRR YOU'RE JUST PLAYING THE GAME FOR NOSTALGIA XDD YOU DON'T REALLY LIKE IT, IT'S SHIT, YOU'RE JUST WEARING ROSE TINTED GLASSES!!!"
like
did you ever stop and think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, some people.....play it because they like it, not because "hurr trying to rekindle those old nostalgic feelings!!" or whatever other bullshit?
I never played retail vanilla. I joined in late BC and didn't even hit 70 until like 2 months before WOTLK launched. I'm not "nostalgic" about vanilla, but I still love playing it because it's just way more fun than the garbage fire known as retail.
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Actually it's pretty easy to max a profession in 1 day if you've got the gold for it.
Crafted epics are pretty easy to come by, as is MC/Ony gear.
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Community for me. I've made so many friends back then that I still have most of them around.
Magically? When walking inside IF for the first time, thinking it was .... no idea what it was. Then seeing so many online players at the same time. That was pretty magically.
I remember talking to every 2nd npc, no idea if it was a player or not
And why are you projecting this generalization onto people?
Most people playing Classic have either:
-played retail vanilla
-played private servers
so I'm not sure where you're getting this idea that people are going to have unrealistic expectations for a game that they've already played.
It was new, and after playing Closed beta as Horde (got to around level 40), we had an Alliance guild set up like a year before launch to play on RP server.
The first weeks were great, having all the Elves come to Elwynn (the famous Wetlands-Ironforge run) and basicly level together with all races in the same zones, Elwynn, Westfall, Redridge, Duskwood, Stranglethorn are my most memorable line of zones.
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It was new and it saved my life.
Both pretty significant.
But my first entry into Auberdine as a night elf was absolutely memorable. I will be repeating that experience come vanilla
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
I have to say; the Embalmers Revenge quest-line in Duskwood where you basically create Stitches, and then the abomination walks towards the town killing everything in his sight is still to this day one of the best quest lines ever created.
Standing in Darkshore, watching the guards, and quest NPCs die to him and sometimes him ravaging the entire town, is still amazing.
No sharding and no loot trading made it special. Among other things
Playing Alterac Valley for 60 hours straight without sleep, yeh epic times!
Just having a game where the focus lies on your characters adventures and the social interactions within the game, a game that is a LOT more centered around the RPG aspect than the current game is.
A lot of my magical moments came from just earning my levels and rewards, experiencing that adventure, teaming up with people to run hard quests and dungeons, building my character and its reputation within the community.