How is an average day in Classic WoW to you?

[Big Thanks]

Very strange...that spot is always extremely populated here.
Wouldnt it be incredibly risky to "bot" there?

Those botters have some serious balls...

[ringpriest]

When I was playing, I'd pop on several times a week, say high to a few folks on mumble while checking on auctions, see if any guildies needed a druid for an hour or so; if not, decide if I was going to farm or quest, maybe check my list of quest rewards and readily farmable/craftable stuff to see if there's any prime gear I was missing, then play for while, log (a couple times a month I'd play for 4-8 hours, group up with guildies and do a dungeon and/or some group quests) - it was fun. I'm not playing anymore, as I'm boycotting Blizz (probably permanently) for their handling of the Blitzchung controversy (and yes, I'm aware many people see it as no longer relevant - I disagree); instead, I've been playing classic tabletop RPGs over Roll20 and some newer turn-based stuff.

[lollerlaban]

Yeah sure mr. douchebag LOL. Raid loggin is just WTF to me. You raid log just to get loot. Loot for what? Just to keep it offline for entire week and log on for few hours and probably stain half afk on raid. That sounds like "great enteraintmentt"

But that's how it is. Every single one of my 30 friends who started on classic is doing exactly this.

What else are you gonna use the loot on? Farm your gold respec 5 minutes faster? Please.

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When I was playing, I'd pop on several times a week, say high to a few folks on mumble while checking on auctions, see if any guildies needed a druid for an hour or so; if not, decide if I was going to farm or quest, maybe check my list of quest rewards and readily farmable/craftable stuff to see if there's any prime gear I was missing, then play for while, log (a couple times a month I'd play for 4-8 hours, group up with guildies and do a dungeon and/or some group quests) - it was fun. I'm not playing anymore, as I'm boycotting Blizz (probably permanently) for their handling of the Blitzchung controversy (and yes, I'm aware many people see it as no longer relevant - I disagree); instead, I've been playing classic tabletop RPGs over Roll20 and some newer turn-based stuff.

But the funny part is that Blitzchung broke the rules, not Blizzard.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Asked a friend, and his day goes like this:

"I Login

Then I play the shit out of the game (leveling professions raid prep raiding PVP earning gold so on) until I get my fill
Then I either go onto Live and repeat the cycle, or go to bed dependin on when I got home".

Sounds legit to me! ^_^

The worst people in the WoW community are the ones who complain about "lack of content". This is why retail has ended up with an almighty clusterfuck of systems on top of systems, so that people with no imagination or self-reliance can have the illusion of "something to do". There is infinite content in Classic if you actually enjoy the game.

"Illusion" of something to do.

I lol'd. There's infinite content times 7 on Live if you actually enjoy the game. As can be seen with the hardcore variety streamers especially.

[Big Thanks]

"Illusion" of something to do.

I lol'd. There's infinite content times 7 on Live if you actually enjoy the game. As can be seen with the hardcore variety streamers especially.

The same way there is "infinite things to do at home on a friday night alone at home"
Hell, i can do infinite things online at my computer.
I can do infinite things on Super Mario 64.

Im trying to tell you a player only enjoys some things in WoW. Most of the time less than a handful of things even.

[Cede]

Sunday: offline
Monday: offline
Tuesday: offline
Wednesday: clearing MC/ONY/BWL
Thursday: offline
Friday: offline
Saturday: offline

in average: offline

This, except my raid day is Monday. Rest of the time I'm playing retail because that's where the fun is at.

[Big Thanks]

This, except my raid day is Monday. Rest of the time I'm playing retail because that's where the fun is at.

Do you mind listing what is "fun" in retail? Just curious...

I personally laught at the idea of enjoying BfA content (outside pvp)
But i absolutely understand if other people laugh at the idea of enjoying Classic content.

[StrawberryZebra]

Very strange...that spot is always extremely populated here.
Wouldnt it be incredibly risky to "bot" there?

Those botters have some serious balls...

It looked to be mostly hacked accounts. The risk to the actual botters themselves is minimal and anything they do make probably finds its way to gold selling websites. If they do ever get caught, the worst that happens is the poor sod whose account it is gets control of it again and they get some of the gold removed - But by that point they've already sold it on and have cashed in on their work. Chances of actual prosecution are nil.

It's a PvE realm, so the risk of being killed by the opposite faction is none existant.

I don't claim to be an expert on running WoW bots, but the actual risk associated with it looks to be none-existant for the people who are profiting from it.

[StayTuned]

Bah dear god you guys are all toxic as hell.

[jackofwind]

Yeah sure mr. douchebag LOL. Raid loggin is just WTF to me. You raid log just to get loot. Loot for what? Just to keep it offline for entire week and log on for few hours and probably stain half afk on raid. That sounds like "great enteraintmentt"

Raid loot is for raiding. You don't need raid loot to do anything in the open world.

[Queen of Hamsters]

The same way there is "infinite things to do at home on a friday night alone at home"
Hell, i can do infinite things online at my computer.
I can do infinite things on Super Mario 64.

Im trying to tell you a player only enjoys some things in WoW. Most of the time less than a handful of things even.

I'm sure you've got extensive data on the preferences of every single player out there, but my point stands.

There is no "illusion" of things to do, there's shit you can do, shit you want to do, shit you won't do. Shit you won't do does not equal it not being there for anyone feeling differently. Live WoW can without issue sustain people playing 16 hours/day should they want to, and I know for a fact those that do.

[Valysar]

Log in, stay 1min afk and then alt-f4 in order to play BfA

[arkanon]

Log in, stay 1min afk and then alt-f4 in order to play BfA

Lol I see this so damn often in my realID. Asked a mate lastnight if he wanted to come for a social alt run in bfa. Said nah, wanted to play classic. About 3 minutes later "still got a spot?".

I log in for raids, and convince myself I'm going to spend an evening playing, but usually last a few mins before going back to something else.

[callipygoustp]

Pretty much only jump on classic when I have a good 4-5 hour window of time to play the game. When I do:
1. Check the AH for various things/sell various things.
2. Check in with a couple mat farmers I know to see if they have anything for sale.
3. Head out to Gurubashi Arena to see about getting my ass handed to me.
4. Maybe do a dungeon if it can be quickly organized.
5. If I see a premade for a BG I'll jump in.
(Order is meaningless, posted them in order of them coming to mind.)

[Jurwi]

One day a week: Login, make sure I got consumables, HS to Kargath, go do MC and BWL, take Orgrimmar portal, log out.
Six days a week: Do other stuff because there is nothing interesting to do in Classic. Use few minutes one of these days to login for Ony/Nef head buff.

[Driahtvacahtve]

Log in, queue for AV, spam AV, eventually do one of the weekly 1-2 raids, queue for AV, spam AV, log out.

[Mendzia]

Raid day: preparing consumes and then BWL/MC on farm.
Other days: instances, fishing (for some reason i love doing it), selling enchants while afk doing other stuff on my PC, checking AH, talking on guild chat and a few more things.

@potis
Wow, dude.
Thanks for telling me how i should play the game.

[Rusken]

This thread has taught me that most people on this forum who are still playing WoW, be it Classic or Retail actually despise the game and are still playing solely to fulfill the addiction they developed in 2005.

Seriously, it's an angry boomer who thinks you're a waste of human life if you don't play exactly the way he does arguing a moot point against randoms online on a forum for a game he despises with enough passion to argue for 2 days over.

[supermany2]

Log in
Farm for Recipes
Farm for Herbs (or other stuff for the 100 different Potions i need)
Farm for Gold
Check the Auction House is there are cheap Herbs or Recipes i still need
Farm some more Stuff
Maybe sometimes run a Dungeon if i can find a Group
Run MC Ony and BWL each once a Week

[Dracullus]

Yeah sure mr. douchebag LOL. Raid loggin is just WTF to me. You raid log just to get loot. Loot for what? Just to keep it offline for entire week and log on for few hours and probably stain half afk on raid. That sounds like "great enteraintmentt"

To be honest, this is one thing I don't get about Classic endgame. In retail you have some hard goal depend from your skill (Cutting edge, Curve, keymaster, 5 masks) and better gear get you closer to your goal. But what goal has Classic player when every piece of content is farmable from day 1? "Loot for what?" as you said.