this will break classic
people rolling on items they dont need for transmog on live servers
just sayin...
bunch of supposition in my answer.
IF blizzard doesn't trivialize leveling content, leveling dungeons, time to level, etc., then I think it will filter out most of the people you worry about.
Think of bc, revered keys to run heroic. You in almost every case (unless you meticulously planned your grinding then questing for 2 factions, particularly CE) already had to have run the normal 70(s) for that faction many, many times. It was a great filter.
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I think this is right on point. Most of the players we are afraid of about influencing the direction of WoW Classic will probably not even get to max level. I saw a lot of complaining when they slowed down the leveling recently (was it in beta for BfA or a patch before BfA?) and it caused outrage in the part of playerbase that only see end-game content as the real game and the rest as a hurdle to get to it.
so something to worry about - some pre-purchase gimmick like the wod prepurchase that includes a retail 'boost' and a classic 'boost' in appropriate gear to jump right into MC.
in other words, what you and I see as a good filter mechanism blizzard may see as a problem.
how much was the intent in slowing down leveling to increase player demand for instantmaxtoon paid service? did it increase said paid service sales?
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well it is the modern engine, so the players may demand some kind of auto-pilot game thing like garrisons or whatever they are now where you get free stuff daily.
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Aside from the few odd items, we are pretty much talking about items from Naxx, a lot of other skins from removed Vanilla content (such as ZG) has been implemented into the game again.
Not every item, but i doubt people that are solely there for transmog suffer through Vanilla until Naxx and until they have the full set.
Every transmog from Vanilla instances (that are still in the game) are far easier to acquire on live.
There are some crazy people out there.
It wouldnt surprise me if a "Hardcore Transmogger" (lol) would play classic just for the new/mega rare pieces no one can have.
The fact that they only exist in Naxx is even worse. Only makes them more rare...creating crazier people who would play classic just for them.
The problem is not in the transmogs.
The problem is in giving incentive for people who "wouldn't play classic if it wasnt for "X" thing shared with live servers"
Its going to put people in Classic for the wrong reasons. Its going to be toxic.
Too bad though, they will do it because if you want classic to last they will need reasons to entice all players to play it to keep populations up and this has 0 effect on game play.
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Vanilla was Toxic to begin with, it is not new believe me.
Yes, it was toxic because the bad players were left out.
And the good players were all social, having a private party doing content.
Bad players on the ignore list and such.
Difficulty in all content breeds this kind of stuff.
But in some games the pros help the newbs in every way they can. Dont know if it was the case in Vanilla.
One thing is for sure.
I bet people invited noobs to raids because finding 40 people was a pain in the arse.
No way the only items I'd want for mog are T3 and the unobtainable Naxx items and there's no way I'm investing that amount of time into Classic lol. I'll be a tourist and slowly level up to 60 and maybe do MC and stop there.
Still less. BFA is my main game for me. Classic like OSRS is a side thing for me. Or will be in the case of Classic.
Nope, I care very little for outdated ugly transmorg anyway, they lool horrendous on updated models the same goes for mounts
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