8.3 is like a chinese knockoff of the "real WoW"

[Nuba]

It kinda clicked for me how much harm 8.3 caused to my view of WoW as a game. I mean, let's all face it, all those failed systems that needed "a fix" and those fixes being piled up on top of each other culminating in the ultimate AH fiesta of BOE sales is just something that is so far away from what World of Warcraft used to be, that if you try and trace lines between TBC/Wotlk and BFA you just will not find any.

Right now WoW feels and plays like one of those chinese knockoffs that you find in the Android App store that steals someone else's art, artstyle, assets and everything else, then mash into something that has absolutely nothing to do with the original game and then slap a bunch of metric-based cash-shop systems with lots of "buy now!" and weird shit all over it.

Many people are super hyped for Shadowlands, but there might be a reason why the only thing left out of the player's eyes right now are the so called "systems". One of the reasons, the good one, is that they're still polishing it up and basing those in the learnings of the wrongs that they did during BFA. The other reason, and the more likely one, is that they are simply not wanting to show those because they are aware that those are harmful to the overall enjoyment of the game, and are just once again arbitrary systems designed with the sole intent of raising metrics and not necessarily of being enjoyable.

Just think about it: They could have fixed 8.3, they know exactly what they should and could have done, but did they do it? Why the corruption vendor only came in so late when it was obviously a necessity from the get-go? Why the rotation on the vendors? Why the essences werent made account wide as soon as 8.3 came out? Do you honestly believe blizzard cares about fixing what they did in WC3:Reforged like other companies did with No man's sky, Sea of thieves and maybe what Valve is trying to do with Artifact?

All those things just give me the itch, and are things that would never have crossed my mind while I played Blizzard games 10 years ago. I no longer trust whatever it is that they are doing

[Big Thanks]

Last WoW knockoff i played had a feature where you can be a "certified girl" player...post your image...and be rated by the community.
And once i got a daily quest to give a rose to a certified girl.

That is all

[Relapses]

Ah yes, the 8.3 retrospective we all needed.

Pack it up, folks. Some random guy's blog has declared 8.3 a bad patch. We can all unsub in peace now!

[enigma77]

Last WoW knockoff i played had a feature where you can be a "certified girl" player...post your image...and be rated by the community.
And once i got a daily quest to give a rose to a certified girl.

That is all

What's the name of the game

[Big Thanks]

What's the name of the game

Eternal Magic I had a lot of fun with it.

[Doffen]

Agree, 8.3 is pretty bad. I would like my class and spec be just that, a class/spec, not being benched while the "corrupted and at the same time blessed by Azeroth" me is doing the work.

Shadowlands can't come soon enough. Oh wait, don't come too soon, nameen.

Let loot be loot.

[Lazuli]

Well it does consist of nothing but daily chores and rng with tons of gating.

Gods forbid you start a alt, good luck with that fucking grind lol.

At least chinese/korean games usually have decent combat to cover up all that cancer.

Agree, 8.3 is pretty bad. I would like my class and spec be just that, a class/spec, not being benched while the "corrupted and at the same time blessed by Azeroth" me is doing the work.

Shadowlands can't come soon enough. Oh wait, don't come too soon, nameen.

Let loot be loot.

Hear hear

[Nzx]

Ah yes, the 8.3 retrospective we all needed.

Pack it up, folks. Some random guy's blog has declared 8.3 a bad patch. We can all unsub in peace now!

Honestly don't know what I would do without posts on this forum like OP's telling me how to feel. I thought I was having fun, how confused I must have been!!

[gd8]

Ah yes, the 8.3 retrospective we all needed.

Pack it up, folks. Some random guy's blog has declared 8.3 a bad patch. We can all unsub in peace now!

you guys are still subbed?

[Relapses]

you guys are still subbed?

Yeah, I mean who the fuck would stay subbed to a game yet frequent a fan run website just to complain about a video game they don't even play anymore. Like, really. Who'd do that?

[gd8]

Yeah, I mean who the fuck would stay subbed to a game yet frequent a fan run website just to complain about a video game they don't even play anymore. Like, really. Who'd do that?

8.3 was objectively shit and had nothing to do the day it came out let alone months later. no reason to be subbed rn even if you're a fan

[Relapses]

8.3 was objectively shit and had nothing to do the day it came out let alone months later. no reason to be subbed rn even if you're a fan

That word doesn't mean what you think it means.

[Seranthor]

I no longer trust whatever it is that they are doing

So what are you going to do about it?

[TheFirstOnes]

*Looks at 7.2, 6.1, 3.2, and 2.2*

Cause 8.3 is so fucking bad, yeah? Smh

Look, I hate the patch too, but it's legit not the worst thing in WoW.

[Bigbazz]

8.3 is the best era of BFA. BFA not a great expansion, but 8.3 is the best era of that not great expansion. To clarify, 8.3 right now after QOL.

[Kajimo]

8.3 was objectively shit and had nothing to do the day it came out let alone months later. no reason to be subbed rn even if you're a fan

I've been having fun with farming reps and mounts. I should be able to get my 80th exalted rep tomorrow and 270th mount on Monday. I've also been doing Alchemy to farm gold for Shadowlands - I doubt I'll be able to get the Brutosaur mount before it goes BMAH-only, but I'm going to be sure I can afford whatever gold-sink mount Shadowlands offers.

[deenman]

8.3 is the best era of BFA. BFA not a great expansion, but 8.3 is the best era of that not great expansion. To clarify, 8.3 right now after QOL.

people are literaly deranged i swear,or trolling...the fact is that like you said 8.3 is by far the best bfa patch,also its like people have serious amnesia,as end of expansion patches,this one is pretty decent,wod last patch was worse,cata and wotlk had NOTHING to do,legion was similar or maybe better considering we atleast had a new zone

[strangerdanger]

I'm actually enjoying 8.3 and am also really looking forward to shadowlands. I agree the corruption vendor should have been in earlier though.

[deenman]

Imagine thinking gearing an alt in 8.3 with all the catch ups in place is grindy, do people want Blizzard to just give them every class as geared as their mains when they want it or something?

And WoW is nothing like any asian game on account of it not being fucking garbage

people are trolling im sure,they cant be this delusional,the fact is 8.3 has crazy catchup unlike ever before,its not even in the same multiverse as early 8.3 or other end of expansion patches

[deenman]

You can hit 120 on reset day and easily be 440+ with your BiS essences with your neck at 85 before next reset day rolls around if you know what you're doing. Let's be generous and assume the average player takes twice as long to achieve this, or even three times - are we seriously saying 2-3 weeks is too long to catch up nearly 2 years of an expansion?

when i came back in 8.3 the same week i got 120 i whent up to 460,on the reset i was mythic ready,granted i was boosted,progressed until raden,quit(just bored with wow these days) with 480 ilvl BFORE coruption vendor AND before the vision buff,and i had all the rank 3's i needed besided the pvp one that i wouldnt have bothered even if it would take one day