Also, please tell me what's wrong with my statement?
It took me around 75 hours to get to lvl 70.
It takes an aproximate of 80 hours to learn the first level of French (A1) from scratch.
You would be able to read around 9 novels (300 pages long) with avarage reading speed in 80 hours
You have to be delusional if you insist that it's not a lot of time
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Please, connect them for me...
I used the speedlvl alliance shaman guide from cauthonluck (can really recommend that guys work) all solo quests, no outside help / dungeons - I did use a few twink weapons tho like double heaven's light. My first shaman was 2 days 9 hours but in faster real life time than my 2nd. Do you really want me to upload screens?
I dont disagree with the logic, however, it does rely on an assumption - that any / all of the people who used the boost would be leveling their toon the 'Ol fashioned" way. I believe anyone willing to pay a price equal to many full games just to avoid leveling 1-58 had no intention of levleing at all. Its purely anecdotal, but everyone I know who paid for a boost would NOT be playing TBCC at all, or, would have stuck with their classic main.
No, there is no assumption.
Where did i assume that those people would level the old fashioned way?
It's not there.
So, let's engage in an assumption i never made.
If you want argue that all of those people and make the proposterous assumption that literally none of those would have picked up TBC without the boost...what's the point?
Those people never saw any Classic leveling zone to begin with on their character outside of finishing the last two levels during the pre patch (if at all).
These people and their characters are not relevant to the argument at all, because either way, those people would never appear in those leveling zones.
If the boost didn't exist, they wouldn't play TBC (at least that's the assumption) => They are not in the leveling zones.
If the boost does exist, they are paying money to skip that very content => They are not in the leveling zones.
What is however quite certain is that a lot of people who already had a capped character also used the boost for another one, there you would have certainly seen more characters before the launch of TBC or afterwards in those leveling zones.
Amusing - you agree with everything i say, then follow it up with another baseless assumption. Ironically, all your "counter points" actually just bolster my argument. You are attempting to hand waive away my response, by saying they are not relevant, and yet it is the core of your argument. - answer this simple question - if those individuals were willing to level form 1-58, why did they literally pay money not to do it?
...Because they are?
I have no idea how this simple logic eludes you.
People not playing TBC because of no boost = less characters in a leveling zone.
People purchasing the boost = less characters in a leveling zone.
These are, by your own logic, the only options that exists, both resulting in the same thing.
<insert post about boosties using their hourly wages to justify purchasing the boost>
Path of least resistance, again, it's pretty fucking simple.
You can, in a couple years when wrath comes out.
DRAGONFLIGHT BETA CLUB
They will absolutely let you do this in time. And they will let ppl buy multiple 58 boosts too. But they are waiting for a moment where the people's consensus is "who cares?" and they don't get too much backlash.
In 1 year we have Draenei/BE boost, multiple 58 boosts, gold tokens and faction change. The consensus will be "who cares?" yet the playerbase will disappear mysteriously. Then Anti-Classic Andys can say "you think you did but you did not".
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I never claimed it is, but when you add another option, it's no far fetched theory that less people will choose the initial option, especially when the other is the more efficient one.
Seems a pretty stupid assortment of rhetorical questions considering we are in the Classic forum, where "let's completely overhaul leveling" isn't an option due to nature of the product.
I am going to remind you once again that we are in the Classic forum and are discussing the impact of the TBC character boost on the amount of people present in the Classic leveling zones, where this is a pretty crucial factor due to existence of Elite quests and a lack of LFD.
Honestly, the very title of this thread should've been a giveaway.
In the context of "the boost exists", it seems pretty obvious what "less people will be leveling characters" means.
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