Originally Posted by
crusadernero
Thats how it is everywhere in the online world. Dont matter if its a game, forum, twitter, facebook or any other online social medium that people use. People spew out shit on a daily basis, even with theyre real name(Like on facebook). Try having a nice discussion with people you dont know online and see how quickly it derails into a total shitshow.
Theres always been toxic people, but today we are exposed to it alot more. Its difficult to avoid them or ignore them because we are so dependant on being online for everything and interacting with strangers.
Mix that with the option of being anonimous, people tend to care about others alot less. Even on platforms were real name is required it more often than not quickly turn for the worse.
This is nothing special for wow, its a general tendency all over. With wow, people find a guild or play with friends and stick with them. They dont need to get new friends, they dont need to add players that did good in a dungeon grp or raid. They have what they need, everything else is collateral damage and can be chewed and tossed out when need be.
Its even more difficult to find new online friends in a game like wow. On retail, everything is automated. People dont have time to interact(chat) with you. They want to clear current task(WQs, dungeon, raid, whatever) and move on. Get grp, do task, leave.
In classic, content like leveling dungeons is all but dead. Currently my Paladin is lvl 45 and the only dungeons i've done is Deadmines and Stockades with a group. Beyond that, lfg channel is dead. People only want boosts, not groups. The world itself is fairly dead, especially in leveling zones. Meaning you dont get to interact with others to complete certain quests that more or less require groups.