Gear has been another progression format in addition to leveling since the first xpac. However, gear progression being locked behind RNG is incredibly frustrating and discouraging to continue as unlocks rolls continue.
Gear doesn't, however, mean that you can do that endgame content. I'm around 630 ilvl now, and mythic still feels like a slog, and the rewards don't even feel worth the effort. What? I have to bash my head against a brick wall of a boss in the hopes it drops a piece that is a marginal upgrade? No thanks.
Yeah it's not for me anymore, I've just stopped playing. I've outgrown the game now I think. It's changed too much, maybe I have. Maybe combination of both.
Used to be able to craft 1st and 2nd bis pieces for a few slots and the item level gap between seasons was roughly 15 or so. You could choose to play a new character, do last season’s raid with some friends, and be good to go by the end of the week.
When heroic was renamed to mythic along with the removal of 10 man hard modes, it became a slog.
I met every friend on wow through the old alt gearing method. Getting rid of this really killed off the ability to meet people and start new friendly raid groups.
After a decade break, the shit people complain about is hilarious. Grinding gear isn't new, and it's stupid easy to get now. Unless you are hard-core min/maxing for some stupid fucking reason. And yes, min/maxing as a non-world first chaser is, in fact, stupid.
well said
Exactly why pvp sucks in war within. No gear grind, a few hours and you are bis
Its the endless treadmill of invalidating gear
It has been this way for a long time. I was grinding for gear in Burning Crusade and Wrath.
Gear is so easy to obtain in these days compared to 10 years ago
Gear has been another progression format in addition to leveling since the first xpac. However, gear progression being locked behind RNG is incredibly frustrating and discouraging to continue as unlocks rolls continue.
Retail sucks clasic is better
Gear is the continuation of progression after you hit max level
There was always meant to be progression of the gear itself as well.
From the beginner shirt and shorts that look more common than anything to the stuff that is more outlandish and more refined looking
Gear doesn't, however, mean that you can do that endgame content.
I'm around 630 ilvl now, and mythic still feels like a slog, and the rewards don't even feel worth the effort.
What? I have to bash my head against a brick wall of a boss in the hopes it drops a piece that is a marginal upgrade? No thanks.
End game should be about beating the hardest content a game has to offer. Not grinding week after week for a drop you may or may not get.
Retail wow is shit.
gear chasing when just about every gear drop is for pvp, it should not be tiered to mostly pvp gear
Why you sound like coffeezilla wow version 😂
Yeah it's not for me anymore, I've just stopped playing. I've outgrown the game now I think. It's changed too much, maybe I have. Maybe combination of both.
Yea retail is garbage
Used to be able to craft 1st and 2nd bis pieces for a few slots and the item level gap between seasons was roughly 15 or so.
You could choose to play a new character, do last season’s raid with some friends, and be good to go by the end of the week.
When heroic was renamed to mythic along with the removal of 10 man hard modes, it became a slog.
I met every friend on wow through the old alt gearing method. Getting rid of this really killed off the ability to meet people and start new friendly raid groups.
After a decade break, the shit people complain about is hilarious. Grinding gear isn't new, and it's stupid easy to get now. Unless you are hard-core min/maxing for some stupid fucking reason. And yes, min/maxing as a non-world first chaser is, in fact, stupid.