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Originally Posted by thufir
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Nothing you have said prevents you, or anyone else, from doing this on blue 99 as it stands. Nor will it prevent anyone doing exactly what they do right now when they release green99.
I would like to see a green99 just because I never went through the pure classic, no-xpac era, and I would like to experience that. But I don't have any delusions that a fresh start will change the minds of the playerbase. Once you hit Kunark everyone will pile into Karnor's and that's that. It's the way the game is designed, for good or ill.
The route to 60 will still run through the exact same zones that it runs through now on a completely fresh server - unless *you* change what you do. And if you do, you will find that there are other people to group with that also want to change. And this is true on a green99 or a blue99 or any other server.
This is what I did. Out of all my characters, I've only ever had one of my five go to MM, or Crushbone, or Unrest - and in all cases, one or two trips was enough. I've never even been to CoM, except to kill Lord Rak Ash'iir. And I never had a pocket buffer, either. Groups formed around me wherever I went and I saw a lot of things I had never seen on Live. Still do, occasionally, even at those lower levels.
Wiping it clean won't change any of this. It's just like Zander says, there will still be hardcore players who want to race to the end, they have a specific progression model they follow, and they will all still do this on a new server. If you want to play how you describe, you need to start doing it.
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I think more what the OP is saying is that right now you can't find groups willing to go to the out-of-the-way places.
I played back when it was just Classic and I do have to say that was more fun. Every zone was full of groups you could find quite easily. Kedge even had groups going there.
Raiding was a cluster-fuck tho no doubt about that. 2 raid targets made it hell.
For some people (like myself) it's really taxing trying to compose a group for a new area to explore. Especially when 9 out of 10 players will ask "why?" when they can just go to the easy XP spots that aren't as camped.
Altho IMO what I miss most about Classic was the shit itemization. Getting "good enough" gear was pretty easy and attainable for just about everyone. Plus I miss seeing Obsidian Shards being the go-to tank weapon for Warriors.
/nostalgia off