Going to the same route as WoW. The game is TOO easy

[Hitori]

You entire point was predicated on classic hype. Come back three months after classic is out and we can talk about how many people want that.

If you don't think Classic is going to be huge success, you're not very aware.

[Reeereee]

If you don't think Classic is going to be huge success, you're not very aware.

Even bad MMOs like Wildstar generate large amounts of unrealistic hype before they're released. The hype for classic is no more realistic than the hype for SWTOR, only this time people should know better because it already released once in 2004.

Again, come back three months after it's released and we'll talk then.

[galbsadi]

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Hi there. I didn't play WoW in the original classic, but I did play in BC, and Wrath, and Cata, and MoP, and a bit of WoD, and Legion, and even a bit of BFA (or, short version: I've played literally every expansion that game has to offer). The problem with the latest expansion has nothing to do with difficulty...RNGforAzeroth isn't any easier or harder than Legion was, and Legion was awesome. It's not really any easier or harder than MoP was, and MoP wasn't bad. it's slightly easier than Cata was, and Cata sucked. It's slightly easier than Wrath was, and Wrath was awesome. It's slightly easier than BC was, and BC wasn't bad. So, it's not a difficulty thing...more of a "everything is RNG" now thing...the only way it'd be worse is if it had an actual cash shop for your daily loot boxes. (For people who've only played FFXIV, the problem with WoW nowadays is that it's Eureka. [Yes, it's THAT bad.]).

Classic might be mildly successful, and I would be surprised to see it completely flop...because there's going to at least be a nostalgia effect for some people and others will want to see things they might have missed (such as 40m Naxx). However, I would be just as surprised to see it be a 'huge success.' If that was to be the case, the private servers that have been up for over a decade (and don't require a $15/mo sub to play) would have been far more active than they were when I visited them.

Now, as to your original complaint...this game isn't really easier or harder than WoW's been at any point, at least at the base level. (Note: while I say this as a player with very little Savage experience in FFXIV, I also say it as a player with extensive raid experience in WoW (in multiple expansions), ESO, and SWTOR.) Remember that in WoW people literally rely on applets (DBM, OmniCC, GTFO, WeakAuras, etc.) in order to play content above the base level...and content at the base level is about on par with FFXIV base level content (i.e. dungeons are about the same difficulty [although in WoW it's more focus on healing and FFXIV it's more focus on Healer DPS], 24m are about the same difficulty as LFR [up to and including that in many cases you could practically AFK through it], 8m normal raids are about on par with normal raids in WoW (i.e. not hard), and the challenge primarily exists in areas that most people don't do (like Savage/Ultimate in FFXIV and early-tier Heroic and Mythic raids in WoW). SWTOR is the same way. GW2...same way. TERA was the same way (when it was good). TSW was the same way...that's how MMOs work, it's how they've always worked, and it's likely how they'll continue to work into the foreseeable future.

If it's not your thing, I get that...and you can either not focus on that content or find something else that you will enjoy....but let's not try and ruin a formula that clearly works just because there are things that appeal to more casual players.

[Melichoir]

If you don't think Classic is going to be huge success, you're not very aware.

While Im sure classic will be fun and draw certain crowds, you should be also taking it with a grain of salt due to two very big factors.

1) People are broadly dissatisfied with the current state of WoW. It doesnt live up to their expectations or interests. So anything that isnt the current state of wow will get boosted. This includes classic.
2) People are nostalgic for those halcyon days of their youths when they played classic WoW. This usually means people dont remember or downplay the bad parts of Vanilla WoW. They have rose tinted glasses on.

Im sure classic will be successful, atleast at first. But I have trouble seeing it 'smash' everything. Afterall, all Classic is is a repackaged version of Vanilla. Nothing 'new' will be brought to the table. And while it will be fun, people will reach it's end game and thatll be it. There is no where for it to go. And if people are looking at it wtih Rose Tinted specs, then theyll hit their satisfaction faster than someone whos playing through it new.