Leveling and riding ability in game WOW

I leveled my warrior to 60 during Burning Crusade, before numerous nerfs were made to leveling and riding ability. So, yeah, roughing it wasn't just an option, it was the only option. And you know what? I would never do it again to help me make more WOW gold. That's right. Once was enough. However, if given the chance to change it all, I would say no. Leveling at that difficulty and with those kind of restraints on my mobility really made me appreciate each level I gained.

 

I still remember, being a low level 16 human warrior, and deciding to go and visit Ashenvale. It was a pain to get there, with no flight paths, or any kind of mount training, but I did it, and the sensation I had when the beautiful landscape of Ashenvale opened up to the sound of a Night Elf choir just took my breath away (by the way, I still wish they would update that region to being nice and more calming again instead of war torn).

 

The feeling of finally saving up my WOW gold to buy just the most basic riding training was a big achievement! I kind of wish players could feel what I felt back then. It's not that I want to scream at newer players, claiming "Oh, you don't know how easy ya got it, and back in MY day!" to them. No, I wish they could experience how grand it felt, and how amazing each level gained made you feel. The World felt so big then, and I really think it was because of how much we had to explore on foot, or how long we stayed in one zone just to get a quarter of a level. Alas, though these rose tinted glasses make the past look so much warmer than it was, they do nothing but cloud the future and what good has come to it now.

 

It's interesting how you say you'd never do it again but then go on to wax poetic about how big, bad and amazing those days were. I can see a "never again" attitude because you got to experience already. For new players who don't have much WOW gold and for the game itself, I say the "rose tint" is/was reality and the things you and others share here are what made this game once so golden. That experience should be preserved for new players, so that they might experience the exact same wonder that we once did. I feel bad for the "kids" I know trying WoW out for the first time. They zip thru everything like this were a FPS, do "end-game" LFR stuff for a few weeks, then get bored and quit in order to move onto a new game. The WoW Devs have devalued their own content; therefore it holds little value to those playing through it.

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