Turtle WoW refugee - how to transition
TBC was my favorite expansion of all time. I quit first time around when TBC classic was released a few years ago, because of all the gate-keeping and it was impossible to get groups without gearscore addons, etc. I couldn't find a casual guild.
I beat TBC when it was retail. Our guild got stuck in black temple, but once isle of quel'danas arrived, enough of us got our catch up gear and went back and spanked illidan. I did it with 10 fps on a good day, clicking my abilities, as a ret paladin who didn't know what seal twisting is.
I do great damage now as a ret paladin, but people won't invite you without all these huge checklists worth of stuff, logs, etc. I gave up again this time around when leveling due to the constant competition for nodes doing professions, not being able to find a casual guild, and the bots/gold selling. It's like blizz doesn't even try.
I went to turtle not because it was free, but it had that old school mentality of "oh cool, lets just go explore this new content, and who cares if we don't have THE ABSOLUTE OPTIMAL route".
Now that turtle is dead, This is all I really got to come back and I'm too addicted to classic to quit. Has the community vibe gotten any better? I see on these forums bots are still at it and even worse, but is the gatekeeping over with since the initial launch rush just to... raid log... is over? Or will it still be impossible to group for stuff? How the heck do I find a guild that's laid back for long term progression, even into WoTLK when it inevitably comes back for another round. I just miss the nice people where crap was laid back. This game isn't that hard, again I beat it in my early teens clicking my damn abilities for heavens sake. Can I experience kara one more time or is getting a group near impossible?