(05-18-2014, 03:44 PM)Naunet Wrote:(05-18-2014, 09:23 AM)Ignacius Wrote: It's definitely harder to get gold ratings on those for people who started post-WotLK, though.
Oh man. Did you seriously just pull the "wrath baby" card? Really?
Whether you started playing the game in 2004, 2007, 2009, or 2013 really has no real bearing on one's skill. WoW has changed so dramatically over the years that it's pretty much a completely different game - complete with new spell dynamics and intensely more difficult boss fights - than it was 5, 7, 10 years ago. Just going to put that out there.
Hey, when I was your age, we had to spend whole days farming consumables for the raid we'd inevitably wipe over and over on because our GM's wife was also the healing officer and was routinely horrible. Â And we were happy with it!
Honestly, point taken, except the intensely more difficult boss fights. Â Bosses now are definitely easier than in vanilla, though if you played a spellcaster that might be a different story personally. Â I know affliction warlocks topped DPS charts while barely looking at the boss sometimes; you just had to run the rotation. Â I was a CC/kiting hunter back in the day, and even I felt bad for the melee back then. Â Overall, the game's easier all over. Â I'd say you had to have a bit more skill, in general, to play in vanilla.
Now, with that said, in vanilla, you could carry some more worthless people with you because one bad apple wasn't quite so glaring. Â So the bar has dropped, but if you're still below the bar, it's a lot more noticeable.
