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7/21/2025, 4:08:37 PM
7/19/2025, 2:12:27 AM
>>531783402
>i never played vanilla (even on blizzard's classic) is it worth trying even if i have limited time to play?
Vanilla was hand-made for people like this when it released in 2004 as an EQ alternative. Even leveling pre-WoW required a lot of free time in games like FFXI, Ragnarok Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and EQ. They were closer to early Internet social lobbies than games, which is unfortunately only what you can find nowadays in private server games like this or dedicated server games with smaller server communities like Minecraft.
I know this is going to sound hard to believe for the zoomers that didn't experience early MMOs as young wizards, but raiding was not the end-all, be-all for the majority of the community, even during WoW's heydays. Nether was the obsessively sadistic "parsie" scene, other than damage addons to help progress. Sadly, raiding is one of many reasons why MMOs significantly dropped off because any publisher that put up money to fund a new one kept trying to copy WoW (and failing badly) instead of taking risks with new ideas like the old days. All because the line must always go up. Thankfully, we now have the Ministry of Indie and AA Games to help fill this void and maybe even spark a new vidya renaissance.
Anyway, enjoy taking your time to penis around on Epoch next week and play at your own pace. The leveling journey was and still is the best part.
>i never played vanilla (even on blizzard's classic) is it worth trying even if i have limited time to play?
Vanilla was hand-made for people like this when it released in 2004 as an EQ alternative. Even leveling pre-WoW required a lot of free time in games like FFXI, Ragnarok Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and EQ. They were closer to early Internet social lobbies than games, which is unfortunately only what you can find nowadays in private server games like this or dedicated server games with smaller server communities like Minecraft.
I know this is going to sound hard to believe for the zoomers that didn't experience early MMOs as young wizards, but raiding was not the end-all, be-all for the majority of the community, even during WoW's heydays. Nether was the obsessively sadistic "parsie" scene, other than damage addons to help progress. Sadly, raiding is one of many reasons why MMOs significantly dropped off because any publisher that put up money to fund a new one kept trying to copy WoW (and failing badly) instead of taking risks with new ideas like the old days. All because the line must always go up. Thankfully, we now have the Ministry of Indie and AA Games to help fill this void and maybe even spark a new vidya renaissance.
Anyway, enjoy taking your time to penis around on Epoch next week and play at your own pace. The leveling journey was and still is the best part.
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