10 years of F2P

Embu

Embu

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10 years already!

And levels 20 are still here!

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Join us this Thursday at 2:00 PM (CET) for the picture of the year :p

More than 10 players are already registered. We will take a family photo together, and keep a in-game memory of our community for this year.

Join us on EU realms and we'll invite you, no matter the realm you come from!

https://discord.gg/HXFbcgnpEM :slight_smile:
 
Was EU on a different release schedule for lv 20 f2p?

I distinctly remember it being 2011 cata summertime June - August timeframe. For NA at least
 
2011 cata f2p era was a beautiful time, especially early after release.

  • the bracket was relatively unknown. Toxicity was almost non existent. Very little organized p2p premade activity save for the few encounters I had with a few select folks that are still around ;)
  • EDIT: ^ this is because xpoff 19s and 70s were still largely going strong and there really was no reason for those folks to join or investigate the new bracket
  • The most games typically had 2-3 f2p geared twinks on each side
  • A fully geared f2p versus a semi geared leveler, especially in heirlooms (which were more powerful than dungeon gear back then) was way more in line - especially given that f2p couldn’t really have good enchants.
  • Surv hunters were powerful, but didn’t have the survivability to outlast a decent healer
  • There was a great incentive to pvp to gear up for honor -> jp conversion for heirlooms. It took a while but was rewarding along the way, especially for spell casters.
  • Dungeons were a semi challenge, with ambitious early f2p video makers taking on solo challenges
  • Overall gearing and pvp was very rewarding
I’m sure I have some rose colored nostalgia glasses. But I’d go back to cata f2p in a second.
 
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chelly said:
2011 cata f2p era was a beautiful time, especially early after release.

  • the bracket was relatively unknown. Toxicity was almost non existent. Very little organized p2p premade activity save for the few encounters I had with a few select folks that are still around ;)
  • EDIT: ^ this is because xpoff 19s and 70s were still largely going strong and there really was no reason for those folks to join or investigate the new bracket
  • The most games typically had 2-3 f2p geared twinks on each side
  • A fully geared f2p versus a semi geared leveler, especially in heirlooms (which were more powerful than dungeon gear back then) was way more in line - especially given that f2p couldn’t really have good enchants.
  • Surv hunters were powerful, but didn’t have the survivability to outlast a decent healer
  • There was a great incentive to pvp to gear up for honor -> jp conversion for heirlooms. It took a while but was rewarding along the way, especially for spell casters.
  • Dungeons were a semi challenge, with ambitious early f2p video makers taking on solo challenges
  • Overall gearing and pvp was very rewarding
I’m sure I have some rose colored nostalgia glasses. But I’d go back to cata f2p in a second.
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If one day Cataclysm Classic is announced, I sign up immediately. Would love to go back to good old times with my lvl20 rogue.
 
Embu said:
If one day Cataclysm Classic is announced, I sign up immediately. Would love to go back to good old times with my lvl20 rogue.
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one could pray and hope. Given the way accounts work now, it’s feasible that veteran accounts might become baseline for a cata classic release? Who knows.
 
Kaløyan said:
There is "French Moderator" under your photo/tag.
Thats why I never joined the community. I though you are all french-talkers :D Are you?
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WoW20 is both a EU and US community, not a French community

But it's true that my first F2P community was a French-speaking community, back in 2011. It lasted until 2018-2019

The "French Moderator" title was given by Conq on my profile. I've never removed it because when I joined XPOff, I was active as moderator. So I kept this title as memory
 
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