[No] Cost of Respecs Too High - Change to free or up to 10g
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:50 pmI've already lived through the vanilla experience in 2005 and on, and one of the most annoying features was a 50g respec cost. This isn't so bad for, say, a frost mage who does relatively the same thing in every spec (dps).
However, even as a fury warrior (more painful for prot warriors) it's quite difficult to seriously PvP without having Mortal Strike. Despite having good gear and doing well on the kill chart, not having that debuff just makes premade groups say "meh" and wait for an arms warrior just because they have the talents.
Now sure, I've respecced for 4 days and had some good times as arms...but then it's back in the raids, and I'm out 100g (at least 5 hours at least of my time of farming) just to have a bit of fun! In 2005 sure, this was the given...but it's 2015. I think since this is a private server, the main purpose is to have fun - while still being as blizzlike as possible where it matters. This is an area where I think it does not matter to stay truly blizzlike, as it does not add anything interesting to the game - wasting our time with what is essentially an old time-sink (many of us are adults with jobs/families now). The gameplay should stay challenging, not the cost of a PvP weekend.
In closing I would ideally like free respecs, as the whole point of playing the game is to have fun, but that's probably too extreme for most. Therefore 10g is a reasonable compromise as it's still a pretty big chunk of gold (20g back and forth) but still allows us to get rowdy on PvP weekends. I need this, but tanks and healers especially need this. We want exciting battles, TO FIGHT SOME HORDE! Not farming for hours on end...
However, even as a fury warrior (more painful for prot warriors) it's quite difficult to seriously PvP without having Mortal Strike. Despite having good gear and doing well on the kill chart, not having that debuff just makes premade groups say "meh" and wait for an arms warrior just because they have the talents.
Now sure, I've respecced for 4 days and had some good times as arms...but then it's back in the raids, and I'm out 100g (at least 5 hours at least of my time of farming) just to have a bit of fun! In 2005 sure, this was the given...but it's 2015. I think since this is a private server, the main purpose is to have fun - while still being as blizzlike as possible where it matters. This is an area where I think it does not matter to stay truly blizzlike, as it does not add anything interesting to the game - wasting our time with what is essentially an old time-sink (many of us are adults with jobs/families now). The gameplay should stay challenging, not the cost of a PvP weekend.
In closing I would ideally like free respecs, as the whole point of playing the game is to have fun, but that's probably too extreme for most. Therefore 10g is a reasonable compromise as it's still a pretty big chunk of gold (20g back and forth) but still allows us to get rowdy on PvP weekends. I need this, but tanks and healers especially need this. We want exciting battles, TO FIGHT SOME HORDE! Not farming for hours on end...