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HOW FAR HAS THE WOW
COMMUNITY FALLEN?

By Andrew Spalding

A

s I browse Reddit and the

the current 7.1 million). People

It leaves those who do not want

Battle.net forums, one

in LFR and LFD do seem to, in

to follow the simplest mechanics

thing that I seem to constantly

general, act more negatively

or learn even the basics of their

see is some post about how

toward people they do not know,

class to figure out how to do

WoW no longer has any sense of

than people in guild groups or

these before they are allowed to

community. These posts always

groups of friends that happen to

progress on to actual content.

seem to harken back to the

bring others along. In reality, this

While this is great for those of

Wrath of the Lich King or the

is simply a very vocal minority.

us who can easily get through

Burning Crusade expansions and

Most of the people who you will

PG Silver, it is a bit of a slap to

how everyone was always nice

run with want everything to go

the face to those who can’t.

and working together to make

smoothly and are appreciative

Some take it as a challenge to

the most out of their gaming

of a good group. I think the vocal

better themselves as a player;

experience. Since then, we have

minority stems from the Proving

some get angry. Some of these

been on a downward spiral where

Grounds Silver requirement

angry people eventually make

no one feels like they need to be

Blizzard implemented, and really

it through, but they rarely move

nice to get anywhere. Everyone

I thank Blizz for this requirement.

on to progression raiding. They

is just rude to each other so that
they can get done with their daily
heroic and move on with their day.
I say bullshi*t!
While I admit that there may
have been a greater sense of
community in General/Trade
Chat back then, there were also a
significant amount more people
playing in WotLK (12 million to
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