WoW Wrath Classic Joyous Journeys was an enormous in-game buff that granted players 50% further XP, permitting those that can’t dive into the MMORPG for lengthy durations of time an opportunity to stage their characters rapidly. Coming into the brand new enlargement this buff has been eliminated, sparking outrage from the fanbase.
Blizzard did confer with the buff as being a part of a brief summer time occasion, writing “we haven’t locked down the particular timeframe for when this buff will activate, however we anticipate it to final for at the least six to eight weeks; starting a number of weeks earlier than the three.4.0 Pre-Patch and persisting proper up till the day that Wrath of the Lich King Classic launches.”
Despite this, its reputation with players who’ve, effectively, lives and jobs, was unimaginable. It allowed them to achieve an honest stage with out having to continuously grind, opening up extra experiences and guaranteeing that they weren’t left behind as others surged forward.
While some argue “Joyous Journeys is a bizarre hill to die on,” this hasn’t stopped a wave of backlash within the wake of its removing.
“Restore Joyous Journeys to contemporary begin servers!” writes one participant. “This actually shouldn’t have been faraway from contemporary begin servers. Having to re-start a number of occasions earlier than lastly getting on a contemporary begin server with out a queue, now we’re caught slogging the remainder of the best way to 68 earlier than we are able to benefit from the enlargement.
“Only those that didn’t should relocate to a different server and had extreme free time had been in a position to reap the benefits of this. Those of us with households and careers are now left behind earlier than even attending to Burning Crusade. Why do you retain making such dangerous choices? Are you actively making an attempt to punish players with actual life commitments?”
Another follows this up with “No Joyous Journeys = no subscription. Level 60, simply turned in 5 quests in hellfire for one fourth of a bubble. I’ve no curiosity now in slogging to 70. They [Blizzard] didn’t care about what I needed. Why ought to I care to remain subscribed?”
A last remark notes that, throughout his interview with YouTubers Dan ‘MrGM’ Carter and Scott ‘Scottejaye’ principal technical designer Kris Zierhut “expressed how a lot he loved the Joyous Journeys buff and that it introduced a number of players again to the levelling course of and the way it felt good with the rise.
“Why then would they take away the Joyous Journeys buff for players nonetheless levelling when Wrath comes out? It ought to keep and be eliminated when you hit stage 70, no purpose to take away it apart from to deliver it again sooner or later and go ‘Hey come again!’”
Grinding by way of Classic can typically really feel like a full-time job, particularly for these of us who can’t afford to attend in prolonged queue occasions and drop into Azeroth throughout working hours. I agree that Joyous Journeys would want a cut-off level to avoid wasting players with the ability to stage too rapidly, however there does appear to be a spot for it within the recreation.
If you’re trying to fill the void left by Joyous Journeys you’ll be able to take a look at our WoW Classic leveling information, in addition to our personal unique interview with WoTLK’s Kris Zierhut and Joshua Greenfield.
