Joyous Journeys Experience Buff Live on WotLK Classic

Wrath Posted 2022/12/13 at 10:42 AM by Rokman

Joyous Journeys A Winter Veil Miracle!Blue Post from December 9th

The roads in Northrend are icy and fraught with danger. To help you continue your adventures in Wrath of the Lich King Classic, players will get the benefit of the Joyous Journeys experience buff*, which will increase experience gains by 50% for all players through level 80! It’s a great time to finish leveling a character, create a new one, or invite friends to join you in your adventures.

Players can also visit any innkeeper in the capital cities and Dalaran to turn the experience buff off or on. The Joyous Journey’s experience buff will be available from December 13 through January 16, 2023.

*Experience buff not available in modern World of Warcraft®.

Comment by Mantequilla182I would like to be able to transfer my main character for this buff please. I don't understand why I can create a brand new character on my realm but I can't transfer a character there. It's the same account...Comment by MuffinwaffleI would like to be able to transfer my main character for this buff please. I don't understand why I can create a brand new character on my realm but I can't transfer a character there. It's the same account...Comment by dandan87I still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by LostelfShould've been permenantly active. WotLK levelling is one of the most poorly paced, awful experiences 70-80.Comment by dblanch369"The Joyous Journey’s experience buff will be available from December 13 until January 16, 2023, with the release of Patch 3.4.1, Ulduar"

There, fixed that for ya.Comment by ChardunI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by RoseI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by FrancoportoI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by bobbis91I still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by KaladosI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by captirrelevantI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by XalonMJG2Thats because Wrath Classic is not really WOW. It is a version of Wrath, but not the same version that was live and tweaked dozens of times for the current classic player.

You will NEVER be able to transfer to Classic realms with a character in real WOW (live). Just like you can never transfer a character from classic realms to real WOW (Live).

Wrath content is part of retail and no experience buffs are ever needed in WOW because they already make leveling sooooooooo fast already.

If you don't like it, stop creating alts and play your main.Comment by 256124I still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by KnightTimeI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.haveComment by NazgramLots of bad takes in these comments (as usual)
This does ruin pacing and should not be encouraged. The “you don’t need to take it if you don’t want” is a stupid argument. If blizzard made leveling optionally at all you’d say the same thing, then complain when the game isn’t fun anymore for some reason - then blame micro transactions or something. And as always it’s clear it comes from people who aren’t playing classic.

The reality is blizzard shouldn’t be messing with the leveling experience like this. It’s quick fix to boost subscriber numbers during a lull. It doesn’t seem like much but it ultimately does cheapen the game. Between expacs is fine, but during tells me there is no respect for the content. Yes, people don’t want to level right now to get to level cap - it’s a slog, it’s spammy w/e. The reality is a game is not the sum of its parts and this sort of mindset is what ruined WoW. By thinking of leveling and level cap content as separate, the game’s value diminishes.

There’s better ways to get new players or get a player experiencing a lull in commitment to resubscribe.

The real issue is that 70-80’s content is not rich enough and is too long with no real value until you get to level cap. This is a mistake. The fix isn’t to tell you to skip the content via spamming dungeon finder, give more exp or w/e. It’s to make the content more meaningful by providing serious benefits to max level content like they did in TBC and Classic. Many BIS were from region quests and attunement made the process of fulfilling the demands of leveling feel organic to end content. As usual though, the decision is made to focus on the business and not the craft of the gameComment by l0ngliveLots of bad takes in these comments (as usual)
This does ruin pacing and should not be encouraged. The “you don’t need to take it if you don’t want” is a stupid argument. If blizzard made leveling optionally at all you’d say the same thing, then complain when the game isn’t fun anymore for some reason - then blame micro transactions or something. And as always it’s clear it comes from people who aren’t playing classic.
Comment by GyhlenI still don't understand why people want this on classic. Wasn't the main point to experience the game how it was back then? This buff completely ruins the pacing.Comment by InfernoBuffaloLots of bad takes in these comments (as usual)
This does ruin pacing and should not be encouraged. The “you don’t need to take it if you don’t want” is a stupid argument. If blizzard made leveling optionally at all you’d say the same thing, then complain when the game isn’t fun anymore for some reason - then blame micro transactions or something. And as always it’s clear it comes from people who aren’t playing classic.

The reality is blizzard shouldn’t be messing with the leveling experience like this. It’s quick fix to boost subscriber numbers during a lull. It doesn’t seem like much but it ultimately does cheapen the game. Between expacs is fine, but during tells me there is no respect for the content. Yes, people don’t want to level right now to get to level cap - it’s a slog, it’s spammy w/e. The reality is a game is not the sum of its parts and this sort of mindset is what ruined WoW. By thinking of leveling and level cap content as separate, the game’s value diminishes.

There’s better ways to get new players or get a player experiencing a lull in commitment to resubscribe.

The real issue is that 70-80’s content is not rich enough and is too long with no real value until you get to level cap. This is a mistake. The fix isn’t to tell you to skip the content via spamming dungeon finder, give more exp or w/e. It’s to make the content more meaningful by providing serious benefits to max level content like they did in TBC and Classic. Many BIS were from region quests and attunement made the process of fulfilling the demands of leveling feel organic to end content. As usual though, the decision is made to focus on the business and not the craft of the game