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On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 23:10:09 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>In message <be7lao...@mid.individual.net> 
>  Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 19:11:08 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
>> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>>>In message <be6kov...@mid.individual.net> 
>>>  Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 05:51:54 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
>>>> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>In message <be5ber...@mid.individual.net> 
>>>>>  Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Instant 90, well, ok, it's just one character so fair enough 
>>>>>
>>>>>This is just silliness. Leveling is not at all interesting, challenging,
>>>>>or rewarding. it is just a slog to max level at which point you can
>>>>>start gearing up. Making you slog 100 levels for all but one toon? No
>>>>>thanks. I've still not leveled a panda past about 35 because I just
>>>>>cannot face doing outland and northrend again.
>>>
>>>> Yet some of us do find it interesting, and think the world would be a
>>>> poorer place if everyone bypassed it on every alt,
>>>
>>>You find it interesting, so EVERYONE should have to do it?
>
>> You don't, so everyone should skip it?
>
>I never said that. I said that once you reach max level you should be
>*able* to start any toon at about maxlevel-15. I never said it should be
>required.

Like I said, if it's available, everyone will take it, and miss out on
stuff they may find enjoyable if they actually tried it. Maybe you've
done every single questchain in every single zone, but I bet there's a
lot of people out there who haven't... and never will see some fun
stuff if the option's there to skip it. That just seems daft, and I
can well see why it's not going to be available for more than one
character. It's only, what, 3 years since they redesigned the whole
world. Can't see them wanting to make that content completely obsolete
and never even seen already. Maybe in a few more years, but not yet.

>>>>and particularly if newer players never even saw all the storylines and
>>>>places that make the game so interesting.
>>>
>>>You like lore, so everyone should like lore?
>
>> You don't, so everyone should skip it?
>
>As long as I *can* ignore lore, I will. Quests that ask me questions
>about the lore are avoided unless there's a nice list of answers on
>Wowhead. I don't care about the lore. I am not interested in the story
>of the space goats or the orcs or in what King Douchebag's wife's name
>was.

I have to ask: why do you even play, then? The story is such a big
part of the game, I find it boring as hell if I do speed levelling
runs and ignore the story, I would've quit in no time if I hadn't got
into the storyline, as without that, there's just no point to any of
it.  It's no wonder you want to skip levelling if you ignore the best
bit!

>>>>One boosted character is quite enough IMO. Personally I'd have zero
>>>>connection with an instant 90 character since I'd spent no time on it,
>>>>and it wouldn't feel like mine. So your view is not the only one ;-)
>>>
>>>But I never said "Everyone should be forced to start at 90."
>
>> But you know perfectly well that that is what would effectively
>> happen.
>
>If that is what happens, then it proves that the long slog of leveling
>is something people *don't* want to do.

Or that people are naturally lazy.