World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery's RP Scene Makes it a Memorable Experience
While World of Warcraft Classic already had a burgeoning Hardcore scene, Season of Discovery brought back players who were otherwise disinterested in losing their characters and progress permanently after an untimely death. The servers were packed to the brim once it launched on November 30, 2023. The MMO became utterly unresponsive when I tried to log in and create my character as soon as it went live, but I managed to make it through what would become a dense hundred-plus-player queue on the RP server Lava Lash.
The group I play World of Warcraft with decided on this server in a vote that was nearly tied, but we picked it due to how relaxed RP servers are by comparison to more PvP-focused ones. Once I created my Undead Mage, Branthony, and the opening narration began to play accompanied by a wide-shot of the starting zone, I saw more players congregating in a starting zone in World of Warcraft than I’d seen in most MMORPGs.
The chat was bursting with conversation; players looking to party up for shared kills in the starting zone, others complaining about the congestion in the area. It was everything you’d come to expect from being in an MMO after a new feature or update patch has launched. There was little to no RP going on, which wasn’t all that surprising. But me being me, I decided to make my own fun while crafting bags in Brill. I typed out in the General Chat that I was giving out free linen bags in Brill as long as people brought their own materials, and I was immediately swarmed with players. The first one that approached me was an Undead Rogue, and as I queued up making spools of linen thread, I asked him, “Was the life you lived a fulfilling one, friend?”
He shuffled in place for a bit before stepping closer
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