u/OutlawDJ

so logging into Shattrath City last night actually blew my mind a little bit. it is literally the only place in the entire game where Alliance and Horde characters just stand around in the same tavern staring at each other. you just hang out by the Aldor or Scryer banks and the faction tension is automatically there without even trying. finding the best RP zones in TBC Outland Classic right now is wild cause every single map feels like a completely different game. the Shattrath City roleplay people are setting up already feels way more natural than I expected.

but then you step outside the sanctuary and look at all the other TBC Anniversary RP zones Outland brought back. you take a flight path and suddenly Nagrand has this whole roleplay atmosphere that feels perfect for any kind of tribal or shaman guild. then you go to Netherstorm and suddenly you are just surviving in this crazy sci fi magic wasteland.

honestly though the racial backgrounds are the main reason Im actually staying here. exploring the Blood Elf storyline for RP in TBC Anniversary gives you such dark and heavy material to work with. you play a race completely broken by the Scourge and dealing with massive Fel magic withdrawals every single day. trying to find your place in the Horde while grieving the loss of the Sunwell is just a really tragic character arc.

then you look at the Draenei lore RP side of TBC Anniversary and it is just as heavy in a totally different way. youre playing literal cosmic genocide survivors desperately trying to rebuild their society on a shattered floating rock. the psychological weight of playing Draenei right now is so different from normal high fantasy stuff. since we dont have official RP servers we just have to do this organically out in the wild, which honestly makes Outland feel way more alive anyway.

is anyone else actually doing RP out here right now or is everyone just sticking to retail?

I played this game for like four years and I honestly never understood real positioning until I forced myself to play Zero Build exclusively this season.

In normal modes you just panic build a massive tower the second someone shoots you. You never actually get punished for running across an open field cause you can just fix your mistakes with wood and brick right away.

But I saw a clip about Zero Build last week and it completely changed my mindset. Without builds you actually have to read the terrain constantly. You have to learn cover to cover movement and actually use the new movement options just to survive a bad rotation. I ended up reading a long post about Zero Build rotations and it really highlighted how much discipline you need if you dont want to get beamed by the new lightning guns.

The crazy part is I went back to regular BR yesterday just to see if those Zero Build habits would actually carry over and I am actually playing way better now. I finally know when to NOT build and just take the shot. Someone in my squad asked how to get better at positioning and Zero Build was literally the first thing I told him to go play. I saw someone say Zero Build actually makes you better at the game and honestly they were completely right. For me its honestly been the best way to learn that part of the game.

Do you think zero build actually makes you better at the full game or are they just two entirely different skill sets?