firefoxmoz: I love the idea of a dedicated self found server

invaderzortos746: The main thing I dislike about self-found is not being able to be the friendly neighborhood adventurer gifting bags, items, etc. to new/low level players. I miss that social element to trading.

Khagrim: Purely SF server will require huge profession changes and endgame changes

Or maybe do it like POE where SSF is account wide. So you can send stuff between your characters only.

HelloJTello: When my boy posts a video! I WATCH Kargoz a true OG of the community and a real one fo sho

PokePerryTV: I Couldn't agree more brother! Self found is BIS

yesiam4610: Solo-self found race-locked has been fun, it’s my first experience on a ssf character. Here’s my top 3 biggest drawbacks of SSF based on what I’ve learned from getting to level 38:

1.) Certain professions are NOT designed for a ssf economy, take enchanting for example, needing a blacksmith for the rods. Black smiths needing alchemy cooldowns, as well as mining, ssf effectively removes lots of the cool weapon enchantments from the game that really make classic wow stand out.

2.) The rush of getting a rare or epic boe drop in the open world or in a dungeon that you can’t equip quickly turns into a sinking feeling in your stomach. Getting a edgemasters drop on a priest, or a staff of jordan drop on a rogue, etc, having to vendor an item for 2 gold that could’ve bought you a 40 or 60 mount feels bad.

3.) I level in a duo group. Not being able to trade mage water, lock healthstones, or any profession crafted items like potions, leatherworking, tailoring, or blacksmithing gear does make playing with an irl friend on a complementary class feel a little less synergistic.

If there was some way to play on a server that gold buying/botting was not actually possible on, ssf would not be something I would choose, as it feels a bit like cutting off your leg to solve a case of athletes food.

dflowers6771: can you narrate wow lore? that voice is too smooth to be wasted

BrewzerXo: I do think the purest version of the game is solo self found. Guild found was a wicked cool expansion of this during OnlyFangs, I love seeing the different ways the community progresses this game.

nobruh3468: actually this would be amazing.

Ravennus92: The only thing I see wrong with self found is that economy is a huuuuuge layer of MMOs. But i agree with you that itnmight solve some issues

Redrusted: Self found is great. It gives everything meaning. Its the reason why Ironman mode, which is the aame thing, is how a good half of all OSRS players play.

atrox7685: it would be nice to have guild found. so everyone is SF but in the guild you can trade. also you can only join one guild per character.

Lampaluile: Self found is the true experience. Self found only in this household

patrickbell222: Self found also makes the players actually have to play the game. I love logging in everyday seeing no bots.

Cheepeep: a lot of professions wouldn't work and many quests that REQUIRE profession items like potions that you can only get if you take alchemy or the patterned bronze bracers. that being said i do like self found gameplay a lot. i just wish there were ways to get the profession items in the open world from chests or mobs

Wartalk: I think Account-Found could work to keep the mailbox useful and cover other professions. Auction House could be limited that the seller only receives Vendor Value and the items can only be purchased for Double Vendor Value (They'd need to put a vendor value on a lot of different things, especially enchanting mats.) Mob-Tagging/Quest Carries would become the new sell I believe, so it would be nice if they could combat the ability of a player 10 levels above you from existing in the same phase as you outside of cities? I'm sure that's complicated to pull off. Prevent grouping between players with a greater than 10 level disparity. Could a 34 carry a 24 through Deadmines, sure, but I don't think it would sell for $ very well. If professions weren't capped to 2 per character, or they at least retained their skill experience you could do solely character self-found without it being super obnoxious. Now people absolutely could still buy someone else playing and grinding their account for them, but outside of hardcore that's significantly less of a detriment to the experience of other players.

KingBlackToof: Here are some thoughts and questions:

- How does dungeon loot work - I assume you can still party up for dungeons and need loot (And technically you earnt it) right?

- Does this not push 'Boosting' levels or dungeons outside of the game and you buy the boost on a shady website and then group up with those people?

WonderGoon: I respect what we did, as a community, before the addon. And I respect what people are doing with SSF now. Personally, I prefer Just Don't Die mode. Just my personal opinion. It takes the pressure off to be a "perfect player" and I can relax and, you know, play the game.

jorgerios1473: If they gonna do self found let me be able to get all crafting and gathering professions

rhysweston9426: HC solo self found on skull rock? I’m on the way

tjmays.4969: “the game is playable without trading” as a new player ive noticed that the wow community unlike any other is full of players who actually do not like playing the game. even max level characters only run raids so they can get their items and sit afk in orgrimmar. pvpers q bgs and go “let them win” so they can get their marks

marcogoncalves3207: Yeah, let's remove the whole crafting/trading part of the game. That'll fix it!

Sleepyjackable: Bots to level accounts to sell to people. Also botting to get max orhigher level characters to use to sell carries (sell for cash not gold).

thenerdbeast7375: My only concern with self-found is professions, as many crafting recipes need materials from multiple gathering professions. Now there are other ways to get these materials such as trunks and chests and the odd drop but it is very inconsistent. Now if self-found characters could receive mail from your alts that could gather the materials for you I'd be all for it, because then you've earned ever piece of ore or leather or what have you but unfortunately self-found characters can't use the mailbox at all even from your own characters.

BandoReal1234: my mum plays wow and she had to buy gold last week so legit everyone and there mother is buying gold

matvarela: A self-found server could be the ultimate old school WoW experience, especially with a hardcore/perma-death option. Hardcore mode also helped to bring back that feeling of playing back in vanilla/tbc days.

elsys1337: I really like your idea of a shared template difficulty. It feels extra nice when everyone is going through the same.

May 10 2026

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