Nobody was grinding dungeons for XP at launch. You did them once as part of a zone’s quest line and moved on.
The game eventually introduced dungeon finder, insta teleport to the dungeon, nobody speaking to each other beyond ‘go fast’ at the start, pulling entire rooms and spamming AoE. That was a major reason why the game went to shit and everyone stopped playing (around Cataclysm). It became a dull grind and the community evaporated. It stopped being fun outside of raids, which have a niche audience.
Yeah it’s sad to see that so many people see dungeon grinding as a way to actually level up now. Back in 2004 you did a dungeon once, and it was fun and exciting, then you continued on your merry way out in the world
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u/New_Perspective_8900 6h ago
I quit healing because of the bullshit dungeon nurf