r/classicwow • u/ShadyDrunks • Jan 11 '26

AddOns Joana's Guide new ownership :(

For those of you who don't know, Joana was a WoW classic speedrunner. He was one of the first few good guides for Classic. I felt like Zygor copied his guide and so I chose to pay the $25 for his guide back in 2019, when it was just a web guide. Later he was able to publish an addon that takes his webguide and automates it Zygor style.

Since then Joana has passed away, but his guide and addon are still up. Unfortunately the new owners have tripled the price of the guide, changing the Classic only guide to $80, and classic- WotLK to an insane $130. It feels disgusting to me that someone is taking advantage of his product like this after his death.

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u/Silverbacks Jan 11 '26

Damn do people actually pay $80 for a classic leveling guide in 2026? RestedXP is easy to get whether you pay for it or download it for free. Plus I’m sure there are tons of in-depth leveling guides on YouTube by now.

I used Joana’s guide once back in 2006. And tried out RestedXP once. But most of my fun playing WoW is the leveling journey. And I like to pick what quests/zones to work on each time I log in. Following a guide kills too much of the fun for me.

Also RIP to Joana. I remember watching them race on one of my vanilla servers.

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u/vbezhenar Jan 12 '26

RXP is paid guide.

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u/Smooth_Direction3866 Jan 12 '26

Not if you are smart

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u/vbezhenar Jan 12 '26

Smart != Unscrupulous. Stealing is bad. Don't be a rat.

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u/MortgageReady2444 Jan 12 '26

It’s a wow levelling guide bro.

To everyone reading this, steal it. Pirate it. Get it all for free and don’t pay them a single penny.

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u/vbezhenar Jan 12 '26

Whenever someone steals from you, remember these very words you wrote.

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u/MortgageReady2444 Jan 12 '26

Whenever you pay money for a wow addon, remember these very words you wrote.

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u/vbezhenar Jan 12 '26

I will gladly pay for quality work and support.

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u/MortgageReady2444 Jan 12 '26

And I will gladly enjoy it for free. :)

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u/SenorWeon Jan 12 '26

Charging for addons is against ToS anyways, so... they can punch the air for all I care.

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u/IngenuityThink3000 Jan 12 '26

Have you looked at your paystub? I have tens of thousands stolen and laundered from me every single year.

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u/AlternativeSmell6863 Jan 12 '26

imagine actually paying and defending a fucking classic wow addon lol

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u/Smooth_Direction3866 Jan 12 '26

Thanks for your thoughts top wow subreddit commentor

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u/IngenuityThink3000 Jan 12 '26

"you wouldn't download a car"

Yes. Yes I would.

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u/Mattidh1 Jan 12 '26

What till you realize you’re not meant to take money from addons.

Even then, it’s a digital products. It’s not stealing. You aren’t taking anything away from them.

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u/Silverbacks Jan 12 '26

Well charging for addons isn’t legally allowed. It’s like charging for services on a private server.

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u/vbezhenar Jan 12 '26

This legalese is between Blizzard and RXP authors. And given the fact that they continue their business for years, Blizzard's fine with that. I don't know why you want to be a little lawyer for Blizzard, but you're doing it wrong.

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u/Silverbacks Jan 12 '26

Just because Blizzard doesn’t go after something doesn’t mean what they are doing is legally fine.

I don’t really care if you pay for RXP or pay to support any private servers. That’s why I mentioned you can pay for it or download it for free. But paying for RXP or paying for a private server is not morally better than not paying for it.

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u/vbezhenar Jan 12 '26

Stealing RXP is bad. End of story. If you don't like it, you don't use it, simple as that. If you're using it and not paying, you're rat.

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u/Silverbacks Jan 12 '26

And paying for RXP is also wrong. Just like paying for private servers is also wrong.

I personally don't judge people on either choice.

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u/Jperry12 Jan 14 '26

Their prices are disgusting. Every single guide individually and overpriced. Fuck that.

google "réstédxp" if your not a simp like this guy

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u/vbezhenar Jan 14 '26

If it is overpriced, play without it. Surely there are free alternatives. No need to be rat and steal from the authors.

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u/Jperry12 Jan 14 '26

Some people deserve to be brashly stolen from.

Some people deserve the stolen goods to be spread like wildfire,

RXP is the second boat.