As someone who started their WoW life in Wrath, WoW always had this sense of humour, kind of dark but fun all the same. Look at items in ICC, for instance; it never took itself too seriously; it was fun content. There were times in Legion where I couldn’t wait to log on to do some M+ or farm some mount or something. But now wow, it just doesn’t seem… I don’t know. Fun isn’t quite the right word, but there’s nothing that makes me want to log in anymore.
It’s all the dry quests or endless dungeon spam for, well, nothing other than just getting a vault, somthing for me to put in some effort in. Hell, I’ve been doing pet battles just for something “new for me” and chilling with the wife. But there’s none of that silliness or humour anymore. Or daft quests, or shall I say, even ducks made me chuckle.
Even the new patch isn’t filling me with hope; just the same worries every patch: what’s bugged, or is the balance way off again, spending silly amounts of time to get some trinket? Otherwise, my spec is just in the mud and so on… Where’s the joy gone?
That’s fine; no issues at all. I still play, and I still love WoW, but for the last two expansions, there seemed to be a shift from fun and engaging to serious and 1000 mph gaming.
I mean, I did timewalking, and I love the Wrath dungeons with their gothic themes and over-the-top bosses to now what feels like a job where every keystroke has to be perfect, and any fun or silliness has been sucked out.
Like others already suggested, you may need a break. It all sounds rather burned out. I do get it tho, for me there has been a tonal shift as well somewhere. But if I didn’t experience joy, I wouldn’t play
For me personally, maximum efficiency, maximum speed, maximum result based focus make me miserable. Content that has a tendency to force that kind of mindset is content I stay out of, I don’t experience joy in that. I’ve always found plenty to do regardless.
Not saying you should do that, but perhaps your goals and wishes have shifted somewhere, and it might be good to critically consider what would give you the experience you’d like.
ha not quite tho I live that in RL so I dout it will live upto the hype xD
Tbh I think Blizz are focusing on the wrong things, I dont get why blizz are pushing this e-sports thing, when most of the playerbase just isnt intrested, am not talking about people min / maxing or doing mythic raiding tho blizz as moved away from a game that calls to people and focuses more on running evens of the same meta teams boring tbh.
A huge portion of the playerbase min/max. Even Classic has it.
What do you dislike about the e-sports? I don’t watch them myself but I don’t feel they impact me either. The top players will always use a meta. Its more of a playerbase issue when it filters in elsewhere.
Look at it this way, right? Look at the time, money, and resources Blizz puts into them. You’re telling me that couldn’t go on some more QA teams? Plus, when you look at the e-sports teams, it’s all the same teams running the meta that bleeds down into M+ and us “normal” folks just don’t have a chance. Sure, it might make Blizzard a few bucks, but how much of it really goes back into the game?
DF seemed rushed and had bugs; now the same again but with extra bugs. When you look at what happens when they really put some effort into Wrath / Legion / Mists, it makes you wonder why they can’t now.
Most people just wanna relax kill a few bosses get some loot and have a laugh with there mates / clan. But most clans are only active on raid days (if at all) you can pritty much pug 99% of the game but thats come at the cost of clan building and making mates. they have lot sight of what a MMO is and why people play them.
While i agree there will be people that get a kick out of world first & e-sports it souldnt be the focus, M+ is the way it is due to the e-sports scean if you compare to what dungons used to be theres a big diffrence
The game still has quite some humour, did people listen and read the quests with the Kobolds in The Ringing Deeps? Considering what the story and every quest was like in Shadowlands and Dragonflight, I was surprised to see that the writers haven’t forgotten how to make funny and sarcastic dialogues (or that they were even given the green light to include such).
Beating a dead horse, but the story in essence hasn’t changed much; every expansion we deal with a world-ending threat. But the presentation doesn’t always give a menacing and mysterious aura, like with Sargeras or the Old Gods for example. Xal’atath is the first enemy since BFA that appears to be interesting, and even her is overexposed in the story which removes that sense of mysterious.
thats because they made wow into a ARPG not a MMO
its designed around m+ and 6 month seasonal content, no different from Diablo
nothing has meaning, questing and storylines are skipped to max level quicker to rush m+ on timers pulling big packs clearing it as fast as possible, rinse and repeat
With Xal’atath, i personally think Blizz found a good balance between, say, BC Illidan (Who many players only saw in the BC intro cinematic) and Arthas or Deathwing (It sometimes felt like we couldn’t do three quests in their respective expansions without running into them.), she’s out there influencing events, we don’t know her ultimate plan yet or how she’s going about it, so there’s enough mystery left, without us forgetting that she’s the lead villain.
I have to say I would like more of her,I don’t feel she was overexposed at all.
Considering in .0.5 we had nothing and now in .1 will be goblins,we have 2 patches that did not progress the story,her story at all.
Ps:Its actually 3 patches counting .0.7.
