The problem with that is simply its extremely opinonated when it comes to this subject.
Is SL and BFA the worst expansions? I know people who would put TBC beneath them.
I wouldnt say BFA was the worst expansion. It had elements that annoyed me sure, i didnt like the borrowed power. But gameplay wise it offered me alot more then anything pre legion offered me.
Your going to have to accept, for any m+ player, every rxpansion legion onwards is better then anything offered prior.
Because pre legion was a raid loggers dream. The game lacked content for those interested in other paths of the game. You did dungeons til u were geared and then raiding was ur only alternative.
The only part of the game it went downwards in was primarily pvp.
Whilst it is subjective as to whether or not you enjoy an expansion, it is possible to get a sense of how well regarded an expansion is in general.
There have been plenty of threads discussing âTop 3 Expacsâ or similar. Wrath and MOP are generally well regarded. SL, BFA and WOD are generally poorly regarded.
Also there are some more objective measurements with sub numbers (no longer publically provided) or raid completions in the Logs sites. Some of this is discussed in some threads of videos.
If it ends up not being fun I will not play it just because itâs free. It means free to play means nothing to me. Whether itâs fun or not is what matters.
Legion is the only expac that had me quit the gameâŚ
So yeah, to me it was the worst.
But to answer the OP, having a F2P game would mean that the store would be an even more central feature to the game development. An idea that I find horrendous.
And weâd probably get even less content soâŚ
Not to sound like a pretentious boomer but this generation that was raised on free mobile games already made a huge impact on the game. I feel like Blizzard tries to balance things, that balance is fragile and maybe needs to be preserved
Legion is the only expac where Iâve played another MMO more than I played WoW, lol.
Pretty much gave up on Legion after first trying off-spec and it just wasnât feasible due to having to grind AP again and then was like âImma try another classâ and then I had to start over on the artifact knowledge, upon seeing I had to start over on AK, I just logged off from my alt.