Was it anyone’s favourite expansion?
Surely, it has to be, right?
At least one person, statistically, has to have loved Shadowlands more than any expansion in the history of the game.
So, who is that person? Is that you?
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Definitely not mine. Was inactive during most of it, just came back to prepare for the pre-patch and get some alts up to speed.
For me, the game lost me completely back when they had Vol’jin killed by a trash mob in order to put Sylvanas in the limelight - everything afterwards was pure cringe - and this expansion was it’s finale: a stretched out, soulless mess of broken narrative and I’m happy this turd of story arc is now done. Let’s see what they come up with next.
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At least it can’t be worse…
Right?
R-right???
i loved aedenwaeld but its by far not my fave expansion, for me it was legion
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BFA was worse for me.
- Added a GCD to every ability
- Pruned even more abilities after Legion took so many away already (Shadowlands actually brought back some abilities)
- The AP grind was a thing
- You couldn’t play PvP without grinding M+
- Corrupted gear was an awful addition to the game
- Lorewise, BFA wasted two huge antagonists that both deserved their own expansions
- Azerite gear was a thing
I still think BFA is the worst expansion we’ve had so far.
Legion is the second worst, and Shadowlands comes third worst.
I’m sure there is someone out there really loved Shadowlands, havn’t met anyone yet though. It does have some very cool things though, but overall it was just meh and I’m glad its over.
I’ll be honest with ya, The current expansion is always my favourite. I have never felt the need to pick apart every tiny detail of any entertainment. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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yes it was definitely the best expansion so far.
I started in WotLK and have bought every expansion since.
Shadowlands is the only expansion that I’ve been subbed for almost the entire time. Normally I’m subbed for probably less than a quarter of the expansion.
It could be said that I have liked SL more than any other expansion.
Very, very far from it, in fact i hated it, terrible lore, i didn’t like the zones, the buildings/items all looked bland and ugly, i did not like the music as well (except some venthyr tracks) and Oribos was the worst city to ever be created, and i think i dont need to even talk about the maw and thorgast.
No, my favourite expansion by far was legion 
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Maybe, maybenot. Its subjective ,really.I know im a very hard to please person , so i dont really try to think much about it.
I think i was pretty active on both forums and game for a time.
i got 3x keystone masters as feral.Also contributed a lot about issues in m+ in shadowlands.ım currently grinding for current m+ season, but im a bit sceptic if i can catchup the season until expansion ends .ı dont have a pve team you know… 
(im around 1.5 m+ atm)
i pushed my self to the limits in pvp . I clawed once up to 2.1 in arena. Sadly couldnt get a title for it 
because ‘‘end of prolonged season’’ doesnt award titles 
it was the last day of arena season day btw
I think my greatest disappointment in shadowlands was the ‘‘Select either this or that type of limitations’’ of covenants.I’ve talked about it alot. Forced selections are never good.Because when you are pushing for endgame or any kind of content you feelyourself forced by either game or community to perform as best optimally as possible. Also the big massive failed design of new recycled mage tower design.Worst wasted time in game ever. After few days , i completely gave up about it.
Also ‘‘regular shadowlands dungeons; are quite polished and wel done compared to old dungeon designs, pretty straightforwards and fun to play with; compared to old narrow and clutterfest dungeon designs’’
Shadowlands added few new arena zones ; which is a welcome additions to game.
Shadowlands also addet a lot of improvement in pvp titles and new ''combatant 1,2 challenger 1,2 type of progression pvp system which is a welcome addition to game.
Set bonuses are weird, ive always opposed it ; because it always backfires and favors x class better than others and deepen the class dps game amongst other classes; but after several weeks and months it just became another chore to get rid of.(getting set bonus items i mean) What really became is its just another entry barrier for newcomers to progress in game.
Fun is subjective i know ,I wish wow was more alt friendly, and also more friendly against new comers.And has less ‘‘rush rush rush’’ concept over the game.
Shadowlands will always have a special place in our hearts, with all ups and downs, especially all that night fae lore and music! (Even though i gave up the peaceful guard duty of n.fae and joined the glorious ranks of maldraxxus lol)
ıve even made a macro when im about to die in pve like this ;
‘‘victory for maldraxxus !! (please cr me after 10 secs)
Few days ago a warlock saw it in dungeon and wrote ;
–’’ Wthell is that macro ??? ''Then said
–oooh… then soulstone ressed me xD
As you can see ; you can always create small memories to cherish your time with the fellow players you came across ! Fun starts with you 
It was absolutely my favourite WoW expansion… Although it is my only WoW expansion…
Yes, Disconnected zones like the Shadowland ones are bad, and Oribos too!
The only music I like are the Revendreth
Me too, same with Cata
Palivar you are kinda weird!?
I can’t wait for shadowlands classic. It’ll be great I hope they put in the content droughts as well.
The best part of it will be when we are on return of the legion from draenor expansion in 12 years that everyone will be saying how rubbish it is and how classic shadowlands is so much better
Yep enjoyed it, otherwise would’ve quit.
It was not as good as battle for azeroth which gave us our favorite race the mechagnomes
Not favorite, but I’d definitely rank it higher than BFA.
To present my humble opinion on the expansion. No, it wasn’t the worst one. I think BFA was worse but even BFA had some nice things like…the transmogs? 
Oh…I know, Allies races and unlocking them. I enjoyed that one. Terror of Darkshore cinematic was also cool. Vol’dun and Drustvar were great to play trough.
My personal list of favorite expansions.
1.Legion
2.MoP
3.WoD
4.Wrath
5.Shadowlands
6.Cata
7.BFA
I started in TBC and haven’t played it to its full, so i won’t include it.
So the best thing that came out of Shadowlands for me personally was.
Because so many people left , the community got smaller and smaller.
So we had to band together , reform and I made alot of new friends because of it.
Also from a collector’s perspective there was so much , I mean so much for us to collect. Granted most of it was just re-colour x8 but there was alot for the solo player to aim for.
I knew two women who loved SL because of all the collectibles to go for. They would log on do their weekly quests , some calling. Link the new mount or mog they bought. Log off and be happy for a whole week.
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