Surveys are still in progress, but it looks like the WM community is most dissatisfied with things they can’t control.
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Can’t control - sharding/phasing tech (which affects in game community), class design, lfg.
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Can control - our own behaviour, and affect the actions of others in game.
WPvP ethics are a small issue for community compared to what some claim. Because we have control. Biggest community perceived issues are ones only Blizz can control - tech.
I personally am happy with WM, perhaps because I don’t feel that loss of control with sharding, etc. I accept and work around them.
- A player disappears? Victory.
- A group appears? Challenge.
- Lfg is how I meet that challenge.
- Class design? I only play 1 spec and it does the job.
- Community? Happy with communities feature.
That’s from my point of view. But for sure, it seems that most of WM community have a hard time accepting things they can’t control. Almost like anxiety.
If ONE of the big issues could be fixed, sharding, maybe the other issues would feel less bad or just become smaller.
Average WM satisfaction is 72% at time of writing. Better than predicted, someone said it would be 20%. But what is that remaining 28%. A chunk of it is sharding anxiety. Layering could help reduce anxiety and stimulate community in game, that or some other solution, to get that 28% down - Hopefully in 9.0 we’ll get WM 2.0! Unless… Blizz might be satisfied with 72% satisfaction!