People say all the time that BFA was bad and I actually thought that BFA was a lot of fun. The corrupted abilities were fun, the Nzoth story was fun, I’m a big fan of horror type games so when I found Tyregard sound I was hooked, the music created an amazing atmosphere…. BFA didn’t get enough credit at all simply because it was after legion. 
Just imagine if it came out before legion. No one would of complained.
bfa 8.0 to 8.1.5 was garbage tier
8.2 sort of saved the expansion
8.3 was better
its a meh expansion and people think 8.3 when they say bfa
I think most folks enjoyed the zone art and music, zone stories, raids and dungeons, and Horrific Visions and give Blizzard credit for those things. What most players hated was the borrowed power, overarching expansion war storyline, and content drought.
Shadowlands has given me a lot more perspective on BfA.
BFA was terrible. Take off your rose tinted glasses.
Feel free to add to this list. I’m certain there’s more, this is from the top of my head.
BFA was terrible. SL is equally as bad, if not worse, and it’s making you nostalgic. That’s all.
Edited to add more.
Ah yes, the very predictable “it’s been X time since X expansion that was hated at the time but now I think I really liked it, looking back” threads. They never get old. Can’t wait for the “I actually loved Shadowlands” ones in a few years.
The problem a lot of people had with N’Zoth (and Azshara really) was that the story was rushed/condensed and should have been its own expansion.
I liked the zones and the zone stories are always interesting to me, but the forced faction war lessened my interest in BfA.
I actually really enjoy randomized things and I’ve always felt this way even during the expansion.
BfA was bad until SL, which made BfA feel like it was S tier.
I loved the Azerite stuff. I still get it on all my toons when they hit 50. I have accounts that aren’t upgraded to shadowlands and I like maxing out my azerite gear. The Azerite gear is more potent than most things you get until level 60.
You will never see this for SL ….
Noooo doubt!
The huge player brawls that happened between factions in the camps in nazjatar were one of the most fun things i’ve done in this game.
I loved it
Yeah they really should place a pvp zone for this expansion like they did in Nazjatar…. That might make the game a tiny bit better lol
No. I would have complained. Aside from the Mary Sue infestation, they were still on their No-Flight-Look-At-My-Theme-Park-Or-It-Will-Hurt-My-Feelings kick, making it yet another obnoxiously repetive slog to get from point A to World Quest x 1000 until you puke experience.
The good thing about BFA was Boralus ! Ah Boralus! the music, the people, the drinks, the wine, the beer! Best days of my shamans life. <3
Legion was red giant stage of WoW. Every expansion after has been shedding the luster until it will eventually become a white dwarf.
To each their own. I, and a majority of the community, didn’t like spending hours unlocking a passive effect that hardly affects my gameplay other than the numbers that come out of spells.
You’re entitled to your opinion but you have to understand that basing an entire patch off RNG is not going to be well met with many people.
As a warrior is my main… Varion dying is very emotional now.
Legion crushed it. Like a great 4th of July finale. They pulled all the stops. Nowhere to go but down from there. They had Sargeras stab the world, ffs.