mood. SL was bad – that’s when WoW stopped feeling like WoW for me/when i lost any motivation to do content outside of random dungeons/world quests/solo stuff. DF is the exact same for me – it doesn’t feel like the MMO i’ve been playing for however many years, but it’s the second xpac in a row that feels this way so it’s digging a bit deeper. granted, i’ve gone fully casual so I know it’s a skewed opinion to some extent, but the only effort i feel like i can even put into this game at this point goes into the stupid mounts i’ve farmed for years on end now. it’s ritual at this point. if i didn’t have my absolute obsession with getting those, i don’t think i’d be logging in.
(before I get the same response: no this isn’t my main, i’ve got 2 sitting at 70 and no i’ve not touched the raids/M+ this xpac because, again, i’ve gone full filthy casual)
one last note though: as bad as BfA felt, that was the last xpac I put full effort into. like it wasn’t legion, it wasn’t MoP, wotlk, etc… But it still felt like it was part of the same game.