It is too early to tell. Shadowlands had a very smooth launch and has some nice art design and concepts. They messed up with M+ reward scaling and seem unsure of how to manage Torghast though. A lot of the covenant sanctum unlocks seem underdeveloped and lazy.
The root problem with Activision is that they will cut cost at nearly every turn to maximize profits while putting the bare minimum back into the product. You will never get that extra heart and soul that existed in Blizzard games again. I understand this and still enjoy the game in general, but it’s important to manage your expectations.
See at least you have the maturity to accept the state of this game while still playing it, the people harassing the OP for choosing to leave are simply here to act as a white knight and never admit that the game is in a bad place while they continue to play the forums more than the game.
I think what turned me off is as I’ve grown older I don’t really like fast-paced twitchy games. I did not like Fortnite, I hate league, and I pretty much suck at any competitive FPS game. So I was playing MMOs when I was coming up because the gameplay wasn’t as fast or intense. I think that changed and now I’m playing a lot of 7DTD, Minecraft, and Rimworld.
I want to play a MMO where you take on long content with others, but I’d rather play a game that’s slower and more meticulous than what’s out there today. I don’t really have a ton of options.
For the record also: I never played Dark Souls, but I know I’d hate it.
care to elaborate on that a bit why you think this xpac is any better then BfA.
It has defiantly done some things better, but has failed miserably in others
In all honesty I give them both a mehh 5 out of 10
Well, tbh the OP made a dramatic post with a 1 liner. When giving critical feedback it’s important to cover the good things as well, which of course you can weigh against the bad.
Instead we have the usual dynamic:
“This game sucks.”
“No you suck.”
The way it’s presented by the OP invites the same level of regard. This is a nonsense thread anyway and we’re here because the server was down, lol
Given the amount -or lack of- support & class tuning we’ve seen since release, I agree.
Sad. Came back to PvP this xpac after quitting at the end of legion but:
*PvP (Arenas) are all about 1-3 second 100%-0% burst within a GCD or 2. playing a crap-tier combo = crapshoot, but perhaps it’s been like that since wotlk. (Yeah I realize i’m a Paladin but i’m only playing with a casual partner whos class sucks alongside mine in 2s)
*BGs are OK but we got nothing new.
*M+ are generally a waste of time for a casual/pugs because only a select few specs are wanted.
*raids… is there even a point in heroic anymore? Normal is super easy but gear sucks, Mythic is in a decent spot as per usual but the gear drop % is also chit, not worth the time sink for most people.
*Are pet battles still a thing? There’s so much of that in Azeroth my wife and I actually enjoyed it, but in SL it’s forgotten.
Well I’d say 5/10 myself honestly, and have done so in the rate SL thread (contradicting Tupac’s self enamored “white knight” statement…) but while SL suffers from many of the same flaws BFA did (lack of story cohesion and sensibility, disconnected content we could only experience via X faction rep, excessive grinds/RNG etc) it does have some decent transmogs this go around, something I can’t really subjectively say of BFA…armor design was just too flat mostly.
You may like Graveyard keeper, Stardew valley, or something more brain intensive without the speed are games like Warhammer Mechanicus and Mount and Blade Bannerlord.
Yes. It’s, yet again, another unrefined expansion.
It had a lot of potential but it needed about another year of work before it was ready for a full release.
What they call good enough these days is shameful. IT’s more than obvious they wanted anima, and chasing after cosmetics with anima to be the big catch this expansion. Too bad it’s not at all compelling or fun game play.
They way they nickle and dime you with anima is very reminiscent of garbage f2p games that let you buy boosts to get more currency. Even if they improved anima rewards, there isn’t really anything I care to get with the anima.
I’ll say it again, i don’t even log in anymore except on tuesdays. This game is a bore fest, there’s no reason to do anything. I barely raid at all, i havent done anything higher than +4 because it’s pointless, i did a SMAL TINY amount of ranked PvP and that was annoying. If you don’t raid, pvp or do mythic plus you are screwed, this game is absolutely not fun right now. They blew torghast to bits that crap is lame, not even what a rogue like is, not rewarding at all.
