M+ is the best dungeon system in any MMO whatsoever. But this season feels awful as someone who doesn’t have a full group to consistently play with, as the mistakes of a single player can ruin a key, making me less likely to invite anyone who isn’t already full accomplished with a 100% chance of not screwing up even once. That’s the entire problem with the season, and that has been felt throughout, pushing doesn’t feel rewarding, and other players mistakes are amplified creating anger and friction where there realistically should be learning and forgiveness. It’s a simple rule that this season if you want your key to succeed, you do not invite anyone who hasn’t already completed it, regardless of the level, so anyone trying to push will never be invited.
This season sucks exclusively for this reason, the rest of the affixes are fine and creative, people were complaining about the gearing but what they were really feeling was that the season wasn’t compelling enough for them to continue playing long enough to get full geared.
If the key holder continues to be punished as hard as they are for the mistakes of a random invitee, there’s unfortunately no way for me to enjoy my favorite MMO system anymore and will likely unsub.
It does sound like a “key deplete” thread, doesn’t it? These are not new issues. What’s new is the squish (old +20 is the new +10) and of course the seasonal affixes, but key depletion was always a thing. One person absolutely bricking your key was always a thing.
Not inviting people unless they out-gear and have already completed was always a thing once we’re late into the season.
Saying what other people are "really’ complaining about… like did you write your psych thesis on this because I think without an unbiased survey that was run through rigorous statistical analysis you have no idea what others are “really” complaining about.
I’ve seen plenty of complaints about this season’s affixes relative to previous affixes they’ve thrown at us, but I’m not going to make some claim that “affixes are fine, here’s the real problem,” without some objective evidence to back that up… otherwise it’s like your assertion; pure speculation and opinion.
If M+ is the only reason to play and it’s as flawed as you say, I’d un-sub too. Hopefully your next game is even more enjoyable than WoW (which I guess has become not so enjoyable for you of late).
Hard to say how Mythic+ is doing until we start seeing numbers for next season. Last week only a little less then 640k keys were ran which is only slightly ahead of Dragonflight S4 around the same time. Funny enough, that is way behind Shadowlands S1 but that could be lockdown related lol.
there needs to be addon where it hides the timer. i think whenever people see it they get stressed out and start to put their face into their hands and begin to cry its the numbers that r scary not the timer