I think the addition was a mistake. It was fine with 2 specs like DH. This whole amplifying allies support role is going to be a balancing nightmare for years to come. And a bit irritating with how much they resisted making disc priest into a similar role for so long. From a pvp perspective the LoS breathe pvp talent needs to go.
Unfortunately, I agree. WoW has survived off a core following of veteran players for years through the ups and downs, but I do think SL took a decent chunk out of that core playerbase with how disliked it was. It’s hard to get people to return after that. Try mentioning how good DF is to say classic wow players and they tend to tune you out immediately.
All that said, dragonflight really is a good expansion. Pvp has been massively improved. The gearing process is in a good spot despite the crafting part confusing some players. New class and far more interesting talent trees. Less choirs, almost no borrowed power, alt friendly. As a pvper I would like more battleground development.
the story is very slow, and meh, the raids are great, the dungeons are kinda mid this season, last season was better for sure. the new mega dungeon is really good though. and pvp is… im not even gonna go into that.
it was great in the beginning it was very exciting and fun. they messed it all up with the start of season 2. i checked the numbers they have the lowest amount of subscribers right now in history. its very sad how they brought in dragonflight with a big bang and not even half way through the expansion they threw it. i dont know if they intensionally threw it but they threw it hard. im guessing its in an attempt to kill the game to create something new. idk but they really messed up season 2 my friends list is empty all the time now. i really only log on to complete the mechagon meta achieve then i log off every night. they destroyed the game with the crest system for upgrades. you dont even get bonus crests for peoples fastest timed dungeon like they did with valor and the crests are a joke to farm. if you need to make 7 crafted items and you have multiple characters you play thats 5 runs for one enchanted aspect. its not even fun anymore. you cant send crests to alts the game sucks so bad now.
im extremely disappointed, i feel robbed.
ive never asked to speak to the manager in my life but right now i want to send the whole expansion back to the kitchen…
It’s odd, I could honestly completely forget about the Dragonflight storyline…and my enjoyment would still be on the same level for this expansion. It has had such little impact to my overall gameplay. I’m purely in it for the mechanics and cosmetics at this point…which isn’t my usual go to for an expansion.
Not everything has to be “the end of the world” with us having to save it from a literal wait no metaphorical wait, nope… literal giant sword threatening to end existence.
Sometimes you can just exist, and play. There doesn’t always have to be an apocalypse.
Sure that’s fine, wouldn’t be as engaging but still fine.
This expansion was suppose to be about primal elemental dragons unleashed and trying to restructure the world though. It was apocalyptic based. The issue is the main story has not been very engaging with it.
Truth be told every idea of a game expansion needs a big plot device or theme to keep the story alive. This is true for any game. Some sort of wow factor. Shadowlands for example was great with the initial “wow” but terrible at everything else. Dragonflight feels the opposite.
Lot of minor aspects I dislike. Also don’t spend a lot of time in the Isles outside of new stuff that interests me, like the daycare and timeway dailies.
It’s not bad. Just not amazing, either - and I prefer spending time in the old world or Legion zones more than I do the Isles.
For my first experience with a WoW expac launch, I’d put it solidly in a “neat!” category. Nothing I’d write home about, but I mostly enjoy myself - up until I run into one of the aspects about it I dislike, and remember why I don’t play in it too much at the moment.
I still like it. I’m doing fewer raids and dungeons but keeping busy with other stuff. There are some things I don’t like, like dying all the time in the suffusion(?) camps (did I say that right?), or some of the stuff at the far end of the cavern, but the rest of the stuff is keeping me entertained.
Mostly taking a break right now because I attained my Keystone Hero. The majority, if not all of, my runs right now are 12-15s because I’m helping a friend reach Keystone Master for the mount. I did similar with s1, and I’m not bored at all, for the first time in WoW I am content at the idea of having attained a goal. I could push raiding but it’s not really my thing.
I’ve been very satisfied with Dragonflight, coming off of the tail of Shadowlands which I would take several very long breaks for and couldn’t find the motivation to push keys at all. The smaller, more quick events are fantastic for someone like me who has attention-deficit issues, and to me dragonriding is very engaging and fun even after almost a year.
