I loved BFA, longest I was subbed since MoP. Shadowlands, first time I started playing (Burning Crusade) that I don’t have more than 1 character max level.
Cata zones were separated, so accessibility isn’t the issue for me. That’s when I had the most alts I’ve ever had. I purged them in Legion because of class halls. Like 6 Goblins, 4 Dwarves, and 2 Gnomes died that expansion. RIP.
No. I like the Shadowlands zones.
The systems were probably terrible, but being a
late comer I got Lite Edition.
Pretty much so. None of them really connected with me. I can truthfully say I’d rather play any zone form any expansion over the Shadowlands zones.
gonna get distorted player responses to this because 85% of slands buyers have already quit due to being unsatisfied wit the game
a sizeable chunk of the remaining players are obviously the ones that find the current design either enjoyable or tolerable
since you can’t post if you aren’t subbed, the absolutely massive silent majority doesn’t like slands for a mix of reasons but the most consistent feedback in the first couple months (before huge sub losses) was ‘too many unfun systems’ which ran the gamut of grinds are too long, drop rates too low, the repetition is way too high on stuff that got boring very quickly
but BFA was legit worse systems-wise lol
the random RNG Azerite piece at the vendor you had to buy
The time-gated corruption vendor
the cloak corruption grind was 2/3 weeks to catch up on alts , had litteraly no catch up if you were behind , you were behind
1-2 hours of Dailies every days in 8.3
Of course it can be summed up as the zones don’t even feel like warcraft zones.
A big selling point way back when was the seamless world as world wasn’t instanced you could come and go as you pleased withoutloading. The in BFA the split between two islands and all that loading for such small zones. Shadowlands however works with every zone requiring loading and flight paths to reach. That seamless world is gone the first time in any expansion you uad to load and travel just to get to change maps. That alone easily puts it at the bottom but them you uave things like the story and other issues layered on top.