There’s been some variation of this since WoD. It was interesting when it came about but became a chore that was low-thought and boring. Since then, it’s mostly stayed the same until this xpac. The new version of this is by far the best and most engaging one, and should be kept in for the next xpac and expanded upon.
There are obvious problems with this system but if these are addressed and the system is expanded upon, this would be such an engaging, useful, and entertaining system. One of the main issues is inter- and intra-covenant companion balance. Other than that the system can be expanded to include much more missions, changes to companions (how to get, abilities, amount), improvements to the fights themselves, etc.
I genuinely enjoy getting new companions and learning their abilities, trying to figure out how to complete tough missions, and getting unique rewards such as extra soul ash when it was capped. My only discontent is that it does eventually get boring (though not a necessary chore like a lot of other content), mainly due to lack of variety in everything. I would imagine I’m not alone in this, and I feel this is a good thing from this expansion that often gets overlooked. How you do you all feel about it? Would you like it more if they made it even more interesting through rewards or player power?
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I did it just to get the mounts and then never went back
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Comand tables are never fun but yeah, this one has been more interesting
It’s a lot more sophisticated than past mission tables, but there’s still an addon that can almost always come up with a winning solution (although it isn’t being updated anymore so it doesn’t work well for newer missions)
Also certain covenants are just way better for doing mission tables than others. Night Fae has the strongest troops and is the best overall, Necrolord has the strongest units but the troops are just alright, Venthyr is okay I guess and Kyrian is bad. Kinda unfair
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i do it daily. UI could be better but still great.
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I really hate the command table. It is so time consuming, especially when you have many alts. You could say, “Just don’t do it.” But the rewards are just a bit too good. Especially the gold, anima, and augment runes. Not doing it seems like you’re wasting those.
I actually liked Legion’s take the best. Very limited, only a few followers. And you could literally take a follower out into the world to quest with you. That was great.
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command tables suck and should never have been added to the game.
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I don’t like them! On one character they’re tedious and on more than one it’s an absolute chore.
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The command table was fine. The only complaints I have are the following:
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The level of the additional troops would get hamstrung by recruiting new followers. This felt terrible from a progression standpoint.
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No bonuses on missions. This was a regression as well.
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Level 66 missions…why do we have those when troops can’t go above level 60?
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(Not specific to Shadowlands but…)No item that lets us setup a “mobile command center” or something to that effect for checking missions from anywhere in game. The most efficient way to check missions is by logging out of the game currently and it feels terrible.
Otherwise the table is fine and is a quick way to make gold when sitting on the toilet.
The BFA command table was the best. There was no follower limit. You only had maybe 6 or 7 followers to level up. The only problem is the rewards were terrible.
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Well, let’s be fair here. It’s not just mission tables that have problems.
Just remember we’re not allowed to say mean things about systems or else nobody will “get their items”.
I don’t want to think about WoW when I’m on the toilet
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This is the second thread that I’ve seen pop up in like a day going on about how rad the mission table in Shadowlands is.
I’m just like…you know what I really like that I feel like I need to make sure is voiced on the forums? Slamming my hand in a door!
That’s about my vibe with the current mission tables, and I genuinely find it hard to believe that it has even a handful of hardcore defenders.
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My problem is I have never been good at strategy Games. I avoid them because of it.
I’ve used this iteration of the table the least, because my dumb self needs an add-on to complete them. So I can’t use the mobile app like before.
So for me, this is by far the worst one.
Well at least Shadowlands has one positive thing going for it.
Ah, just read you can’t do it until level 60.
I really liked the mission tables in Draenor, Legion and BFA.
I especially liked when you could make HUGE GOLD from them 
I did not do that enough =/
I did it for the pets, because the mounts are meh.
It’s a rushed, mess and god no, stop with this command table garbage 
… or at the very least, make it more engaging and not an egg-timer dopamine factory lol
Let me pick and level, gear my followers and take 'em on the mission I picked.
Instead of this semi-afk, phone game non sense.
it takes too long to visit a char, finish missions, then populate new ones.
I should be able to press one button and they all complete one after another.
some kind of auto-fill would be nice as well, like suggested chars, or something