Jeez. This comment alone exudes the general toxicity and partisanship in regards to how some people view the game here on the forums. Might as well respond. Nothing else to do.
Please explain how nothing will change from here on out? They’ve already changed countless things. Most notably, they removed the timer from Torghast after people complained. I could come up with countless other examples if need be. That’s what alphas are for.
Nobody is delusional for being cautiously optimistic about an expansion whose systems are looking good, but are too early in development to tell. You can use the whole “people said ‘Oh! It’s only Alpha’ about BFA” argument, but that argument came from the fact that no end-game systems were tested until literally 1 week before the expansion dropped.
2 ALPHA builds in, and we’re testing Torghast and Covenants, the two major end-game systems in this expansion. So no, I’m not delusional. You’re not delusional. Nobody is delusional. Don’t throw words around like that unless you mean it.
Legion was great. I’ll admit that the crappy Legendary system not only existed, but was literally one of the only things supporting world content. Other than that, it was very enjoyable for most people.
Furthermore, you act as if anything post-MoP is unalterable, which isn’t true. We’re not stuck in this time period of endless awful expansions, and things can be changed.
For the record, Cataclysm and MoP actually introduced most of the systems that make the game feel awful today (RNG gear upgrades, LFR, daily logins, just to name a few). Besides for LFR, these are all things that they’ve explicitly stated that they’re moving away from since BlizzCon 2019. Multiple times.
You can just be pessimistic, or you can actually realize that they’re at least doing things MUCH differently this time. Never before have we had this much communication and change within the Alpha. I’d hope you see that as a positive thing, and that it’s something that instills hope in many players.
As I said before (in a non-delusional manner, mind you), we need to wait and see how this is all gonna work out. That’s how it’s always been with every expansion, good or bad.
I have no clue as to why you’re so vehemently opposed to having any faith or hope in the future of WoW, especially when it’s looking bright right now. If you paid attention to every Alpha before this after MoP, you’d come to realize that they were all lackluster, had few changes, and didn’t have any communication or interviews.
This is different. Very different. You’re obviously still subscribed, meaning that whether you play Classic or Retail, you are a consumer of the WoW franchise. I would hope that that’d mean that you’re hoping for the game to be better.