The market was great! I was at the it earlier and had to scoot to join another event scheduled that night. It was both an awkward and welcome feeling to need to be in two places at once.
Also, WrA Allianceside’s walk-up scene is smaller than Hordeside but very welcoming. Happy to have you.
The new crew delivered a good expansion. In terms of gameplay – refreshing raid encounters, things to do, world to explore, things to collect, gear to grind – Retail has never been better. The new set of WoW devs very much respect players time and also finally shifted WoW’s MMO design into the 2020s. It’s not entirely perfect but it’s so much better than what is was, especially coming back from the gameplay pit that was Shadowlands.
Story-wise, you’ll get more of a lukewarm reception. I view DF’s story as a soft reset of sorts. Not in the sense of a retcon, but in the sense of developing the next generation of characters who (I hope) will have a role in TWW. There’s a part of me worried of Metzen’s return and tendency to favor certain characters, but hopefully those worries won’t be realized.
Edit: One more bit, post was made early thanks to a kitty on the keyboard.
I understand this completely. You can definitely network and find your new batch of friend folk here on the forums. In addition, check out the Wyrmrest Community Project Discord, which was made to help like-minded RP folks of both factions find one another. More info here: