This expansion represented a huge shift in playstyle and made questing much more cinematic. Everyone was pumped after the huge success of Mists of Pandaria.
But Blizzard bit off more than they could chew and this expansion has the biggest laundry list of cut content ever. Particularly, the endgame content was far less than what was expected. Blizzard promised to re-add stuff as they had time… they never found the time. Raiders and competitive players were furious. A lot of people quit WoW because of this expansion.
I was not a raider, nor a competitive player, I was a solo quester. So I had a blast in what is still called one of the worst expansions in the game’s history.
The Garrison missions did get old after a while, but I still fondly remember logging in to the sound of Rescue the Warchief.
I loved MoP and WoD. I had played WoW since vanilla. I did a some raiding during vanilla, but just didn’t have the time. So i was a filthy casual and it was great. I played vanilla for a while and then quit. That was the pattern I did until MoP. When MoP was released my kid was in the 11th grade and my work had changed so I had more free time. I started raiding in MoP and continued that into WoD.
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Deep cut: World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
This expansion represented a huge shift in playstyle and made questing much more cinematic. Everyone was pumped after the huge success of Mists of Pandaria.
But Blizzard bit off more than they could chew and this expansion has the biggest laundry list of cut content ever. Particularly, the endgame content was far less than what was expected. Blizzard promised to re-add stuff as they had time… they never found the time. Raiders and competitive players were furious. A lot of people quit WoW because of this expansion.
I was not a raider, nor a competitive player, I was a solo quester. So I had a blast in what is still called one of the worst expansions in the game’s history.
The Garrison missions did get old after a while, but I still fondly remember logging in to the sound of Rescue the Warchief.
I loved MoP and WoD. I had played WoW since vanilla. I did a some raiding during vanilla, but just didn’t have the time. So i was a filthy casual and it was great. I played vanilla for a while and then quit. That was the pattern I did until MoP. When MoP was released my kid was in the 11th grade and my work had changed so I had more free time. I started raiding in MoP and continued that into WoD.
I loved those two expansions.