I’m enjoying the expansion. I like the raid and the dungeons. There are a lot of cosmetic items to collect and the zones are great. I’m looking forward to seeing what is coming later.
For endgame content it hasn't been worse since classic.If you are going to choose Vengeance DH, BM Monk, Resto Shaman, Holy Paladin, MM Hunter, Fire Mage, Balance Druid, WW Monk, Affliction Warlock and maaaaybe Unholy DK, Outlaw Rogue, or Arms Warrior, then you could come back to the game ... if you are not planning on choosing one of those classes and would like to do anything end game, there has without any doubt never even been close to a worse time to come back to the game (considering classic was the beginning of the game, not a time for people to be coming back.)You literally, as in actually literally, cannot play anything other than those above mentioned classes unless you have a group that is willing to carry you, and if you're a player coming back to the game it's more likely than not that you do not have that support.Think about that objectively. And realize that unless you're definitely going to play one of those few classes, there is no place for you in current WoW.
Some of you guys haven't played BFA, WoD, and Legion, and it shows. Legion's had lots of issues, despite it being one of my favorites: RNG , Legiondaries (EXTENSION OF THAT RNG PROBLEM), 7.2 sucked outside of the Raid + Mage Tower (But hey...at least you got a mount...and a neat Artifact appearance? Idk, %^&* sucked), AP Grinding (#$%^ you), Netherlight Crucible, Illidan using edgy to cliche'd one liners (Like, stfu), and some other minor issues.BFA: Expanded upon Legion's flaws instead of fixing them, gave us a $%^&ty legendary cloak, wasted the Naga and Black empire (WHY?), ass story, Warfronts sucked, Islands sucked, SYLVANAS (We all knew she was gonna get *!@#ed over in the end, come on Blizzard), the Faction War was barely focused on (wot?), some of the worst PVP ever to exist in WoW (Which is ironic, considering this is the Faction War expansion), tier sets were removed (Why?), no Tel'abim (WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU BLIZZARD?), the HoA was horrible, Azerite gear sucked, CORRUPTION (#$%^ YOUUUUU), etc etc. #$%^ that expansion.WoD: Farahlon scrapped, Goria scrapped and retconned, the Apexis civilization plot scrapped and retconned, Zangar Ocean was wasted, Shattrath was wasted, Capital Cities were scrapped, no real post-launch content, S.E.L.F.I.E.S, Tannan was boring, Garrisons were a @#$%ing waste, Rep sucked, Raids were made meaningless cause of Garrisons, Shipyards sucking, Khadgar, Jaina's weird bipolar disorder, the ending, Archimonde, KHADGAR, Kar'gath being wasted, KHADGAR, the legendary ring, AND !@#$ING KHADGAR.Now, here's Shadowlands' main issues: Small Covenant balancing, some class issues (General WoW Expansion thing), Torghast is kinda boring right now and slightly tedious (I'll give it a pass only because of the events they're adding to it, as well as the fact that Torghast is there for Soul Ash. Wish they added more stuff to the Twisting Corridors tho), the Maw kinda sucks (Luckily, it's optional asf outside of renown, which is quick asf to do. Blizzard also plans to expand upon it in later expansions, but I'll believe it when I see it), the story could be better (&*!@ Sylvanas, but I do like the storylines for the zones overall, and the Jailer really interests me, unlike a certain OLD GOD...), Anima and World Quests are kinda tedious (Maybe an Anima upgrade mechanic would be good? Like the Artifact knowledge stuff from BFA and Legion? Least Anima is not required, but still, doing 5 Minute WQ's for Anima is kinda weird), and...lastly, really, gear drop rates suck (They're bringing back tier sets, but an increase to regular gear rates overall is needed, tbh. Hope Blizzard changes this. Makes things much easier for Pver's. Would also love group loot back pls, thanks). THAT'S IT! SL is not worse than BFA and WoD whatsoever, and I'd argue it's currently on the level of Legion, if not slightly better than it ALREADY!Also, SL Zones are ugly and boring? Wtf are you on about? Ardenweald, Bastion, Revendreth, the Maw, the @#$%ing Oribos skybox, Maldraxxus, and the Inbetween? THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL! What is wrong with you? These zones are much better than BFA's and Legion's combined (Legion had some gems, but that's it). So, no. Before you say something dumb like "SL is the worst/most complained about expansion" people, remember that these 3 expansions exist. Oh, and MoP was also heavily complained about due to the theme alone, and that expansion made Cata look like absolute trash in comparison. Please, think about what you say before you actually say it. Cause making claims like this is just dumb. I'm sorry, but it is. It's not opinionated either, so don't give me anything like that. BFA, and WoD are much worse than Shadowlands. I have absolutely no idea how you could claim otherwise. I stayed in my Garrison throughout most of WoD, felt FORCED to do 900 hundred ^&*! in BFA before I could actually play the game, and in Shadowlands? I do my renown (Takes 15 minutes at least), I do Torghast later in the week at any time I want (Cause I can, and I'm not FORCED to do it outside of maybe the Twisting Corridors for the Maw Mount), and I MAYBE try out the Maw for Ven'ari stuff, but I seriously don't do it cause it's optional, and outside of the Legendary memory, I don't care to do it. Wanna know what I do other than that? Really wanna know?I PLAY THE GAME! LIKE I SHOULD!>:( WHAT DO YOU GUYS IN THE COMMENTS MEEEEEAAANNNN? SL SLAMS THESE LAST 3 EXPANSIONS COMBINED BRUH!
Absolutely not! Forget about this game. Blizzard use their playerbase like pawns to please investors and shareholders.
"Currently one of the best ways to gear for PvE content is by doing PvP. That seems just...wrong."O rly? PvP players had to do this for YEARS to get geared for PvP by doing stupid pve "content". SL isn't even 3 months old and the pve kids cry like babies.
depending on what you like, raiding is in the worst state ever. If you like pve, no. If you like pvp with lot of classes being able to one shot people, yes.
Shadowlands is a Good Time to Leave WoW
Better than BfA for sure.
not, stay away and keep your memories
Objectively the expansion is not too bad, there are definitely many issues that can be solved, and fortunately blizzard seems to be listening ( valor points), but I feel like the worst part is the community. It might only be my experience, but I swear the overall community was never this bad when it came to toxicity/metaslaving/ stuff like that. It feels like literally everyone thinks they're a MDI big pumper pusher, and the only motivation to run content is personal gain ( gear, rio score, etc), which results in a lot of toxic/egotistical behavior. If there's one way that wow is going to die, it'll be at the hands of its own community caving in on itself, and to me personally SL feels like the beginning of that.
Not if you enjoy arena. Unless you play a broken class ofc. Playing survival hunter this expansion is a mess. Melee cleaves just one-tap the pet and you will never get the 4 sec ress cast off. And don't bother going MM. Apparantly it's the only spec Blizzard doesn't want broken. Fire mage, Ele, Ret, Boomie can oneshot in 1 second, but they instantly nerfed aimed shot and double-tap on launch. So just do like me: play fire mage and hpala and collect the seasonal rewards like glad and +15 mount. Then go have a laugh in 2s on your main survival hunter with a disc priest friend.