Especially the faction leaders and NPCs.
Thrall - some shaman born a slave and self taught somehow manages to rival the powers of the ancient elementals.
Khadgar - hey what's this abrogator stone and tablet from another world? First time seeing them, no matter, I'll make godly items out of it. zap zap done! easy!
Both of the above also able to commune and merge magic with all of the dragonflights and immortal beings, or wield artifacts they've only just found or made... makes them some demigods
Grom - thrown around like ragdoll by immortal daemonlords then one shots one with an axe swing
Then there's us. Some schmuck who has no childhood memories and wakes up half naked as a fully grown adult skinning wolves on day 1 to a legendary killing machine the next. A little down the line we're the most baddass entity in the 3 known worlds to the point that our own playable races are the top raid bosses.
IMO I had more fun when I was mortal and was threatened by the demons, magic no one understood, old gods and elements which were threatening. Where even their minor minions could end my life - rare dragons, elite dragonkin and elementals which took a large party of people to face just one. That was fun. Being able to solo everything outside of raids, where we raid our own races is not...