Mop wasn't a very good expansion...

[Nurvus]

I thought it was one of the better expansions. I will probably give WoD a try depending on how Wildstar works out. Looking forward to seeing some of those old school names pop up. I'm also an Orc junkie so I'll probably nejoy it more than most.

I agree with pretty much all of your "red" points.
I don't think MoP was one of the better expansions, as the leveling process was a little iffy.
I only think the story and end content were pretty good, comparing to other expansions.

Zandalari Warbringers, Timeless Isle PvP, all sorts of stuff for all sorts of players.
The only really bad thing about MoP in my opinion was the massive gear inflation causing griefing to go off the charts.

[draykorinee]

It was fine, 6/10 kind of fine.

[Deleted]

I think, as it is with a lot of things, people will look back at MoP with more fondness than they are now.

I mean, what were the vocal crowd saying at the end of Wotlk? Omfg, this expansion sucks, we've had ICC for a year, the entire game is a farce. TBC was way better.

And what did they say at the end of Cataclysm? Omfg, this expansion sucks, LFR sucks and we've been doing DS for way too long. But Wotlk was pretty good after all.

And what are they saying now? Omfg, this expansion sucks, it's so casual and full of panda bears and we're doing SoO for over a year. I guess Cataclysm wasn't so bad.

See a pattern?

[Polybius]

In my opinion it was a great expansion. It offered tons of choices and I rarely felt like I HAD to do something to keep up, specially for a heroic raider. Tons of stuff to do on alts and in offtime without getting too repetitive.

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What about raid end game is poor? Some of the most challenging bosses we've ever seen? Several difficulty choices for whatever level of player you are? Flex raiding keeping you from having to stick to a preset number of friends?

Meh. It's better to stay away from alt content in order to judge an expansion. And progression does not equal content. Blizzard can just add another layer of difficulty aside from flex and lfr and call it a day.

Cataclysm's dungeons and raids were fun, but players will always judge its entirety based on the final blasphemous raid.

[Marema]

I had no issues with the expansion. But I'm an adult and don't think that every single thing that I do should bring me orgasmic level of entertainment.

MoP, like every other expansion before and vanilla included, had fun parts and not so much fun parts. I don't concentrate comparing this game to any other game since its all subjective.

[Thelxi]

It wasn't bad nor fantastic imo. Maybe it did serve its purpose in Asia..

[Stormspellz]

MoP rocked, the problem is that the majority of players is a rose-glass-wearing bunch of whiners who think that everything was better in TBC (which really sucked balls).

I had more fun in this game during TBC then any other expansion, but MOP was far better then cata, while it had its issues, dailycrafit, quecraft, and of course pvp was just aweful. The raids where very well done, problem is LFR makes it very hard to see how great the "real" raid is, if throne came out during wrath it would easily be talked as the best raid of the expansion.

panda fit into wow as much as spacegoats and talking cows.
one cognitive story line
while garrosh was handled "meh", it wasn't a character botch like lk or deathwing.
among others

[Natiry427]

As far as I'm concerned, no expansion with a 1 year long content drought is good by any means. That means WOTLK, CATA, and MoP. All terrible.

[Deleted]

Mists of Pandaria was a great Expansion. Delivered very well.
Yeah, people are gonna argue with "But pandas!". Ignore them.

[finskee]

MOP was my favorite expansion yet. I loved each one, but MOP was the best. Reasons? Loved the raids, loved the continent, loved the storyline, the quests, the factions, the world bosses and rares, the farm and the pet battles and brawlers and proving grounds, and even the little game improvements like group loot, all came together to provide a new level of immersion that I really enjoyed. The patches were interesting and kept me busy. Having said all that, wow can still get better, so I can't wait for next!

[Deleted]

WoD is going to become worse.

[Zoaric]

I'm not usually one for an Asian theme of any kind, but I did enjoy MoP. Though I
really hate leveling alts through Pandaria, it's just so tedious.

[Deviant]

I had more fun in this game during TBC then any other expansion, but MOP was far better then cata, while it had its issues, dailycrafit, quecraft, and of course pvp was just aweful. The raids where very well done, problem is LFR makes it very hard to see how great the "real" raid is, if throne came out during wrath it would easily be talked as the best raid of the expansion.

panda fit into wow as much as spacegoats and talking cows.
one cognitive story line
while garrosh was handled "meh", it wasn't a character botch like lk or deathwing.
among others

Cata had better pvp then mist of pandaria tho.

[Notdev]

Wow, the general opinion that TBC was bad is really gaining steam. It was significantly more popular than Cata/MoP, how bad could it have been?
I can't really judge since I started playing near the end of TBC, but everything I heard/saw about it appeases me.

[Vayshan]

For me it was:

• Lack of interesting raids
• Lack of creative raid mechanics
• Asian style theme not fitting for the WoW universe
• Major emphasis on panda bears
• Terrible, complicated gearing system / ilvl system
• Instant gratification gear catch up system
• 9 months of SoO and counting...
• The illusion of a ton of things to do, when in reality it was still a "sit in town and que up expansion"

This is just scratching the surface, I didn't even mention how much of a pain it was to level from 85-90 in the new continent.

If they did some things differently, like not focus an entire expansion on pandas, and actually created legitimate reasons for the heroes of Azeroth to go into the raids and defeat the enemies, my interest would have been captured much more than it was.

The theme of WoD is already by far the best change they could make for the game. Get players out of the asian style panda land and back into WoW history and real lore.

- What made this the worst expansion yet for you, and what are you looking forward to in WoD?

- What do YOU find an interesting raid? Would you want every raid to be the same one then? What you hate, others love.
- Again, what do YOU think are creative raid mechanics? At some point things are bound to be repeated and get old even before they see the light of day.
- Which style does fit then? Greek? Roman? Egyptian? Gothic?
- I find the emphasis on Pandas to be quite ok. Not too much imo. Of course you see lots of them when you walk on their lands. In WoD you'll see lots of Orcs, guess why.
- What's complicated about the gearing system or the ilvl? It's as clear as rain. Why is it terrible, what's new about it? You're probably new to the game...?
- I can't say it's an instant gratification gear catch up system. Brainless Isle, despite the 'easiness' of getting purple gear, I can not say it is gratifying in the least. Can't even imagine why anyone would say it is. It's trash gear.
- 9 Months of SoO... new the game? Been around in Cata? Been around in WotLK? Been around in TBC? If this surprises you, just wait until WoD is nearing its end. You'll be surprised again...

The pain of lvling from 85-90? Entirely personal. I blew through it in just a day. It got more and more boring, rather than painful, with each new toon I lvled up to 90.

The heroes get plenty of reasons to go in to the raids, you just didn't pay attention did you?

What made this the worst expansion for me? I don't know. Cataclysm was the worst for me. Looking forward the most in WoD? The return of the Legion.

[Nexsa]

MoP was a very nice expansion. This is all I ever see, "Expansion X sucked" threads before the next expansion. Also followed by, "Next expansion is going to suck"

Why is it the people who feel these expansions sucks stick around? Is it to spread your feelings and hope they rub off onto others? I've quit other games because they bored me, but I have never gone out of the way to go on about it online like it's some diary.

[Deleted]

I think MoP could be the best expansion ever so no, won't agree with you =)

[Kalcheus]

"Asian style theme not fitting for the WoW universe"

Have you never traveled to Teldrassil?

[fernotao]

i agree one of the worst from a healer stand point

[Trilicity]

"Asian style theme not fitting for the WoW universe"

Have you never traveled to Teldrassil?

never in my 7 years of playing wow has teldrassil even remotely gave off an asian theme