Even if you despise WoW, there is no denying that WoW is by far the best game for raiding and dungeon content. There is no other game even remotely close to offering this content at the level Blizzard does.
So why doesn't Blizzard focus on its strengths?
- There is no one else in the market offering dungeons and raids like Blizzard. Why aren't they focusing on their strengths instead of attempting to do other filler content that other games do much better?
- They are losing players by spreading their resources thin over filler content like islands, Warfronts, zones, etc as the quality of dungeons and raids is worse due to fewer resources
- Zones are a very low return on investment as players just race through them to level
- Dungeons and raids are far more replayable than other content
What if next expansion Blizzard released no new zones but 25 dungeons? Blizzard could instead add more quests into existing zones to keep questers satisfied. It would bring players back and around for longer as they can't burn through content that takes 2 years to make in 1 levelling day.