Just like I said:Devil is in details (also here and(+/+) afore, we discussed partly ideology of this stuff). Same story is in organization of game's quest system, in fact, it's necessary to start criticism exactly from it. Which, however, will lead us to world's organization discussion, automation systems and other stuff that I promised not to touch anymore.FlasKamel
Personally I enjoyed the story more in older expansions because it felt more like smaller more immersive developments in the world we spent time in, where we and the people we play with are the main characters interpreting and theorizing or daydreaming about what's going on around the world. These days the main stories revolve around the personalities of characters we barely get to meet, and the major moments are about how they feel. Sure that works better in a movie or series or single player game; not in an MMO where the story is updated 2-3 times a year. 2-3 times to be told ''we're here now, and this is how some cartoon character feels about it.''
My direct comment was directly in "my post" quoted by me (if you follow original link, then you'll find discussion about "Best WoW expansion"), rest is more likely just a remark ... which, if without using technical details, can be reduced to approximately this: speed and particularity of story/characters presentation would have changed greatly if they had followed a faithful world design.FlasKamel
Can't say I fully understood your comment, but appreciated the depth.
Don't believe me? Well, just look at Isle of Kel-Danas (it was their very first and rather timid effort in using phase technology) - with same approach they would now be able to write almost completely whole plot of BC with much more stripped-down content (territories, quests, dungeons) as just one of current patches, leave rest to scaling/phasing/RNG and videos with "spewing fake pathos scary grimacing faces"... but who's need this? children, who lack imagination to fill gaps themselves? "faster-faster" mentality? devs, to reduce cost of production?