This website is fueled by so much negativity and cynicism that if Blizzard cured cancer the only thing people would discuss on this forum is how they somehow couldn't manage to balance Rogues in M+. Using this terrible community's hivemind mentality to defend literally anything is one of the weakest positions you could ever possibly take.
I disagree with the OP aswell. It seems lazy that we have 2 repurposed zones, those 'puzzles' are WQ's that arent shown on the map and oh boy, flying around for 30min to find a rare or that specific quest mob sure is fun! It feels alot like timeless isles and i hated that shit with a passion. At least the rewards have been increased and some issues fixed so it will be less annoying to do this untill i reach exalted.
The patch with thunder island or the sunwel plateau at least made it seem we progressed towards something, that i really liked.
The patch is not perfect. The story is dissapointing to say the least. There isn't enough content to keep us busy for more that a couple months... BUT. As it stands, the current content of the patch is decent and I am enjoying it thoroughly.
Extreme minority seems to be... an extreme term in all fairness. Reminds me of Facebook echo chamber mom talk.
What I'm really liking is the world content in Uldum primarily because Uldum is so large. It's nice to actually have some breathing room in the zones; it feels like it makes the pacing better as well as reducing competition with other players. Plus it just looks cool.
Well, you haven't realised that you are in the extreme minority. Bunch of forum haters don't get that 8.3 is actually fun. Sure, it has some questionable shit, but Wotlk was the best expansion according to people, and argent tournament was a bunch of boring ass dailies mate.
A small poll of 1000 players on a minority board that skews HEAVILY hardcore.. Yeah, that doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things. WoW players for the most part don't go to forums, and if they do they go to the official ones, not here.
How do you know? OP's probably in the silent majority
Let me just be clear to both of you: I do not like BFA. I have not played 8.3. But I also know that I'm not in the majority of players
Hmm I wouldn't call this sandbox.. this is more like a ballpit.
You are welcome, Metzen. I hope you won't fuck up my underground expansion idea.
I like this patch more than Nazjatar and Mechagon for the simple fact that it is not as grey and depressing as those zones were in terms of color.
I also like the return of dailies, I always felt WQs are so distant from the story because you just pop in and out. More time efficient yeah, but it feels very little immersive.
Not a fan of the fill a bar concept though bit if the quests are well matched with the area it usually fills itself doing those.
I also like the new mounts we are getting and allowing places like Uldum and Vale to shine again(Uldum was always kinda boring so glad it got a little more meat).
Also glad to see LiLi, Chen and Lorewalker Cho again, not to mention Wrathion. Blizzard proves they can make new characters and find use for them and not just kill them off.
Anything to get me put of Nazajatar is a step in the right direction. Also, I love the fact Chen asks for beer while the 12 year old girls tells me to murder a bunch of people.
I AM a minority. I don't do much instanced content. I do islands and warfront periodically. I am enjoying the patch for the current material. As a dirty casual it took me two tries each for Thrall and Alleria, but I still have 4 tokens so I don't feel like I am locked out for not being the 1337zor.
Pretty much everyone in my guild seem happy with the new stuff in 8.3, im sure it will get boring after awhile but so far people are happy.
Since we are semi casual when it comes to raiding as in we try to clear everything on hardest but dont care if it takes 1 month or 6 month and dont care if we mess up horrific visions, we are even having small competitions with diffrent prizes over which group can press farthest into their Horrific Visions.
8.3 in isolation is a pretty good patch, but it gets dragged down by the stuff it inherited from 8.2(essences primarily)