As someone who's played every iteration of World of Warcraft, in my opinion, the game has just changed too much over the years, and i'd like to hear peoples thoughts on this..
While i know Classic (and upcoming classic TBC) is a thing that i "could just return to" and i am in fact playing classic once in a while aswell, It feels ...Bad??... that all the progress that i've had over the 16 years i've played, are just.. "wasted" by the lack of interest..
So.. heres some of my viewpoints..
1: Classes arent interesting anymore: Instead of giving classes unique things, and building all relevant power into the class itself, Blizzard has since Legion gone with the approach of "borrowing" power to the players through various systems (artifacts, Corruption, Heart of Azeroth (including the armor pieces) and now the covenant system.. And to me this just doesnt feel fun..
2: Gearing is an issue: Now. i know blizzard tried to fix this with the 9.0.5 change of upgrading m+ gear, but i'm a firm believer that this was the wrong approach.. i personally would've much prefered a way of "targeting" a piece of gear over time, which is the best it can be when you get it, rather than having to get a piece, and upgrade it to make it better.. On this front, i much prefered the WoTLK way of gearing where You had different difficulties of the same content (as you do now) but you also has badges to hand in to get a piece of gear which was mostly a "in between the difficulties" scaled item..
3 (and this is mostly just a personal one i think) Maybe Its just getting old?. The game is 16 years old.. And theres not been much of a "Shift" in how the game works for the past what.. 6-7 years? blizzard seems to be stuck on the same ideas and systems rather than trying to be innovative.. and it just doesnt work for me anymore.. :/ Maybe blizzard has become too comfortable in their current space with no "real" competitors on the MMO market.. idk..
I love world of warcraft. its been a part of my life for 16 years (granted, im only turning 25 this year) so its been with me for basicly all my life.. Its hard for me to just quit, but at the same time, I'm feeling the need for a change.. I strongly prefer MMO's in my gaming session, I've played mostly all of them, but theres just not anything "new and exciting" out there as of right now.. Which i feel the space needs..