I was loyal to WoW before WoW was even a game. I was playing EverQuest and was getting tired of the grind but still enjoyed it. I played WCIII and was so amazed I found the assets of the game and used them to modify by EQ client to turn the interface into one Reminiscent of Warcraft. Complete with spell icons.
I couldn’t wait for the chance to play WoW and stayed playing on and off for years. But I would say around the time Pandaria came out I started to get tired of the WoW Formula, waiting for new content and for the content that was out to all come together. I would start playing other games for a while till the second to last patch cycle in the expansion so I could seamless play the whole expansion without any weird breaks or content droughts.
I had many friends and we all came together. But now it’s not the same. All the games secrets have been revealed and most have been retconned or explained in unsatisfactory conclusion where most ideas they come up with don’t get any further attention before the developers move onto something else. Leaders and Gods reduced to loot piñatas. The players are left with a game full of hastily tied together threads.
My main guild has all but collapsed. People don’t log in. I have 40 chars around max level or in between. Most are in different guilds on diff servers and it’s all the same everywhere. Think about it. People log in here n there say one or two things then you don’t see them again. Or they only come out for a bit on raid night.
My old guilds were constantly chatting on the channels and discord. Hanging out running content or something. It was an electrifying time. I stayed for those friends and the promises of those moments.
I’m tired of half baked incoherent stories with Lackluster game gimmicks that never amount to anything or plans that never come to fruition. All of this is because the company behind the game is no longer what it once was and now with the recent allegations I just don’t know anymore. They haven’t done enough to earn my money and it’s sad. But I’ve been loyal to WoW since before it was even a game since 2002. When it was just a dream. Now the dream is over.