The game is more dead than it was pre-3.1

[Ayuhra]

WoW is still there though if you want to play it on the side. I agree that ability bloat is an issue...but I'm content that they didn't completely change how the classes work with the expansion. WoW began to bore me when they gutted my favourite class and changed it every major patch/expansion to the point where what I liked originally no longer existed.

Maybe you want to have a talk with the Arms Warrior Community of WoW and how Blizzard made this Specc from super fun to the most freaking boring Specc in this world?

I do play WoW on the side but I think folks aren't understanding what I mean. I am arguing that WoW still feels good to play as opposed to Heavensward. I need an insane number of keybinds to play this game even remotely competently and I didn't need them in WoW, even before the Culling of Abilities that came in Warlords of Draenor. I'm talking less about fun and depth than pure physical accessibility here. I have nerve damage in my hands that limits my range of motion. I could still do Mythic raiding in WoW, but in this game as of Heavensward most dps classes are more than I can comfortably handle. I know my situation is not true for everyone but everyone must feel the ability bloat somehow.

Combine the bloat with a lack of lateral progression and I think we see some of the reason for the drop off. There is a LOT to do in the game but if your main motivation is increasing your item level you are going to be grinding your face against the same couple of things each day...and your effort will have been for not much come the next patch. I also think having more mounts drop in old dungeons and encounters would be fun. I would absolutely dive into more old content to get them.

The game needs to be BIGGER, more epic-ified in general. More streamlined rotations, more complex and interesting everything else.

For the record I think the team can achieve this, I see brilliance under even the things I don't enjoy. People clearly care about the project, hopefully they can patch it up in the next expansion into something wonderful.