Quote Originally Posted by Xyr View Post
Certainly not. What has changed in WoW? 99% QoL stuff. The art didn't change, they are still using the crap from 2006, it's just rendered in 10x more. The combat changed? Nope. The raids and dungeons changed? Certainly not, the boss names might be different and have different models but the the mechanics are the same. WoW is failing because the core of the game didn't change and it's just too old. Just like FFXIV, there are plenty of people in WoW that still plays because they enjoy the old unchanging style. But what else beyond that? It can't attract newer players because it doesn't have modern gamestyle, so as more and more players leave because it's getting old, it began to fail.
The art did change steadily, but Blizzard never updated the art of old content. The combat did change, with classes getting reworks every expansion and entire systems that were in vanilla being removed like resistances, minimum ranges, etc. The Raids did change with even more difficulties thrown in and flex raiding. The Dungeons did change with Mythic+ thrown in. The mechanics have changed with a lot of new ones thrown in with every expansion.

And right now WoW is getting a surge in popularity because while everyone is dissatisfied with BFA for numerous reasons (Story recycling, class design, titanforging, infinite AP grinds) WoW Classic is coming. With the success or failure of WoW Classic being rumored to be the decider between what Blizzard's approach will be for the next expac after BFA.