Why do you like this game?

[Puremallace]

For me I have played multiple MMO's spanning 15+ years at this point and I know a good developer and I know bad ones with excuses. Your criticism of the end game raiding makes me question if you have ever been in progression guilds before because putting content on farm and rinse/repeating has been the norm since 2004 no matter the MMO's. Except for some very rare exceptions most bosses have been on a set AI with set mechanics.

Pvp to be honest with you as someone who literally just picked up the game again after leaving during Beta/Launch in like September and leveled fresh I have NO CLUE how to even access pvp in this game. There are several areas of this game that I learned I just never unlocked as I went through the content but nowhere does it tell you unlocking stuff in Mor Dhana a level 50 zone from Realm Reborn affects what you can actually do at level 80 in Shadowbringers. It seems like a failure of development to atleast give a new player a tip box that says "hey go do that quest or content will never be unlocked".

As for me on the PVE side of things suffering through WoW's constant pruning of Paladins it has been HEAVEN SENT to play a class again for tanking that has utility. It is beyond refreshing to me and actually fun to tank again.

[Iscah]

Pvp to be honest with you as someone who literally just picked up the game again after leaving during Beta/Launch in like September and leveled fresh I have NO CLUE how to even access pvp in this game. There are several areas of this game that I learned I just never unlocked as I went through the content but nowhere does it tell you unlocking stuff in Mor Dhana a level 50 zone from Realm Reborn affects what you can actually do at level 80 in Shadowbringers. It seems like a failure of development to atleast give a new player a tip box that says "hey go do that quest or content will never be unlocked".

The "tip box" you're looking for - or the closest thing to it - is that any quests that unlock game features or side content have a blue marker with a plus symbol, like job quests. There should be someone waiting at your GC headquarters to introduce you to PVP (two types with separate unlocks), elite mark hunting and beast tribes if you're interested in those.

I'm not sure what you're referring to about getting locked out of content at Lv80 - there isn't anything I was aware of - though I have a spoilery question so will hide it.

Are you specifically locked out of content, or did you just hear that having completed the Crystal Tower raids affects the game somehow? If so, that's nothing to worry about - while it's definitely better to have played it first, it just adds a few extra lines of dialogue, and you can revisit it with the cutscene viewer and see the altered version if you complete CT now. It's essentially the 'canon ending' to the game, as the non-restricted dialogue options are a bit lacklustre, so definitely do it. The first quest starts in Mor Dhona.

If that isn't your issue, what are you referring to? You can use hidden text boxes like this with the coding "hb" - you'll see it if you quote my text.