World of Warcraft died because the developers only catered to casuals and world prog

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WoW doesn't know who it's catering to anymore. They're trying to appease everyone and in the end are just angering everyone.

FF14 knows its audience and what its doing is working. FF14 also doesn't expect people to play the game like a second job and encourages cooperation. Meanwhile WoW is the opposite of that.

I wholeheartedly agree with you.

I remember thinking the WotLK story was awesome lol, in hindsight it's a bit dumb.
I do think the Death Knight stuff was really cool tho and the Siege of Undercity scenario, but ultimately it mostly felt like nice set pieces.
Thinking back to it tho it was probably when I paid the most attention to the story in WoW but a lot of that was nostalgia too since I was a huge Warcraft 3 fan.

The lore up until and including WotLK was absolutely fantastic. The game itself, however, never presented the lore in a very good way, but it was enough to build a sense of almost unrivaled mystery and fascination.