Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Where does this "WoW hates casuals" narrative come from?
Rewards and power.

Rep mounts and most casual rewards are often rushed simply due to quantity, there was a meme with all the generic horse mounts they gave to rep vendors which are literally just recolours, those arent fun rewards and the cool rewards/titles almost always come from high end content aka rewards people want so much they buy boosts for, heroic boss mount or some mythic mounts like sylvanas.

And you are aware that especially since SL begun casuals cannot get gear that isnt trash, because that is the definition of gear that is literally 30 ilvls than what is available and is also easily achieved by just buying a m+15 per week so let's not pretend mythic gear is some epic achievement.
In legion and bfa people at least had some way of getting solo gear that is good, titanforging and visions allowed people to get really good competitive gear which made them feel power, an important part of mmorpgs. But because WoW panders to tryhards who keep moaning "omg you cant force me to do dirty casual content for gear" all sources of good gear from solo casual content have been completely gutted, in the same way Preach cried during WoD that he was forced to do dirty casual lfr for trinkets which got the trinkets nerfed.
All those things happen because tryhards moan that they are "forced" to do content that is "beneath" them and blizzard listens, guts all rewards and powerful gear for their sake leaving casuals with scraps since shadowlands begun and the numbers so that casuals left in droves because even BFA was better casual population wise

On contrast in ff14 you can get gear that is far closer to max level so your character doesnt feel like shit to play especially in pvp, because WoW pvp is a disaster exactly because they allow people with 30 ilvls difference go against each other and 30 ilvls of power is ENORMOUS difference, you might as well be a free kill if you join without mythic gear a month or two after a patch.