Quote Originally Posted by ZephyrMenodora View Post
EW is my favorite and I have more sub time since EW than any other expansion. Game is great. Different strokes for different folks.
I like how this was immediately your go-to response, without even bothering to address anything OP said. Very mature. I believe the only thing you're missing is sticking your tongue out and a "nyah nyah na-nyah nyah" at the end.

You're far from alone, OP. EW has been disappointing and overwhelmingly lacklustre for a lot of people. There's a tangible undercurrent of discontent when you look past the surface-level social media hubs, and numerous players are struggling to find a reason to stay subbed for any length of time.

Personally, I think they made an enormous mistake condensing two EPs into one. Ever since the end of 5.0, the pacing of the story has gone to absolute hell, and they've developed the habit of rushing through important build-up and story development in what I'm assuming was a bid to quickly capitalise off of the hype ShB generated. Unfortunately, what ended up happening was we got a story that felt clumsy, hurried and slapdash, and didn't deliver on offering a satisfying conclusion to an arc some ten years in the making. What's worse is it seems to have set a precedent given what we've seen with the void patches, and combined with their chosen course of refusing to develop gameplay/ content offering any real depth or complexity in case it chases off the casual community, it's really hard summoning any enthusiasm or reason to keep playing beyond the initial few days following patch release.