Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
Progression doesn't figure much into the equation, unless you're talking about content droughts like having 12 months of nothing but Siege of Orgrimmar. People generally feel disenfranchised by some of the bullshit blizzard chose to pull with WoD, which is why subs have dropped so sharply. As I said, Blizzard promised a bunch of stuff and didn't deliver, did a bunch of stuff no one asked for (twitter and selfies integrated into the game), made professions worthless, centered the entire Draenor campaign in your garrison, made it a pain in the ass to move around the world, and cut out loads of content (including the zone that would become Netherstorm).
Content droughts has a lot to do with it and that is what I meant. Pure vertical progression leads to content droughts to a much larger extent than horizontal progression does which is a problem. Devs can't keep up with the players and this becomes more and more apparent as the game gets older and less money sunk into it for content creation. I was not saying it was the only reason WoW is losing subs, but yes it plays a big part in it.