More Horizontal Progression please

[Fendred]

Cataclysm, they tried to bring back the difficulty, and added the air of Verant's "tough shit, deal with it" that never went away. They promptly went the other direction and made it too easy. WoD is just lacking in content in general, with the same cocky attitudes that cost them subs in Cata.

That said, I *loved* Cataclysm and it's difficulty level in dungeons. It wasn't for everyone.

Every product also, has a shelf life. WoW's hit it's peak a long time ago. It's 10 years old. No game lasts forever.

Actually, WoW post Cataclysm wasn't much more difficult than pre-Cataclysm, having played through Cataclysm myself during the transition from Wrath of the Lich King. What I remember was an expansion that broke the leveling experience and undermined the entire story of the last two expansions with writing on the level of the worst kind of fan fiction. Also, the zones weren't a single connected continent, so it undermined the freedom of exploration the game was known for. The writing was just so immersion breaking that watching the results of quests and raids felt like the heart and soul of the game were being rubbed away with sand paper.

None of the heroes from Wrath of the Lich King on the horde side would have ever in their right minds allowed Garrosh to be in a place of power. His actions were so much like the orcs of the Burning Legion and the undead Scourge that he would have been kept far away from any position of meaningful authority. Garrosh wasn't a character. He was a horrid manifestation of some writer's desire to completely destroy that which was built from WoW's launch onwards. The same guy was responsible for the abomination that was Diablo III's launch story.

Sorry if I got a little carried away there. I just hate whoever gave the okay on that guy's writing.