Maybe we need a Cataclysm

[Shurrikhan]

I can’t agree as I am seeing Catalysm killed raiding and guilds. It also destroyed the original player base and the community established. I am pretty sure I am not only one who only raid because of friends we knew before Catalysm and don’t gives a horse crap on people we pick up to full the gap after Catalysm

Its poor class balance and, therein, difficulty killed raiding guilds, not a change to the world from 2 expansions prior that would only affect new alt classes and better flesh out their leveling experience.

It did not destroy the original player base.

It did not destroy the community, outside of the aforementioned raid guilds getting tired of being forced to reroll to a handful of jobs to clear cutting edge content because they were so contextually overpowered and the checks were so tight.

Sure, you probably weren't the only person to care only about the friends you had up to a given expansion, and care not at all for all the other people who continued playing the game after your friends' departure, but... what does that have to with Cataclysm™? The same can be said for every expansion.

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On (the broader) topic:

The OP is referring to only one thing: a sweeping change, by way of some large event, by which to reinvigorate the open world and various systems (e.g. of progression). All other parts of a "cataclysm", in reference to WoW or otherwise, are besides the point. Let's not conflate them.