The patch cycle is fine for me. As someone who spent 10 years playing WoW back when the patch cycle was "cycle? what cycle?", and when every other MMORPG I played seemed to have the same type of schedule ("meh, we'll get around to it" or "Hey look, new DLC for you to purchase!"), the regularity of this game's patch cycle is a blessing.

And by regularity, I mean that patch X.1 follows expansion release X.0, and patch X.55 is followed by a new expansion. I mean "There is something new to do on both the story, dungeon and raiding side". I mean "new non-battle content arrives".

I don't play this game every day. There may be a week binge-watching a 50 episode Chinese Xanxia drama. There are certainly books to be read. And music to listen to. And conversations with In Real Life Friends and Family. You know -- the Important stuff. Plus this game, that game, the other game.

It wasn't always like that. There was a time when WoW (and other MMORPGs) was the only thing I did during my free time. I do not recommend that lifestyle. At all.