For those of you who play world of warcraft, you might know that the new expansion is well under way. However, there has been a lot of delays in the 9.1 patch, said to be released later this year. Until then the state of the game has reached a bit of a repetitive cycle; either doing mythic + dungeons for the weekly chest, or trying to pug a raid group. Either way, things have gotten quite stale, and many people, myself included, have been eagerly awaiting the next patch.
The raid with Sylvanas as final boss is without a doubt, probably one of the most anticipated raid boss encounters in World of Warcraft history. There is so much history of the game tied up into this moment, that it is indeed a very good time for the Wow community, in theory. Despite this, there has been a lot of negative feedback from the community about Shadowlands, including increasingly obvious boosting services in game, some tuning imbalances between classes and specs in pvp, and a whole slew of issues relating to the mythic + dungeon system.
In my opinion, the m+ system is flawed. I have been playing the game on and off since it came out, and i always found it easy to play my own play style without any major disadvantages. However, in the WoW of today, it's impossible to not adhere to the meta without getting absolutely shat on by the community. It is not rare to see tanks, healers or even dps being unfairly criticised because they chose to opt for a 'non-meta' legendary, or an off meta talent build. Today, because of my play style which involves playing on multiple different characters, my progress for any one char isn't particularly high as i have spread out my play over different characters. So despite having a lot of experience with the game, i still find it very hard to find a group in M+, making the game less attractive to play. That being said, I do think many other players are experiencing trouble when finding groups. Not only this, but there is an increasing 'rage-quit' culture, where some people may suddenly leave in the middle of a dungeon for no apparent reason, thus cutting short the remaining 4 players run, as well.
In any case blizzard has said that they will be redesigning the mythic + system in the next patch. I am looking forward to see how things play out, and if they are able to balance the game in a way that is friendly for all levels. For those of you that haven't played Wow before, however, I highly recommend it. It is a highly fun game to play, consisting of a long lore-filled journey that is particularly fun when you play with a friend. You get to pick your faction (horde/alliance), race, and class, and then battle your way through 60 levels (currently it's easier then ever to level up). End-game content isn't nearly as exciting as the leveling process, because it consists of very repetitive tasks like weeklies.
Thanks for reading this weeks review of my State of the Game series. More coming soon!
I like to play video games, particularly Blizzard games. Namely I play Hearthstone, WoW, and Hots in my free time. Look out for reviews regarding all of these games in the future!
Peace out,
Dizzybee