*(Played Wow back in the day, 20 years ago on launch, as well as the preceding open beta. Short background)*

So from the beginning of a new game, you are locked into a constant set of quests as part of a shipwreck. While it definitely shows off the insane level of improvement in the engine, riding, flying... all impressive missions for an MMO. Hell, there seems to be a first person mode now if you zoom all the way in. Combat is fluid and the skills are great.

Reached level 11 in no time but eventually got sick of the first character on the dragon isles (reasons outlined bwo), moved to another server with the regular start I knew from back in the day.

No clue what is going on here at this inn, but maybe it doesn't matter.

Experience: either a server where everyone is playing on their own and I do as well. (without RP or coop play, aren't I just playing a mediocre single player game?)

Came to a larger server and basically it's a cluster....  No one is speaking. Some duels and constant noise. I'm guessing the level 80 characters are just bored. The screenshot below is when I gave up.

Maybe WoW just had its day and people are hanging around for whatever reason.

***Why it didn't do it for me:***

\-Initial area I played in never picked up and the loop wasn't engaging. (To give feedback why: It's the shipwreck questline, which after the opening area, doesn't really continue to anything except a constant quest loop on a rather ugly island. I finally got the info that you can take the boat and leave it, which I did. Initial thought was that this was an opening that you had to finish before you could go anywhere else)

\-You're tied to a server so if the server isn't any good, you can't transfer your character and are stuck with it (yes, I know you can pay to move it. great)

\-little interaction with much. given you as a single character can handle the combat encounters, coop play doesn't seem to be engaged with. Again... if I'm playing on my own, why bother with an MMORPG?

Eventually, I started getting Xenoblade Chronicle vibes. (this may get people madder, but... I played the original years ago. I hated the gameplay loop and the pointless quests in between the story content. It felt like I was playing an MMO without... well any players in it.... .... pointless, right?)

\-(not much RP on the RP servers: played two. second, which was where the screenshot was taken... was among the largest apparently, given as a tip in the newcomer chat. The sight and content. Yes, very immersive in the world)

\-probably a base of players that have played this more over a decade that are just looking for new content and are just killing time.

\-long term prospect of paying 15 eddies a month for something that doesn't have much wow factor.

Played over at least 6 hours before I asked myself why I'm doing this.

So although it was a mixed experience, at least it made me free up 130 gb to play it. I got that out of it at least. Plus it was free.

Modern WoW Attempt: 'Yeah.. I just don't get it. I think I'm done with this.'