Heavy focus on raiding/arenas was death of Vanilla wow design!
Everything past Vanilla was beginning of the end.
Watch this video (He is 100% right)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNF...v=9MNFWhCw8dg)
Focus on raiding actually became a curse as he said. When they catered to that small demographic and the even smaller demographic of people who think MMO PVP should be a esport (and I was one of those guys at one point), the game got ruined. I'm not saying it's all Blizzard's fault either. Loudmouths on forums are just as responsible asking for idiocy like arena. A lot of the mistakes was catering to what they thought was the majority.
Vanilla WoW was more than just a PVE raiding game, its about WORLD and organic content. TBC/WOTLK are not. They are small, limited and shallow.
Classic+ needs to take heavily from VANILLA.
Posted May 12, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC