With Dawntrail now effectively content complete, how did you find the writing this expansion?

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With the last MSQ update now out as of 7.56, I believe we've gotten all the major content that will be released this expansion added to the game (aside from a side seasonal event here or there), and it now feels like the right time to check in with how people found the writing and story that we got in this expac.

I don't think I'll shock many people by saying that I found the MSQ fairly weak until the last handful of patches, with what felt like far too much like a guided tour of another country rather than focusing on the stories of the people that we were interacting with. Seeing where we're broadly heading towards now from a bigger-picture perspective has retroactively given some needed context for what they were aiming for, but it was still mostly a pretty hard miss for me.

The raid series also ended up feeling pretty shallow to me - it had a reasonably strong start, but afterwards really didn't do anything particularly interesting with the story itself, in spite of having a few fun fighters throughout.

I'm curious if there were any questlines that people thought stood out as particularly well written or interesting that people should check out if they haven't looked at them, or just a general feeling for your expectations for Evercold based on what we got this time around.

Posted Sep 12, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC

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