The Glade 4.0

Seemed like a really rushed announcement after they just lost over 4 million subs. Overall kind of lackluster, seems a rehash of burning crusade.

Firstly, Illidan's storyline was NEVER closed. Most people realized all along that he was not actually permanently dealt with. Blizzard has explicitly expressed wishes to give him some kind of redemption arc, or at least to continue his obviously unfinished story. He was more of a demon than anything when we killed him, and demons don't just decompose when they die. We all know this. It boggles my mind that such a large group of people didn't realize that Illidan has always been a loose end. I thought that was commonly understood.

Those of you calling this expansion fan service might as well direct that criticism at Vanilla WoW, even though the entire point of WoW was to expand the existing lore into a world we could explore. Remember The Broken Isles in the RTS? We're actually going to explore them in the WORLD, just like we got to do with Lordaeron, Teldrassil, Northrend, Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, etc.

We're going to face off with Azshara (or she's at least making an appearence)!

Tauren are being expanded as a race!! I know they got some attention in Cataclysm with the Paladin stuff, but we're going to meet Highmountain Tauren!

New Elf stuff! Night Elves (specifically their ancestors) have perhaps the richest background of all the races and have been comparatively nonexistent in the lore of WoW. We're getting new elf story, art, and architecture!

Alleria and Turalyon are making direct appearances!

All 36 specs are getting content specifically designed for them in the form of kickass weapons (as to this, the only criticism I agree with is the trivialization of existing legendaries, but I'm more excited about finding out what kind of bows I'm going to be able to choose from, what kind of staffs, what kind of daggers!!)

Dalaran, a city that literally floats and has the capability of travel is making a 2016 appearance! It houses the Kirin Tor, a group of mages who consider themselves protectors of Azeroth. It boggles my mind that people are calling this a rehash. That's like calling Arthas's appearence in Wrath a rehash, rather than a progression of his story (I'm going to reiterate this point in a bit). When I saw Dalaran floating in the sky during the reveal announcement, I went nuts in skype! My voice got comically high pitched -- "IS THAT DALARAN?!?" But then I get to reddit and so many people are angry because Blizzard brought back a FIXTURE in the story. Guys...Dalaran is getting a contemporary facelift! I can't wait to see how beautiful it is with updated graphics.

The Honor system is getting a fresh rework! And spells and talents that are specifically for pvp!

We're getting a brand new class with a fascinating mechanic -- the ability to see through walls on a cooldown...AND THEY CAN DOUBLE JUMP!! ...playable female demon hunters!

One of the first raids is in the Emerald Dream (nightmare!). How is that a rehash! That's brand new story and lore progression of one of the most iconic fixtures of the Warcraft universe! The other raid is a BEAUTIFUL nightelf palace. Guys...we're doing a nightelf themed raid! How cool is that??

EVERY class is getting a hub similar (but probably not the same) to things like the peak of serenity. And they aren't even located on the new continent (at least the paladin one isn't)! Brand new CLASS SPECIFIC hangouts that are scattered across Azeroth!

PvP is finally getting a lore-important (I say lore-important because I don't know that these weapons will be legendary) weapon for EVERY class that is integral to PvP progression!

The expansion isn't even about Illidan. It's about Sargeras himself.
technically this isn't confirmed but based on the announcement it SEEMS Sargeras-centric.

How hard is it, really, to assemble 20 people for a raid?

We field fleets 10x that large in EVE and that's not even close to an all-hands call.

Also, what's with only 1 race per alliance being available for Demon Hunter?

Eh, I enjoyed WoD. I enjoyed MoP.

But I was never really as "into" the game as some people. After EQ, I never really got into another MMO the same way- it was just something fun to play.

Accordingly, I've found WoD fun to play. I raided HM with a progression guild, took off time through BRF, and then came back and PuG'd my way through heroic HFC. Fights were fun.

I'm looking forward to Legion- especially the new transmog system- and it looks like the class-specific story lines will be really cool as well, since I have one of each class.

WoD has also given me the time to level up 17 level 100s, gear them for the start of the new expac, and farm up enough gold to last me for a while.

Class changes are universally liked by the masses. I like that all the classes, and the specs, play even more uniquely.

You haven' played assassin rogue since the patch I'm guessing. I'm playing feral, but on a rogue. 3-4 bleeds to maintain, poisons don't do crap for damage, none of my old tricks etc. It's horrible and I don't like it at all

What did they do to rogues? That's awful

The problem is, I loved Panda/WoD assassin BECAUSE it was a simple spec. Maintain rupture, envenom 5 CP, hit Dispatch procs, then dispatch below 35%.... It was nice and I could worry about OTHER mechanics of fights....

Of course, I also really hate the tanking changes made in Cata. I liked 3 button Pally tanking

To be most efficient in damage you'd also have to ensure you didn't clip your envenom 6 second proc too soon, or you'd be wasting energy and damage. But, otherwise, yes it was far simpler.

You might want to give arms warrior a try. They are fun, but far more smooth and simple in their rotation. Colossus Smash, Mortal Strike, use fillers until it resets Colossus Smash, and repeat until execute phase, throwing in your War Cry buff now and again throughout the entire fight.

I'm loving really all the new changes.

I've got every class at 100, and going through each and getting them artifact and up to 101.

Lots of changes, but I really like a lot of the returns to class & spec differentiation.

My PC, however, might need work. I told myself I'd hold off working on it until after I got a job and moved across the US, but now that time is cropping back up.

I will say that I, and thousands of others, are a bit mad that Blizzard didn't make Ravenholdt the Rogue's order hall. It was their original hub for the (now removed) class quests. Such a missed opportunity by Blizzard.