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The 60-70 blew by for me. It wasn't super tedious and drawn out. Dragon Riding really helped going from 1 quest to the next and the quests themselves and a really good variety. Once I get my main all geared I'm excited to run some alts through the story.

When Wrath came out I thought Dragonflight would be the first expansion I would simply not play. I decided last-minute to give it a chance, and I'm so happy I did, I've genuinely been having so much fun in Dragonflight and it brings me back to the feeling of enjoying the game like I do when I played Classic Vanilla, Classic TBC, or Classic WOTLK. It's more of a "you play because you want to", not "you play because you have to", reducing a lot of the mandatory grinds and replacing it with optional grinding, genuinely so many good changes and I love it.

"Alt friendly" you can say that again. When I got on my 2nd character to start the Dragon Isles I thought my addon wasn't working because the Glyphs weren't showing up. After like 10 minutes I realized you only had to collect them once and every alt got them.

I have been playing since 2005, First BfA happened, which was already bad, but then Shadowlands almost killed WoW for me entirely. I was ready to quit for good. Dragonflight is surprisingly fun. It feels like WoW has a soul again. It's not perfect, but man, this is so much better than what we had. And the best thing is, it's not just better because WoW was kind of shit in comparison, it's better because it's actually a step forward. The story is... decent. But it works because it just feels a lot more like home, like the Azeroth I missed.

The thing about Dragonflight is flying. Basically, WOW or FFXIV doesn't allow you to fly in a new expansion until you have unlocked the area by some means. Here you need dragon flight to advance, so you get it early in the story line for your main and your subs.

WoW and WoW 2. It happened... it was just more subtle than many realized.

What a huge improvement. This is the first time I've not been remotely hyped for a new expansion, I practically missed the entire first week, but it's the first expansion since Wrath that I actually want to log onto every day and enjoy playing *every* aspect of the game currently. I'm gobsmacked that, firstly, Blizzard actually U-turned on their design philosophy in such a major way - not just the design philosophy of borrowed power and throwaway systems from Legion through Shadowlands, but their attitude towards scale, progression, gating, complexity (especially talents and crafting), loot and more. Secondly I can't believe after the year they've had and after the trajectory of their last few expansions, that there's so much passion in this game. It's been painstakingly crafted, it's intricate and engaging in a way WoW hasn't been for over a decade. Once bitten, twice shy though - I still expect the first major content patch to make all the good DF launch stuff completely irrelevant and funnel us into a single new zone with crappy catchup gear and a gated, on rails progression system, and so I can't really relax properly into enjoying the game. Like most rational fans though I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong.

For the first time EVER in WoW, as a casual player I have 2 capped characters at this point in an expansion for the first time ever. Also working on a 3rd. Love the leveling and freedom to do what you like. So surprised

I was playing from TBC to Mists of Pandaria. And I LOVED the Pandaria expansion, like a lot, still do, my favorite. Played the most in WotLK so I understand why people are comfy in that world, but now that I‘m returning I think this is the best time for it. Dragonflight is fun, sorta straightforward and has this fresh feeling. I‘m happy that I‘m returning now and I‘m forever grateful for your „how did this and that expansion change wow“ and one of your shadowlands videos. I‘m 40 hours in and I feel like I‘m up to date with how things go now and I can have fun with my Windwalker Monk Panda again. Thanks, WillE!

The most fun I've had since at least Pandaria

Agreed, Retail hasn't been this good since 16', 17' Legion.

I can sympathize with the statement "Chromie Time is great for people, who enjoy pretending Shadowlands didn't happen" so much! xD I will never set foot into this godforsaken place again, unless I really have to. Also, the fact that we have roughly 95% of our character unlocked at 70 (outside of tier sets) is such a huge plus. I can finally be content with being "done" with my character and can play other games or do other stuff instead of constantly having to think about that I could spend my time in WoW, farming an arbitrary temporary character power source. I hope it stays that way in the future.

I like Dragonflight so far, but I've already dialed back most of the time I put into it because I just love Wrath so much. Super happy to hear from people that are genuinely enjoying it, and that so far it seems like Blizzard has pulled their head slightly out of their asses.

As someone with a couple 80s on wrath, I didn’t think I’d try dragonflight, but I got my paycheck and it came out, so I tried it, and I’m so happy I did. It’s such a good expansion, way better than the past couple. And it has me logging into retail rather than classic, which I thought would never happen

To be honest I thought it's the first expansion I'm not going to buy and I stuck to my guns. I see no compeling reasons to play this.

I only plaid three hours in Shadowlands and logged out bored to death. The land seemed like a reskinned outland with a dumb premise... the afterlife. Yet I and others could die in the afterlife? Dragonflight I am in love with. Hit 70 and enjoying every minute.

This video perfectly encapsulates why Dragonflight is so widely lauded by the community this early after launch. I hope more people give it a chance, since I know “engagement” metrics on streaming platforms was way lower than Shadowlands’ launch; it’ll take time for people to trust WoW’s quality again, unfortunately. My personal favorite thing about Dragonflight overall has got to be all the gearing paths. I’m simultaneously engaging with *deterministic* gear systems via professions, PVP, raiding, dungeons, AND multiple open-world systems and it’s SUCH an amazing breath of fresh air! I can work on improving my character by any means I see fit, and can pick the right type of gear for the content. On a related note, the way they fixed PVP gearing is SOOOO good. After a bit of lowbie-geared rounds of Battlegrounds and weekly PVP quests, I was able to get fully geared up at a competitive level. They even solved the “what do I work on if PVP iLv is mostly close” issue by making the upgrade levels be for PVE content instead. And the crafted stuff is not only competitive with traditional currency-earned stuff; it’s equal or better depending on what you’ve personally earned and how skilled the crafter is. Simply fantastic!

I probably won’t play dragon flight just due to limited time but glad people are having fun. I’ve been playing wrath classic off and on and it’s been fun despite some server issues.

I've had fun since pre launch. My warrior is great to play. max out my dragon flying. Even professions are fun. Excellent review.

You can’t deny that people are having fun with retail again.

Glad there is another classic enjoyer who just sits in the comfy zones for fun. Sometimes I will sit in HF or GH for the background music while I do other things.

I think legitimately my biggest gripe with the expansion is the disney channel loading screen with Alexstrasza looking uncharacteristically dopey

The problem with WoW expansions is that they render the rest of the game irrelevant. So instead of WoW expansions adding more to the game, they SUBTRACT. Instead of having a world, you have a tiny sandbox of a game. Even the fact that instead of having multiple functional cities players were crammed into Org and SW since Cataclysm is telling. It would be a lot more fun to go to Silvermoon, Exodar, Shattrath, Thunder Bluff or Darnassus and see those places PACKED with players, than feeling like you have to go to the same old SW and Org because everything else is a desert. So until an expansion actually makes the whole world meaningful and relevant again, so that you can actually CHOOSE how to play instead of feeling the need to play a certain way or go to the same old specific places, until an expansion actually EXPANDS on the game rather than limit it, I will always see WoW as a game that has truly died a long time ago.

My advice to the doomers here in comments: You are absolutely right for being skeptical, Blizzard deserve it. But this expac is amazing and you might wait too long for the "shoe to drop" that you miss out on a great experience.

I already have 5 70's and they are all pvp geared and fun to play. This expansions feels like MoP levels of fun again and I never thought WoW would return to those levels. I really hope blizzard keeps it up and continues to listen to what the playerbase wants. Great job so far.

Hilarious how you used the classic andy line ‚go and play retail then‘ and turned it around to ‚go and play classic then‘ xD

Great vid, thx - agree with u 100 %. Positive problem: What to play, Classic Wrath og Dragonflight :) Blizz have rly made some good decissions on Dragonflight, hope so much they keep it up. Because Classic Wrath will be the last Classic expansion for me... that is, if they don't make "new" classic content, which I have been hoping for, for years. But thankfully, if Classic ends with Wrath (for me), I have Dragonflight now.

2:26 I have to disagree right there, because there is something Blizzard can do to make players like myself appreciate retail: 1) More required group content outside of instanced dungeons and raids 2) have a more organic experience that isn't a cinematic carbon copy that every other player experienced. I prefer the older style of WoW where content required groups and cooperation. I don't like how WoW turned into a single player game where I was the main super hero of azeroth. Instead I want my character's story to be more organic, where I would eventually need help from other players. I don't like it when people tell me to play classic, because I like how expansive the retail world is. Currently there are 9 continents in Azeroth, while there are four other worlds aside from Azeroth. I like being in a huge world with multiple races and factions. However, WoW still feels small. Instead of players calling the Broken Isles by it's landmass name, they call it "The Legion Expansion". Make all continents relevant and prevent them from being outdated. Don't just make the newest expansion's continent the only relevant place where top players can go to. That is the third thing blizzard can do.

0:10 this is exactly me ... and i took time of wow to wait for a few reactions before buying it...but i have to say I did enjoy the time off :D and now looking forward to getting dragonflight after the holidays.

I've played since 2004, and until BfA I couldn't have imagined ever leaving WoW, but BfA and SL gave me SO many reasons to hate the game, and I felt so sad about it. I stuck with it, and am loving Dragonflight! I feel free again in WoW; playing my way, how I wish to, and not being funnelled through a forced game-play and story-line that I hate. Dragon Riding is amazing, And the fact that not every inch of the land is Quest related; just to fly, swooping and souring over unexplored land is freedom itself. Having a great time.

As a dedicated player since 2006, I've seen every expansion. Kinda held off on buying Dragonflight right away because I'm already committed on Classic and (with Ulduar right around the corner) didn't wanna commit to 2 games at the same time. I know how real 'new xpac hype' is, but I've gotta say I enjoyed the leveling experience and am looking forward to re-learning DK/running M+ with friends. Great way to fill in the gaps whenever I'm not raiding on Classic, since I'm not interested in leveling alts or GDKPs there.

I played from vanilla to WoD and I am going to return for drahonflight. After not caring for years I suddenly want to go back to WoW. The return of talent trees is fantastic. I would love to raid again but I work shifts 40 hours a week.

after 15 years i finally have a reason to come back, the nostalgia is going to be insane :)

Awesome to see a bit of retail love (now that it deserves it) from the classic community

great video my dude!

Problem with the game now is that I just genuinely don’t know where to start with retail again. Every time I try there is just way way way too much bullshit to learn and so many fucking addons that need to be used if you want to actually compete. I end up just getting frustrated by how overcomplicated the whole game has become, despite pruning and devs making decisions to “simplify the game”. The whole thing just feels like a shit storm of random mechanics.

I LOVE this new expansion! Having a blast! I have been cured completely of all desire to play old wow. I will forever play retail, period.

Like many others in the comments, I'd personally wait until the honeymoon glasses wear off before trusting any of these type of videos

I'm the opposite: no game company can design randomness in a boss encounter the same way a group of idiots on the internet can introduce it. Working with that human-introduced randomness and compensating for it is the most fun part of raiding. Maybe that's why I main healer.

RE: Big Bad. I really really really hope they don't make Galakrond or w/e it's name is the 'big bad'. No nerds, I didn't read 'ThE bOoKs' and don't care to. Making either Nozdormu the villain to me is the only thing that makes sense. The infinite dragonflight have been an original antagonist with a presence since TBC and making Murozond a dungeon boss was such a cop out.

I fucking love this expanshunnnnn - shaman . Enh feels stronger and more fun but ele's burst and range is great for open world content with all the procs, aoe, earth. Shocks

Does Ion still work there? Yes? It won't stay this way for long.

Dragonflight is much better than I expected. Rather than huge excitement, it is so chill. I literally enjoy spending time in the world rather than just grinding currencies or gear, which you still could if you wanna be competitive. Credits to the whole Dev team.

Quit wrath the second i tried dragonflight, im so impressed

The honeymoon phase is *strong* with this expansion

The trees are great. No longer looking at guides because there are so many things to play with

I quit the game in Legion for obvious reasons and was playing since end vanilla. Now coming back for Dragonflight makes me feel like i play the good old wow again. Just with new features. It just feels good

i'm just glad they are actually working on making professions more interesting. it only took 15 years! O.O

I love the state of the game and eventhough I can only play a few hours a week I still say subbed just for the fact the game is in a good state and fun . Usually I’ve unsubbed now and give up due to falling being on some system they would have made us do.

Can any good soul tell me what is the OST in the background that starts around 5:19 because it sounds amazing.

Dude I completely feel you on the pugging thing, I have had too many bad pug experiences to want to pug anything and would rather run with guildies even if that does put me behind

oh boy retail players yapping about how the new expac is "soo good broo" while still in the first month, definitely haven't seen this one yet.... Crazy how Blizzard is already firing all kinds of deals and trials for DF already in the first month, numbers must be DOWNNN... Even my retail fanboy friends have already stopped playing and moved on to other games, but this time IT DEFINITELY IS DIFFERENT lmfao

This expansion has allowed me to dip my toes into having an alt. Never done before and I'm loving the experience. Hope Blizzard keep pumping out W.

10:51 don’t forget about the different tiers of Battle Passes that contain *exponentially more rewards* with each increasing tier level!

My concern is, is this what it takes for Blizz to make a good expo? Will they just get complacent as soon as the reviews and opinions are on the up again?

I think what this signals is that as Blizzard transitions to a Microsoft company next year, they're ready to abandon the monthly sub and become a Game Pass driven title that will not only bring new players in but reward existing subscribers with even more games for free. I was subbed for WotLKC for about two months but once I hit the gotta dedicate time to raiding wall, I fell off and canceled again. Dragonflight sounds amazing, but I'm not willing to sub for the experience. As a Game Pass subscriber, I'd absolutely play it casually with no strings attached because there are so many games I want to get through now that I'd only have time to play for a few hours or I can shift priorities around on my own terms. Monthly sub games are dying, and this should be the last holdout that falls moving forward.

Best expansion since MoP, loving the game!

I think it's fair to acknowledge their efforts to improve the game. Objectively they have. That said, I still have a really hard time enjoying retail. I'm one of the classic players who just can't get into the groove of retail for a variety of reasons. Thanks for the review.

very good video and review. thanks

I’m a classic-andy but DF has been genuinely fun to jump in for an hour or so every few days. First time since MoP that I haven’t quit retail within a week.

Classic exists, but one day Blizzard are going to force it to move into Cataclysm and then there will once more be no version of WoW I am interested in.

I have played every expansion and so far this is in my top 3.

You WOW players are like Domestic Abuse victims. You will always come back, no matter how many times Blizzard blackens your eye.

I don't think its really a surprise that its fun. Its Blizzard's version of one of GW2's best mechanics, their mount system, and their class design stuff is upfront now. I do think they're will be an issue in a few months time in regards to players complaining about "lack of progress".

If your wanting to do mythic and your a decent player you can get onto mid mythic bosses comfortably on 2 nights. Some 2 night guilds get CE although they are usually ex hardcore raiders

The raid is extremely fun, however, trying to do it in a pug without voicecomms first few weeks, is gonna be next to impossible due to how much co-ordination you need on a few bosses.

I mean it's pretty obvious Iridikron is going to be the final boss, no? Ion said that we'll basically know who the final boss is by the end of the first raid. The cinematic from the Vault indicates Iridikron will be the final big bad

i'd say it isnt as much of a singleplayer game now. i feel incentivized to do world content as a group or with my guildies, in fact this expansion has brought my guildies back to playing the game together for the first time in awhile

one of my favorite builds that isn't optimal is zoo hunter. BM hunter that is all about pulling as many beasts out of the talents as possible. as far as i can tell it isn't good (or im just bad at hunter) but seeing all the beasts is fun.

is there a way to fly unmounted yet...aside from druids? like priests using levitate and then jumping to fly?

I'm trying to trial for a new guild as well as level a rogue and warlock due to joyous journeys but Blizzard is teasing me with 50 eur dragonflight + 30 days of gametime promotion and I feel like I might have to give in lol, I've never played WoW past Cataclysm but the idea of already paying for a monthly subs and getting borderline two different MMOs doesn't seem that bad. I'm also quite curious how retail raiding and gear progression differs to TBC/WOTLK.

I'm a classic andy for sure, but tried Dragonflight and it's just wayyy better than Classic. In 2 hours, I'll have gained exp for my dragon riding, unlocked a new recipe or sub talent in my profession tree, learned something about my talents, progressed through the story and dinged once or twice. In classic, 2 hours is like, a quarter of a level. You feel like you've done and achieved a lot more in retail.

Man the music from this expansion fucking owns. I really really like DF, although in fairness I also liked BFA and SL too

Im a pretty simple wow player. For example transmoging was imo the best update to the game for me. But this dragon riding might just top that

havent tried dragonland yet jst been playin classic its looks good though nice color and the shaman theme is cool

The leveling experience was so much better than Wrath’s that’s for sure

My friend got dragged into playing wow with our friends through every awful expansion and he hates the game. Now I'm trying to explain to him that it's actually the best it's been in over a decade and actually a really fun game now. He doesn't believe me and refuses to play lol. I've honestly hated WoW since MoP, I thought I'd check out this expansion cause the talent trees looked cool and I'm actually blown away but how much I'm enjoying it. Crazy what happens when the devs take community feedback seriously.

They took most of the open world events of GW2 and put them in WoW Best decision ever

best state in week 2 of a major xpac?! no way!

I will never understand how people unironicaly say that class design has changed. Almost every spec is copied over from Shadowlands with the only difference being able to pick and choose a bit more. You still hit like a wet noodle without cd's wich has been a major point of criticism for the last couple expansions now and as far as I know there hasnt been any changes to fix that problem. I guess its always been more of a problem in the PvP community since ur just forced to trade CD's there. But even in PvE it felt like I would always burn out realy fast after "learning" a class/spec, since executing ur burst in the right way and knowing exactly when to use it in any given dungeon or raid is pretty much all you need to know to perform well (excluding mythic raids/very high m+). Sorry for giving such a doomer-take here, I gotta admit pretty much everything they changed is for the better and Im realy hoping to see this trend continue going forward :)

I havent play WoW in awhile. Whats the max level now in this

I had fun with Shadowlands for a month or so, then I grew to hate it. I swore I wasn't going to hop into Dragonflight... My God it's fun, best state in years indeed!!

"Enhancement is actually GOOD? This isn't Blizz-like at all."

Flying in this expansion makes it fun to travel 😀

It really is in a very good place now. Only took most of the player base leaving for Blizzard to wake the hell up. ...now I just wish I could find a good guild.

Dragonflight feels like Shadowlands without the annoying chores. I've been enjoying dragonflight but the only real changes are talent trees, reworked professions, and dragon riding.

isnt there a healers drought now for searching for anything?

As someone who has been deployed for around 9 months and wants to get back onto the game? Is it worth it? I mean I wanna play again I miss my hunter a d wanna play but I've been away for so long

It's too bad retails class design is so completely awful for anything even remotely resembling PvP. Classic really has its "structural" and obvious flaws (e.g., old horrible arena maps, PvE to PvP, no solo queue, no cross-server queues, too long time to level/gear up besides AV weekend, no catch-up cap, built in 30% dodge/parry, +resist/-hit talents/racials which are not possible to realistically gear around, rng non-static DR 15-20sec timers, awful abilities like heroism and attack-from-behind-only abilities), and it really shows, and it's awful that they havn't fixed at least the most aggregious things on that list in the remaster. However, the "core" class design in WotLK Classic, even with the flaws, is miles better and more suited for PvP - and this is the #1 thing of importance. Also, this is just DFs honeymoon phase. We'll see where it lands once we start nearing the end of the expansion.

After 2 and a half expansions full of fecal matter, a generic carbon copy of BC/WOTLK formula expansion pack feels like a breath of fresh air so ofcourse it will be well recieved.

This is literally what everyone says at the beginning of every xpac...

Is the 500/month thing already available?

This literally happens every single time. Waiting for your video in 6 months talking about how bad it is

Do you still have to go through a tedious Pathfinder questline in order to fly??

BFA and SL just burned me, why i don't have any desire to play dragonflight, I'm glad its good, but still ill stick to classic for now

All i want is for them to rip roller beetle from gw2 in the next xpac

Bought it and played it for 5 days...i have not touched it since. Did not like it at all sadly.

I was a Enhancement main for 3 expansions and I quit retail in BfA. Seeing that spec so high on parses makes me want to go back

I am loving Dragonflight so far