Although nothing in Shadowlands inspired the kind of passion that players from the long-running MMORPG have come to WoTLK Gold love about WoW, there are some good reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the game's potential. In the wake of California's lawsuit that accused Activision Blizzard of fostering a "frat boy" culture of discrimination and harassment towards women and women, the WoW Development Team took a long review of the game and began removing or changing some of its more questionable content in service of creating a more inclusive world. Its 9.1.5 patch has seen Blizzard pay attention to the community's comments and implement sweeping modifications to systems that were not popular, like the option to exchange Covenants and the removal of Conduit Energy, alongside changes to make the game friendlier for players who play with several characters. Blizzard formed an WoW Community Council, meant to represent a broad range of players to engage more directly with the rest of the community as well as gather feedback. The announcement was made (to enthusiastic feedback from players) that Horde and Alliance players will soon be able take part in group content to break down a long-standing barrier that has existed since the game's inception. Patch 9.2 introduced a new zone activity, raid, and zone that have been well-liked by the community. the patch's test cycle saw Blizzard adopt a number of changes as a result of feedback from players.
All of it can be considered a step right direction. Unfortunately, the majority of those changes (specifically regarding Shadowlands) are way too little, far too far too late. It shouldn't take half of the development's lifespan for Blizzard to hear the feedback of the community and then make adjustments to generally snubbed systems. Ideally, those types of systems shouldn't have made it into the game at all in the first instance, and they wouldn't have been if Blizzard had paid more attention to its players during the months prior to Shadowlands the game's release.
The reveal of WoW's next expansion is right around the corner on April 19. What's in store for players is currently unknown however it's apparent that Blizzard isn't going to take the same approach with the new expansion that it did for the last two years. In light of the amount of time that is normally dedicated to public playtesting the previous cycle of expansion releases, and the constant issues that arise from working from home because of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, there is a good chance that this new expansion will not launch in 2022 but rather be announced in 2023. If that's the case buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold, it would be this is the first time within the game's history that an expansion has taken more than two years to arrive.
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