World of Warcraft: Legion

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  1. AlteraMoontail
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    How can anyone truly rate it 10 / 10 and say its the best expansion yet when it hasn't been out for more than 24 hours. Are WOWs playerbase that desparate for new content that anything is seen as a Godsent? xD

    Lets see how Blizzards Devs manage to keep their promises say 6months down the line. For now, im rating it Average and if it truly is a great expansion. I will change my rating
  2. Captiosus
    Aug 30, 2016
    3
    Despite the smooth launch (possibly the smoothest of ANY expansion OR content patch, and I've been here since early 2005), I simply cannot get over how "meh" and "been there, done that" everything feels. So far it's a mashup of Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King with a constant narrative of your character being the chosen one who will save the universe from the Legion (while you'reDespite the smooth launch (possibly the smoothest of ANY expansion OR content patch, and I've been here since early 2005), I simply cannot get over how "meh" and "been there, done that" everything feels. So far it's a mashup of Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King with a constant narrative of your character being the chosen one who will save the universe from the Legion (while you're running around your class hall with everyone else who are ALSO "chosen ones" wielding the same artifact weapons). Level 103 now and I'm already deathly bored with the expansion. If you've played for any decent amount of time, there's nothing really all that new here - just the same typical Blizzard questing design and story telling all leading to the inevitable raid, raid, raid end game.

    It would appear that after 11 years, I've finally reached the point of simply being done. The experiences can't carry the game any longer and the social constructs that used to keep me coming back for my friends and guildmates have long been gutted. World of Warcraft continues down the path of being hyper casual, with Blizzard milking the diehard fanbase as much as they can while they still can. I fully expect Legion to suffer the same first month player dropoff as Warlords - and I'll be one of them.    … Expand
  3. Demonik420
    Sep 5, 2016
    1
    Blizzard simply does not understand what made wow great in the first place. You aren't supposed to be a hero running around doing your single player game story line... WoW was never about that when it was still good (vanilla, BC, Wotlk). back then it was about the fact that you were just a weak, insignificant citizen of the world of Warcraft, and only with the help of friends and sheerBlizzard simply does not understand what made wow great in the first place. You aren't supposed to be a hero running around doing your single player game story line... WoW was never about that when it was still good (vanilla, BC, Wotlk). back then it was about the fact that you were just a weak, insignificant citizen of the world of Warcraft, and only with the help of friends and sheer numbers could you hope to stand against the mighty heroes and villains of the Warcraft universe.

    They are trying to make every player feel so important as if they are playing an Elder Scrolls single player game. Too bad it's an MMO and that mentality (which works fantastically in a games like Elder Scrolls) goes against everything a massively multiplayer game is supposed to stand for.

    Wow used to be the pioneer in this form of social, epic storytelling in the multiplayer setting. Making the game feel like you couldn't face the world alone, now it's the exact opposite and it blows chunks all day long... why Blizz? you really just don't get it do you.    … Expand
  4. Deadalon
    Sep 4, 2016
    3
    Decent so far but far from acceptable time to develop and lack of content for way to long. Most WOW expansions have had good reviews first few weeks but have lost players really quickly. Feels like same here once again.
  5. Ansatsu83
    Aug 30, 2016
    1
    Let me put Legion in one way. If you liked Wrath of the Lich King, you will love Legion. If you disliked it, you will find it boring and repetitive. I am in the latter category, being a veteran vanilla player. I have not been this bored with wow, since wotlk.
  6. kyriores
    Sep 5, 2016
    1
    None of the core issues of WoD are resolved:

    - You still click buttons and receive free gear. You can even get legendaries from quests now. - The game still feels very impersonal. Server blending, server hopping + easy alts (you can buy lvl 100 characters) completely remove the sense of community from the game. - Most of the world is still useless. Sure, you will be doing quests    None of the core issues of WoD are resolved:

    - You still click buttons and receive free gear. You can even get legendaries from quests now.

    - The game still feels very impersonal. Server blending, server hopping + easy alts (you can buy lvl 100 characters) completely remove the sense of community from the game.

    - Most of the world is still useless. Sure, you will be doing quests in the new areas, but all the low level areas will be empty. Professions are a joke, as you don't even need to get materials from the low level zones anymore (for the sake of being able to have a lot of alts with maxed out professions).

    - Rewards don't really feel like rewards.. I mean, you start the expansion with legendary weapons.....

    - Classes have no weaknesses. PvP is more about spamming all your abilities and hope that at some point the opponent's cooldowns won't be up fast enough, instead of actually exploiting the weaknesses of certain classes.

    - The customer support is subpar comparatively to vanilla/tbc/wrath.

    Now, let me also mention some things that were introduced with Legion and make absolutely no sense at all:

    - Scaling levels on EVERY new creature....... I don't even know anymore.. Am I playing World of Warcraft? Maybe they should rename the game to "World of scaling realities and multiple possibilities". Why is the entire world instanced all of a sudden?

    - Nothing PvP related has been released, for now. They're more focused on releasing new battle pets and cosmetics it seems.

    - Terrible class balancing.

    - The expansion had MANY bugs at release and the game still crashes a lot on certain systems (error 132 has been very common ever since beta and hasn't been resolved still).

    All of the above make WoW look more like a facebook minigame, rather than the great MMO it once used to be. You can't really blame Blizzard for that however. The average gamer just has much lower standards these days. It's just sad that Blizzard used to be this revolutionary developer and now they've hit rock bottom, releasing one cash grab after another, while still somehow being #1 in popularity among gamers.    … Expand
  7. monzese
    Aug 30, 2016
    1
    All hype goes when you realize that it's always the same soup.
    The same outdated graphic in, the same old, too oldWoW.
    It will be fun for 2-3 weeks but then.... nothing more for 2 years waiting for the next expansion.
    Wow is getting boring, too much boring and too fast.
  8. JeSuisHarambe
    Sep 1, 2016
    1
    I've been playing WoW since vanilla, and I can compare this expansion to another one: this feels like Wrath wearing a Burning Crusade skin. Now, I enjoyed Wrath a lot, and it was the only expansion I went to a midnight release for. I was hyped for Wrath in the same way that Legion has hyped people back up for WoW. But having seen this before I was barely hyped for legion, and what hypeI've been playing WoW since vanilla, and I can compare this expansion to another one: this feels like Wrath wearing a Burning Crusade skin. Now, I enjoyed Wrath a lot, and it was the only expansion I went to a midnight release for. I was hyped for Wrath in the same way that Legion has hyped people back up for WoW. But having seen this before I was barely hyped for legion, and what hype there was has worn off. I'm level 109 currently, and for the last 5 levels I've been pretty bored. The story is decent, but it's not as good as BC or Wrath. The fact that you're now chosen one once again is really off-putting, as is how the few other people you see in the world (due to heavy use of phasing outside of major hubs) are the chosen ones of their own phased story questlines. If everyone's special, then no one is.

    Other things I disliked: that you only have one weapon for the expansion (a unique weapon, the only one in the world - which somehow everyone else also has) and yet weapons drop often (for me it seemed like 30% of drops were still weapons, presumably for transmogs?). Endgame content that exists just so you can grind for artifact power. "World Quests" which sounded cool in concept, but are primarily "fly to this other zone, kill some mobs, and report back". To be fair - some of those world quests also involve you going into a dungeon before killing mobs and reporting back.

    This expansion is weak. Better than WoD, definitely - but weak. There's nothing new here, just a rehash of older expansions and bigger numbers. I'm glad I got Legion for free, because it is not worth 60 dollars. 15, maybe. I want to give this expansion a 4, but it loses a point for being boring, for having so much phased content, and for only being a less poorly done WoD.

    Rating: 1/10
    Recommendation: Don't purchase this game. You'll get bored after a few days. If you want a grindy MMO, go play Rift. It's free and a modern WoW-like experience. Just don't spend money on this game because this experience is not worth money.    … Expand
  9. Salador2606
    Oct 10, 2021
    0
    Я не понимаю, как такая некогда солидная компания смогла испортить такую легендарную игру. Графика - отстой. Игра превратилась в донатную помойку, в которую не интересно играть.

    I don’t understand how such a once solid company could ruin such a legendary game. Graphics suck. The game has turned into a donated trash heap, which is not interesting to play.    Я не понимаю, как такая некогда солидная компания смогла испортить такую легендарную игру. Графика - отстой. Игра превратилась в донатную помойку, в которую не интересно играть.

    I don’t understand how such a once solid company could ruin such a legendary game. Graphics suck. The game has turned into a donated trash heap, which is not interesting to play.
  10. nomaddc
    Jun 25, 2017
    2
    I'll try to keep it organized. I've played the game up until march 2017 since, well, release I suppose. Story wise expansion is great. That's good news. Bad news: good news end here.

    Legion has introduced new levels of RNG walls, class simplification and content recycling. Prepare to experience the wonders of grinding for AP and legendaries, doing repetitive World Quests, and visiting    I'll try to keep it organized. I've played the game up until march 2017 since, well, release I suppose. Story wise expansion is great. That's good news. Bad news: good news end here.

    Legion has introduced new levels of RNG walls, class simplification and content recycling. Prepare to experience the wonders of grinding for AP and legendaries, doing repetitive World Quests, and visiting same dungeons over and over again, but this time forced to go there, as best AP and out-of-raids gear can only be obtained there.

    To sweeten the pot - chance to get what you actually want in those mythic+ dungeons is extremely low (instead of individual loot pools from each boss you only get 1-2 items from doing the whole thing, so chances to get particular item drop through the ground, not even to mention that most of the time you need that item to "roll high" - get a sufficient titanforged bonus for it to actually be good for you, which adds another layer of rng on top of already awful rng wall.

    Grinding for legendaries is another plague that was added with Legion. If you harbor hopes of doing any high-end content - prepare to grind day and night, unless you are one of those lucky persons who win big in casinos in first hour: getting throughput legendaries that are not junk will require you to sell your very soul to RNG gods. Out of pool of ~8 possible legendaries (for the time when I quit) normally only 2-3 are really good, rest varying from semi-decent to "burn and scatter that trash right now", really depending on class. This also not only impacts directly your chances to be taken into a good progression group (also directly linking your luck to how well you can perform - without right legendaries you will never get close to other players who have them, and so you will be quite likely turned down by many progress raiding teams). Not to mention that you should probably give up any hopes of playing your alts - if going through legendary and AP grinding hell on main wasn't enough, you can always opt to repeat it on your alt and sink another sizable chunk of your life into this frustration fueled experience.

    This expansion is totally not alt friendly for said reasons: grinding AP, grinding legendaries, and the fact that thanks to lack of weekly lockout on mythic+ time you spend on your alt is time you could spend improving your main (and potentially getting that one sweet, sweet legendary). If you are in a progression/mythic oriented guild - you will always be reminded that you should be grinding on your raiding character instead of having fun with alts.

    Definition of "Legendary" items has reached new bottom: not it's not just rather ordinary to receive a "Legendary!" item, now it also can be disappointing and frustrating!

    Players that stay for longer periods of time are the ones that are getting hurt by new Blizzard course the most. Currently game is strongly oriented towards "seasonal" players: players who come for a few weeks every time new content is released, only to abandon game until next content influx. If you are kind of player who sticks around from patch to patch.
    Prepare to be frustrated by the game, and prepare to be disappointed every time you see that one friend of yours (who doesn't even really remember what's going on plot-wise) log in for a few days when new content is out to "check it out" only to luck out and get his best in slot legendaries and high titanforged items, then snarky remark that "lol, that's all content?", and proceed with quitting until next patch, while you still don't have the legendary you want half a year after launch and doing content weekly since then.

    Prepare to grind your soul out trying to get your hidden artifact appearance (especially Combat "aka Outlaw" rogue one. Really, good luck with that, I've personally met ppl who have ran both of those dungeons over 400 times each, and I myself ran them over 150 times without getting anything). Prepare to hear how some random guildie will get one on his alt and never use it, or laugh in chat about how easy it was.

    Classes have devolved even further, under false pretense of "trimming"/"pruning"/making them "fun" to play. Instead of fun you get flashiness and instant gratification centered gameplay with little depth to it and low skill ceiling (even MoP/Cata were better in that). Some classes stay broken months into expansion without any improvement (promises that "it's coming soon™" don't count) - look up hunters ever since legion launched, or warlocks.

    Overall I would place Legion among worst expansions World of Warcraft ever had, even more so because things it did get *really good* get simply crossed out by how frustrating and grindy game has become. Yes, story is good. Yes, raiding is somewhat solid. Yes, mythic+ is fun to do, but only at first. Yes, introduction of appearance collections and sets is welcome. But all of it gets totally overshadowed by how much game has degraded in its very core aspects.    … Expand
  11. sikfuk
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    boring, grindy, repetitive. i feel like legion sucked the last essence of what remained of warcraft's soul. every expansion has made the game worse. im not excited about the new level cap or the new grinding. there have to be better ways to add content to a game.
  12. Ichmap
    Jun 25, 2017
    0
    After almost a year of Legion i decided it was time to end my time with wow...If you're someone who likes to do repetitive quests each day, than this game is for you!!!!!

    The reason is that World of Warcraft Legion is no longer a World of Warcraft game....It's a World of WorldQuests game. Character progression is based on world quests. Game progression is based on world quests.    After almost a year of Legion i decided it was time to end my time with wow...If you're someone who likes to do repetitive quests each day, than this game is for you!!!!!

    The reason is that World of Warcraft Legion is no longer a World of Warcraft game....It's a World of WorldQuests game.

    Character progression is based on world quests.
    Game progression is based on world quests.
    Artefact progression, class order progression is based on world quests.
    PVP is template based and...it's UNBALANCED.
    They sometimes introduce small class changes in order to balance things...SMALL they say.. from 7.2 to 7.2.5 they almost doubled the Warlock Chaos Bolt damage. SMALL changes. This goes to show how balanced things are... I almost feel like they never play a battleground before releasing a patch.
    Feels very stupid from their side.

    Coming from someone with vanilla experience I have to say that the fun factor has dropped significantly with Legion....

    I'm really sad to say and write this,...was hoping for some patches to repair things but unfortunately it's worse and worse.    … Expand
  13. night4
    Oct 6, 2016
    0
    There's a small amount of original ideas sprinkled in here and there, but for the most part, this is just more of the same from Blizzard.

    Speaking from a raiding point of view, Emerald Nightmare is almost identical to HIghmaul. Same number of bosses, same general encounters, etc. It feels like very little effort actually went into it. World quests and Suramar quickly become    There's a small amount of original ideas sprinkled in here and there, but for the most part, this is just more of the same from Blizzard.

    Speaking from a raiding point of view, Emerald Nightmare is almost identical to HIghmaul. Same number of bosses, same general encounters, etc. It feels like very little effort actually went into it.

    World quests and Suramar quickly become extremely annoying, so much so that those alone could cause a person to quit.    … Expand
  14. knDominic
    Jan 5, 2017
    1
    As an vanilla player, I see next problems:

    1) Too many options of PvE. Seriously, Blizzard, previously we had 5 man normal, 5 man heroic, 10/25 normal, and, ok, 25 heroic. But in WotLK, during Crusaders' Coliseum, it was already pain in the ass. Players should complete the same content over and over, for the same items with better numbers. Now I should complete the same 5-ppl (!)    As an vanilla player, I see next problems:

    1) Too many options of PvE. Seriously, Blizzard, previously we had 5 man normal, 5 man heroic, 10/25 normal, and, ok, 25 heroic. But in WotLK, during Crusaders' Coliseum, it was already pain in the ass. Players should complete the same content over and over, for the same items with better numbers. Now I should complete the same 5-ppl (!) dungeons, again and again, over and over.

    2) Artifact system. Great idea, but in the end it's just a lot of farming, Moreover, EVERY player has this freaking legendary-mythic-omg items. Every paladin has Ashbringer. Nuff said.

    3) Suramar. They tell us that here we have a great story. Agree. But "great story" in Suramar - it's just ~20% of all quests / activities. Other ones - yeah, farming again.

    4) According to last two things - it's not possible to improve your offspecs or alts. Oh, ok, it's possible of course, but you should spent twice more time on it. Farming, again.

    5) Professions. WTF? Bllizzard says that they amazingly improved professions system. But I see only boring quests (2016, quests like "got this ****, go through whole map, gave it to another NPC"?), and "recipe leveling system", which is affects only amount of reagents for crafting. Yeah, it's a great feature for game, where every player can buy gold for nothing, and top players have billions. Of course minus couple of golds for additional reagents will be interesting for them.

    6) Legacy mechanics & tech core. Graphic is outdated (and still require good hardware for ultra settings :D), gameplay mechanics is bored (target system is dead, default UI still useless af).

    7) Talents & skills. Tough topic, but from my point of view - every spec is broken, some fun skills removed from game, some useless skills added. But same story for every expansion, so, nothing new.

    Overall.
    During tBC and WotLK this game had great gameplay with dozen of options for every spec, focused way for both PvE and PvP (not like "do a bulk of activities and you will recieve rng item") less amount of farming, and great stories.

    Now WoW just push you farm some stuff & spend time in game. That's it. If you complete your leveling - let's go to Suramar. If you complete normal and heroic dungeons - let's go to Mythic. You're complete Mythic? So, let's do Mythic+! And don't forget about world quests, LFR, artifact power farming, Class Hall stuff farming, professions quests, etc.

    Dear Blizzard, please, just leave WoW in peace. Your gamers already grown up, they want to play in something completely different. Focus your WoW-team on new MMORPG, seriously. WoW2, Diablo MMORPG, Titan, whatever. It will be far more better that another expansion for game which can't give anything new to players.    … Expand
  15. gaarashatan93
    Dec 24, 2016
    0
    the worst expansion to date, they tried to follow the storyline after WoD but continue with a BC feel. but go at with a less of a grind BC had. but what happened was the exact opposite. pvp is as inbalanced as ever still with major class changes happening in 7.1.5 when they said they werent going to. and lots of tuning along with it. but the patch will be released just after the holidays,the worst expansion to date, they tried to follow the storyline after WoD but continue with a BC feel. but go at with a less of a grind BC had. but what happened was the exact opposite. pvp is as inbalanced as ever still with major class changes happening in 7.1.5 when they said they werent going to. and lots of tuning along with it. but the patch will be released just after the holidays, not alot of time at all to fix their mistakes. and pve is no longer skill. or even player, but pure gear as the best gear isnt dropped by the hardest content or even a path of progression. but just straight up grinding at rng. with some classes not even being viable for pve without BiS legendaries which are very rare.

    the mythic+ system they introduced this xpack has potential but fell flat as it is poorly tuned and some affix combos arent even worth the frustration for some dungeons.

    along with the raid ToV which was 3 bosses basically virtually gated and impossible to do so you have something to do till nighthold. if you find bashing your faces against a brick wall "something to do",

    ultimately this expansion has left alot to be missed about the old wow as all it is now is virtually impossible content only the best of the best even have a shot at. and playing as much as possible to stay competitive cause unless youre that .5% lucky few with great rng drops.    … Expand
  16. Amiga1200
    Oct 3, 2016
    4
    Here is the thing about this expansion. You have got garrison like mini games (similar like in WoD) where you send your champions on various missions. The rewards from these missions include gold, resources, artifact points and what is more important THEY PROGRESS YOU FURTHER INTO YOUR CLASS STORY. What does it mean ? Well generally it means that you can't progress in this game in your ownHere is the thing about this expansion. You have got garrison like mini games (similar like in WoD) where you send your champions on various missions. The rewards from these missions include gold, resources, artifact points and what is more important THEY PROGRESS YOU FURTHER INTO YOUR CLASS STORY. What does it mean ? Well generally it means that you can't progress in this game in your own pace because you are stunlocked behind a time-wall and there is nothing you can do about it. Your champions first have to complete missions for you to get new items or abilities for your class and those missions take up to 6-8 hours time. So I can't just play freely on the day I like or when I have free time because I am simply BLOCKED FROM PROGRESSING FURTHER ! I have to wait several hours for the content to unlock. This is getting similar to EVE Online model where you also have to wait for your skills to progress automatically in time.

    If that is to be the direction that WoW is heading right now ... then I am leaving this train on the nearest station. Seriously this game at the moment feels like a chore. It feelks like I have to come to work and do some boring stuff that I simply have to do. Right now I should log in to WoW just to click my class hall and send my champions on another mission so that I could finally do my class mission. But I am already bored. I do not play video games to keep on passing some stupid timewalls that game developers impose on a player. I do not want to login to WoW just to constatnly uncheck those stupid missions.

    Another thing is dumping down the skill system. I mean the last time I was in normal dungeon a protection warrior was doing more healing overall than I did on my resto druid ! I have been playing from Vanilla to Pandaria and I have never seen thus before ! Seriously - wtf has happened to this game ??!! He was doing this heal to himself and I had a really hard time catching up with him. They have simply made healers redundant not only in regular missions (because right now this game is much more focused on a single player) but also in normal dungeons. Basically if you are smart then you can solo most of the dungeon content by yourself as a tank now.

    I have been month to this expansion and I am back after two years and I am already bored with this game. They even managed to stunlock your professions because right now you HAVE TO visit all the dungeons (even several times) or visit some stupid places that normally you wouldn't like to go but you HAVE TO. It does not feel like an open world game anymore. It feels like a prison run by a guard who tells you when to piss, when to sleep, when to eat and when to go for a walk.

    Besides this ... again and again Blizzard is just unable to manage their servers. There is a mini hacker group that keep trolling Blizzard with some DDoS **** and they simply can't defend themselves. As a result official EU and USA forums of the game are full of topics about ppl having serious connection issues. And yes you guess it right the regular response coming from Blizzard is "check with your IS provider" even though you have no other internet issues besides playing WoW.

    I have still 1 month to go with this game and that is it. I am done with this game ... and this time forever. I came back after 2 years to some totally messed up lore with nothing making sense anymore (I feel too uneasy to even describe in a nutshell what happened with the lore in WoW but believe me - IT IS TERRIBLE). I won't be resubbing this. If any veteran wanted to come back to WoW then I must say that you are too late - there is no more World of Warcraft. This game is not the game it used to be. I mean it's core, it's flavor evaporated along with totally demolishing its PvP system. It's just gone. You no longer have to fear elite mobs when questing, CCing in dungeons or watching your mana. It's gone. You just rush forward, yawn and destroy mobs with total ease with anything else progressing automatically - similar to EVE Online. The last WoW that felt like WoW was Mists of Pandaria even though I didn't like that expansion very much.    … Expand
  17. Deadeyeye
    Dec 15, 2016
    3
    They tried a lot more with Legion than with Warlords of Draenor but they completely missed the mark in their two biggest draws; Legendaries and Artifact Weapons.

    The artifact system is very unforgiving, the catchup mechanics are only stop gaps and the later you join the expansion the farther you will be behind anyone. God forbid you want to change which character you 'main'. The    They tried a lot more with Legion than with Warlords of Draenor but they completely missed the mark in their two biggest draws; Legendaries and Artifact Weapons.

    The artifact system is very unforgiving, the catchup mechanics are only stop gaps and the later you join the expansion the farther you will be behind anyone. God forbid you want to change which character you 'main'.

    The weapons themselves could be done far better. There's only one iconic weapon that was made into an artifact (the Ashbringer) with most of the others being completely new additions to the world/lore of the game or weapons that were fairly obscure before hand. The hidden skin system is an absolute laugh as well. Most were simple affairs of RNG without much actual effort (or skill) to acquire.

    Then there is the legendary system, and the main problem with this entire expansion. In a game where you play to primarily play to increase the strength of your character by their items/gear, the system of Legendaries in Legion is an absolute farce. RNG baked into RNG and god forbid if you don't get a decent legendary and one of the extremely mediocre utility ones. The system is neither fair or balanced and the fact that someone at Blizzard got paid to design it is a joke.

    The legendary system is worse than Garrisons, another of those great ideas but completely wrong execution features in the game. Except Legion has only been out for less than 4 months and the current problem is far worse than what Garrisons did to Warlords of Draenor.

    I would contemplate returning for their first actual 'tier' of raid (they have purposely time gated it for some reason) but by that time I would be too far behind other people in Artifact Power, not to mention behind people with good legendaries, that it wouldn't be worth it.

    Even the World Quest system is boring and quite buggy, with quests not showing up on your map or actual bugs where you can't complete them or what not since launch that have not been fixed. Also, every other week it seems like a bunch of people get banned for 'exploiting' bugs that Blizzard implements in their game without checking.

    All in all, I give Legion a 3. For trying. But there are already way too many flaws to consider this even a 'good addition' to the Warcraft franchise    … Expand
  18. oso
    Oct 27, 2016
    3
    Legion continues with the same repetitive and lame mechanics that destroyed WoD for me. Order Halls are basically the same boring grindfest as Garrisons were. The new artifact weapon system and inflationary use of legendary items is just ridiculous. Lore wise every player is now the savior of their faction which feels plainly stupid. Bust the most annoying part is that everything hasLegion continues with the same repetitive and lame mechanics that destroyed WoD for me. Order Halls are basically the same boring grindfest as Garrisons were. The new artifact weapon system and inflationary use of legendary items is just ridiculous. Lore wise every player is now the savior of their faction which feels plainly stupid. Bust the most annoying part is that everything has become so incredible easy. The whole leveling process from 1-110 is so dumbed down that even a six year old child could do it. Another thing to mention is that a lot of the new questlines seem to be instanced, that means most of the time while questing you don't meet any other people. It feels like playing a singleplayer game. WoD already did that and i already hated it back then. If I wanted to run through an empty world I wouldn't play an so called MMORPG. Also i can't find anything interesting in the storyline, cutscenes every 5 minutes do not make the game any better.… Expand
  19. ryuno
    Oct 31, 2016
    2
    The lore has been twisted to fit the story they wanted to tell in legion. Since WOD the timings got all mixed up, between past and present and what so not. Most of the things don't make sense, and I kinda felt like blizzard is desperate to try to get players to come back with The burning crusade illustrations and what not, but it's a completely different game. The game-play and mostThe lore has been twisted to fit the story they wanted to tell in legion. Since WOD the timings got all mixed up, between past and present and what so not. Most of the things don't make sense, and I kinda felt like blizzard is desperate to try to get players to come back with The burning crusade illustrations and what not, but it's a completely different game. The game-play and most classes are boring to play, even with 4 speccs. Leveling is fine but after lvl 110 you find yourself in the same garrison feeling has WoD has that's what the class halls is, it just got rebranded and given a new name, but it is a combination of garrison and the shipyard in one with some more lame features. It's not a fun game to play at all, the worst expansion, surpassing WOD in every aspect, but for the worst.… Expand
  20. sephawood
    Jun 1, 2017
    1
    It's pretty bad. The social element and the gameplay is pure grindfest on all fronts. Every meaninful achievement is "time gated" which means you will have to wait for cooldowns to do simple quests or cooldowns to achieve any level of power. It's pretty much a "game" meant to exploit your commitment and time.
  21. dertqawd
    Jan 12, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра преввртаилась в шлак ,пвп убито ,пве легкое ,задротство на уровне корейской гриндилки ,хочешь делай дэйлики не хочешь делай дэйлики… Expand
  22. Marra82
    Mar 17, 2017
    1
    they totally ruined most classes with their huge combat revamp. hell most off the new animations are WORSE than before. Don't fix it if it ain't broke.

    The artifact system and the world is fine though.
  23. Skellimancer
    Jan 25, 2018
    0
    Ever wondered what would happen to WoW PvP if the lead design was handed to a numale moron with dyed hair who plays WoW using an art tablet instead of a mouse? Welcome to Legion!
  24. Arumat89
    Feb 8, 2018
    0
    The Game itself is quite enjoyable for a playtime of a month but lacks in many aspects like crafting,pvp and lacking individuality of your characters.

    Multiboxer destroying the fun for normal players and Blizzard allows it.
  25. Varlord
    Sep 11, 2018
    0
    Thank l for such grind content and “amazing” random. Just give me my money back and have fun with yourself.
  26. 4125MakeItSo
    Nov 3, 2018
    0
    Awful expansion. Artifact power grinding. Rework of all classes, and some of them lost uncial mechanics. And green color, I hate it after Legion, because everything was green and i so tired of it.
  27. Alect94
    Sep 22, 2016
    4
    Nothing new to see. More boring missions, all of them look kind of the same, kill 10, recover 10, go back. Moreover it shows some problems of optimization with some of the new generation graphic cards. Pvp is pointless, nothing interesting as reward apart from talents and prestige levels. No pvp gear, no massive pvp. PVE is boring as hell, just smashing bottoms because it is goddam easyNothing new to see. More boring missions, all of them look kind of the same, kill 10, recover 10, go back. Moreover it shows some problems of optimization with some of the new generation graphic cards. Pvp is pointless, nothing interesting as reward apart from talents and prestige levels. No pvp gear, no massive pvp. PVE is boring as hell, just smashing bottoms because it is goddam easy and requires no strategy. Good thing is that at least there is people playing now because of the new release, that's why I give it 4 instead of 1. Feels like soon it is going to be dead, gave me less than 20 days of entertainment… Expand
  28. hcliffed
    Oct 4, 2016
    3
    Lousy story... more of a chore than past expansions, especially with Class Order Halls. The Broken Isles are tiny, and they run like crap on even good PCs. The game is incredibly buggy, vertical sync is broken, and it simply feels like a rehash of Burning Crusade.
  29. xzc
    Sep 26, 2016
    1
    This expansion isn't much better than wod. Again, you'll have to do garrisons retarded missions that take up to 12 hours, so you can progress in your class quest.... Endless artifact weapon grind, no more great loot from dungeons/raids, no more unique buffs/debuffs for classes. This game feels like a single player now, everyone is a superhero with a legendary weapon. Now you grindThis expansion isn't much better than wod. Again, you'll have to do garrisons retarded missions that take up to 12 hours, so you can progress in your class quest.... Endless artifact weapon grind, no more great loot from dungeons/raids, no more unique buffs/debuffs for classes. This game feels like a single player now, everyone is a superhero with a legendary weapon. Now you grind everything you see in the game. I'd better just grind mobs than what Legion offers. Profession are not really needed anymore.
    Done playing it after 2 weeks, damn the hype train. Goodbye "New" WoW.    … Expand
  30. arnoldpalmer
    Oct 4, 2016
    1
    More of the same. More of the same. Blizzard needs to learn that it cant just rehash old content without going back to old mechanics. Dont buy this if you are expecting it to as good as cata.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 18, 2016
    90
    Legion took me back to the times of World of Warcraft’s greatest splendor, to the era of The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King. It miraculously revived a game that was already dead to me. [11/2016, p.44]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Nov 15, 2016
    70
    For the first time in years, it's easy to meet up with other players, drawn together by enticing new stories. [December 2016, p.120]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 9, 2016
    90
    An exhilarating return to Azeroth. World of Warcraft is as polished as ever and the newest expansion adds a few neat tweaks to the familiar formula. [Oct 2016]
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