Uh... a 6, maybe. Gameplay is generally faster, there's a lot more mechanics in encounters and we've largely moved away from the idea of daily hubs, with repeating content just taking place randomly throughout the world.
That "hey, it's right here dumbass" animation they have up on the WoW tab is specifically for users like me. lol
Committed, loving relationship with a reciprocating partner you don't get to see nearly as much as you deserve? Sis...
Committed, loving relationship with a reciprocating partner you don't get to see nearly as much as you deserve? Sis...
I've been there.
I would've ranked it at a 10 since the world exploded in Cataclysm and old expansions are straight up skippable now.
Sure, the content is pretty different, but mechanically it's not too far removed.
I think that depends heavily on what class you played
Many classes are wildly different from how they played in WotLK. Some ability names are the same, but things like DK, Pally, Shaman, and Rogue are incredibly different now.
Just checked and holy shit, ShadowPanther is back for rogues. Wow.
I mean, Retribution Paladin sure, but Shaman and Rogue are... functionally pretty similar? Shaman still throws out debuffs, maintains self auras, Combat got a big visual overhaul and a new primary CP spender but is still largely similar.
I did definitely forget that DK used to have 3 tank specs, even though close to the end you weren't seeing many Frost/Unholy tanks. I guess that's the biggest class related change, hybridity is largely dead outside the one token example with Druid subspecs.
Shaman has an entirely different resource system and totems are all but gone. WoW class design was never really complicated, but most classes don't look remotely similar to what they used to look like. Ret and prot paladin have a different resource system entirely, too, and it really changed the playstyle of the class.
In the Shaman example it's really just the focus shift from buffs to a resource bar (which did ultimately help smooth out some of the bumps in the playstyle), but the core conceit and the abilities you end up using were largely the same.
Oh! Totally agreed. Classic -> Wrath feels like... Well, it felt like an arc to the game? It feels like there's a distinct through line that starts in vanilla that you can follow through Burning Crusade and it culminates in Wrath. The changes were large but they were also kinda natural progressions.
It'd be a good time to just do a WoW2. Let some stuff carry over, like transmogs and titles, but a clean slate could do a lot of good.
At some point though, you kinda do have to wipe the slate clean and get a fresh start.
