Other than it being the conclusion of the Lich King's story, I have never liked this expansion. I think it had the worst most streamlined dungeons and the ones that weren't were dogshit like TotC and arguably the worst dungeon of all time The Oculus. The first raid tier was a rehash, and Ulduar might be the most overrated thing having to do with this game in its entire existence. I don't think it was a terrible raid by any means, but the presentation was just lackluster gigantic rooms filled with nothing, old god stories are boring, and 95% of the player base didn't complete the hard modes pre-nerf that people think makes this the pinnacle of early WoW raiding. In my haughty and arrogant opinion, it is a middle-of-the-pack raid in the game's overall history.
PVP was ruined by DK's for the entire expansion and I know that because I have mained a Blood DK since day one. Which means I'm a canonical veteran of the Third War and hence better than you. This is the one major plus of the expansion in that it debuted the Fisher Price young player piano class for all to mash. I was finally able to get solid 4th on the damage meters when this class was gifted to me.
i started WoW in Cataclysm so the following is from the perspective of somebody who revisited the content over the last decade+.
overall i really like this expansion. it has the Lich King in it which is one of the most iconic characters in all of Warcraft. his boss fight is pretty cool as well, which i did do at least once with a group of 20 or so people back in Cataclysm, so it wasn't a complete faceroll or one shot like it is today.
zones are neat, i dig the "winter wasteland" vibes of several of the zones here. has a zone dedicated to dinosaurs which is always cool. grizzly hills is cozy. howling fjord has a neat aesthetic. this xpac also had the Argent Tournament which i've farmed the shit out of for rep and items. death knights were introduced which is still one of the coolest classes the game has. you get to learn a lot about the dragon aspects and their history. just a pretty enjoyable xpac overall.
The first raid tier was a rehash, and Ulduar might be the most overrated thing having to do with this game in its entire existence. I don't think it was a terrible raid by any means, but the presentation was just lackluster gigantic rooms filled with nothing, old god stories are boring, and 95% of the player base didn't complete the hard modes pre-nerf that people think makes this the pinnacle of early WoW raiding. In my haughty and arrogant opinion, it is a middle-of-the-pack raid in the game's overall history.
PVP was ruined by DK's for the entire expansion and I know that because I have mained a Blood DK since day one. Which means I'm a canonical veteran of the Third War and hence better than you. This is the one major plus of the expansion in that it debuted the Fisher Price young player piano class for all to mash. I was finally able to get solid 4th on the damage meters when this class was gifted to me.
overall i really like this expansion. it has the Lich King in it which is one of the most iconic characters in all of Warcraft. his boss fight is pretty cool as well, which i did do at least once with a group of 20 or so people back in Cataclysm, so it wasn't a complete faceroll or one shot like it is today.
zones are neat, i dig the "winter wasteland" vibes of several of the zones here. has a zone dedicated to dinosaurs which is always cool. grizzly hills is cozy. howling fjord has a neat aesthetic. this xpac also had the Argent Tournament which i've farmed the shit out of for rep and items. death knights were introduced which is still one of the coolest classes the game has. you get to learn a lot about the dragon aspects and their history. just a pretty enjoyable xpac overall.