The best state WoW has been in a really long time.
This is the second expansion since i started playing at WotLK that i didn't buy at launch, previous being Battle for Azeroth. But ever since coming back to WoW few weeks into this expansions life-cycle i've been having the best time in this game, a feeling that used to wear off pretty quickly in several of the previous expansions.
So far there have been no necessary grinds to do weekly (apart from running raid and M+ content but duh), you just get your gear and upgrade it with currency you get from those same activities as said gear. The new Dragonriding system has made travelling a joy again, going back to old world and flying like it's 2007 again feels extra outdated now that they implemented this system. Seasonally rotating Mythic dungeons are awesome, it keeps that part of endgame at the same freshness as raiding.
Leveling alts to maximum is better than ever, since you get weekly quests right from the get go when you enter the new zone. That was implemented back in Shadowlands but has now been available from the get-go. It still gets a bit stale after a few characters but this is still the best system to date.
I'd say it is a good mix of old-school style end-game progression with new stuff to do besides just raiding and Mythics (or PvP) if you feel like it. So far the rapid flow of patches compared to couple of previous expansions has you waiting less on them and playing more, if they keep this pace on releasing content i dare to say that this will be the first time in ages that i'll be subbed from (almost) beginning to the end of an expansion.
This is the second expansion since i started playing at WotLK that i didn't buy at launch, previous being Battle for Azeroth. But ever since coming back to WoW few weeks into this expansions life-cycle i've been having the best time in this game, a feeling that used to wear off pretty quickly in several of the previous expansions.
So far there have been no necessary grinds to do weekly (apart from running raid and M+ content but duh), you just get your gear and upgrade it with currency you get from those same activities as said gear. The new Dragonriding system has made travelling a joy again, going back to old world and flying like it's 2007 again feels extra outdated now that they implemented this system. Seasonally rotating Mythic dungeons are awesome, it keeps that part of endgame at the same freshness as raiding.
Leveling alts to maximum is better than ever, since you get weekly quests right from the get go when you enter the new zone. That was implemented back in Shadowlands but has now been available from the get-go. It still gets a bit stale after a few characters but this is still the best system to date.
I'd say it is a good mix of old-school style end-game progression with new stuff to do besides just raiding and Mythics (or PvP) if you feel like it. So far the rapid flow of patches compared to couple of previous expansions has you waiting less on them and playing more, if they keep this pace on releasing content i dare to say that this will be the first time in ages that i'll be subbed from (almost) beginning to the end of an expansion.